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[WP] A vampire has worked at the local 7-11 for the past 5 decades. No one has the heart to call the vampire out or slay them. A little because they're such a good employee, mostly because they think they're doing such a good job hiding the vampirism when they're really not.

Submitted by Avalon_88 t3_xzix9a on October 9, 2022 at 11:04 AM

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[WP] A bar called “The Alibi” that’s notorious for being just that.. an alibi. Often packed with ex-cons, the customers of The Alibi adhere to a silent, but strict, code: If they say they were here, we saw them. They’ll always back an alibi, no questions asked.

Submitted by JelloStaplerr t3_10ix9p1 on January 22, 2023 at 11:11 PM

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[WP] You died and awoke in the afterlife. It's quite nice actually. The people and atmosphere are a lot nicer than you are used to and there is no stress or pressure. When you ask what good deed got you into heaven you are informed that this is hell, followed by a visit from a very concerned demon.

Submitted by Kitty_Fuchs t3_zvvclr on December 26, 2022 at 7:57 PM

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[WP] You're a siren who is trying to lure a shipful of sailors to their death. "Please", one of the sailors beg as he swims onto your island, almost too willingly. "Stop. You're so bad at singing."

Submitted by ReadySetSantiaGO t3_z3iwgh on November 24, 2022 at 12:38 PM

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[WP] The queen is dead. The kingdom burns around you. Her soldiers fight on, but the invader is relentless. You do the only thing you can; you flee to beg mercy from your god, to call on your protector to cast out your enemies. You leave the hive in search of its beekeeper.

Submitted by ArseneArsenic t3_10h9z1v on January 20, 2023 at 10:06 PM

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[WP] Intergalactic Security stops a human outside the warp gate, attempting to arrest them for smuggling a container of dangerous caustic liquid. The embarrassed, exhausted human with lightyears of jetlag struggles to explain to the increasingly terrified officers what a "stomach" is.

Submitted by SnippyTheDeliveryFox t3_11pdqfg on March 12, 2023 at 12:46 PM

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[WP] The ritual calls for 100 sacrifices, but after reading it carefully you realize that it never specified they had to be human. Deciding to be the smartass that you are, you got a petri dish full of bacteria and sacrificed them instead.

Submitted by Prompt_Dude t3_z2bgb2 on November 23, 2022 at 1:26 AM

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[EU] The CIA are trying to kill Clark Kent and make it look like an accident. They don't know he's Superman, he's just a really good journalist and is getting too close to some things the government wants to keep secret.

Submitted by Affectionate_Bit_722 t3_zkj2jh on December 13, 2022 at 2:02 AM

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[WP] Your superpower isn’t anything special. You can make stuff disappear behind your back then pull it back out again. When a friend at a party asks you to do it to them it sounds like a great laugh. But when you pull them back out they look older, disheveled, and are frantic to be sent back.

Submitted by A_GOOD_NINJA t3_10lcgjs on January 25, 2023 at 10:59 PM

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[WP]No one know how the zombie virus began, but humanity is on the ropes. A powerful stranger cuts through the horde one night and reaches your compound's wall with a deal. Vampires are starving. Help feed them in exchange for protection from the other undead menace.

Submitted by cesly1987 t3_yep2bf on October 27, 2022 at 11:06 AM

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[WP] The world ended 20 years ago, you haven't found a living soul since then. Through some ingenuity, you call voicemails for the last 20 years to keep you company. "Hi, this is Cindy..." "Hi you reached Bob" "You know what to do at the beep" until one day "Hello...hello? Oh my God hello!"

Submitted by killznhealz t3_zrrez1 on December 21, 2022 at 3:46 PM

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[WP] You have the ability to see people’s kill count on their head. You tell no one, managed to stay away from shady people and live a peaceful life. One day, your 5 years old kid’s number is not 0...

Submitted by guitarist2505 t3_y9p9e6 on October 21, 2022 at 9:41 AM

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[WP] Every time you cooked over a campfire, you would throw some food into the fire as an offering to the gods. One evening, just as you're about to perform your little campfire ritual, you hear a voice behind you say "You know, I would very much prefer my food un-burnt."

Submitted by DragoTheFloof t3_z6uz37 on November 28, 2022 at 12:12 PM

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[WP] You're a 'comically incompetent' supervillain for a group of C-List heroes. They are no real threat to you, so you endure their childish speeches. However, when the heroes raid the civilian business you run on the side and injure your employees, you decide to take yourself seriously for once.

Submitted by Informal_Ad_6157 t3_z76hqs on November 28, 2022 at 7:53 PM

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[WP] "One drip of this poison is enough to kill a whale." The scientist points towards a table, but the beaker isn't there. Instead a silly coffee cup shaped like a beaker sits. You lower the not coffee cup from your mouth. Tastes like lemon-lime.

Submitted by DistillerCMac t3_11e4oe5 on February 28, 2023 at 12:19 PM

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[WP] I (23M, human) asked my Orc gf (22F) to stop deadlifting my familymembers when she comes over for the holidays because it made me look small and weak. Now she and the rest of the family keep forcing me to run laps and lift whole roasted hogs when I visit for orc holidays. AITA?

Submitted by Sidaige t3_y7awuk on October 18, 2022 at 3:58 PM

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[WP] Your Significant Other has landed a book publishing deal! You're very proud of them, even if you don't actually enjoy their writing. One day, on a whim, you buy an actual copy in a book store. It's nothing like the pages they gave you to read. Nothing.

Submitted by veriverd t3_z7un1j on November 29, 2022 at 1:50 PM

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[WP] After eons of refining your work, you summon the genie one last time. "Finally want to use your third wish? I thought the last two has taught you a lesson." You remain silent, and give him a dictionary-thick contract that cast the genie an unavoidable sufferings for eons, and inevitable death.

Submitted by alacz t3_zbnkl2 on December 3, 2022 at 6:56 PM

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[WP] All your life, mythological beings have tried to pick you up. Childhood? Forced adoption. Teenagehood/Adulthood? Marriage. For example, selkies purposefully left their skins where you'd find them; banshees serenade you outside every night. Now at 30, you've learned why you attract them all...

Submitted by MidgardWyrm t3_ydwy8h on October 26, 2022 at 12:31 PM

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[WP] The new generation of vampire has discovered that just by taking iron supplements and vitamin D drops, they’re feeling fine without drinking human blood

Submitted by Superben14 t3_zcavqj on December 4, 2022 at 2:20 PM

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[WP] You are constantly mocked for having such a weird superpower by all the other heroes. “The power to make anything into perfectly cooked soup”… One day, a massive meteor is barreling towards earth. As all the other heroes are panicking, you wait perfectly calm, at the impact zone, bowl in hand.

Submitted by WoollerMan2003 t3_z8b3a6 on November 30, 2022 at 12:14 AM

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[WP] You are a barista in a 24 hour coffee shop. Every night at 3:33am a demon appears for the Dark Lord's latte.

Submitted by WarturtleWitch t3_yhfw9r on October 30, 2022 at 2:39 PM

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[WP] Out of the blue, your spouse asked you if you would still love them if they turned into a worm. Thinking it was a little odd, you said that yes, of course you would. It was a short time later when you realized that they actually meant “wyrm.”

Submitted by Maximum_Pootis t3_z2mkzm on November 23, 2022 at 11:21 AM

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[WP] Your wife has an estranged sister that you have never met. She was murdered in a cold case soon after you were married. You brush off your wife’s new strange behaviour after the murder as grief. Until you find an old family photo of your wife as a kid, you shiver as you realise… they’re twins.

Submitted by AUFunmacy t3_z8m47w on November 30, 2022 at 8:31 AM

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[WP] You are a vampire hunter. Your roommate is a vampire. Neither of you can afford the apartment on your own so if one of you attacks the other you'll lose the apartment. The tension between you two is increasing by the day.

Submitted by john_snape_ t3_z1ktv3 on November 22, 2022 at 4:57 AM

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