Write a story about someone who's haunted by their past.

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“Ghost of the Past” by Greg Gillis

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A high-pitched shriek echoed through the isolated, run-down cabin in the Southern end of Grizzly Forest. He was miles from civilization with no signal to call for help on his cellphone, so Steve ran for his 4 x 4 Ford F-250 pick-up truck instead. The noise that scared him out of the cabin sounded like a woman, but there shouldn’t have been another human for at least 5 miles. In a panic, Steve misjudges the turn l...

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“Dream” by Adah M.M

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It was raining heavily, the streets were all flooded and the wind blew everything like an infernal tornado. There was no doubt that the electricity would be out, the cables wouldn't be able to withstand the storm. She checks the time on her wristwatch, it was a little past eight and no one except her was crazy enough to be outside, not even the homeless man who usually sat by the bus stop. None of this mattered to her, she was going to be late and he was certainly going to punish her. He always did so whenever she wasn't 'good enough'. ...

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“I Know This Place!” by P. Jean

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(Write a story about someone who's haunted by their past.) I sit tonight looking at an image that I haven’t consciously thought about for decades and yet it colored my whole being. I had stopped into the library to return two books on growing roses and on my way out the door, I glanced at the bulletin board and saw the image. It stopped me dead in my tracks, literally. Leaning in to read the small note attached, one of those tear off a phone number kind of notes, I read that a person was trying to ...

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“Till Death Do Us Part” by Arianna Noelle

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~ On nights like these when the ghosts of my loneliness come back to haunt me, you appear before me once more. ~Somewhere laying in the back of our old bedroom are scrapbooks filled with photos of us from better days. On the fourth page there are images forever stuck in time of us looking down at our wedding cake adorned with "Till Death Do Us Part" with two plastic, miniature versions of us holding hands. What no one told those two little people was that in eight years, two months, and thirteen days that term w...

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“ELI ” by Sandra Claros

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The first time the officer looked at Elizabeth- or simply, Eli - , dressed in that spectacular red neckline dress and black patent leather heels, he couldn't take his eyes off her. He approached the table where she was sitting, with the empty glass. Without thinking twice, the officer fixed his cap and Serbian plus a glass of champagne. - Excuse the daring but some lady as pretty as you deserve my no more than just that- and offered his hand to greet her, kissing her torso, saying: - Nice to meet you, officer Marquis ...

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“Letting Go For Yourself” by Alyssa DeLorme

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I peer into the training room, looking around for my instructor. As long as I stay away until past lunchtime, he wont see me... Just a little lon- "Ah, Jamie Adkins. It's kind of you to finally arrive." says the all too familiar voice behind me. I straighten up and turn around,"Instructor Daniel! I- well I was just coming in!" I lie, trying my best to look him in the eyes. His glare is the only answer he gives as he glides past me into the room, beckoning me to follow him. I do, although stopping at my own work station, hoping he won...

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“Bushington’s Vet” by James Offenha

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Well, I call up the vet and they say they can only reverse that kind of surgery in humans and not in dogs. Dang it! So, I decide to start calling up a counselor and talking about my frustrations using my PDA (I found it behind Mommy and Daddy’s bed). But, I start thinking about what my life was like before I moved here and can’t keep it out of my head. Then, I start having nightmares. See, humans don’t think us dogs have nightmares or even dreams, but we do. I don’t always rem...

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“Nightborn 7” by Harken Void

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Damien stared at the face looking back from the mirror. Was that him? Or was it a shadow from the past, come back to haunt him? He opened his mouth in a menacing grin. Two elongated fangs protruded from behind his canines and reached down almost to his chin when he closed his mouth. There was no more blood oozing from his gums, the teeth have grown to their full size. I’m Nightborn again, he thought. But not Blaze. I’m Damien. He pulled the teeth back into his upper jaw with a fleshy sound, as someone entered the bathroom. It was one o...

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“A Lament of Innocence” by Janelle Curtis

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Julianne, my love......When we met, I was one and twenty. You were eighteen. Your lovely lockes of golden hair fell over your shoulder like a waterfall. I could get lost in your orbs of sumptuous green. You would look to the earth, your eyelashes brushing your skin as you smiled so sweetly and looked up into my eyes. How I fought myself not to take you then, into my arms and even further into my heart. We would walk hand-in-hand, your silky palm causing mine to sweat, so. I had hoped that you would never feel my fear. The nerves that ca...

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“Haunted.” by Len Mooring

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I’m haunted by the past, and the past only happened last week. I’m finished. I’m only scared of what I might do to my friends who seem to accept this slaughter without losing any sleep. Perhaps they don’t see the aftermath of the devastation of what they have wrought. The families decimated all in the name of some perceived difference from us that is unacceptable. I had belonged to the hand on the heart, salute the flag, Mom’s apple pie variety. I truly believed our way was not only right but the only way for civilized people to live. But ...

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“I walk with a smile on my face and a cloud in my head” by Sarymar Pérez Carrero

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Was she even worth it? Did I really waste 4 years of my life with someone just so we could become strangers with memories? These were the thoughts that struck my mind as I closed my eyes and listened to the crickets outside my bedroom. I only slept 3 and half hours that night, I guess I should be thankful, it was more than my usual time. Scrolling through social media became my new morning coffee, after figuring out that everyone was doing something, I got the courage to get up and do something myself. Water can heal, yet it also had ...

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“Memories of Paris” by Josephine Andersen

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Memories of Paris Something was niggling at the back of her mind. It felt like a fly was buzzing around her head. She tried to ignore the persistant jabbing at her for her attention. It was invading her peace of mind. She had to meet a friend for coffee at the Junction in half an hour and was already running late. She just made it to the Junction by 11o’clock, “Hi Gail, I am in time, for a change, what shall we have?” “ I fancy a cappuccino and croissant.” “OK, I will go with that.” Lisa fidgeted in her chair so much that...

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“Braddock, Pennsylvania” by Blane Britt

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My Great, Great Grandfather returned from the civil war a broken and mentally haunted battered man. You see he was accidentally forced to kill his own brother during the American Civil War that was a civil war in the United States from 1861 to 1865, fought between northern states loyal to the Union and southern states that had seceded from the Union to form the Confederate States of America. The civil war began primarily as a result of the long-standing controversy over the enslavement of Black people. In fact, it was the economics of slav...

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“Almost” by Geneva Savage

Submitted to Contest #51

Cold shivers run down my spine. My breath catches, and I wake up from where I’d fallen asleep in the soft grass while studying. Opening my eyes, the first thing I see is a brilliant sky. I soak it in. Pink and blue and violet are slowly dying in the lower, western corner of the sky. I have exams to study for and papers to write, but I take this moment. For a few seconds, I smile and remember. The wind rustles the trees, blowing against my face like a loving hand smoothing my hair out of my face. Still, I kept my pale, green eyes shut as I l...

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“Fire and Tears” by Kathryn P

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I didn’t notice my shivering from the cold. Memories were flooding into my mind, enveloping me and making me ignore my senses. All I had was a sheet on to keep me warm. I didn’t notice the frost on my window, the snow drifting outside, and the wind howling through the window panes. Tomorrow was the 3-year anniversary of the day that the fire struck my home, costing me my house, my family, and my ability to relax. I was 18 now, but 3 years before I was forced to reside with my aunt in New York City, thousands of miles from my Kansas hom...

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Write a story about someone who's haunted by their past.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 252 stories

“Ghost of the Past” by Greg Gillis

“Dream” by Adah M.M

“I Know This Place!” by P. Jean

“Till Death Do Us Part” by Arianna Noelle

“ELI ” by Sandra Claros

“Letting Go For Yourself” by Alyssa DeLorme

“Bushington’s Vet” by James Offenha

“Nightborn 7” by Harken Void

“A Lament of Innocence” by Janelle Curtis

“Haunted.” by Len Mooring

“I walk with a smile on my face and a cloud in my head” by Sarymar Pérez Carrero

“Memories of Paris” by Josephine Andersen

“Braddock, Pennsylvania” by Blane Britt

“Almost” by Geneva Savage

“Fire and Tears” by Kathryn P

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Write a story that begins and ends with someone looking up at the stars.

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Write a story that involves a mystery — it doesn't need to be crime-related, it should just include something that remains unexplained until the end.

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