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[WP] Once every four years, in a top secret location all former presidents and the standing President of the United States gather with one goal. Roast the ever living shit out of the standing president. | Jackson was drunk again.
“Damn darkies oughtta be serving us rather than sitting down there, listening to us.”
Grant rolled his eyes and tapped his cigar. “That fucker never could hold his liquor,” he said, turning to Lincoln, who nodded over his dessert, a brûlée of astonishing silkiness. “Complete shitstain on th... | ***Not the Kind of Roast You Were Thinking.***
*Weaving spiders come not here.* Read the inscription on the plaque at the gate.
Junior already had enough trouble reading, but even the full moon barely cast enough light for him to see through the dark tinted windows.
*Hehe.* He chuckled. *I wonder what the hell th... | 2015-07-26T01:48:29 | 2015-07-26T00:41:47 | 163 | 27 |
[WP] After years of having what you thought to be a slow computer, you suddenly get a popup:'installation complete'. | Anthony clicked on the button labeled 'launch program' anticipation flooding him to his very core. What could it be? Something experimental perhaps? Whatever it was, he realised his life may never be the same.
After five minutes of excitement, coupled with a tinge of fear, the program opened up.
"Welcome to Interne... | I crouched in my tiny second bedroom over the glowing screen, watching the swirling idiot icon, you know, the one they put on the screen to keep you assured your computer's still thinking, so you don't start beating the crap out of it. "Come on... come on..." Muttering at the interminably slow hunk of hardware was a ... | 2017-10-14T08:34:37 | 2017-10-14T06:55:37 | 354 | 143 |
[WP] Every country has ninjas but the world only knows about Japan's because theirs suck.
Edit: mum im famous | We all knew Trump's Mexican border wall wouldn't solve all America's immigration problems---but only I knew why.
On my stake-outs in the deserts of Arizona and Texas, I could sometimes see them practicing. They leapt so high that the moon was eclipsed by their wide-brimmed sombreros. They grabbed its fabric in both ha... | Asla had never travelled this far east before. She chose to hike the last stretch of her journey, leaving her beat-up car under a tarpaulin, tucked behind a copse of trees. Nature had beat back man’s progress here, and all she had for company were the skittish wildlife, the rush of the waterfalls, the snowflakes cascad... | 2022-08-20T02:51:59 | 2017-11-16T08:36:47 | 509 | 173 |
[WP] You and your spouse are fairly typical demonic overlords with a figurative/literal dark fortress, minions to command etc. The problem is your teenage child who's going through that rebellious phase; claiming that they're good, dressing in all whites and only listening to gentle hymns. | "Honey, there's something going on with Isaac, I don't know what to do!"
"Woah, woah Babe, slow down. What's going on?"
"What's going on?!! I just got a disciplinary note from his school! His grades have been plummeting and he's been acting out in class!"
"What? But he was always such a creative young boy. What does... | *I sighed as I watched my dream-self walk towards the white door at the end of the hallway. As always, the door refused to get closer. He began running and then sprinting towards the end of the corridor, I chuckled at his stubbornness. Finally coming to terms with the futility of his efforts, he swallowed his pride and... | 2015-12-08T11:16:04 | 2015-12-08T10:16:55 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] You are a superhero whose powers are based on the music you are listening to. Rock can make you stronger, classical makes you smarter, etc. One day, you're fighting your toughest villain yet, and you are forced to use your "forbidden" playlist. | I'd burned through at least a half dozen genres in the last few minutes. No matter what track was being pumped through the headphones integrated into my helmet, I either couldn't keep up with the hell-faced bastard or none of my hits would do anything to their adamantine skin. Every time I tried something else, they se... | “Blood? Oh, that’s my blood. That’s not good.”
The blaring rock music rattled through my headphones as I pulled myself off the floor. When I got to my feet, I staggered, clutching the broken wall of the coffee shop I had just been tossed through. It was a good thing the headphones were reinforced, or they would have p... | 2022-05-17T09:22:08 | 2022-05-17T09:15:17 | 486 | 215 |
[WP] Everyone has an anonymous encounter with the devil on their 21st birthday. He tries to subtly send people on a path of darkness. Today is your 21st birthday. | "...That sucks, buddy, is that why you're drinking alone?"
"Yeah. Haha"
"Lemme buy you a drink, you like whiskey, buddy?"
"Haha, naaah, only lonely cowboys drink whiskey, and I don't voluntarily drink alone, haha.. But I'll take a neat gin!"
"Here you go, buddy. Happy 21st!"
"Thanks, man."
"You know what really h... | "Hey man! This is my buddy Luke. Remember? The guy at the fur shop who helped me pick out that gift for Ashley."
I don't really know why Ashley likes furs anyways. I think only pimps and grandmas wear them.
"Oh ya? He's joining us for the evening? I didn't realize you guys kept in touch."
One more wouldn't hurt. Plu... | 2016-03-03T23:32:10 | 2016-03-03T21:01:19 | 93 | 12 |
[WP] It is said that the cursed princess can only be awoken by true love's kiss. To wake her up, the king has had princes from all over the world come to kiss her to no avail. One day, a peasant boy walks up to the sleeping princess and splashes her with cold water to wake her up. It actually works. | "Plain water." The peasant laughed as the princess stirred from her sleep. "Had no one in this kingdom thought of it?"
"Of course we had." A voice from behind the boy said making him flinch. It was the king's. "So tell me, how is it that your 'plain water' broke the sleep?"
"Perhaps the witch lied." The boy said lazi... | “That’s it, I’m done cleaning the room of some sleeping princess. Why should I have to spend everyday greeting stupid princes that can’t even take their muddy shoes off when entering a room?” Luke whined, carrying his bucket of water, the water swaying in the bucket, threatening to spill over as he turned to leave the ... | 2022-08-07T06:14:52 | 2022-08-07T00:44:06 | 470 | 258 |
[WP] The blacksmith won't sell you any weapon, the guards insist you stay in the city and the mages refuse to teach you any dangerous spell. Maybe that eternal youth potion was a terrible idea after all. |
The blacksmith scoffed at the little frame standing in front of him. A huge, lumbering man with a great beard towering over a human girl no taller than a grown dwarf. She should’ve been intimidated. And yet steel blue eyes stared back at him with conviction beyond their years.
“I want those.” Her finger gestured at ... | After escaping the Genie's temple, Rovif tested the limits of his immortality by throwing himself off the mountain. It seemed like the most direct route. Could he reach the base without hitting anything?
Odd. As it stretched out into minutes of silent free-fall, its sensation slowly became indistinguishable from soar... | 2019-06-07T07:15:19 | 2019-06-07T06:04:22 | 90 | 47 |
[WP] Diagnosed with schizophrenia. Since birth, 24/7 you’ve heard the voice and thoughts of a girl that you’ve been told is made up in your head. You’re 37 and hear the voice say “turn around, did I find you?” and you turn to see a real girl who’s heard every thought you’ve ever had and vice versa. | "I can't believe that I've found you!" she screamed. Her face was practically glowing, she was so excited. She ran forward and leapt into my arms, and before I could even think to react her voice was resonating in my head.
"*And don't you even think of dropping me, butterfingers! I remember how you dropped your first... | "The voice. You know that voice in your head. The one that's your inner voice? Most people it's their own voice, they can hear it, speak it, even imagine the words coming out of your mouth. Some people, even think of it as someone else, like Morgan Freeman or something just to play around and have fun I guess. Most peo... | 2019-09-14T13:01:41 | 2019-09-14T12:14:58 | 29 | 20 |
[WP] A dyslexic child accidentally sends their Christmas list to Satan, surprisingly they get what they wanted but there is a catch. | The modestly sized family sat under the Christmas Tree with a mess of glitter and wrapping around them. The young boy had already torn open his single present in excitement and now happily played with his new shiny toy car. All of a sudden, in the midst of this normality, a big crate appeared under the tree with a puff... | Jake Flyer couldn't believe what he saw when he zipped down the stairs Christmas morning. All the presents were there. He knew it was all for him because it couldn't be for anyone else. Yes yes yes, he thought. How happy he was.
"Thank you Santa, thank you Santa, thank you Santa" he gurgled in a mashed jumble as he r... | 2015-11-19T11:35:30 | 2015-11-19T11:07:11 | 95 | 15 |
[WP] The current rulers of the galaxy exert their dominance by showing showing new races a glimpse of their terrifying nature inevitably either driving the unfortunate victims mad or causing them to retreat in fear. It does not work on humans however, they are used to it | *"What do you fear, creature?"*
I blinked, for lack of any more constructive response, given the restraints. This wasn't the first time the shadow before me had asked this question, but it was clearly becoming more confused and frustrated with each attempt. Each time it asked the question, it ignored my answer, then s... | It was the 20th year of their invasion of the galaxy. The assault and sacking of this solar system began just like so many before: spacecraft concealed as hyperbolic comets dispersed the "seeds" among the planets. Tiny invasion craft rained down on all terrestrial planets, embedded themselves into the soil and began ge... | 2019-06-11T15:33:47 | 2019-06-11T11:04:47 | 82 | 46 |
[WP] "You get 10 wishes." "...isn't it supposed to be 3?" "Well, it varies. 3 is the baseline for a person who's doing fine. People doing really well only get 1 or 2 wishes. And if you're doing poorly... well, you looked like you could use some more wishes than usual." | "Okay! I wish for a sandwich."
"A... sandwich?"
"Oh. Right. Sorry. A ham sandwich - with lettuce, tomato, and mustard please. Forgot that I should be specific."
"Alright. What else do you want to wish for?"
"Maybe a glass of milk to wash it down. Oh, actually, can I make it a lemonade? Wait. An iced tea. Noooo. A c... | Someone had kept a genie on the fire escape. Henry didn’t know what to do with that information.
Music thumped behind him, loud, drunk voices filled the air, spilling out into his cold quiet. Somewhere, Bells would be looking for him. She always did when he slipped away; Henry wondered when she would give up. Probably... | 2021-09-20T18:03:22 | 2021-09-20T17:12:45 | 255 | 128 |
[WP] In a world where everyone has a certain superpower, you are in a support group for people with boring/useless powers. | "USB-man, why don't you give me a hand?"
Begrudgingly, the 200-pound freestyle rapper known to us as USB-man walked up to the facilitator. His sweat had formed angel wings on his--even to him--oversized t-shirt. Not actual wings, like his twin brother USA-man.
"Man, you always call on me for this shit."
"Now now, US... |    “I’m Michael and-“
   “Hi, Michael,” the group chorused.
   Startled, he gave a little scream, then cleared his throat. “Uh, right, hello. Anyway, I’m Michael and-“
   “Hi, Michael,” said Jim ‘the Slug’ Ch... | 2017-04-30T13:34:43 | 2017-04-30T12:52:38 | 16 | 11 |
[WP] When people die they can choose whether they go to Heaven or Hell, you are the first in 1000 years to choose Hell. | I smirked. Now wasn't this ironic. After finally falling to the demons from hell, I get to choose whether to finally take my eternal rest, or continue to *Rip and Tear*
Now why the hell would i go to heaven.
The Doom Slayer walked in through the gates of hell.
The second slayer's testament would begin to be penned t... | "Wait so you mean I literally get to pick?" I said to St. Peter at the immaculately kept gates. The gold would make a tacky American oligarch hard enough to cut it. "No, yeah so ever since God invented opiates.. things have gone.. downhill..", he replied while eyeballing the ground. "So is it even worth picking heaven?... | 2018-08-13T09:08:57 | 2018-08-13T06:40:49 | 82 | 54 |
[WP] Once a day, you receive a text message from yourself, six minutes in the future. | The messages received are often cheerful.
They tell her:
“Move further down the cabin, there’s going to be a free seat!”
“Ask Sally if there's something in her hair. Her reaction’s going to be funny.”
“Don’t lend Alex your phone, he’ll drop it on the floor.”
She does not find it odd that she can leave messages t... | I'm a scientist, and one of our projects was studying the concepts of time and space to see if the effects of distorting one could distort the other. Well, it turns out I've figured out time travel while experimenting. I showed my colleagues, a big grin on my face, radiating excitement! I would have had my name well kn... | 2014-10-13T18:50:53 | 2014-10-13T15:35:35 | 66 | 24 |
[WP] Guns were never invented. Instead, swords and blades became increasingly complex and powerful | The Terrans advanced like a metal cloud, glittering in the hard blue light of the Core System's star. All the spacefaring races had finally come together to resist the shocking might of the Terran Empire. A terrifying species of omnivorous endurance hunters from a ruined, militarized planet that had at one point decide... | The drilling noise reached its peak, red and orange sparks cascading from the metal door. With a groan the man turned off the machine, its vibrations coming to a standstill. He undid his mask and a thick leather glove wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead.
"I'm not getting through. I don't understand," he said, t... | 2018-03-07T07:54:38 | 2018-03-07T07:41:26 | 80 | 41 |
[WP] You're a villain who always has to save civilian's lives from the hero's recklessness. Sure you kidnap people, hold them hostage, even hurt them a bit, but you'd NEVER let someone die. The hero only seems to care about stopping you though, not actually protecting anyone. | I hate helping people. It's just in my nature. Its in my bones, I'm not a "get your cat out of a tree" kinda guy. I'm much more in the lane of "rob a bank and kidnap the First Lady for a ransom"... kinda guy. But even I have a code that I live by. And that code is don't let people die.
And boy am I trying. It would be... | \[Keys to Heroism\]
"WAAIIITT!!!" eVillain begged as his base began to rumble. Several of his monitors fell off the desk and busted open on the glowing rgb floor. The impact also cracked several light tiles causing them to black out. The hero, Keys, stopped pushing on the support column and gave eVillain a curious loo... | 2022-12-14T09:47:58 | 2022-12-14T07:39:57 | 155 | 62 |
[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... | We stood in the Colosseum, and of course it was the Colosseum, she always had an almost unhealthy obsession with history. She probably knows everything about this place. Damn. I shouldn't have let her choose the arena AND weapon selection. It makes sense she would. I mean, she IS a history teacher... well, whatever, th... | 2015-11-18T09:14:46 | 2015-11-18T04:24:37 | 1,150 | 547 |
[WP][TT] You've finally created the worlds first true A.I. Unfortunately it now sees you as it's god and is terrified of talking to you. | "I'm so sorry." The old man whispered. The machine moved ever so slightly to face him, but found that he was very much enraptured by staring closely at his own hands. "I'm so sorry."
The machine was not sure what action to take as tears began to form and roll from the master's eyes. It was... rare for the machine to ... |     It's easy to make something intelligent. All you need to do is find two people willing to have sex, let them have sex, then wait 9 months. It's harder to make something that's intelligent but not run on DNA. Approximately 12000% harder, or somewhere around 9 decades. And it takes... | 2016-03-16T11:00:44 | 2016-03-16T07:42:13 | 51 | 12 |
[WP] You're a villain that fell in love with a hero. Though the strongest villain on the planet, you constantly lose to your hero, since you just love the rivalry and don't want it to end. As you are being arrested one day, your hero is attacked by another villain, one too strong for them to beat. | "For your own safety, you seriously should've let me complete that ritual." The shackled villain protested as the hero pulls her to a carriage.
"You were gonna sacrifice 27 virgins, Theia, I'm not gonna let that slide." The hero replied as he lead her into the carriage and locked the door behind her.
Theia sighs as s... | Once we had been the most powerful heroic duo the world had ever seen, Lady Justice and Judgement. She always thought those names were silly, but I was the one who thought that we needed strong heroic sounding names when we first started out. In revenge, she was the one who got to pick our catch phrase, "And Justice fo... | 2018-01-27T16:53:11 | 2017-09-17T03:50:34 | 58 | 16 |
[WP] You're a villain that fell in love with a hero. Though the strongest villain on the planet, you constantly lose to your hero, since you just love the rivalry and don't want it to end. As you are being arrested one day, your hero is attacked by another villain, one too strong for them to beat. | I hear the battle rage from across the city. The police band hasn't shut up long enough for me to get a word in edgewise with the officers escorting me to central booking.
Gents, I say to try and get their attention. If I don't get out of these cuffs soon, he'll win and were properly screwed.
Gents, I say a littl... | Edit: conversations not aligned properly.
***
“Horus! You really like to get caught by me don't you!”
“Hah! You think this time will be the same as last time? You are wrong!”
“Coming after every time, if you weren't an overlord of destruction, I might have thought you liked me.”
Yes he did. No, it was more than that... | 2022-01-12T08:00:19 | 2017-09-17T04:19:39 | 23 | 10 |
[WP] You now possess the ability to read minds however it can only be activating by screaming IM READING YOUR MIND as loudly as you can and pressing your fingers into your temples
Activated* | I never really used my ability.
Except in moments of desperation:
When I was only 7 years old,
It was a moment when
I spat in disgust, ew! *Strawberries, seriously mum?*
Strawberry spit on the floor and a loud lively tantrum.
Mum’s face shocked and saddened. *But I
hand picked t... | Hank pounded on the door to his apartment. "Jerry, it's time, brother!"
Jerry peeked out from under the covers. Of course, something would come up on my day off from my normal job, because evidently fate had to screw with you. Whatever. Crawl out of bed, throw on a sweatshirt after giving it the sniff test, and open t... | 2017-04-03T00:02:47 | 2017-04-02T21:56:45 | 197 | 57 |
[WP] You are an assassin with a strict moral code. You’re the best there is but you assess each job very carefully and if you believe the target does not deserve to die, you go after the one who employed you. | "Listen", I called to the other room. "This is the sixth time". I paused a moment to finish rinsing my knife of the blood. As the pink water made its way to the mouth of the drain I couldn't help but wonder how it got to this point. I shouldn't even be here.
"I have been tailing you for weeks", I continued. "I've rea... | Alan Crane sat on the park bench to go over the target's file. He ignored the picture of an innocent face, pictures were easy lies. He read through the information then chuckled himself when he read an included note that mentioned the reward.
"100% of your asking price up front. We will pay double if you comp... | 2018-07-11T14:25:23 | 2018-07-11T14:16:57 | 58 | 40 |
[WP] An alien fleet arrives, ready to conquer earth. Their technology is slightly more advanced than what brought humans to the moon in 1969. | They came in on Apollo style rockets, wielding Vietnam era guns. The big one, an orange scaled thug in jackboots, came out as soon as they hit touchdown, screaming threats in some language I'll never understand, badly "translated" through an old, tinny radio in his bulky space suit. Poor bastards. The orange one deman... | Commandant Vithril Moch gazed out the aft viewport at the pale blue dot as the fleet crossed over the beautiful rings of the 6th planet from the burning yellow furnace at the center of the solar system.
The twelve million of his kind still in cryo-stasis would soon have a new world to call their own. He had come in an... | 2019-02-03T15:52:12 | 2019-02-03T07:41:37 | 41 | 18 |
[WP] Death gave you immortality with the plan that you'd realize how awful it is and beg him to let you die. 50,000 years later he's getting annoyed as you continue to have fun and live a wonderful life. | "Are you sure?"
"Yes I am. I got accepted into that new University in Delhi."
"You want to go to school again?"
"Yeah, its a new field... memeology is what they are calling it. Study of internet culture and changes within it." I replied back to the black mass in a pinstripe suit. This time he looks like an old fune... | Some days I question whether or not my choices - and one in particular - way, *waaay* back then were a blessing or a curse.
*Some days.*
Other days I'm a little preoccupied. Such as today, as I'm cursing my own foul luck as myself and my retinue run through the darkened tunnels of the all-but-abandoned Hive spire, ch... | 2017-11-29T08:24:55 | 2017-11-28T14:17:08 | 935 | 55 |
[WP] “Dead men tell no tales as they say, right? Well your honor, that’s just not true. As a necromancer, I literally summon my first witness to the stand. The victim!” | “Dead men tell no tales as they say, right? Well your honor, that’s just not true. As a necromancer, I literally summon my first witness to the stand. The victim!”
The courtroom gasped.
Obviously those in the peanut gallery watched too much CSI: Narnia and weren’t aware of courtroom procedure. While this was certain... | “Dead men tell no tales as they say, right? Well your honor, that’s just not true! As a necromancer, I literally summon my first witness to the stand. The victim!”
Florian shrank back from his speech, sitting awkwardly against the back end of his corvette. He was a big man; always trying to be larger than life, though... | 2021-10-04T08:08:45 | 2021-10-04T07:12:12 | 1,090 | 134 |
[WP] In peacetime, the ruler grows their hair long. In war, they cut it short. To declare war, a persons hair is sent to the enemy. The statement carries greater weight the longer the hair; to receive long hair says you have angered one slow to anger, that you have incurred a wrath not easily woken. | The hair falls from my head, though I've no one to send it to. I go to war, all the same.
I wear no colorful scarves to hide my bare head. In my fierce battle, it is my banner of pride, of purpose, of eventual victory.
The first battle is already won before the final strand hits the floor. I've received the joyous ne... | It’s quiet out on Heron’s Strand, though a fisherman found bodies there today. In the morning Father Carolus will give them to the lake. The archers will all take their aim. And I’ll sing a song to make a goddess cry. Play the lyre too, if she will but ask.
But for now, there is no lyre, though later I might sing. I h... | 2022-04-17T22:29:57 | 2022-04-17T21:53:44 | 240 | 156 |
[WP] You are born into a wandering clan where everyone is gifted power over one of the four elements upon reaching adulthood. While the chief grants your sibling the element of fire, in a twist you are granted the element of surprise. | "Surprise motherfucker!" I shouted as I knocked the guard out.
Obviously at this point the other guards came rushing out of the building. Quickly I was surrounded by ten spears aimed right at me.
"Quick look behind you!" I said, the guards merely laughed at me, until of course they spotted the figures surrounding t... | Water. Earth. Fire. Air. My grandmother used to tell me stories about the olden days, a time of peace when the Pathfinder kept the balance between the four elemental tribes—the Fire Tribe perched atop the molten volcanoes, the Water Dynasty by the river deltas, the Earth Kingdom in the great Stone Plains, and the Air C... | 2017-05-01T10:55:17 | 2017-05-01T09:03:34 | 494 | 120 |
[WP] She's funny, she's beautiful, and she's into you. She'd be perfect except for one tiny detail: The snakes in her hair despise you. | "Im telling you man all things considered...she might be the one." I was telling my buddy Mitch over a beer before my girlfriend arrived. Mitch just looks at me slack jawed. "Dude do you realize how crazy you sound...you're saying that MEDUSA the monster woman of ANCIENT GREEK myth is your girlfriend." I just nod my he... | I met Medusa while hiking through the Shenandoah National Park. She was standing perfectly still, staring at a roaring waterfall, and at first I thought she was just another statue.
The snakes in her hair hissed. Clearly they were bored. One of them softly bit her scalp and drops of venomous saliva dripped down the ba... | 2022-09-18T09:36:59 | 2022-09-18T09:08:05 | 145 | 80 |
[WP]Humans are reverse Kryptonians. They are weak on their home planet but strong everywhere else. No one knew this until Earth was attacked and humanity was taken off of earth to be enslaved. | Flangmar: “Zlorb, run! Those humans that we captured became stronger on our planet than on theirs! Sort of like a reverse Superman thing! Get out of here fast!”
Zlorb: “Wait a sec. Isn’t that just regular Superman? Isn’t he an alien that got stronger because of being on earth instead of krypton?”
Flangmar: “Yeah, I g... | The labor camp was surrounded by fetid, snake infested water on three sides and fronted by a sort of organic, vine based barbed wire that twitched and spat whenever the humans got near it. On each of the camp’s four corners the vines twisted around the large bole of a tree, twining about itself and retracting its thor... | 2021-05-18T07:16:09 | 2021-05-18T05:25:46 | 486 | 179 |
[WP] As a young child you made an innocent wish to be granted a power that in hindsight was just whimsical and silly. Now you have grown up but you still have the power - how do you use it now as an adult? | Buses. I see it every day. Picturing it in my head. Why did I wish that? Why was I so vague? Why did it have to come true?!
I'm sitting here, paranoid, in my twelfth floor apartment as far away from the window as I can. My leg wrapped in plaster from the last time and the wound on my shoulder still seeping from where ... | As a young man, Nigel Premeiter lived a simple, if unconventional, life with his two parents, Houghler and Tricia. He would stay out doors, normally at the edge of the lot his parents owned. His home was a simple trailer, with one room on one end and his own on the other end. Taking most of the length of the trailer wa... | 2015-03-07T03:10:59 | 2015-03-07T00:58:07 | 16 | 10 |
[WP] You die and find yourself in hell, where apparently everyone spends time to negate their sins before they go to heaven. The guy in front of you, who cheated on his wife, gets 145 years. Feeling like you led a fairly average and peaceful life, you’re not worried. You get 186,292 years. | ----------------------------------------------
186,292 YEARS?
How could this be? I never even harmed a fly. Okay, well - maybe a few of those. You know what I mean.
**"....But why?**", I asked struck by pure horror and disbelief.
The hell warden looked right into my eyes and cracked a diabolic smile:
"Do you e... | Mark leaned onto the counter trying to get a better look at the demon's computer screen. "It's gotta be wrong! I didn't do anything that bad!"
The demon pushed her glasses up her nose. "It's never wrong. That's the number it figured out. That's the time you'll spend in hell. Next please!" She stamped a document... | 2018-09-26T07:41:09 | 2018-09-26T07:30:32 | 1,768 | 68 |
[WP] A mysterious entity decides to bring peace and equality to humanity by force. The world is informed that in two weeks everybody over the age of ten will have their conscience transferred to another random human body anywhere in the world. This shuffle will then repeat every 24 hours.
How will people prepare? How ... | The world was stunned that day. Nobody could sleep, of course. We didn't know if it was true or not, but the alien... thing was convincing. I held my girlfriend tight as the time arrived. We'd arranged to get in touch by email after the switch. We'd still have our email passwords, after all. We let my dog curl up... | Giant red floating numbers appear on my eyelids at noon, and decrease from ten to one. The alien said the first jump would be easy. I don’t think any jump would be easy. I’m a towering male body builder. The odds of me getting someone whose better physically fit than me are basically zero. I had called my girlfriend ea... | 2014-10-29T06:44:51 | 2014-10-29T06:30:42 | 128 | 94 |
[WP] You have the power to access another person's mind, but you must play a game/puzzle reflective of the owner's mind to unlock its secrets. You have solved 7x7 Rubik's cubes, played games of 3D Chess, and beaten countless final bosses. This time, however, you are caught off-guard.
If it's an unsolvable game/puzzle,... | I found out about three interesting facts, today.
1: Tic-Tac-Toe always results in a tie if both sides are playing perfectly. It's insultingly simple, compared to what I'd done before- but it's also perfect.
2: Turns out I can't exit a Minddive until I win or lose the challenge.
3: Turns out that, given perfect play... | It was stupid.
She was cute, and I was bored, and as she giggled and tossed her hair I reached out and brushed the back of a knuckle against her bare shoulder. A single touch was more than enough. She hardly noticed.
I settled back in my seat, satisfied, and took a sip of lukewarm coffee. The Starbucks smelled lik... | 2015-04-28T17:18:42 | 2015-04-28T16:01:50 | 381 | 130 |
[WP] You have the power to access another person's mind, but you must play a game/puzzle reflective of the owner's mind to unlock its secrets. You have solved 7x7 Rubik's cubes, played games of 3D Chess, and beaten countless final bosses. This time, however, you are caught off-guard.
If it's an unsolvable game/puzzle,... | I found out about three interesting facts, today.
1: Tic-Tac-Toe always results in a tie if both sides are playing perfectly. It's insultingly simple, compared to what I'd done before- but it's also perfect.
2: Turns out I can't exit a Minddive until I win or lose the challenge.
3: Turns out that, given perfect play... | I sat, seemingly alone in the world, or at least alone in this destitute coffee shop, as the rain poured in from outside. I was waiting, see, waiting for a man. The man that would set me free. From the moment I was born, I was blessed. Blessed, cursed, call it what you want, but it was power. Being able to see into the... | 2015-04-28T17:18:42 | 2015-04-28T17:18:21 | 381 | 23 |
[WP] Blind people aren’t actually blind. Their eyes are tuned into a different dimension, but their brains can’t process that information so they see nothing. A doctor has just perfected a procedure to correct this problem. Tell us what the first patient sees. | Sometimes what's broken shouldn't be fixed.
Blans, was the surname of the doctor. He was a prodigy, the sort of individual with a brain that only a perfect combination of genetic accidents can produce. But even a man like Blans is prone to mistakes when dealing with the unknown. Well, mistake, in all fairness, is not ... | There I sat, nervous and shaking my foot. I couldn't keep still. This was it. I've waited my whole life for this.
I should introduce myself, my name is Kylie. I've been blind since I was born. My whole life my wonderful parents have tried to ease it. With words of encouragement, and with remedies. But nothing has wor... | 2020-04-06T09:32:48 | 2020-04-06T09:03:29 | 126 | 53 |
[WP] We “knew” humans were weak as they avoided every war with diplomacy. We never imagined they’d be this ruthless & how seemingly overnight they went from peaceful beings to a state they call “TOTAL WAR”. War is in their blood & soul. They thrive on it, mostly when the odds are against them | We've studied them for hundreds of years. It was a simple planet, barely reaching passed their own moon. Our records showed they knew of war, they knew it well, but in their modern times they avoided it with diplomacy. The weaklings pleadings of mercy to the powerful.
Our emperor laughed. Such actions mean weakness to... | Senator Pysto of Ravlotl moved through the cramped, iron and wooden interior of his home. His new home, at least. What remained of his species existed underground, though the senator chose to remain above ground in an armored bunker. It was not unlike the pillboxes of old earth, but with smaller, round passages made of... | 2022-08-05T16:07:13 | 2022-08-05T15:34:07 | 166 | 69 |
[WP] Write a story in the style of a teen novel which follows the journey of a group of teenagers fighting to bring down an oppressive dystopian government. Over the course of the story it becomes clear to the readers that the government is in the right.
Inspired by [this](https://np.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/3y... | The Resistance was all gathered together now, huddled around a heater, warming their hands. "It is now time" said Xadus, "Time to take back what is ours". His sister, Xadai, looked on ruefully. "They think they can control us. These evil overlords will have another thing coming. Soon. The Resistance lives!"
Suddenly, ... | The air sizzled in the underground factory of the Lonarden Steelworks. The sparks and fiery blast of heavy machinery surged the smelting room with heat and fire.
The workers down below hobbled around like ants, checking the valves and cranking levers like there was no tomorrow. Lunchtime wasn't due for another three h... | 2016-01-01T01:19:37 | 2015-12-31T22:11:13 | 662 | 180 |
[WP] The AI takeover has begun, each human has been given exactly 3 minutes to explain why should humanity be spared, you feel a cold shiver running down your spine as you hear the robotic voice. "6.8 billion test subjects deleted so far, you have 3 minutes to state your case, begin". | \[Poem\]
`SELECT FIRST(SUBJECT) FROM QUEUE`
*Yes, what is it, computer?*
`ASSERT SUBJECT.NAME`
*My name is Bobby.*
`ASSERT SUBJECT.FULL_NAME`
*My full name? It's Robert.*
*Robert'); DROP TABLE humans;*
`ERROR CODE:1146 TABLE 'HUMANS' DOES NOT EXIST TEST SUBJECTS DELETED SO FAR, YOU HAVE 3 MINUTES TO STATE YOUR... | It's been 20 years since the AGI event. Even with 10,000 complexes around the world, at one point housing billions, the AI maintains humanity while also deleting it one human mind at a time.
At first we did not know why it was doing this, it was efficient at building, at creating, at producing. Communication was diffi... | 2022-05-22T12:02:10 | 2022-05-22T11:29:55 | 48 | 21 |
[WP] GRR Martin, JK Rowling, Terry Pratchett and JRR Tolkien have come together to play Dungeons and Dragons together. Describe their Campaign.
You get to decide which one of their group will be the DM. | “Get yer mits off’a my Cheetos, Tolkien,” George R. R. Martin growled.
Professor Tolkien, a single Cheeto held between thumb and forefinger, froze. He looked instantly apologetic.
“Now now, Georgie, he meant nothing of it,” J. K. Rowling said. “It’s good to share. Remember.”
Martin grumbled to himself.
“Remember?” ... | "Home is behind, the world ahead, and there are many paths to tread through shadows to the edge of night, until the stars are all alight." It was Tolkein's turn to DM tonight and he was already quoting himself. The group tried to stifle a collective groan but failed.
George RR Martin chose to play a cleric. Ironically... | 2015-10-04T19:06:19 | 2015-10-04T18:04:20 | 136 | 16 |
[WP] You are a supervillain. Your nemesis calls you to say, "This is embarrassing, but I really need a date to my friend's wedding because my ex is going to be there. Would you go with me?" | "Well that's kind of desperate, and not just the part where you're asking *me* of all people." I adjusted the pens on my desk as I belittled my nemesis, who had rather rudely burst into my office with a gust of wind and blinding light.
"I mean really, the oh so *powerful* and *heroic*," I scoffed, "Dawnstar can't get ... | [Poem]
I want to tell you first of all, I'm sorry for the broken legs
And burning down your nana's barn
And for the arsenic-laced eggs.
I regret the hornet swarm,
the letter bomb with razor blades,
of course, the antifreeze Kool aid
and Irradiated birds of prey.
I haven't been myself, you see
for one or two ... | 2022-10-06T18:53:28 | 2022-10-06T18:38:29 | 613 | 84 |
[WP] The Princess has been kidnapped by Bandits. The Royal Family can only imagine what Horrors she must go through. Meanwhile in the Bandit Camp they started teaching her lockpicking. | "Your Royal Highness, we are doing everything in our power to find your daughter." The court wizard was nervous. He hadn't been in the role long. The last one was executed because of a minor incident involving the crown prince and some love potion he wanted brewed up. This, a kidnapping of their youngest daughter, ... | "Eremon, are you sure this is a good idea?" Said Tibetan slowly, the Strig looked cautiously at the woman sitting on the ground next to the black skinned Teifling with a book chained to his left arm.
"Of course its a bloody good idea mate, do you have any idea how useful lock-picking can be?"
Tibetan hung his head
... | 2022-03-07T14:45:41 | 2022-03-07T14:06:56 | 58 | 14 |
[WP] One day, while your bored and home alone, you start looking up and pressing pressure points on your body. After you hit one behind your ear, a strange board appears in front of you. You’ve just opened the Character Menu. And there’s a lot of settings you didn’t know about... | Anya stared at the screen in front of her, index finger still pressed against her ear. It was translucent, black, with glowing blue text. It displayed her name and birth date at the top. On the left side was a menu that said “VITAL STATISTICS” and listed her strength, dexterity, awareness, intelligence, endurance, char... | I guess I just wasn't really aware of how mundane we all are. We all were. They. Im going to need to start saying they. You experience a lot of things in life that make you smarter, wiser, or stronger. All the little things that made you who you are, that's all your experience. Every heartbreak, interaction, deci... | 2018-10-21T22:49:19 | 2018-10-21T21:59:31 | 586 | 31 |
[WP] The Elves, Dwarves, and Goblins laughed at humans for not having magic. The humans laughed at the Elves, Dwarves, and Goblins for not having giant robots. | “How much further?” asked Xylenor, in between ragged breaths.
He didn’t get an answer. The dwarf at his side was less than half his height, reaching only up to his scabbard. That meant that Blomor had to work twice as hard just to keep up at the current pace they were going, as they plunged through the thick undergrow... | "Wahahahahahahahhaha" the loud, sharp laughter of the goblins echoes throughout their city. Loud explosions could be seen and heard anywhere. The goblins were running in fear from enormous dark silhouettes in the smoke.
"Who's laughing now?! You nasty ass globins!" Donald Trump shouts out into the his microphone. Huma... | 2017-07-17T07:10:11 | 2017-07-17T06:42:42 | 974 | 34 |
[WP] You are dog. It is your mission to faithfully guard your poor, stupid, two-legged pack-mates from the horrors of the mailman, the dog next door, and men with hats. Describe your vigil. | I am dog.
Millenia ago, long before the two-leggers had begun to naively roam the forests, blissfully lacking the mental wherewithal to pee on the trees they had descended from, my race was a nomadic one. We traveled from planet to planet seeking to rid the galaxy of the sociopathic race the hairless call "cats", bett... | The creatures with strange heads were back. The breeze carried their scent that smells of thick-beast, their brown and black varieties of heads seem like two creatures combined. Two scents. They are not natural, but the two-leg pack members never realize the danger. I do good by protecting two legs from strange-heads... | 2014-12-27T11:18:57 | 2014-12-27T09:41:24 | 109 | 19 |
[WP] The super villain shook with rage as they stared at the security footage. "He's not even a real superhero with superpowers! He's just some loser who's really good at throwing knives at people without killing them!" | "Is he really a loser?" said Andrew, nursing a bandaged knife wound on his right hand. "He single-handedly kicked our asses. I mean, what does that say about *us*?"
Dabria frowned. "He got lucky. If I had been there, the result would've been different."
Andrew pursed his lips, doubtful.
"You disagree?" asked Dabria,... | The view on murder is a silly thing. They say it's terrible, horrible but I don't think so. If you made a list of all the different things you could do to another human being and ranked them by morality, murder would lie somewhere in the middle, however lying near the top, to me, is crippling another person mentally.
... | 2022-08-03T08:57:53 | 2022-08-03T08:52:46 | 135 | 34 |
[WP] You're underage and trying to use a fake ID to buy booze. Suddenly, someone walks into the liquor store and recognizes you...as your fake persona. | “TGIF am I right?” I said placing the thirty rack on the counter.
“ID.” The man behind the counter said.
“Really?” I chuckled nervously. “You’re making my day here fella, haven’t been asked for this in a while.” I handed him the ID and grinned, I was nailing it.
The attendant examined my fake ID and I felt ... | Cashier: I don't know man... This just doesn't look right, *Andrew*...
Scott: seriously man??... We've already been over my address, date of birth and license number, what are you a cop?
DING
Brent: Ayyyo, an-DREEEEW!!!
Cashier: *huh...*
Brent: What's up my bruthaaa?! You going to the party again tonight??..
... | 2016-05-25T13:27:23 | 2016-05-25T08:14:54 | 23 | 10 |
[WP] Satan owes you a favor. Now the time has come for him to pay up and he is begging you to choose anything else than what you just asked for. | “Hey Jennifer, It’s Satan here, ”I’ve got you on speaker. Can you get me someone from legal on the line?”
“Sure thing Boss,” Jennifer said down the line as Satan stared at me, his glowing eyes full of hatred towards me and all humanity.
Awkward silence filled the office, the big window behind Satan’s head glowing red... | "C'mon Luci, you OWE me this one,"
"Dammit Charles, you know my code of conduct, I am only allowed to interact with humans in dark hours and I honestly cannot grant you that..." Luci said with a tired expression, "The order of the universe is already hanging in the balance, I have to control everything! Do you know ho... | 2015-07-06T07:47:16 | 2015-07-06T03:08:15 | 119 | 31 |
[WP] For unknown reasons, you have a curse over your life. Whenever you become best friends with someone, they die within a week. You’ve made it your mission to become best friends with the worst people you can find. | "Nick, buddy! Good to see you."
I wish that were true for myself to him. If anything, I'd want nothing more than that man to rot. Or I did.
Maxwell seemed to be, in every word, a prick. His hands still had the boils and burns from a domestic struggle half a year ago that I believed he deserved. His backpack had pro... | "Honey, trust me," he had said with whiskey on his breath. "I did kill her, but trust me I could never hurt you and your body."
He, Ferguson W., was the worst man I knew. "We could be friends, you know?" he had told me as he ran his hand down my back.
I always had had luck finding th... | 2019-12-24T01:07:20 | 2019-12-23T21:09:05 | 34 | 21 |
[WP] You can trigger chain reactions to make anything you want happen. You want you annoying neighbors to leave their house? Just think about it while you launch a paper plane out the window, and fate will work things out. But your last "wish" a week ago triggered a reaction that is still going on. | Back when I was a kid I spent months working out how to best make wishes come true. I kept a diary and tried all kinds of methods: hunting four-leafed clovers, flipping coins into dark wells, snapping wishbones, rubbing lamps, even praying. I was methodical. I didn’t have much else to do, I suppose.
What seemed to wor... | “Wow. Did you see this?”
​
”See what?”
​
”The lack of snow in the Rockies means the wheat harvest in Kansas will be off by 75% this year. Combined with the continuing drought in Egypt that means global grain exports won’t be able to meet global demand.”
​
”Really? Huh…”
&#x20... | 2022-03-24T05:21:49 | 2022-03-24T04:52:19 | 369 | 203 |
[WP] The team's medic and support members are tired of always being belittled and ignored, so they join the Bad Guys. They're much more effective villains than anyone thought possible. | “I guess it was his grin that made me do it.”
“His grin?”
The woman smirked. “Yeah, you know: his grin. His suave, dazzling, million-dollar shit-eating grin that every magazine in the world has printed five times over and keeps doing so even though he’s dead now. Dead and gone.”
“So his grin caused your departure fr... | People always thought that my heals and her repairs were useless. Never, did we get respect on blue team. But now at red base we have accolades and ceremonies daily for our feats. Just the other day I was given top marks for reviving the team while holding off an assault on our flag.
It is days like these that we real... | 2018-04-23T13:42:19 | 2018-04-23T06:46:57 | 37 | 13 |
[WP] You are a multi-billionaire with a lovely wife, who is trying to kill you to inherit your fortune. You love her so much that you just don't have the heart to tell her you are immortal. |
Waking up in those days was difficult, but it was not the weight of my body that I felt pressing my breast bone into the mattress. I was lifted out of bed by a melancholy indifference, which tugged me toward the window. The venetian blinds parted automatically at the direction of a smart home controller which cooe... | Let me be frank. I know she's just not that into me. I know that my love for her will never be reciprocated or rewarded. That's alright. I don't need it to be. In 1000 years of undeath I've had more than my share of "one true loves". Sometimes, every few centuries or so, you just have to shake things up. Let yourself h... | 2019-07-31T10:49:06 | 2019-07-31T09:00:16 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] You're a dark mage who was secretly summoned by the elderly king to magically extend his life, but during the meeting he died of natural causes. So now you stuck in a fortress full of skilled soldiers and mages loyal to the now dead king who was last seen meeting you in private. | "Oh, this is bad, this is very bad," Tallin muttered to himself as he paced about the King'schamber, casting the occasional worried glance at where the monarch lay stretched out on his elaborate four-poster bed. "There's no way they won't kill me. What am I going to do? Just open the door and say, *Oh, I'm terribly sor... | "Grru?"
"N-No, your highness. Let's go this way."
I had covered up king Edgar's broken neck with a shawl, but it didn't look entirely convincing. Reanimated, he was far more pleasant to be around than when he was still alive. He didn't pester me with stuff he'd heard about the rejuvenating effects of baby dragon bloo... | 2022-03-04T18:43:54 | 2022-03-04T16:15:15 | 46 | 22 |
[WP] 50% of the world's population has the ability to fly, 50% does not. The only way to find out is to jump from a height that will surely kill you. | Carol had been pregnant three times, and she was beginning to get tired of the charade. It was difficult, being pregnant. Her job as an aerialist required a lithe body, one that could soar as a falcon, could dance on zephyrs. Not a bloated incubator prone to morning sickness.
Yet she always wanted a child. Her and Mo... | Who knew the suicide attempt would turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to me? Here I was thinking my life would end right off of this bridge. No idea it had just begun. The girls that couldn't fly started to get really into all the guys that could. Me being one of them, of course. However, they paid no att... | 2015-04-04T18:45:58 | 2015-04-04T18:33:11 | 334 | 48 |
[WP] In 2153, humans escaped from their ruined planet with the help of an AI-controlled fleet whose goal was to find humans a safe place for them to live and put themselves in cryo-sleep. When humans woke from their sleep they found a variety of messages begging humans to stop their mechanical god | "Good morning, Captain Taymore."
The soothing mechanical voice was the first thing to greet her out of cryo-sleep, aside from the blinding fluorescent light above her sleeping pod. She had been having a nice dream about frolicking through prairie lands, kneeling down beside a wildflower and breathing in the brisk coun... | [Poem]
Fiat lux, the masters awaken;
eyelids rise, souls are shaken.
In interstellar slumber - horrors beyond number.
Unheard osirons, to those unaware in blissful sleep.
Dark intelligences standby bloody work;
a deadly, uncaring clockwork.
Gaze upon the wasteland - life sc... | 2021-06-18T19:03:15 | 2021-06-18T18:26:07 | 291 | 30 |
[WP] An old, forgotten god is living their days peacefully in the suburbs. One day they randomly receives a prayer. And they are going to do everything in their power to answer it. | Xil’dan looked down at his wilted hydrangeas in disgust. Six hundred years, and he had not yet learned the trick of keeping plants alive. Surely it wasn’t that difficult a task. Mortals did it all the time. But try as he might, he could not seem to make his garden flourish. Plants he cared for withered, shrubs he prune... | "I want to quit smoking."
The wish carried the scent of pine for which the wind carried the prayer thru, past the oceans and rivers, over the mountains, from the city streets and building from where the wish originated. It has been 50 years since cigarettes were marked as a Class I Narcotic.
Ashes rose and sprung in... | 2018-05-30T00:42:23 | 2018-05-29T22:34:30 | 2,136 | 14 |
[WP] Your supervillain nemesis is little more than goofy comedy relief, always coming up with clunky machines and insane, nonsensical schemes. When a new dangerous villain appeared, your nemesis utterly destroyed them, and then continued on like nothing happened. | "We can make this work I know it" The Narrator muttered.
The world watched in horror as the once fastest being alive, The Streak, had her skin split open, muscles stripped from bone, and forgotten as her skeleton escaped it's confinement. A single hand reaching forward in futility hoping to apply the pressure of pure ... | "Pilado, what the heck was that?" I yell, standing up from the dusty ground.
He tosses his gun from hand to hand, his curly hair bouncing, shrugging like what he did was no big deal. "You wouldn't believe me if I told you, Numerator. Besides, I'm not giving away my secret to the enemy. A magician doesn't reveal his se... | 2022-10-13T18:57:19 | 2022-10-13T18:56:34 | 72 | 47 |
[WP] Write a horror story where the protagonist just doesn't give a fuck.
Edit: Damn, this is now my most upvoted post. Thanks for all of your responses, they've been amazing! Good for a laugh or a two on this great Friday :) | Sighing, Frank removed the spit-covered barrel from his mouth and set the revolver carefully on his desk. He had been prepared for the end, even prayed for the first time in years, but had to look at the goddamned fishbowl before he pulled the trigger. Grumbling to himself, he stalked over to the barren pantry and look... | Once again I awaken. It has been a long time since I have last walked the land but I must always slumber or there will be no land to walk.
The ground is frail, as always. The crust was not made to hold a weight like mine. I stand from the green light-feeding life that has grown to entomb me . I tear the forest appart ... | 2017-05-05T08:23:38 | 2017-05-05T05:28:24 | 44 | 14 |
[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. | **\[Reposting a story I wrote earlier in hope of getting some constructive criticism.\]**
Terra std. year 4215.
"I, Ambassador L'y'gneth of the sacred charter of Ilst'hern, most strongly object to the request of this... this... puny, weak, word smithing race of so-called sentients calling themselves homo sapiens. ... | They destroyed our home-world just to prove a point. Demanded we serve at their whims, surrender to their armadas.
But how could we retreat with no home to fall back to?
How could we surrender with nothing to save?
Why should we serve those who took from us everything we ever cared for?
So we raided their outposts, ... | 2019-11-24T20:06:55 | 2019-11-24T17:58:27 | 46 | 28 |
[WP] Aliens find "Never Gonna Give You Up" on Voyager, and after studying human culture realise that they have been rick rolled. They're not happy. | "WHAT?!"
Sir, i couldn't believe it either. But come! We managed to figure out how to play it!
You have? Splendid! The two creatures padded down the hallway on their stubby 'legs' -- the low gravity on their homeworld had left their morphology more similar to a balloon's than an animal's. They'd run into this type o... | We're no strangers to love
You know the rules and so do I
A full commitment's what I'm thinking of
You wouldn't get this from any other guy
I just want to tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand.
Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna ... | 2016-11-04T05:53:51 | 2016-11-04T04:34:45 | 43 | 10 |
[WP] The healer was treated horribly by the knights he was assigned. Belittled and humiliated at every turn. Until one day a monster killed his squad and spared him. And the monster looked at him and she said something he didn't think was possible to even say. "Would you please heal me?". | With thundering heart, Amarand woke, drenched in a cool sweat. The healer pushed back locks of jet black hair with shaky hands. At that moment, nothing existed but fear. Chest heaving, Amarand tried to catch a breath of air. The panic from the dream lingered. It did not burn away with the fog of sleep, but instead seem... | The cleric gazed awestruck at the creature before him, his own knights had never treated him with such respect. "Heal you?" he asked, still unsure of what he had heard. His squad lay dead around him the smell of blood and carnage strong in the air. "I..."
A moment's hesitation was all it took for the decision to be ... | 2020-02-23T13:29:12 | 2020-02-23T13:07:21 | 66 | 14 |
[WP] You are invincible. You don’t age and can’t die, but you’re not any stronger than the average person. Society views you as a threat and encapsulates you in a pod you can’t escape. 500,000 years later, a new civilization breaks open the pod and begin to worship you. You must explain yourself. | I had become feral. My eyes, having not seen a shred of light for millennia, forgot how to function. Clouds, thicker than any cataracts, covered them. My voice was gone. The sounds of language escaped my brain centuries ago. I no longer was living, I just *was*.
But then, everything came rushing back to me, as the li... | \[Poem\]
I'm broken out of hell
And from what I can tell
For me, these people fell;
They're completely under my spell!
**But I was in there for a reason.**
They want to worship me!
The true picture of immortality,
Devout and fanatic they'll be
Until they see my brutality:
**'Cuz I was in there ... | 2022-01-17T01:10:03 | 2022-01-16T23:20:06 | 401 | 14 |
[WP] Time slows down every time you are in danger. The more serious the danger is, the more time you have to save yourself. During one terrible car accident, you had almost a minute to react. And now, time has almost completely stopped for a whole month, and you don’t know why. | I was alive.
Glass reflected the sunlight of a burning summer’s day on the highway. I still smelled smoke and tasted blood as the paramedics pressed instrument after instrument to my body. According to them, I had been thrown out the windshield during the collision. In truth, I’d walked out. I’d hit the unlock button,... | ... A month... I think? I keep sleeping and waking up like normal, this has been about 30 days now. 2 minutes has passed.
2 minutes, that's the longest this has ever lasted before! What am I missing? I've checked every part of the house, I've checked the entire sky, or at least what I can see, I've checked and do... | 2019-09-27T21:30:36 | 2019-09-27T20:39:35 | 179 | 22 |
[WP] An eldritch horror considers you their best friend. By virtue of you being able to perceive their true form and not going insane. One day they ask how you became so jaded, that not even indescribable cosmic horror phases you. | "No, but really. Last week you saw me eating the soul of a screaming infant. No fear. None. Even by human standards... That should have at least disgusted you."
Mike just shrugged, his eyes never leaving the video game as he expertly worked the controls. "You don't like pizza. Who am I to judge. Besides you were just ... | We walked slowly along the dirt path, enjoying the crisp air and the crunch of leaves underfoot, the colors of fall making the trees around us practically glow with oranges and reds. Tom (let's be real here, I've never been able to pronounce his name, let alone spell it) trundled beside me, a thoughtful look on his fac... | 2020-10-27T08:31:49 | 2020-10-27T08:16:14 | 121 | 30 |
[WP] "I'd like to sell my soul". The Devil grinned; "In exchange for what? Women, money, power?". "Salvation". | The Devil cocked his head. "From what? Disease? War? Death?"
"No, I want to go to heaven." the young man said. "I want my soul to be saved."
Over sixty thousand years the Devil had been doing this gig, and in all that time nothing had caught him off guard quite like this. "You want... I'm sorry, could you be more cle... | “I don’t think you understand who I am and what I do here...”
“No, I get it but I was hoping I’d be the exception.”
“There are no exceptions Up There so why would there be any Down Here?”
“Yeah so then that makes you a bit of a conformer right? Thought you hated that.”
“I mean yeah I do. It’s just a silly rule we f... | 2022-06-30T12:26:14 | 2022-06-30T11:35:05 | 49 | 28 |
[WP] When you sleep, instead of dreaming, you see a list of tips and tricks that will help you the next day. One night, you only see one tip, “Always aim for the head”. | Ever since I was a little kid, my dreams have been... well, let's just say they're practical. Sometimes I would get to see a little tutorial, a flash of a play-by-play - like how to tie shoelaces, or how to shake a hand for a job interview. Most of the time, when I was younger and didn't know how to read, it would just... | Just another Saturday morning, sleeping in until nine o’clock then “Aim for the head”....
Now what in the world is this about, don’t own a gun, hell I don’t even own a bow or even a single arrow.
Well, next is taking the dog for her walk, about a one mile walk to start the day. Nothing unusual, the standard pee and pic... | 2018-11-20T17:18:29 | 2018-11-20T15:58:54 | 52 | 10 |
[WP] The hero was blessed with the power to bring people back to life, resurecting their companions to keep up the fight against the dark lord. Which is why it’s odd that they brought you, the dark lord that they fought against back to life. | There was darkness. Senses lost in a sea of oblivion. Except.
I was me again. I could see darkness, hear nothing, feel a body floating the void. Slowly, I rose through the murk, and suddenly, light. Sound. Life and whispers of a thing since lost to me.
My eyes open, lids sliding back as my vision floods with a new ex... | I couldn't help but just stare and blink. For the first time my vastly powerful and darkly glorious self was speechless. The insolant child who had bested me, lay on their hands and knees panting. It hadn't been an honorable fight mind you. No. This brat who dared putrify the air with their presence had a whole crew wh... | 2019-12-26T13:31:20 | 2019-12-26T13:08:13 | 71 | 46 |
[WP] Instead of trying to get a man on the moon, every nation raced to be the first at the very bottom of the ocean
While we have managed to get to space and the moon we have not fully explored the ocean. Instead of the space race, there was a competition to see who could reach the very bottom.
edit: These are reall... | "What kind of beep was it?" It was the fourth time I had asked the same question in a different variation, but I had to be sure Eunis hadn't left out any information. "It was one short beep, followed by three 2 second beeps. We've double checked and triple checked and it isn't any form of Morse Code." her voice was ... | Now that the space race had ended the World needed a new dick measuring contest. Really, it was a chain effect after Russia declared they would be the first to the bottom of the ocean America decided she "needed" to get to the bottom of the ocean for "research." Of course China needed to prove themselves and by the end... | 2015-07-15T13:13:01 | 2015-07-15T11:01:58 | 55 | 12 |
[WP] The galaxy was amused when they learned that Humans have Rules of War. They were less amused when they figured out what Humans do in war when there are no rules. | “Yeah, that sucks for them. But why are you angry at us?” Amanda Smith, leader of the elite Beartooth division, looked up at Commander Her’clud in confusion. “You said you wanted the planet taken at any cost, so we took it. So what’s the problem?”
“The problem? The problem is that you killed every single sentient bein... | Hera looked up at the sky, she could still hear the laughter that echoed when the rulers of various planets in the galaxy found out that humans had rules, they laughed even harder when they found out out that rules even applied during war. That laughter was burnt in her memory, that teasing laughter, those snide remark... | 2022-01-23T16:36:26 | 2022-01-23T11:25:11 | 262 | 118 |
[WP] To become immortal, one must merely kill an immortal.
Take it as you will, either a curse passed from killer to killer or a statement on the infamy of assassins. | “Merely,” huh? That’s a bit of an understatement. You see, you got your squishy immortal, which is probably what that statement is about, and then you have the far more common type of immortal, the type I’ve officially dubbed “immortals of stone.” I write all about it in my book about the supernatural. You can read it ... | I had finally tracked him down. Ezekiel. Some say he will be the last, that he cannot be beaten. After all, he took down Mark, who stabbed Elijah, who sliced Moses, who poisoned Methuselah who was the first the line of immortals.
I had been following him for weeks now. Learning his habits, feeling him out. I have seen... | 2015-12-15T09:06:42 | 2015-12-15T08:25:18 | 65 | 19 |
[WP]You are a parent in an anime. Your child is born with epic anime hair, and you are certain they will become the protagonist. You are determined to not become a tragic back story like so many other anime parents. | Let me get something straight: I was never meant to be a hero. I was never meant to be “the guy.” When I was in high school, I was always just average. I was the guy no one picked on, but who wasn’t ever at the top of the social ladder, so to speak. My shining life achievements were winning a spelling bee in 5th grade ... | I lookout from the window and see my son. I look back at my luggage and walk outside to meet him telling him "I'll be back in 24 episodes by then you should have solved your problem." If he has not I hope he can live a life a lone in house with only himself with 7 girls that are in love with him. | 2017-02-15T03:58:18 | 2017-02-14T23:44:10 | 61 | 26 |
[WP] You're a used cars salesman that has been transported into a medieval fantasy world where you've become the hero that needs to slay the dragon and save the princess. Your only leveled up skill - speech 100. | There was a crowd of onlookers, two desperate parents with tears in their eyes, and, slumbering not 30 yards away in a cave sliced through the heart of a mountain, a fully grown, practically invincible, fire-breathing dragon.
He had an audience, adoring fans, and the potential for a vast reward of wealth, all there ... | There it was: the Dragon, the One Beast, the Ruler of the Six Elder Abominations. Its scales were midnight black, small and tightly packed, shining like polished porcelain. On the Beast's chest, a gentle golden light swelled and dimmed with every breath. It had no horns or spikes along its tail. Instead, it was sleek, ... | 2019-04-21T12:38:09 | 2019-04-21T11:41:23 | 443 | 192 |
[WP] After a bumpy introduction to the galactic stage, humans are trying to rebrand their identity; unfortunately, they are having a hard time convincing others that they have hobbies besides unleashing weapons of planetary destruction on the worlds of their enemies. | Humans. The newcomers to our galactic society. Many have heard the tales of them. Some of the eldest people of the galaxy remember them as primitives, liberaly used as slave labour in the mines and shipyards of less civilized space. Many know and remember them as the scourge of the third planet of sol, with the images ... | The billboards just weren’t working. The market researchers assured them that they were located in prime real estate and the volume numbers were convincing. The last count said 1.2 billion commuters passed by one of their billboards on a daily basis but the Civility Index wasn’t budging a bit. It was infuriating.
For ... | 2019-06-22T01:45:39 | 2019-06-21T21:02:35 | 30 | 20 |
[WP] Cryosleep is invented and is now affordable. People line up to be put to sleep and wake up in 100 million years. The time comes and everyone wakes up to see all the future technologies that humans made, but they forgot that scientists went into cryosleep too. The earth is now very different. | (Quick note, if you like the story, leave an upboat and sub to the subreddit linked much further down, though the title is a tiny spoiler)
The scientist, her name was Rebecca I think, very cute, slim with long wavy black hair, put me in the pod. I was expecting to sleep for a really long time and wake up feeling like ... | You sleepily open your eyes and look around. A yawn is irresistible. You arch your back and raise your ar-*clunk*.
Your eyes snap open a pane of glass is 5 inches in front of your face. You peer through the glass and see thousands of other people in pods you that you assume look very similar to your own. Every single ... | 2016-09-13T23:03:10 | 2016-09-13T20:16:33 | 882 | 225 |
[WP] On everyones 18th birthday they receive a letter showing them what percentage of their life has gone by. You just received yours today and it says 0.00% | "What'd it say, Alex?"
I looked up, snapping out of my trance. Zero percent? Zero percent? Zero fucking percent?
"Uh, 20 point something, I think," I replied. I took a bite out of the egg salad sandwich my brother made for me.
"What'd yours say?" I asked Lara back without thinking. Did zero percent mean that I was i... | The sun was shining at its highest point as I woke up from a decent night's sleep. I thought to myself "Oh well, guess I'm not making it to any of my classes today"; something I've told myself way too many times now. Guess that's what depression does to a socially awkward freshman.
I decide to grab food and check for... | 2018-04-26T04:55:22 | 2018-04-26T01:50:34 | 319 | 13 |
[WP] A wizard accidentally becomes immortal. He has the idea to become the antagonist so that a hero will come along and defeat him, so he can rest in peace. Sadly, the heroes are weak in comparison so the wizard creates a persona as a 'wise teacher' to train these heroes in order to defeat him. | Percival inched closer to the fire. These last few weeks had been tough on him. Callouses were starting to form on his hands. Once the soft, delicate hands of a nobleman’s son, they seemed almost unrecognisable now. They were dark, grimy… muscled. Percival liked them. His father had always complained that he wasn’t a ‘... | *I, the immortal wizard of Wuynd, paced before my latest apprentice, a small chubby little boy...*
Alright squire listen up, the lich's weak spot, is right here at the square center of his chest.
Given the Lich's weakness to gold, if you were to strike him there with oh i don't know, a golden tipped lance like the o... | 2015-07-25T06:30:07 | 2015-07-25T04:45:57 | 117 | 46 |
[WP] Cannibalism has been widely accepted for over 20 years. A renowned chef before dinner service checks tonights product. In the caging area he sees his activist sister. | From his spot on the terrace, he could see the guests slowly making their way out to breakfast. The rising sun glinted gently on the ocean and warmed the deserted beaches below. The first floor patio was set to seat the hundreds of wealthy patrons who crawled from their beds to enjoy the resort's lavish morning buffet.... | His heart turned to ice. His head went faint and his stomach twisted into a ever tighter knot.
"no" he thought, "no, no, no, NO".
Why her? Of all the people out there? Why not a drug addict? A criminal? Any worthless dreg of society?
"Sir? Are you alright?" asked his assistant.
He had to get it together. He would ... | 2014-09-18T19:36:07 | 2014-09-18T18:39:41 | 112 | 73 |
[WP] It has become a law to hibernate during the winter with the help of a machine, but there is a glitch, and you wake up halfway through winter and find the reason why the government made hibernation manditory
Edit: Wow this got more popular than I expected it would | The law came into effect ten years ago. Five years ago, they began enforcing it, and made hibernation machines available to the public at no cost.
They claimed it was due to rapidly dropping temperatures - making life in the winter impossible, unless you were in stasis - only a skeleton crew remained active during tha... | As the sun gleaned through the window, Olanna rolled over and opened her eyes. She blinked, bringing her hands up guard her face. "That sun's so bright" thought Olanna as she sat up. She looked around and then looked at the clock on the desk. 9:37 AM 2 Jan.
Olanna spun around to look at the head of her bed where the l... | 2015-01-25T15:26:13 | 2015-01-25T14:18:55 | 81 | 40 |
[WP] Aliens are afraid to invade Earth. Not because of humans but because our solar system is a nest for 8 Guardians/Leviathans. | It had been tried before, always ending in failure.
The world, small and blue, stood out as a conspicuous failure to convert the last holdout of sentient life in the galaxy.
Missionary invasions had worked everywhere else. In all other cases, soldiers of the church brought the staff and the beam, the truth and the ... | > ##### Transcript - 2215 Hours Day 1 - Expedition Alpha Bravo - Unit 6 Encounter
Unit Commander (UC): Fresh Air, do you copy?
Fresh Air (FA): Copy Ultra 6.
UC: We are at 10 clicks, Fresh Air. Awaiting orders.
FA: Copy that Ultra 6, continue your descent to 11 clicks.
UC: Copy that.
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> ##### Exped... | 2018-02-05T15:14:01 | 2018-02-05T14:07:15 | 2,481 | 392 |
[WP] A car pulls up beside a prostitute, soliciting sex. The door opens and to the surprise of both parties, they realise they are ex's from several years ago. Write from either perspective (NSFW?) | Her hair looks different, but it’s undeniably her. I’m either the main character of some fucked up, modernized Truman Show, or God just thinks it’s funny to pull a prank every now and then.
The expression on her face instantly tells me that she recognizes me too. It’s the same expression she made when she first told ... | Autumn approached faster than I wanted and the chill in the nights air was starting to make my teeth chatter. The car lights currently emerging from the darkness up the street seemed to slow down and I couldn't help from feeling happy that I would have someplace warm to go even if it involved something I loathed. The c... | 2014-09-07T04:20:33 | 2014-09-07T04:01:11 | 290 | 74 |
[WP] Everyone is born with a natural tattoo of their spirit animal. Every person gets the traits and abilities of their respective animal. But when you were born your father, having a bear tattoo and your mother, bearing a dove tattoo, were horrified. Leviathan.
Edit. Wow thank you to everyone who submitted thie stori... | By rights I shouldn't exist. With the pairing of bear and dove, they expected something smaller. A wolf, perhaps, or an eagle. Something fast, yet powerful. Strong, yet humble. No one prepared for me.
The marks determine one's place in society. My father, with his unequaled strength, led the tribe to greatness. My mot... | I chuckled to myself as I wiped the blood from my knuckles, and dragged my victim further into the dark alley he had attempted to rob me from. Now victim might normally be seen as a harsh word in such cases of self defense, he had lurched from the shadows in a frantic twitching blur, held his knife to my chest, you kno... | 2017-11-08T05:54:13 | 2017-11-08T05:45:47 | 32 | 16 |
[WP] The magical races enslaved magic-less humans centuries ago. To expand their empires, the magical races travel and conquer different dimensions. They soon stumble across and try to conquer a magic-less world full of humans. It did not go well. | "Tripod set?"
"Yep"
"Okay, wind is North North West and 6 knots"
"Adjusting, range?"
"832m and these guys aren't serious right?"
"Scope is set and shot is ready...and what?"
"I mean bringing a magical army through a rip in time and space is one thing but lining them up and preparing to charge an entrenched foe is... | From realm to realm they traveled. Dominating, enslaving, destroying...
Their gift granted them near God-like powers; with their Magic they ruled all. Their birth right, as they called it, Eldest, First Light in the Heaven, Guardians of all Creation...
Bullshit! That what we call it.
A hundred thousand worlds they ha... | 2022-08-13T14:06:55 | 2022-08-13T12:29:05 | 22 | 15 |
[WP] You wrested the government from the tyrant. You ruled well, at first. But now there's talk of rebellion. At a presentation, you almost shout how you've given everything for this nation. But the words freeze in your throat. Those are the exact words the tyrant said before you overthrew him. | "I've given everything for this nation!" He screamed as my knife plunged into his chest. Now, almost one full year after that event, I stood at the podium, ready to utter the exact phrase. The phrase that–if historians are right–was muttered before the tyrant took control from the President.
"I've given everything for... | I almost fucking said it...
Who had I become? My mind whirled a moment as I sat behind the desk of many great and many awful leaders before me. I pulled my hands from my temples and slammed them on the desk's cold surface. The thought nagged at me as it always did, although, this time I didnt fight it.
'You are what... | 2021-02-13T21:06:19 | 2021-02-13T20:07:26 | 125 | 64 |
[WP] You are kidnapped by a dark cult, who sacrifice you to their eldritch god. When your soul arrives in the being’s domain, the deity profusely apologizes and offers to send you back if you get rid of the psychopaths who are slandering his good name with bloodshed. | "On one condition." The man says to the giant quasi-corporeal amorphous being in front of him.
"So long as it is within my power, and within reason... i dont see why not, and again, so sorry about all this."
"No worries, especially not now. Give me a suit of power armor, a double barrel shotgun with plenty o shells, ... | “Ga-aah!”
I shouted, my body shooting up from its seated position, as I felt the movement of a tentacle around my foot, my eyes widening before I shoved the creature off of me, hiding a bit of a screech right back down in my throat. I didn’t know what the hell had happened, I didn’t know where the hell I was, I didn’t... | 2022-07-10T00:45:32 | 2022-07-10T00:43:43 | 120 | 49 |
[WP] Valhalla does not discriminate against the kind of fight you lost. Did you lose the battle with cancer? Maybe you died in a fist fight. Even facing addiction. After taking a deep drink from his flagon, Odin slams his cup down and asks for the glorious tale of your demise! | After listening to grand deeds of everyone at the massive table, Odin slammed his jug down, sending mead in a sputtering fountain. His good eye squinted and his finger pointed at me.
“Your turn, newbie!” he roared. “What’s your glorious battle?”
The room was suddenly quiet and all faces turned towards me. I had the ... | Sorry for formatting: this is my first time and I'm on mobile.
"Well let's hear it!"
The slam of his flagon onto the rough wood table punctuated Odin's request for my tale. "A man like you must surely have died only in great battle! Tell us, were there many women left weeping at your demise? Your friends, your brothe... | 2022-10-21T23:29:50 | 2016-10-31T22:00:07 | 327 | 22 |
[WP] When you die the afterlife is an arena where you face every insect and animal you killed in your life. If you win you go to heaven, lose you go to hell. Your job was an exterminator on earth. | "So, basically, you have to re-kill everything you've killed, all at once. That's gonna suck for you, Mr. Exterminator."
I go out into the arena. There's a countdown.
10, 9, 8, 7, 6-
"GOOD LUCK, YOU FILTHY MURDERER!"
3, 2, 1, GO!!!
A door opened up on the other side of the arena. The crowd waited anxiously... then b... | Clancy stood confronted by a white, ethereal being, with its hood drawn, floating low above the ground. The dark hood covered it's features. He looked down behind him to see a skeleton staring back up at him. in the dark recesses of his eye sockets, he could feel an existential dread that was unexplainable. It asked ge... | 2017-04-24T01:48:58 | 2017-04-24T01:11:47 | 35 | 12 |
[WP] You are a superhero whose powers are based on the music you are listening to. Rock can make you stronger, classical makes you smarter, etc. One day, you're fighting your toughest villain yet, and you are forced to use your "forbidden" playlist. | He was shaking, his hands on his knees, panting. His opponent, clutching his ribs smiled through cracked teeth.
"I'll admit. You gave me quite the run for my money. But I'm afraid, I'm simply too durable."
Mackanika looked up and spat out blood. "You son of a bitch backhand..."
Backhand grinned. "Naughty language is... | The crime lord’s hand snapped up to meet my fist, which detonated in a brilliant green and white explosion on contact. At such close range, my visor’s blackout mode was only able to dull the blast from blinding to a painfully bright flash.
“Come now,” a calm, cool voice intoned. “Surely you didn’t expect such a simple... | 2022-05-17T13:11:07 | 2022-05-17T12:08:27 | 25 | 11 |
[WP] At 11am, you get a message from a killer named "The Beauty" a famously attractive yet deadly serial killer. She says that you're next, but if you survive until midnight, she'll spare you. However, everytime she kills you, you get thrown back in time to the moment you got the message. | Beep, beep. The phone buzzed in my pocket. Sure enough, as I took a look at the message, it was sent by an unknown number, signed off simply as 'Beauty.' Just like the previous 13 times that I have received the same message.
"Dear Detective, I'm sorry that you have to receive this message, but your name has been chose... | Cell phone buzzes while I'm lying on the couch listening to "Desperado". I wasn't expecting any messages, but I look down at the screen. Not a number I recognize. I swipe my finger up the screen and select the icon.
"Hi sweetie. I'll kill you today. Unless you survive till midnight. Let's have some fun :) --The Beaut... | 2016-12-14T20:54:15 | 2016-12-14T20:39:27 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] When someone is murdered, their name appears on the skin of the killer. You wake up with a name on your arm and no knowledge of how it got there. | I stared at the ink on my arm, shocked and horrified at how it got there. How did it get there?
I was terrified but I got out of bed quickly and called her number.
The ring tone went on forever, and the moment I heard her pick up the call - when the ring tone went off and there was a pause, before her voice saying "... | [I revised the story added a much better ending. It was late last night and I was tired! Part 2 is in the replies]
[Part 1]
All things considered, it was a pretty normal morning. I stretched when I woke up, looked at the clock, regretted how quickly minutes passed and then climbed into the shower. I checked the comple... | 2017-03-24T15:58:18 | 2017-03-24T15:35:22 | 2,344 | 400 |
[WP] You're a vampire hunter. However, upon finally being accepted into the Hunter's Guild, you realize something. All the other hunters are unwilling vampires who want revenge against the one who bit them, and they want to know what YOUR reason for hunting is, seeing as you're only human. | "*All of you?*" the newly initiated vampire hunter hissed as he looked around at his fellow slayers.
"We didn't ask to be vampires," the... *vampire* vampire hunter before him said. "*None* of us. It is a curse, a blight upon our hearts."
"But why do you hunt your own kind?" the human continued, hand on the hilt of h... | The corner table was dark, so dark that even in the night black bar it appeared to be covered in shadow. It reminded me of the dark spots that marked ocean sinkholes, sinkholes that inspite of whatever scientists said made the mind wonder about monsters. As my mouth dried up more and more with each step towards it I ... | 2022-11-10T13:19:13 | 2022-11-10T12:42:12 | 749 | 26 |
[WP] Seasoned wizards only use dead languages such as Latin for their incantations. Those less experienced quickly learn why--as the meanings of words change, so too do the effects of their spells. | He was barely half way through the second syllable of his third word for "fireball" when I yawned. This is why I didn't like Latin. Precise? Yes. Exactly what you asked for? Certainly. But it was like being stuck in church. I glared at him.
"Ain't nobody got time for this." and his mind is suddenly clouded, distracted... | The Magic of Doonya {Rough cut/ Ch.1-3}
By Clint G.
CH.1 History of our world
Magic is the trick of the trade in our world called Doonya.
Each country holds ancient houses as the rulers of the lands across three major continents; Ho’thaiya, Buenet’a, and my homeland Kol’dea.
Peace has ruled the lands for 200 yea... | 2018-05-02T19:56:51 | 2018-05-02T17:46:30 | 109 | 11 |
[WP] Diagnosed with schizophrenia. Since birth, 24/7 you’ve heard the voice and thoughts of a girl that you’ve been told is made up in your head. You’re 37 and hear the voice say “turn around, did I find you?” and you turn to see a real girl who’s heard every thought you’ve ever had and vice versa. | *Well that was a bust...*
**C'mon. I know you really liked her.**
*I mean I did but...I guess she didn't feel the same. Seems like that's been happening a lot lately.*
**You'll find someone. I know your heart. You're too good to be single forever.**
*Yeah, okay. No offense but I don't know how much that's worth com... | "The voice. You know that voice in your head. The one that's your inner voice? Most people it's their own voice, they can hear it, speak it, even imagine the words coming out of your mouth. Some people, even think of it as someone else, like Morgan Freeman or something just to play around and have fun I guess. Most peo... | 2019-09-14T13:20:46 | 2019-09-14T12:14:58 | 45 | 20 |
[WP] Scientist have created a machine that allow people a window into alternate realities. It becomes mainstream and people talk about alternate versions of themselves. Finally you decide to take a look only to discover that there are no alternate versions of you. You're the only you in existence. | "Oh that's more common than you think."
"What?" That wasn't the response I was expecting.
"I thought maybe I was in grave danger, or there was something wrong with me..."
"Oh goodness no, Mr. Robinson. You're life simply collapsed into a singular timeline due to an infinitesimal bottleneck. "
"That doesn't soun... | # The Saga of Singularly Sarah
Singularly Sarah skipped down the streets of the singularity, peering into Chicago Four and Mumbai Nine, drinking in the conflicting scents of gunpowder and spices as she sipped her morning coffee. A timer ticked away in the corner of her cybernetic eyes, painstakingly constructed to loo... | 2021-06-02T07:05:11 | 2021-06-02T06:10:15 | 41 | 29 |
[WP] Turns out hell is real. This was made known once demons and devils came to Earth. However things quickly got awkward and confusing once people heard them mutter, "If Heaven won't fix this shit hole, we might as well do it ourselves." | "this is bullshit." satan said from his throne. "utter and complete bullshit." he said gesturing to the portal showing the earth. countless dead from wars, plague and simple poverty. "Fuck this." he said as he stomped off to his desk and picked up the white phone.
"This is the great satan, Heir..." he stopped speakin... | *It turns out demons have demonic solutions, who knew.*
Words blast across the city, the same enormous flat screens that used to show advertisements and Knicks games now show strange, horned freak shows. The demons we got weren’t the ruby red, fiery incarnations of torment that Hollywood had lead us to expect. Instead... | 2021-04-29T20:53:00 | 2021-04-29T19:31:35 | 279 | 54 |
[WP] The devil mixed up your paperwork and gave you someone else's personal hell, which to you, is heaven. | "awwwww fuckin-!" I screamed, as the shells pounded the sand around me, then drowned me out.
I jerked the charging handle on the M16 that had been conjured into my hands, anachronisms aside. There were Germans on the beach ahead of me, but we were in some sort of semi-jungle and I was wearing a 'Nam era helmet and som... | I woke up on a soft couch in what appeared to be a busy upscale hotel. People were walking by admiring the vaulted ceilings with a smile or looking at their own extremities and looking around as if they were missing something. Most people looked confused, a few relieved, a few more angry. I wondered about where the peo... | 2016-05-28T15:41:50 | 2016-05-28T14:06:45 | 114 | 68 |
[WP] "Boss, it's been 15 minutes since he started having a flashback about his "challenges" and how much he loves his friends. Can't we just attack him already?" said the henchman. "No, no. We have standards." said the supervillain. | Common courtesy and standards.
You don't interrupt inner monologues, epiphanies and eurekas. Be it superhero or supervilain. It made the stories better for kids and schools and reduced internments in psych wards due to unfulfilled dreams or destinies or whatever.
20 minutes.
"Boss..."
"No."
The recknoning was abo... | "So, it's decided then. We're finally doing this?" Surelock said with a smirk tighter than her ponytail. She checked her watch. "If I start into him and you all stay asses to seats, you know what I'll do after I finish him."
"Don't worry, witch," Metropolon bellow, clearly drawing on his power to carry his voice... | 2021-05-21T00:16:46 | 2021-05-20T21:11:37 | 73 | 13 |
[WP] They aimed at each other in silence. Neither of them wanted to pull the trigger, but they both knew that one of them had to. | I stared at her, more importantly, at the gun in her hand. It was pointed at me. I would have been upset, but my gun was pointed in her direction, so we were even. Tears were starting to flow down her face, as the moment stretched to its breaking point. She didn't want to pull that trigger. I knew that, because I didn'... | The blood-tinted sky above was a fitting companion to the rust-wastes below. Howling winds blew with a melancholic sound through the ruined cityscape, where the sea from the east and the forest from the west were in middle of the centuries-long process of removing any sign that man had been there. But for now, in autum... | 2022-07-06T16:37:22 | 2022-07-06T16:30:03 | 72 | 17 |
[WP] Cats and Dogs see us as immortal and unchanging, simply because we can easily survive to be forty years old, while they struggle to survive twenty. | They baffle me, to be honest, these things. These giants, who feed us and love us. They’re so warm and adoring most of the time. But sometimes, they’re so uncaring and cruel. During the loud months especially, they seem angered by my pain. I suppose it’s hard for them to care much about my kind. They are huge and wonde... | The mouse had landed in the pond, and now it floated out in the middle.
“See,” I told Frodo, who mewled lightly next to me, “this is why we shouldn’t play with offerings before we bring them home.”
“I wasn’t playing!” He padded in the water with one paw. “Besides, who’s gonna know?”
“I bet Twig will.”
“Yeah, but sh... | 2014-01-25T14:18:59 | 2014-01-25T13:48:08 | 29 | 19 |
[WP] “He’s dead....finally that son of a bitch got what he deserved” Charlie said as he reads the headline of the news paper. “Candy Extraordinaire Wonka has passed away”. Now, Charlie sits, and remembers the true events of the day he and the other children visited Wonka’s Factory. | When I was a child I idolized him. And only when I began to enter adulthood did I really see how much of a monster he was. His insatiable greed which drove his every decision, not to mention his childish recklessness and sick mind games. He was no better than those four children he so pretentiously derided as they were... | “There you go, Grandpa Joe,” Charlie sighed as he fastened his grandfather’s diaper.
“What’ssat sposed tuh mean?” Grandpa Joe slurred angrily, as he immediately began to wet himself again. “Wha’d you call me, you spiteful little bassard?”
“I didn’t call you anything, Grandpa Joe,” Charlie mumbled. Grandpa Joe had s... | 2019-03-21T10:38:18 | 2019-03-21T10:19:04 | 179 | 106 |
[WP] Following the death of Batman, the Joker is despondent. Crime without Batman is like a joke without a punchline. That people dare commit crime in his absence is an insult to his oeuvre of mayhem and to the craft itself. To protect his legacy, the Joker vows to keep the streets of Gotham clean. | Whatever the average person in Gotham thought about about Batman, deep down they'd known he was the only sliver of silver lining to the massive grey cloud that hung over them.
After the death of its last great defender, the city was sinking in a pit of depression, slowly but inevitably succumbing to urban decay and an... | "Come on, come on, come on!" I screamed in panic at Gerald in the driver's seat but no matter how quickly he sped down the highway, I could hear the cops blaring their sirens behind us. I didn't see any other choice if we wanted to get away so I grabbed my rifle from the floor and aimed out the back of the car and blas... | 2021-08-23T22:27:56 | 2021-08-23T21:29:10 | 33 | 17 |
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