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Write about a character who can suddenly see through another person's eyes — literally.

Posted in Adventure on Oct 26, 2022

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The Attic

Submitted to Contest #105

The attic. One would think nothing special about an attic. It is just a room, after all. But mine was different because of its contents. I don’t know when it started. Maybe with the Doll maker from the early 1900s or further back with the puppeteer who lived during the 1800s? All I know is I am now a part of the sinister collection on the third floor. A strange energy wafts around the entire property. It doesn’t necessarily feel evil, but it still gives me chills. Between the basement and the attic, just being in the house is unbearable at t...

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The switch

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 “I cannot tolerate this anymore”, I said to my wife Sarah as I pushed the food plate away from me on the dining table in anger. “This food is inedible. It is so bad that even a dog is going to reject it. It has been years since you have been trying to cook. How hard can it be?”  Sarah blasted in anger too - “If you think it is so easy, why don't you do it yourself? All you ever do is complain.” Our voices were so loud that our 3-year-old son woke up crying in the bedroom. “See what you have done. Now don't ask me to get h...

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Fun New Talent

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If there was any lesson he would desire to be learnt from this experience, it would be that every time someone said “I wish I knew what I looked like from the back”, they were delusional. Ignorance is bliss is it not, they simply do not know how lucky they are to not have to be faced with, well, themselves. He had not been too surprised to awaken from those much too common dreams of work, and not open his eyes to his own ceiling, but instead to his partner’s. He was, however, rather surprised, when he blinked and was back in his own room, ...

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A Wish Upon A Shooting Star

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I sat outside and looked up into the sky. Nothing is going my way today, I thought. My parents kept going on about how much more I was supposed to work. They wanted me to do chores and study for school. You need to work more Kaya. Kaya, you aren’t working. Study properly, Kaya. Kaya this, Kaya that. What do they know? They always nag about useless things, but nobody else’s parents do. Valerie’s didn’t. She had everything she wanted, and her parents were really nice. I really envied her.“What a horrible day,” I said. I looked back up, an...

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Perfect Tyler

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CW: suicideTheo shoved me to the ground, “Nice clothes, nerd” he laughed. Behind him, his two cronies laughed and I scowled at them.“Where’d you find them? The dumpster?”More laughter.“Hey! Leave him alone!”I looked up and saw Tyler running over. Tyler was six-feet tall with blonde hair and blue eyes. A star footballer and the most popular kid in school. Theo snorted, “What are you gonna do, pretty boy?”Tyler didn’t back down, “You really wanna find out?”He towered over Theo. It was a minute of staring before Theo stepped back. “Fine,” ...

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Not Seeing Is Believing

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                              Not Seeing Is Believing      Jarod had struggled academically his entire life. Now, finally, he saw himself on the verge of a real future. High school graduation in his rearview mirror and a promising career in IT only awaited his completion of the three-month course--starting the following week.      He had scour...

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Parameters of greed

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Should I be grateful or should I be spiteful? I have not made up my mind yet. You have taken my eyes. I never thought that you envied them, that you wanted them for yourself. Your eyes are fine too, I can see the colors so well. The harshness of the afternoon sun, the soothing calm of the tree shades; things I can never perceive on my skin but now the sights trigger a sensation somewhere. I am slower than before, but I do not mind it. I cannot see beyond where the rays of light don’t reach. When I see the lovely paintings on your walls, I wa...

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Through His Eyes

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William was not the man I had thought him to be, and he’d hurt me for the last time. I couldn’t endure anymore of the turmoil he’d been putting me through, the ups and downs, the unpredictable moods, the unfounded jealousy. There had been rumors about him and his last wife, about his being abusive. I didn’t know what to believe though, since he never laid a hand on me. It was quite evident that there had been some buzz worthy drama since everyone in the office advised me against dating him and then eventually marrying him. But I ignored...

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What I See In You

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If there was one thing I could take back it would be misjudging you. You went through more than I could ever imagine and I didn't even get to see things from your perspective. I'm sorry dad. "SO what is it that you're cooking?" my dad asks and I just shrug my shoulders. "What?" He asked and I kept silent as I looked into his eyes Oh my why is this weird girl staring into my soul. I think of nothing worthy. I'm tired. Super tired and just want to sleep all day. "If you're tired, then you should really consider going to sleep. Don't force ...

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In Lumina Morte

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"Starting today, March 16, there will be a nationwide lockdown..." the country's president declared. My jaw dropped at the announcement. Cristine groaned and complained about what she heard. Sam shouted a protest and Martin stomped their feet towards the chicken to cook our lunch mumbling things that mean complaint with the situation. Sam got back to playing with the kids after the flash news. Cristine looked at me anxiously, "Why of all this time, Ate? And when we were going to get back to our hometown? This is outrageous and mad!" I ...

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Being Keith

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Ethics be damned, Mara was going to do whatever it took to change minds. Mathematic rigor, scientific evidence, even repeated verification by experiment, none of these convince as well as personal experience. It was the quest to make the experience of one person available to others that led to the device in front of her. The real question, of course, was how well the device would translate the experience of her thirty subjects for the wearer of the halo. She’d try it herself, but she was already fitted with the prototype for the other half ...

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Perfection Doesn't Cry

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She put her fingers on the ivories and the notes trickled out of the piano and danced around in the cavernous auditorium, elegant and silvery. It was captivating; it made the concert hall melt away, until it was just the music, a vivid splash of colors and fragrances.She was a child prodigy, only thirteen, the same age as me, yet the interpretations of the notes she played with spindly fingers were refined as most professional soloists. Her runs were as smooth as butter, her chords mellow, and even grace notes were played with the utmost car...

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The Suit-or ?

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The Suit-or ? Southern Women (SW): I called the police as I was all alone, I’m a single mom you know, and I hid in my closet until I heard some activity outside. The police came in 10 minutes but, they did that thing where they didn’t use their sirens, so I wasn’t sure when they arrived. Carefully, I peeked out my window and thank God they arrived cause the next thing I saw was her husband, I think it was her husband, being wheeled out in one of those black body bags that you see on TV. I knew it, I thought to myself. I knew he was up ...

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Lost In Your Eyes

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The people of Penkot had heard about the lake Laguna and the miracles which the lake performed on people. People came there for the remedy to their problems. Some said it cured them of their skin disease and others said that it had improved their life. However, there were some conditions for the miracle to happen. Two of them were-- First; the person had to chant the right mantra. Second, the person had to sacrifice something to get the favor or boon. On the lake, the dock looked like a speck of matchsticks. The mountains, which seemed to ha...

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Maggie's Sunglasses

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Maggie was a sweet quiet polite girl. She liked to read and spent most of her time alone curled up with her favorite book. An innocent enough hobby, but it seemed to dominate Maggie's err, umm 'social life'. This bothered her parents.            The truth was that there was absolutely nothing wrong with Maggie. Right now she was just fed up with people, especially those of her own age. Unfortunately, her parents had little insight into this so they worried greatly that the...

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