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End of her rope **[WP] You'd summoned the demon intending to sell your soul, so it came as a bit of a surprise when the demon refused, and offered you a soul instead.** ***** My mother always said desperation was unbecoming of a lady. Pity she sucked ass at parenting, otherwise I might have listened to her. But when you're on the edge of getting ripped out of the life of the person you love with all your heart, what else are you gonna do? It was sophomore year at DuPont…
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The Scourge of Destiny **[WP] "He who lifts the Holy Shield and the Hammer of Judgement will vanquish the darkness that grips the land, and wins the princess' heart." so says the prophecy. You can imagine everyone's shock, when said person turned out to be a young demon boy, sentenced to death by their holy radiance.** ***** I had never been more embarrassed in my life. Humans lured me into a trap and captured me with a magical seal, leaving me unable to escape their…
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Secretz I'm a general contractor, with my own successful company. Mostly we build and remodel houses -- and I'm good at what I do, if I do say so myself. So, naturally, when I stepped on my girlfriend's kitchen floor, and felt that one spot with just a *tiny* bit more give than the rest of the floor, I knew it instantly. "Water!" I exclaimed. Jenny blinked, pausing in the act of pouring me a glass of wine to regard me with a confused expression. "Water? You...didn't want any…
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Soul Searching **[WP] The Superheroes arrive at the predicted impact site of the meteor, only to find the Villains already there. "We're going to destroy that blasted rock before it lands and there's nothing you can do to stop us!" a Hero calls out. "Stop you? We're here to help! We live on this planet too, dumbass"** ***** What are we, but leaves in the wind? There were stories once, sung by the masses or known only by those who wrote them. Of guns and smoke, knives and…
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A Hellish Twist [WP] Your military experiment accidentally tears a portal open to Hell. However, instead of the demon hordes pouring through, you discover that they are frantically trying to close the portal from their side. ***** The scientists sat down at the table for the hearing. Though their work had been done under a military committee earmark, the ramifications had led Congress to call a special committee, so the lead researcher realized he didn't recognize half the…
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Manipulator **[WP] "I can't believe it! You played us like a fiddle!" "Oh please. Fiddles are actually hard to play. I played you like the kazoos you are."** ***** "You played us like a fiddle!" It was a desperate exclamation, torn from the lips of a man on the brink. The words echoed slightly around the confined spaces of the concrete parking garage, mingling with the faint sounds of nearby traffic. "Oh please. Fiddles are actually hard to play. I played you like the kazoos…
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Dwarves [WP] The dwarves find the idea that human technology could've ever equaled - let alone surpassed - theirs patently ridiculous. But just to humor them, they've decided to accept their proposal for an "engineering student exchange program". ***** The *Forgehall* glowed orange under the mountain. Dokolfer raised his voice to be heard over hammers ringing on steel. "Aye," he said. "That's what they're saying. Human steel strong as Mithium." Mannus the Forgemaster brought…
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Timeskip **[WP] “1 day on this planet is 15 years on earth,” said the ship's AI. “I was told to inform you of this after the completion of your 12-day mission on the surface.”** ***** Jem staggered backward for a second; her spherical helmet tapping on the white plastic wall with a dull thud. She did a calculation for a moment before saying “It’s been 200 years?” The green light of the AI floated in mid-air and rotated for a fraction of a second. This indicated it was…
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In your Dreamz 1 The chamber was massive in size, nothing but pillars holding up the intricate paint-work and stained glass artistry that showed off the monstrous rise of The King Of Nightmares. He had prepared for me- his whole castle was one elaborate trap after another, each one meant to isolate and horrify my party members. Whatever The King Of Nightmares could do, he had certainly gotten the scouting report on my party. It was before we had even gotten into the castle…
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In your Dreamz, Pt 2 It should have been obvious. We knew how this worked by now. He'd gotten us down to a tee, and so of course he'd want to eliminate us one by one. We were unstoppable as a team. Lucy would have easily been able to get Lou to calm down there. She'd known him since she and Lou were little kids when they often played word games together during recess. According to her, it was cute. To him, embarrassing. Still, we knew how this worked. He was probably gone by…
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In your Dreams, END I had no idea what the illusions were saying to her, but whatever it was, she listened. "STOP!" She shouted. "Rasha!" I yelled. I knew it was too late already. I'd seen it so many times already. Yorrick had hurt enough. I didn't need that again. While I couldn't hear what was going on, I could hear one thing. Rasha was yelping in pain. Not grunts, or yells. No, she was close to tears. "RASHA! Snap out of it, babe!" I tried to reach for her, but phased…
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Challenger **[WP] You're a powerful Demi-God King of an Empire. A laughably weak mortal tries to defeat you and dies. Yet, after some time, they return - a bit stronger and well equiped than before. It occurs again and again until it's not laughable anymore. You need to find a way out of this situation.** ***** My people loved me. They enjoyed my reign (or their head would decorate a pike. I'd also instruct the soldiers to make sure the head would smile, or their heads would…
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Self... Sacrifice? **[WP] Gods are real, and powered by sacrifice (metaphorical and literal.) You wake up feeling quite bored. So in your mirror, you offer your everything...to yourself. There are unexpected consequences.** ***** I blinked at the screen of my phone. The web novel I was reading, *I Sacrificed My Soul to an Ancient Slime and Now I'm the God of This World*, was getting really good. But there were no more updates. "Oh no," I said aloud. "My literary crack."…
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Change of Heart **[WP] As a vampire, you've always needed to ask for permission to enter a house. Ever since being ejected into space, you've been looking for a way back to civilization the only way you know how: knocking on the doors of passing spaceships, asking them to let you in.** ***** Maybe I deserved this. I was only one blood-starved rampage away from tearing apart the crew. I didn’t leave them with much of a choice. Still, I wish they had just thrown me into the…
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Hibernation **[WP] The colony ship arrived in orbit after a thousand-year voyage. But the AI never woke the occupants. Millions of years pass, the planet below have formed life, intelligent life, and their scientists have just woken you, one of the colonists.** ***** To take one of the slots on the *Bringer of Light*, a person had to accept a simple, fundamental truth - whatever was left behind on Earth would be dead, buried, and decomposed by the time you awoke. With the…
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Up for Adoption! **[WP] When aliens invade Earth, humans are seen as very fascinating creatures, but also confusing. The aliens decide to 'adopt' humans that are sad, scared, or alone as pets. You're trying to avoid your toxic family, who are determined to keep you around and beg an alien to 'adopt' you.** ***** Y’ggrasog’s friends often joked that he was damn near-emotionless. He had seen a lot in his life as a spacer. Many such things were wondrous. He had seen stars go…
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Up for Adoption! Part II **[WP] When aliens invade Earth, humans are seen as very fascinating creatures, but also confusing. The aliens decide to 'adopt' humans that are sad, scared, or alone as pets. You're trying to avoid your toxic family, who are determined to keep you around and beg an alien to 'adopt' you.** ***** Believe it or not, there are actually VERY extensive protocols in place when making first contact with a new sapient race. …Granted, the various races that…
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Up for Adoption! Final Part **[WP] When aliens invade Earth, humans are seen as very fascinating creatures, but also confusing. The aliens decide to 'adopt' humans that are sad, scared, or alone as pets. You're trying to avoid your toxic family, who are determined to keep you around and beg an alien to 'adopt' you.** ***** Y'ggdrasog swore under his breath, before remembering himself and having the fabricator print out a few tissues for his guest. As he passed them to her,…
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A Meeting under the Stars It's a sunny day when I leave. Fitting, for a Sunday. The world spins, faster and faster, rotations reaching light velocity. Not much can be seen in light velocity, in truth, and I have to rely on the AI to get me to where I'm going. When I'm going. I'm not worried though. It hasn't failed me yet. I'd have warned myself if it ever did. Despite not really being able to see anything, the lighting does change, as the heavens shift around us. The…
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The Messenger **[WP] While FTL-Travel is possible, FTL-Communication is not. This means that interstellar communication has to run through couriers, but also that the job of a courier is as dangerous as it is profitable. Your latest contract has the biggest bonus you have ever seen while looking comparatively easy.** ***** "Hey Kazzaak, what do you think of this?" I began to look over the contract that Jerry, our team's weapons and repair expert, handed me. It had the…
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Hotel de Strange, Pt 1 **[WP] This hotel is strange, to say the least. Few ever check in or out, and those guests you see stay for long periods of time. There is no pool, but when asked you are supposed to direct people to the third floor. You are not to make eye contact with the cleaning staff. The pay is nice.** ***** I am only working here because life grew a little too dull, a little too miserable. Before diving back into society and reinventing myself as an architect,…
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Hotel de Strange, Pt 2 **[WP] This hotel is strange, to say the least. Few ever check in or out, and those guests you see stay for long periods of time. There is no pool, but when asked you are supposed to direct people to the third floor. You are not to make eye contact with the cleaning staff. The pay is nice.** https://read.cash/@Ozzyy/hotel-de-strange-pt-1-d3cbd47e#wp-this-hotel-is-strange-to-say-the-least-few-ever-check-in-or-out-and-those-guests-you-see-sta ***** "I…
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Hotel de Strange, Pt 3 **[WP] This hotel is strange, to say the least. Few ever check in or out, and those guests you see stay for long periods of time. There is no pool, but when asked you are supposed to direct people to the third floor. You are not to make eye contact with the cleaning staff. The pay is nice.** https://read.cash/@Ozzyy/hotel-de-strange-pt-1-d3cbd47e#wp-this-hotel-is-strange-to-say-the-least-few-ever-check-in-or-out-and-those-guests-you-see-sta ***** My…
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Travels and Travails **[WP] Humanity is the only species that treat "unrealistic" stories like sci-fi and fantasy as a legitimate genre, instead of just something to amuse children that adults no longer need. Because of this, humanity cracks FTL while species much older than us are still stuck in their home system.** ***** Acceleration throws Faust back into the pilot's couch, then presses his chest like a giant's foot. His left-hand lands on his chest, and his right falls…