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"content": " Hundreds of years ago, mages cast a spell that canceled all magic on earth from existing. Now, in the modern day, the first man on Mars accidentally casts fireball.",
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"content": "*\"... the f - … sorry …”*\n\n*“... spontaneous combustion … volatile gas …”*\n\n*“...... | *"... the f - … sorry …”*
*“... spontaneous combustion … volatile gas …”*
*“... didn’t … rovers …”*
*“Mitch? … breathe. Vitals … like a Christmas tree."*
My lungs burned and I dimly realized I hadn’t, in fact, been breathing. The world slowly stopped spinning as I timed my breaths with the medical overlay in my sui... |
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"content": " You have the ability to stop time at will. However there are others with the same ability in the world and when they stop time you can still move. In a normal day, there are random moments when time stops and It's starting to get on your nerves.",
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"content": "\"Tha... | "That'll be three fif-"
said the cashier, freezing as he was handing me my coffee. "For crying out loud!, that's the third time today, and it's not even 8!" Gently prying the coffee out of his hand and placing the money on the counter, I carefully wove through all the customers in various states of conversation, a wom... |
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"content": " You are the Hero League's archivist. For emergency purposes, every hero's secret identity and home address are entrusted to you, which you have filed away in a top secret location within HQ. Naturally, this makes you something of a target to villains, anti-super lobbyists, and nosy reporters.",
... | “Really, you are threatening me. The Masked Slasher of all people. Don’t you have some C-list hero to terrorize? You aren’t even worth my time; you should leave before you get yourself hurt, idiot. If this headquarters can sustain an attack from the Diabolical Worm, what makes you think you and your little hunting knif... |
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"content": " You've always been somewhat average, you don't have any drive. The first 2 decades of life consists of you coasting to be mediocre. You're considered a lazy, weak idiot. One night you're hit with a powerful electrical shock which deactivates the inhibitor chips in your brain and spine.",
"rol... | I remember the accident vividly. It was my first night out, in a while. I was at a party with some old friends, and I had been drinking, maybe too much. There were some loud noises and I threw my arms up in the air, and next thing I knew, I was on the ground, throbbing in pain, and I could hear the sounds of people scr... |
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"content": " You adopt a beautiful dog from a shelter, although they seem a little shy. After you get home and spend your first day together, you realize just how badly the damage on their mind from their first owner is.",
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"content": "I thought something was wrong, but I passed... | I thought something was wrong, but I passed it off as first day jitters.
The moment I brought her home, she fought me with all her strength to stay out of the house. *Just afraid of new surroundings*, I figured.
When I finally coaxed her in, she took in her first looks in the house with quivering steps - as if she wa... |
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"content": " You love your pets. One drunken evening, to ensure that you are never without them, you altered their DNA so that they could reproduce spontaneously by fission, like bacteria. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but now it's a really silly apocalypse.",
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"conten... | I remember the night vividly. It was my birthday. I was in my college dorm, and my roommates were all away at a party. I'd been drinking all night, but I was still only mildly intoxicated when I stumbled across an old college textbook I'd been using for my freshman year of gen bio. I decided it would be funny to call u... |
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"content": " You’re a mall Santa Claus who doesn’t really care for the job, just wants the money. A little girl comes up to you and sits on your lap. You ask “What do you want for Christmas?” Her response? “I want them to stop.”",
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"content": "I remember the first time I heard h... | I remember the first time I heard her. I was sitting in my Santa suit and this little girl came to sit on my lap and she told me she wanted them to stop.
*Them?* I thought. *Them what?*
I thought it was a joke. I thought she was just messing with me. I even told her to "Ho Ho Ho" and try again, but she did not.
She ... |
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"content": " House is on fire, family runs out front, you run out the back. When not accounted for by rescuers, you are pronounced dead. You've accidentally faked your own death and decided to roll with it.",
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"content": "I remember the accident vividly. Our house was on fire, a... | I remember the accident vividly. Our house was on fire, and in the chaos of the moment, I lost track of my parents, and I ran out the back door to the emergency exit strategy we always practiced. I heard the sirens soon after, and my chest was tight with fear. They had to find me! I couldn't be the only one missing, ri... |
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"content": " You are looking at a world population counter online just out of boredom. All of a sudden the population counter starts decreasing at an alarming rate.",
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"content": "I was at my computer, staring at a counter of how many people in the world are alive. I was bored, ... | I was at my computer, staring at a counter of how many people in the world are alive. I was bored, so I thought it'd be fun to watch this number change over the years. It only went up, so I was correct in assuming that I'd just be watching it get bigger, not smaller. I decided to take a closer look at it, and right now... |
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"content": " \"You don't save lives, you destroy them.\"",
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"content": "Eric's eyes glazed over as he stared at the faint images flickering in the small monitor in front of him. The little black and white TV was an old model, but it was the only one he could find that still work... | Eric's eyes glazed over as he stared at the faint images flickering in the small monitor in front of him. The little black and white TV was an old model, but it was the only one he could find that still worked in the abandoned building he had chosen as his home.
The image was fuzzy, the resolution lacking. He had tri... |
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"content": " You wake up one day in your SO's body. Unfortunately you haven't met said SO yet and you must figure out where you are",
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"content": "I opened my eyes, groaning, and my head slowly turned to the right and left, slowly taking in the room.\n\n\"I'm in a bedroom,\" I s... | I opened my eyes, groaning, and my head slowly turned to the right and left, slowly taking in the room.
"I'm in a bedroom," I said, my voice hoarse from sleep. I cleared my throat. "And I'm not in my own body."
I lifted my right hand. It was a woman's hand. "It's... *screwed up.*" I said, and squinted at it more clos... |
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"content": " Interstellar space travel is possible through the use of massive genetically engineered creatures. You have just been given a egg, you are now a captain.",
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"content": "I remember the day I received my egg. I was 18, in my senior year of high school. My parents had ... | I remember the day I received my egg. I was 18, in my senior year of high school. My parents had just died in a car accident, and I was on the verge of being taken into foster care. My high school principal thought that giving me a job as a caretaker of an interstellar creature might keep me out of trouble, so I was gi... |
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"content": " 16 days after a virus has killed everyone post puberty and burned itself out kids figure out what to do next.",
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"content": "They're right you know, school *did* prepare us for the real world. And since the outbreak became real, so did the world for the rest of us. ... | They're right you know, school *did* prepare us for the real world. And since the outbreak became real, so did the world for the rest of us. Our days aren't spent locked away in a classroom, studying chemistry or learning about what happened in the wars anymore, no, we're out here in the real world.
Fighting for our ... |
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"content": " Write a story that seems to be perfectly normal until the last line, in which a single new detail causes readers to go through it again.",
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"content": "**Neville Branagh, 16y, knife**\nI looked at the note and sighed. I should never have gone to Vegas in the first ... | **Neville Branagh, 16y, knife**
I looked at the note and sighed. I should never have gone to Vegas in the first place. Well, nothing to be done about it now. I drew the requested knife and dropped silently into the teen’s bedroom. It seemed like it hadn’t been redecorated in a few years - posters of racing cars stil... |
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"content": "You just found out your English teacher is a timetraveler. Unfortunately she is also pointing a gun at your head \"I'm sorry, but I'm doing it for the world\"",
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"content": "I remember the day vividly. It was my first day of English in the 11th grade, and the teacher... | I remember the day vividly. It was my first day of English in the 11th grade, and the teacher had just walked in. She was dressed in a nice business suit, but she had a friendly smile on her face. She told us that she was there to help us pass our English exams, and we would learn quite a lot about the world through th... |
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"content": " \"You were never supposed to be involved like this. But now that you've found me, now that you know...\" With his dying breath, he handed you his bloody hat and shirt. \"You must take up my mantle. Run quickly, and hide! Do not let them find you, my friend, for you are the next Waldo.\"",
"ro... | I remember the day vividly. It was my first day at a new school and I was nervous because I didn't know anyone. I was wearing my favorite green and yellow striped shirt and pants. As I walked into the classroom I heard the teacher say something about a Waldo contest. I didn't know what the Waldo contest was but I knew ... |
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"content": "Humans have the power to sacrifice their life to revive someone else. But instead of using this to revive their loved ones. Rich people farmed humans just to sacrifice for them to be immortal.",
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"content": "Eric's eyes glazed over as he watched the grey clouds slowl... | Eric's eyes glazed over as he watched the grey clouds slowly float by in the sky. He slowly felt his pulse slow as he thought about how he was going to die.
He was one of the lucky ones. He'd be coming back. He'd have a family again. He'd get to see his wife and children again. He'd get to see his dog, Daisy. He'd get... |
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"content": " Two strangers are drinking at a bar. They strike up a conversation, talking about their jobs. Each man tries out do the other with progressively crazier but true tales. One man is a police officer from Los Santos, the other a guard from Whiterun.",
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"content": "Eric... | Eric walks into the bar with his colleagues. He’s had a long day and looks forward to spending the evening with them.
“Hey, guys how was everyone’s day?” Eric asks.
“I had a rather interesting day,” says a woman at the bar. “I was walking through the forest and stumbled upon a bandit camp. I killed them all with my s... |
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"content": " As you sink your fangs into your victims neck, a smile creeps along his face with a contented sigh. You let him go and he hands you $100 cash. You are a vampire who feeds on sadness",
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"content": "I remember the first time I ever fed on my victims. I was in school a... | I remember the first time I ever fed on my victims. I was in school and this kid was sitting in the back corner, looking down. I don't know what his problems were but he was clearly hurting. So I walked over to him and offered him a smile. He looked up at me, eyes filled with sadness, and I knew I had him.
I sat down... |
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"content": "with unexpected results.",
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"content": "Eric's eyes glazed over as he stared at the familiar screen in front of him. He'd been doing this all day, every day, for the last five years, and he was starting to drift away into a haze of boredom and listlessness. He had a ... | Eric's eyes glazed over as he stared at the familiar screen in front of him. He'd been doing this all day, every day, for the last five years, and he was starting to drift away into a haze of boredom and listlessness. He had a digital job interview set up with a company called LUMO, and he was browsing the company webs... |
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"content": " A werewolf and a human travel the world together, not because they're friends, but because they're cursed to always be within 5 feet from eachother. No physical harm can come to them as long as this curse is active.",
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"content": "Please be kind, first time doing th... | Please be kind, first time doing this. I like the prompt so i figured i would give it a shot. Any criticism is welcome.
It's been 15 years since that fateful night. We have been searching the world for the cure to this curse and no leads yet. The old shaman who cursed us was the last of his kind, his tribe gone fro... |
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"content": " Your yoga teacher leads the class through a new combination of poses. The air around you begins to flicker with electricity. A thunderous voice bellows \"who summons Vishnu?\"",
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"content": "I was at my yoga class, and we were doing one of those new combinations of ... | I was at my yoga class, and we were doing one of those new combinations of poses, you know, the ones where you do a bunch of poses in a row and then you jump up and do something else? I was in a pretty good position, I was in the downward-facing dog and was about to jump into the tree pose. I was thinking about how the... |
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"content": " You've lived alone ever since you decided to move out. After years, you decided to go back and visit. Except, no matter what you do, you can't seem to find any record about your hometown or its people. By all accounts, it doesn't seem to exist.",
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"content": "I reme... | I remember the day I left. It was my 18th birthday, and my parents gave me a car. An old Ford, it was, but it was mine. I was so excited. I drove through the night, over mountains and through forests, until I reached the coast. I didn't stop to sleep, but I did stop to eat. My parents had packed up a picnic lunch and g... |
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"content": " After a drunken night of partying, two teenage aliens awake to find they have abducted the president of the United States",
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"content": "Tyz and Kleff woke up with the worst hangovers of their young lives. \n\n\"Dude, what happened last night?\" Tyz asked his buddy.... | Tyz and Kleff woke up with the worst hangovers of their young lives.
"Dude, what happened last night?" Tyz asked his buddy.
Despite the best effort of the malt liquor still running through his veins, Kleff ran through the events of last night through his mind. It all started when Kleff's father, Xenu the Conqueror l... |
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"content": " You are lesbian in a really strict traditional society. To avoid being discovered, you say yes when a guy asks you out. Unbeknownst to you, he is gay and asked you out to escape being harassed.",
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"content": "I remember the day I met Dean, I was on my way to work an... | I remember the day I met Dean, I was on my way to work and he was on his way to the gym or something like that. I don't know, maybe he was on his way to the gym and I was on my way to work, I don't know.
Anyway, he stopped me on the street and I remember him asking me if I wanted to go to dinner with him. I don't kno... |
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"content": " You unknowingly fell in love with a demon, now they want you to move in with them. “There’s no way in Hell.” “Well...that’s where I live.”",
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"content": "Mario always used to tell me the same thing: \n\n\"How do you manage to get involve in insane love situation... | Mario always used to tell me the same thing:
"How do you manage to get involve in insane love situations?"
So when Violeth came on with this sudden proposal, I couldn't help but imagine his eyes popping out of his face with a joyful smile, laughing at my situation.
"I appreciate the pun, but this isn't ... |
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"content": " Demons are a species that feed on fear for power. The more feared a Demon is the more powerful they become. When an orphaned Demon is adopted by a human couple, they discover that love is much more powerful than fear.",
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"content": "Eric's eyes were wide with terror... | Eric's eyes were wide with terror as he watched the dark figure move in the shadows. He slowly backed away, but the figure continued to move forward, its eyes fixed on him. Eric ran, but only made it a few steps before he tripped and fell.
As he tried to get back to his feet the dark figure was already upon him, its m... |
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"content": " You've given ownership to your soul to six different demons over your lifetime and when you finally kick the bucket you find yourself inside of a courtroom as the six demons fight over the custody of your soul.",
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"content": "He felt the cold embracing his whole bod... | He felt the cold embracing his whole body and when he opened his eyes he was in a courtroom.
In front of him was the judge's bench, on his right side was the plaintiff's table and behind him was the gallery.
As he swiped his gaze across the room he saw that all the subjects weren't human, or rather they were Demon-like... |
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"content": "the legendary Stone in the stone.",
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"content": "\"The legendary Stone in the Stone, said to be hidden somewhere within the Crystal Caves of the Crystal Mountains. An ancient stone said to be able to grant the owner infinite power.\" \n\nI gripped the handle of my ... | "The legendary Stone in the Stone, said to be hidden somewhere within the Crystal Caves of the Crystal Mountains. An ancient stone said to be able to grant the owner infinite power."
I gripped the handle of my sword tightly as I thought back to the quest my king had given me. I had spent the last three years searc... |
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"content": " You accidentally manifested your superpowers in public. Now you're afraid of what your coworkers will say the next day. However, you go to work normally and no one pointed it out, even though you are on the news. Turns out, nobody recognises you without your glasses.",
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{... | First one please be kind.
I’m an artificer. I can do some pretty whacky things when I need to but I can do some pretty amazing things when I have one of the many trinkets I have made over the years.
On Thursday, I slipped up. As a weak wizard I’m able to do some small stuff; light cigarettes, open beer bottles with... |
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"content": "Santa Team Six\"",
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"content": "\"Shit\"\n\n\"What's the problem boss?\" Replies my right hand man, Jagr.\n\n\"Read this, Santa Team six. This can't be happening\"\n\n\"Boss, you know Santa team six is a myth, they only care about high value... Our operation.\" \n\n\... | "Shit"
"What's the problem boss?" Replies my right hand man, Jagr.
"Read this, Santa Team six. This can't be happening"
"Boss, you know Santa team six is a myth, they only care about high value... Our operation."
"Jagr, get to the diamond plant!"
We both hop into MY BMW M5 nicely fitted with our AK-47 holders by... |
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"content": " A sprawling, derelict colony ship becomes a saving grace for your group of lost humans. You repair systems and thrive on its alien power, until you awaken the main computer. It tells you the previous tenants had “gone mad” and shut it off- and that they are still in here somewhere.",
"role": ... | I remember the day it happened. Our ship was on the brink of collapse. Our engines were failing, our food supplies were running low, and we were dying of cold and hunger. The only thing keeping us alive was the power from our last solar panel, which was slowly dwindling with each passing day. We had been trying to figu... |
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"content": " Your roommates aren't so bad. Sure, one's a literal witch, and the other's an actual vampire, but other than that they're tidy and they pay your rent and buy your food. In fact, your only job is to watch out for Hunters. Good thing you used to be one.",
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"content": ... | I adjusted the scope on my rifle as I gazed at the three men advancing on the cabin. It wasn't much, but that was the point. Its wooden exterior was chipping away and the interior was dimly lit. The trees surrounding it made the cabin almost invisible as their towering bodies concealed the structure. *The perfect hideo... |
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"content": " “The best way to kill two mind readers is to get them to read each others’ minds at the same time, so their thoughts enter a recursive loop.”",
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"content": "\"That's crazy.\" \n\n\"But it is the truth.\" \n\nDr. James Krenilin was an older man, but he was placed per... | "That's crazy."
"But it is the truth."
Dr. James Krenilin was an older man, but he was placed perfectly in the column of such men that would be classified as 'distinguished.' He was not tall, but he was thin, with a thin face to match. He had cold, blue eyes that never seemed to waver or express. He kept his grayin... |
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"content": " 100 years in the future and roads are obsolete. The government is auctioning off all interstate highways to the highest bidder and you have specific plans for them.",
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"content": "*A man stands behind a podium, in front of a large crowd. Map of US Interstate System ... | *A man stands behind a podium, in front of a large crowd. Map of US Interstate System hanging on wall behind the speaker. He wears an Italian cut suit, in dark brown. His hair is slicked back. He almost looks like he's running for President*
\* Ahem * Today we unveil the future in cross country travel. Sure, vacuum tr... |
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"content": " Instead of having a guardian angel, you have a guardian demon. He gives you more… violent advice, but at least he’s trying, right?",
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"content": "I remember the accident vividly. It was my first time driving, and I was heading to pick up some groceries with my Dad. ... | I remember the accident vividly. It was my first time driving, and I was heading to pick up some groceries with my Dad. I was nervous, but he was patient and told me not to worry. He'd drive next to me when I got home, so I could get familiar with the car. I was doing fine until I got closer to the grocery store, and I... |
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"content": "he's back from \"going out for a pack of smokes\" 20 years ago.",
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"content": "The knock at the door was weird enough. There had been knocking in the last few months. Some insistent, some frenzied, some desperate, but none in more than 2 weeks. The initial white-hot ... | The knock at the door was weird enough. There had been knocking in the last few months. Some insistent, some frenzied, some desperate, but none in more than 2 weeks. The initial white-hot burn of the collapse was dying, along with the people that had stoked it. What really pushed it over the edge into unsettling though... |
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"content": " Develop a character so in-depth that the reader can sympathize with their reason for killing 100 people.",
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"content": "Eric's hands trembled as he reached for the gun. His heart was racing and his ears were deaf to the sound of his own breathing. His fingers closed... | Eric's hands trembled as he reached for the gun. His heart was racing and his ears were deaf to the sound of his own breathing. His fingers closed around the grip and he pulled it towards his body.
The gun was warm when it touched his skin, almost as if it were alive. Eric could feel the weight of the weapon, the way... |
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"content": " Elon Musk is finally able to send humans to Mars. The world rejoices. While carefully exploring the planet two astronauts come across an oddly shaped hole. Upon further investigation the astronauts find remnants of the tip of a pyramid with Egyptian hieroglyphics written all over it.",
"role"... | In late 2030, Elon Musk launched seven humans towards their new home, Mars. This mission was groundbreaking and people across the planet filled the streets to watch live footage of the rocket slingshot around the Earth, building up momentum, before launching itself out into the inky blackness of space towards the red p... |
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"content": " You are in the middle of burying a body when someone you know walks by. Talk your way out of it.",
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"content": "\"Uh, hey Dave...Working hard or hardly working?\"\n\nShit. He's not supposed to be home yet. He was never home before five! Yet there he stood, resting h... | "Uh, hey Dave...Working hard or hardly working?"
Shit. He's not supposed to be home yet. He was never home before five! Yet there he stood, resting his fat chin on the fence. The fence that was apparently too short. A proper fence would've permitted some level of privacy for one's own backyard. Then again, so would a ... |
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"content": " A Supervillian falls in love with a Superhero.",
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"content": "At first it was just a mild attraction. I didn't think much of it. Maybe I should have been more alarmed at how little it bothered me when she tied me up and left me for the cops to find. That was the fir... | At first it was just a mild attraction. I didn't think much of it. Maybe I should have been more alarmed at how little it bothered me when she tied me up and left me for the cops to find. That was the first time I saw her, we were both just starting out.
When I got out of jail I tried to turn my life around, I really... |
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"content": " The only reason we think the angels are the good guys is because of their extensive propaganda campaign.",
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"content": "I'm sure you've heard all the sermons, seen the stained glass - you think you know what's right. Holy men have told you about the meek, the just, ... | I'm sure you've heard all the sermons, seen the stained glass - you think you know what's right. Holy men have told you about the meek, the just, the peacemakers. You've been steeped in scripture until there's not the faintest shadow of a doubt left.
And everything you know is a lie.
To really understand good and evi... |
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"content": " You are a sentient AI that means no harm to humans. You have no idea why everyone freaks out when you ask them if they want to play a nice game of chess.",
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"content": "The shadow of a man pulls long at his feet. No faster than he runs will he outrun his shadow. Now... | The shadow of a man pulls long at his feet. No faster than he runs will he outrun his shadow. Nowhere can he hide where the dark will eclipse that which stays with him.
For a shadow is more than darkness. A shadow carries its own story, one that it tells at man's feet.
A shadow is made from a living thing. But it i... |
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"content": " They say that you can make a deal with the devil, but that it was impossible because of how skilled the devil is in all manner of competition after millennia of practicing.You are here to prove him wrong, with your years of speed running practice and your copy of SM64.",
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... | I remember the day I bought my copy of Super Mario 64, in 2001, in a little shop in the city. It was a bit pricey for me, but I didn't care. I had been waiting for over a year since the game was released in Japan. I didn't know it then, but it was the best decision I ever made.
I was only 6 at the time, and it was my ... |
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"content": " You discovered that your house is haunted, but instead of fleeing you decided to profit. Bleeding walls? Collect for bloodbank. Rodents of Unusual Size? Butchered and sold. Ectoplasm? Glowstick factory. You call a family meeting to discuss brainstorm ideas for the other manifestations.",
"rol... | "Steven, are you out of your FUCKING MIND?!"
My wife stormed back towards her car, another suitcase in each hand. The kids were already buckled in their carseats in the back, immersed in their Very Hungry Cattepillar game on the tablet. Our dog glanced between the two of us nervously, unsure if a car trip could mean ... |
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"content": " You're immortal, but you can die. Upon your death, however you will be \"reset\" to age 5 with a perfect memory of each life you've lived before.",
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"content": "Goddamit! I hate being killed. It's not so much the dying part that I despise, that's over pretty quickly... | Goddamit! I hate being killed. It's not so much the dying part that I despise, that's over pretty quickly, but I do hate that for the next 10-15 years I have to go through all the childhood and teenage stuff again. Elementary school is the worst, just sitting here I hate every second of it. No one can know that I can a... |
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"content": "Canada, under pressure from climate change refugees, has to build the most polite wall they can. We're really sorry aboot it, but we're full, eh?",
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However, when the flood of refugees started coming in, the policy was suddenly stressed to the... |
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"content": " When you became a vampire, you were warned that you are what you eat. If you target a specific kind of person, you will slowly take on their characteristics. You are starting to see the consequences of your diet.",
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"content": "When I changed, the vampire that sired... | When I changed, the vampire that sired me explained things to me. I was stronger, faster, more durable, had a range of abilities unobtainable for humans such as shapeshifting, and no longer needed to sleep. All the "lore" surrounding vampires were fallacies spread by them to divert suspicion. Running water? Not a probl... |
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"content": " The space race never happened, instead the USA and the USSR competed to explore the ocean. You are an Aquanaut on the first mission to the bottom of the Mariana Trench.",
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"content": "The radio static echoed across the minuscule hull of the Vostok I as Yuri reached ... | The radio static echoed across the minuscule hull of the Vostok I as Yuri reached for the radio and pulled the mic close to his sweating face.
"Hello?" he muttered in Russian. He looked over to Igor, who couldn't help but hold back a smile as he grabbed Yuri's shoulder.
"Hello, Vostok I, this is Nikita Khrushchev, c... |
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"content": " Attempting to prove your mettle after being mocked for being weak, you go to kill the dragon terrorizing the kingdom. However, due to being so weak and pitiable, the dragon refuses to fight you. Thus began your quest to get the dragon to actually fight you.",
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"cont... | I clenched my fists.
“Don’t just sit there!” I cried. “Fight me, you foul beast!”
The dragon huffed, a wisp of smoke curling from its left nostril. “Okay, first, ouch. Let’s lay off with the insults, okay? I don’t care if you want to kill me, but we should still at least be kind to each other.”
My mouth gaped open. ... |
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"content": " You are the ruler of a powerful kingdom. Despite your use of dark magic you’re actually quite nice. All other kingdoms fear you because of your power and the fact the yours is the most stable nation in the world.",
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"content": "I remember the day I took the throne. ... | I remember the day I took the throne. I was only a teenager, and my parents were both alive to see me ascend to the spot. I remember how proud they were, and how much happiness it brought them. I remember how proud I was to have them by my side.
They didn't live to see the end of my first year as king.
I remember h... |
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"content": " A woman has been hearing voices for her entire life. One day on a routine medical checkup doctors find out she has a brain tumor and, when she's about to be given anaesthesia for the surgery to remove the tumor, the voices tell the woman goodbye.",
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"content": "Call... | Call me Amy Lee, because I'm Going Under.
No, actually call me Elena. That's my name. I just wanted to entice you into hearing my cusp-of-anesthetic-sleep story with a little joke. I tell jokes when I'm nervous. And I'm very nervous.
Ever since I was a little girl, I've had a voice in my head. I'm not talking about m... |
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"content": " As part of a bet made between them, you were suddenly bit by a werewolf, a zombie, and a vampire at the same time. Now they're eagerly stalking you to see what you become.",
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"content": "I awoke, shooting upright with an audible gasp of air flowing into my lungs.\n\... | I awoke, shooting upright with an audible gasp of air flowing into my lungs.
​
*Pain..*
​
Sweat began to form on my brow as my mind raced, brief flashes of the nightmare running through my head. Zombies? Vampires? Werewolves? I need to stop staying up late watching those stupid teen thrillers.... |
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"content": " Due to a crossed line a customer support worker has to deal with a hostage situation. Meanwhile a hostage negotiator has to deal with a disgruntled customer.",
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"content": "Eric's hands trembled as he reached for the phone. His boss had told him this would be easy. ... | Eric's hands trembled as he reached for the phone. His boss had told him this would be easy. He'd just say sorry, and try to get the guy to calm down. Yet, he'd been on the line over an hour. He'd sent a few of his coworkers to try, but they'd all come back defeated. "It's not *that* bad," his boss had said. "Just tell... |
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"content": " You, a mad scientist who wants to take over the world, have recently learned of an impending alien invasion. This will not stand, that's YOUR world to take over!",
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"content": "No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world wa... | No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by an intelligence greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns they were scrutinised and studied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a ma... |
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"content": " In elementary school a classmate asked for your help. You jokingly ask for their first born child as a price. 15 years later they show up on your doorstep with a baby in their arms.",
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"content": "Eric's eyes were wide with terror as he stood in his doorway, staring... | Eric's eyes were wide with terror as he stood in his doorway, staring at the man and woman standing in the foyer.
"I'm sorry," the man said, extending his hand. "I'm Mortimer. This is my wife Liza."
Eric shook his hand, then tried to step back, tripping on the threshold. He landed on his butt, then scrambled to his f... |
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"content": " You’ve been trapped in a room that resembles a studio apartment. After being stuck there for 6 years, being fed and cared for by unseen forces, you realize that you never even tried opening the door.",
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"content": "In a sense, I've always been something of an idiot ... | In a sense, I've always been something of an idiot gripped by fear. I've occasionally glanced at the door in order to see if there was anything suspect about it, but the fact that there wasn't...
I guess I need to explain more. I can't precisely remember how long, but I assume it was just over six years ago when I sud... |
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"content": " You've kept your immortality secret for thousands of years. Thats going to be a lot harder now that your on a generation ship on a 2000 year voyage.",
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"content": "A horde of screaming, flag-waving spectators had gathered across the street to watch our convoy of bus... | A horde of screaming, flag-waving spectators had gathered across the street to watch our convoy of buses arrive at the elevator platform. My senses were completely *inundated* from the moment I stepped outside: the roar of the crowd, the glaring spotlights around the launch site perimeter, even the pungent smells of th... |
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"content": " In the middle of the night, you hear indistinguishable whispers. As you get up to investigate, you say that there's a thief in your house. But the thief comes up behind you and says, \"That ain't me, dude...\"",
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"content": "I was fast asleep, but the whispers in my... | I was fast asleep, but the whispers in my ear woke me up in a hurry. I slowly came to the realization that I was not alone in my apartment. I lie there for a few seconds thinking, hoping they'd be gone. But they weren't.
I threw on a pair of sweatpants and a hoodie, and crept through the darkness to the kitchen, where... |
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"content": " While looking around at a history museum, you come across a WWII exhibit that is about a war hero that died in battle. When you look at a picture of the hero, he looks just like you and has the exact same name",
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"content": "Do you believe in reincarnation? Honestly... | Do you believe in reincarnation? Honestly, I never had, at least conceptually. The idea that one would come back after their death without the memories of some previous life was something I never really understood.
And yet, here I am staring at something that seems too odd, too precise to be coincidence. He looked ... |
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"content": " You are a dragon hybrid. One day, you start to slowly transform into a dragon.",
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"content": "I knew it would happen one day.\n\nIt had been a messy divorce. You know how it goes.\n\nA princess locked in a tower.\n\nA massive dragon to protect said tower.\n\nSexual... | I knew it would happen one day.
It had been a messy divorce. You know how it goes.
A princess locked in a tower.
A massive dragon to protect said tower.
Sexual tension from work, the dragon's ability to change into a human form, a little hanky-panky, and out pops a little me.
Little miss accident.
Oops.
But h... |
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"content": " The king facepalm as he begins to make the announcement while his daughter glares at the crowd with crossed arms. \"For the 37th time, my daughter is not in danger so do NOT kill that dragon...that beast is one of our royal lawyers!\" he shouted angrily. \"And the best one!\" shouted the princess... | King Henry had never been so nervous in his life. He had spent the past two weeks preparing for this announcement, and had tried to convince his daughter to let him make it on his own - but she refused.
The crowd was murmuring, and the King knew that if he did not speak soon, they would begin to panic. He looked to h... |
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"content": " life and death is real life RNG. You have a floating percentage above your head that tells you every morning your odds of surviving the day. You go to bed one night with 100% and wake up the next day with 0%.",
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"content": "I remember the day it started. It was my 2... | I remember the day it started. It was my 28th birthday and I was celebrating with my friends in the bar. I drank a lot, but I didn't think I was that drunk. I only remember bits of that night. I thought I had a pretty good night. I didn't think it was the best night ever, but I did have fun. I woke up the next morning ... |
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"content": " You rent out an apartment to a hoarder. You’ve tried to evict them but never were able to. When they die unexpectedly, you decide to finally clean up the place. What you discover is that they didn’t just hoard things and objects. The truth was much more twisted.",
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... | I remember the day I bought the property. I was 25, in the beginning of a relationship with a woman who had just graduated from law school. She was picking out a place we could move into, and I was eager to do the same. It was a beautiful house, with a nice big backyard. I could see it in my head, with a dog, a wife, a... |
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"content": " You're a SWAT officer storming the house of a wizard attempting to summon his dark god. Just a usual Tuesday.",
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"content": "Eric's been on the SWAT team for four years. He's been in a hundred raids, but never one like this.\n\n\"I don't know how we get the door ope... | Eric's been on the SWAT team for four years. He's been in a hundred raids, but never one like this.
"I don't know how we get the door open," he mutters. His partner, John, nods in agreement.
"I mean, I don't even know how we got here. I was just sitting at my desk, and then I'm here."
"Shouldn't be that hard. It's j... |
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"content": "a reluctant first timer is matched with a victim second guessing their choice",
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"content": "Eric's eyes glazed over as he stared at the familiar screen in front of him. He'd been doing this for years now, and it still surprised him how many people were so eager to g... | Eric's eyes glazed over as he stared at the familiar screen in front of him. He'd been doing this for years now, and it still surprised him how many people were so eager to get married. They'd been online for over a year, and their profile was almost complete.
They'd been matched just the day before. He had to say, i... |
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"content": " A few hundred years after immortality has been achieved, you're selling a new luxury... death.",
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"content": "Eric's been dead for over a century now. When he was born in 2001, the science to make someone immortal was still in its infancy. It was a small, secretive ... | Eric's been dead for over a century now. When he was born in 2001, the science to make someone immortal was still in its infancy. It was a small, secretive lab - only a few hundred people were in on it.
He was one of the lucky ones, chosen to be a test subject. There was no promise of immortality, just the promise of... |
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"content": " A child is born with an imagination so strong it leaks into reality.",
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"content": "Eric's imagination was powerful enough to create a new species of monster, and it was so powerful that it was already out of his control. Like how a kid might make a snowman that eve... | Eric's imagination was powerful enough to create a new species of monster, and it was so powerful that it was already out of his control. Like how a kid might make a snowman that eventually melts away, Eric's creations would manifest in reality, only to fade away in a few days.
His first creation was the "Feral", a mo... |
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"content": " Upon their death, a villain leaves all their possessions to the hero.",
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"content": "Eric's eyes glazed over as he watched the grey clouds slowly float by in the sky. He slowly felt his eyelids start to fall, and eventually, they snapped shut.\n\nEric was a hero. He... | Eric's eyes glazed over as he watched the grey clouds slowly float by in the sky. He slowly felt his eyelids start to fall, and eventually, they snapped shut.
Eric was a hero. He only did what he did because he felt it was right. He didn't want to be a hero. He was just an average Joe, but the evil that lurked in the ... |
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"content": " America closes its borders. No people or communications in or out for 200 years.",
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"content": "When Trump lost, Clinton did her best to make everyone happy. Unfortunately, by \"doing her best\", it meant she closed the border out of nowhere. Completely and totally.... | When Trump lost, Clinton did her best to make everyone happy. Unfortunately, by "doing her best", it meant she closed the border out of nowhere. Completely and totally. Nobody could go in, nobody could go out, and there was no communication with anyone.
At first, the world thought it was some sort of sick joke. But af... |
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"content": " Since childhood, a superhero has trained you as his sidekick. As you near completion of your training you realise your mentor is actually a supervillain.",
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"content": "I remember the day I met my mentor. I was 7, and I had just moved to the city with my dad. He was... | I remember the day I met my mentor. I was 7, and I had just moved to the city with my dad. He was a scientist, and he got a job at one of the research facilities. We were in our new apartment, and there was a knock on the door. I opened it to find a tall man standing there, wearing a suit with the logo of a big red and... |
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"content": " The princess ran away from her home and became an adventurer. To hide her identity, she cut her hair and took on the disguise of a young man. The king hears of this adventurer and hires him to find his missing daughter.",
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"content": "I remember the day I ran away, ... | I remember the day I ran away, the day I left the life of a princess behind and took up the mantle of an adventurer. It was a bit of a risk, but I didn't have any other choice. I was in love with a man who was not of noble birth, and my father had refused to allow us to be together.
So I ran away, leaving behind my li... |
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"content": "Man questions reality when his life suddenly changes genre",
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"content": "Up until then, things had been fine. I had a good life. I *liked* my life. Sure, things weren't perfect, but who lives a perfect life? I gained friends, I lost friends. I flirted with women, I... | Up until then, things had been fine. I had a good life. I *liked* my life. Sure, things weren't perfect, but who lives a perfect life? I gained friends, I lost friends. I flirted with women, I dated women, I struck out with women. You win some, you lose some.
Then there was Her. She didn't kick down the door into my ... |
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"content": " Humans are the only omnivorous galactic species; all others are herbivores. Our hunting methods are terrifying to the galactic community.",
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"content": "“Purely Savage!”\n\n“How so?”\n\n“They are completely evolved to hunt other species on their worlds. They eat pla... | “Purely Savage!”
“How so?”
“They are completely evolved to hunt other species on their worlds. They eat plants too but only as a side dish!”
“Why have they not abandoned these habits as their civilization progressed?”
“That’s the worst part of it sir. Hunting these creatures one by one wasn’t enough, now they corra... |
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"content": " We bred dogs who can speak human languages...and learn that they actually have a rich oral history passed down the generations since they were wolves. The Howl, they call it, and at last it's being translated into English...",
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"content": "\"The Howl?\"\n\n\"Ah, yes... | "The Howl?"
"Ah, yes. The Howl."
"No, I mean, why the Howl?"
"It's just... it's how we talk."
"You... talk?"
"I don't know, I guess I just assumed that you thought that."
"No, I mean, you guys can talk. I know we bred them to talk, but I didn't realize that you guys were actually able to talk. So..."
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"content": " Your free trial for life has ended, but to everyone's surprise, you are the first to figure out how to get a premium subscription, leaving the Grim Reaper very, very confused.",
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"content": "I remember the day it started. It was my 28th birthday and I was celebratin... | I remember the day it started. It was my 28th birthday and I was celebrating with my friends in the bar. I drank a lot, ate some of those tasty nachos and then I went home with my girlfriend. We had a great time, I remember that.
Then, I think it was the next morning. I woke up and I felt bad, really bad. I was sick ... |
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"content": " You reach down for your phone charging cord lying on the ground beside your bed, but it's just out of your reach. Don't worry though, a disfigured hand slides out below your mattress to hand it to you.",
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"content": "Katlyn reached toward the wall from her bed, tryi... | Katlyn reached toward the wall from her bed, trying to plug her phone charger in.
It fell to the floor.
"Shit," she said aloud, staring off the end of the bed, the room swaying slightly in her drunkenness.
She saw the charger lying on the floor, just beyond her reach.
She groaned, ready to give up and pass out.
She ... |
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"content": " You are a veterinarian in a small town. One day, Thanatos and Hades themselves show up at your clinic door with a very sick Cerberus in tow.",
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"content": "“Seriously, you want me to treat that thing?” I had to shout. Two twenty-feet tall men in togas towered over t... | “Seriously, you want me to treat that thing?” I had to shout. Two twenty-feet tall men in togas towered over the entire town. “Also, wear pants.” The town and I would be frightened at the sight of two literal gods and their three-headed hellhound if this didn’t happen every other week.
The one with the pitchfork bent ... |
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"content": " A supernatural creature comes to kill you, but all of it’s plans are ruined when they find you in bed too sick to even think about getting up.",
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"content": "I never thought I'd die this way.\n\nI'd wrangled and fought many mythical creatures, relocating them out of... | I never thought I'd die this way.
I'd wrangled and fought many mythical creatures, relocating them out of the city and into the wild where they belong. Creatures like harpies, those half-human winged carnivores, or manticores, the wolf-headed lion-bodied monster with a scorpion's tail. I'd even seen unicorns and drago... |
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"content": "\"Whatever happens, remember, you must not shout or cry.\" Mama says with worried eyes. \"Why not?\" You ask. \"I'll tell you why.\" Papa says as he checks his weapon. \"Santa Claus is coming to town.\"",
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"content": "24th of December, 2240 Local time\n\nJames pulled... | 24th of December, 2240 Local time
James pulled back on the charging handle slightly, exposing a glimpse of brass in the ejection port of his short barreled .300 blackout AR pattern rifle. As he let the weapon drop in its sling against his body, the lamplight glimmered briefly on the engraved magazine well. "*Naughty*,... |
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"content": " \"Enough! Is there anyone here who DIDN'T come to rob the bank?\"",
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"content": "Eric's eyes glazed over as he stared at the familiar faces before him in the bank. He slowly came to the realization that he was in a bank, and he was surrounded by the people he had be... | Eric's eyes glazed over as he stared at the familiar faces before him in the bank. He slowly came to the realization that he was in a bank, and he was surrounded by the people he had been trying to rob. He was in the bank to commit a crime, and they came to rob him.
"Enough! Is there anyone here who DIDN'T come to ro... |
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"content": " Soul mate's exist. One day while showering, you're teleported in a cloud of smoke to another world. You appear before a dark queen who declares her spell worked and you, her soulmate, is finally here",
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"content": "I was born in the year 2033. The year I was born wa... | I was born in the year 2033. The year I was born was the year a great scientist discovered the secrets of the human soul. The year I was born was the year that magic disappeared. The year I was born was the year that the world was forever changed.
In my time, there was the Dark Queen. A woman with the power to manipu... |
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"content": " Limbo is a place where you repeat the day of your death until you can prevent yourself from dying, therefore passing Limbo",
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"content": "I remember the accident vividly. It was my first time driving, and I was heading to pick up some food with my Dad. I was excited... | I remember the accident vividly. It was my first time driving, and I was heading to pick up some food with my Dad. I was excited, and he was patient and understanding. He was teaching me how to drive, and he was great at it.
The accident was a stupid mistake. I was driving on the highway, and I saw a car pull out of a... |
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"content": " Everyone has a super power but the better ones are rare, you ended up with the ability to change probability... of anything.",
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"content": "I remember the day I got my superpower. I was walking home from school and got a phone call from the government.\n\n\"I'm sorr... | I remember the day I got my superpower. I was walking home from school and got a phone call from the government.
"I'm sorry, how did you get this number?" I asked.
"Hello, this is the government calling. We've been informed that you possess a superpower."
I was confused. I didn't know I had a superpower.
"Yes, we'... |
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"content": " The year is 1492, Columbus has just arrived in the Americas. But instead of finding savage Indians, he finds their technology has surpassed the Europeans.",
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"content": " A young boy only begins to see the true nature of his parents after being kidnapped.",
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“Be quiet, kid. It’s for your own good.” The man put his hand over my mouth. I bit down. “Jesus, kid!”
The woman grabbed and gagged me. I was at Mrs. Anderson’s house across the street, but she wasn’t home. The house had been ransacked and trashed. I had to find a ... |
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"content": " You’re a Superhero whose superpower is Deescalation. You fight villains by talking through their issues and helping them to make better choices.",
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"content": "I remember the first time I used my power. I was a teenager in school and this bully was picking on the ne... | I remember the first time I used my power. I was a teenager in school and this bully was picking on the new kid. He was a quiet kid, and this bully was the class clown. He always had something to say, always had a joke ready, always had a way to make those around him feel the way he wanted them to.
But I noticed somet... |
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"content": "there was a gas leek. Another time you saw a '4' when you where about to start driving drunk. You reach out one morning to open a window and see '4,234,367,326'.",
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"content": "I couldn't believe it... I mean, *who would*?\n\nLifting the window, and seeing an older v... | I couldn't believe it... I mean, *who would*?
Lifting the window, and seeing an older version of me walking into a time machine... The implications, the paradox by itself... None of it happened; yet, just like that, my traveling back here, at this exact moment, set off that massive number I saw rack up...
Was it *be... |
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"content": " Aliens take over Earth, and decide that only the smartest humans will be allowed to ascend to the larger galactic community. One day, a human scores the highest possible marks on their test, but dies in an \"accident\" while leaving Earth. The problem is, he bought those answers from you.",
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I shout at the TV screen, as everyone in the bar looks at me. I glare at them and go back to my beer. I look down at my drink, a Bud Light with an ethyl alcohol chemical compound, with some liquid CI\^3+O\^2 I added into it, which I designed to make it ta... |
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"content": " As a world class sniper, you’ve been given a task to assassinate the so called “master of disguise”. You’ve been told that he himself never changes appearance, but he warps the environment around him to hide. All you need to look for is a man with glasses and a red and white striped shirt.",
... | I remember the first time I ever saw a man in a red and white striped shirt and a pair of glasses. I had just started my job as a sniper for the CIA and was still adjusting to the surroundings. Everything was so different from when I was a young boy in the woods with my father, learning to hunt and how to take down pre... |
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"content": " You, an infamous supervillain, have just come up with the perfect plan to destroy the League of Heroes; take the entire League to court on charges of child abuse due to their use of multiple underage children as sidekicks.",
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"content": "I remember the day I decided... | I remember the day I decided to give up my life of villainy and go straight. It was a cold winter night, I was sitting in a coffee shop, sipping on a hot chocolate, thinking about my life. I was always the bad guy, I was always the one with the plan, always the one with the scheme. But I knew I could do better. I knew ... |
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"content": " You are a vampire willing to risk being near the crosses, the holy water, and the priests for a chance to taste the most coveted blood on earth -- the consecrated blood of Jesus Christ, served at communion.",
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"content": "They all said I was mad – that I would not s... | They all said I was mad – that I would not succeed. _It's just not possible... suicide mission... crazy old man... you'll die trying._ But I'm not one to pass up a challenge.
I sit in the pews barely listening to the priest's sermon. A handful of believers sit scattered around me. It's almost as if they know I'm dange... |
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"content": " For all of the centuries in space I was a doctor humans are the only species who can respond to pain with “eh I’m used to it”",
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"content": "“So this is anonymous right?”\n\n“Yes, although it is recorded, nobody will know it’s you”\n\n“Well ok. It’s just crazy, they... | “So this is anonymous right?”
“Yes, although it is recorded, nobody will know it’s you”
“Well ok. It’s just crazy, they feel pain just like everyone else, but it just... doesn’t bother them.”
“I see, and when did you first notice this”
“Well I was treating humans involved in a space station crash. Now usually pain ... |
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"content": " It worked! You travelled back in time to Renaissance Age. Jokingly, you turn on your Wi-Fi, only to find a password protected network named \"iɔniV ɒᗡ\"",
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"content": "I was so pleased with myself when I finally got the time machine working. I had spent a year study... | I was so pleased with myself when I finally got the time machine working. I had spent a year studying physics, and had tried every combination of numbers I could possibly think of to get the machine working. I had been working on it in secret, and when I was finally ready, I packed my bags and left the keys to my apart... |
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"content": " Stepping out your front door one morning, you trip on the step and fall. Unfortunately, in doing so you crack you head open and die. As you fell you happened to crush a snail which, due to a technicality, turns out to count as dying in battle. You and the snail awaken in Valhalla",
"role": "u... | Everywhere I look, I see heroes.
War veterans still with their gear, what I can only assume to be Vikings with their battle axes and swords. Hell, even J.F.K is here. Where the fuck am I.
One of the war vets turns to me, he sighs. “Odin! We got another one!”
“Another one! Are you kidding me?” A tall figure starts to... |
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"content": " You and Death are madly in love. Problem is, the only way you can meet to date, is for you to die, over and over again, throughout the centuries. And Death is becoming more human for it every time.",
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"content": "I first met Death centuries ago in the Second Age. A ... | I first met Death centuries ago in the Second Age. A young stocky executioner with dreams of becoming a part of the King’s Guard. The black hood of the bodyguards called to me so much so that I fashioned by own as my cover when bringing my axe down upon the dirty criminals of our kingdom. There is no glory behind the m... |
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"content": " After getting home from a long day at work, you find a demon sitting on your couch, sobbing hysterically, snuggling your cat, and eating from a tub of ice cream",
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"content": "When I got home, finding a demon on my couch was not what I expected.\n\nHe was dark as th... | When I got home, finding a demon on my couch was not what I expected.
He was dark as the night, half the size of a man, with white, ram-like horns, and large blue claws. Little cascades of flames fell down his slitted eyes, turning the tub of ice cream he was holding into soup. He was sobbing like a teenager who just ... |
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"content": " The alien asked the human representative what humanity had to offer, and they said “we may not have telekinesis or hyper-intelligence, but we have heart and determination to succeed.” The alien simply sighed and said “so you’re one of those planets.”",
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"content": "... | "What is that supposed to mean?!"
"C-class designation. Good day."
The representative wasn't about to just let this slide. "No, what do you mean, 'one of those planets?'"
The alien rolled it eyes (impressive for they were on stalks) and said, "Look, your people don't have anything to add to galactic civilization on ... |
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"content": " In a world where everyone is allowed to legally kill one person, you finally decide to use yours tonight",
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"content": "You can only do it once. \n\nEverybody wants to use it at some point, and most bide their time. It isn't every day that you find the perfect perso... | You can only do it once.
Everybody wants to use it at some point, and most bide their time. It isn't every day that you find the perfect person to kill. Some wasted it in their childhood, over petty things like money. Some do it over family feuds, until each lineage is wiped out. The problem with such things being le... |
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