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Write a story from the antagonist’s point of view.

Posted in Character on Aug 9, 2024

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“My Villain” by Amelia Corbeau

Submitted to Contest #263

(contains sensitive language, allusion to violence/sexual violence)Life had been kinder to Jason than he found pleasing. The years had floated by with an unhindered ease, and it irked him. No great tragedy had marred his adolescence, there had been no fire or famine to hamper his growth. He had been popular enough, smart enough, handsome enough. Naturally endowed with the appropriate appendage to most aptly navigate the world, and yet, he felt woefully deprived. Trapped amidst a late-thirties he found hopelessly wanting and wanting hopelessl...

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“Little Red” by VJ Hamilton

Submitted to Contest #263

Willa would never forget that day. She was coming home, carrying the new kill, with the fine jackrabbit fur tickling her nose, and the iron taste of blood still warm in her mouth. She planned to show the kill to her three cubs, Winken, Blinken, and Nod. She planned to use her razor-sharp teeth to tear the skin away, letting the blood sprinkle in their quivering little noses. She needed to wean the growing cubs off her milk and onto good, life-giving food. Fresh prey. Rabbits, mice, voles. She arrived at the rocks and bramble that concealed t...

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“Bernie Madoff's Slush Fund” by Luca King Greek

Submitted to Contest #263

It was a warm August afternoon, a gentle sun blessed the immaculate fairways of the Long Island Country Club, an oasis of tranquility and temporary shelter from the violent storm raging on Wall Street. Lehman Brothers was in trouble. Four elderly men, dressed in polos, colorful slacks, were ambling toward the club house, heads down, pensive.“My God, Bernie, your chip shot on 17 was a doozy”, said Danny Solomon the suave Gold Coast realtor.  It had been an unusually subdued round of golf, opportunities for small talk few a...

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“The Unwritten Villain” by Amari Jayce

Submitted to Contest #263

The local hero swept the city line, patrolling the streets from above. I observed from far below, considering the situation. He was quite the comic book superhero, the classic “save the day” college kid juggling his schoolwork with being a hero. Not a day would pass when he wasn’t seen flying around, performing quite mundane tasks such as saving kittens from trees or chasing the occasional mugger. What he lacked, in practical terms, was a truly evil villain. Behind him, a large billboard loomed, displaying an image of the city with his silho...

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“The Rise of Divine Nightingale” by Madeline Scott

Submitted to Contest #263

TW: Contains execution Divine Felt the ball of rage in her stomach explode as Mr. and Mrs. Vajda told her the news, "Aliyah as left the Rebellion for The University of Magical studies.""what do you mean she left?" Divine asked.Mr. Vajda sighed, "she told us she was leaving and just left, we thought she was joking and that she would be back within a couple of days, but its been 5 days, and she hasn't returned."Divine couldn't believe the words she was hearing, her best friend, Aliyah Vajda just left the Nightingale Rebels, to join the enemy. ...

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“The End” by Christina Miller

Submitted to Contest #263

I circle Eldrid, my sword held high. Everything I’ve worked for, everything I’ve done for the past two years, was for this moment. When it’s just the two of us. He smirks, lifting the scar jutting across his temple closer to his chestnut brown hair. I’d given him that scar on the day I’d discovered his lies. And he’d given me the scar on my chin the same day. His stunning, icy blue eyes hold no trace of the amusement twisting those lips. They rarely did.    “Lyria, did you really expect to waltz i...

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“Some Memories Live in Shadows” by Elton James

Submitted to Contest #263

— Present Day — “I’m sorry” I say the words aloud, facing the place where I’ve just seen a flash of a reflection atop the Bode Museum. I’m sure that glint of light is you. The scope of a rifle? I feel you staring at me. I wish I could say more. There are so many things I would like to say. But this is far from a moment of redemption, and you can’t hear me. I wish I could tell you how strange it is to be the villain in someone else’s story. I turn and stride away. Towards the safety of the U-bahn. My path tracing the river Spree offers you a ...

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“And Then He Killed My Minion” by Iona Cottle

Submitted to Contest #263

The hall is wide, with a high ceiling, flagstone flooring and two dozen torches lining the walls. On the dais at one end stands the Lord of Night, appropriately shrouded in black velvet, with his skull adorned throne behind him and his hordes of undead flanking him. Halfway down the hall stands the plucky band of heroes, their battered armour gleaming with internal righteousness and smugness. How melodramatic. Who doesn’t love a showdown? “You fools!” the Lord of Night laughs. “You’ve walked right into my trap! Now I will destroy you, and ...

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“Unrequited Love” by Sarah Jo

Submitted to Contest #263

I'd never been a good person. I'd found joy in torture for longer than I could remember. And I'd haunted the townhouse of 1705 5th Street since my death in 1925. While my body had long been decomposed and my spirit nothing more than the essence of this home, those three things I knew were absolutely true.Other things feel more like dreams, things I'd made up with my mind after decades stuck in never-ending limbo. When I was three, my mother made ice cream in our kitchen using the blackberries that grew behind our home. When I was six, I thou...

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“The Devious, Despicable, Dastardly Dr. Doomsday” by D. Grimes

Submitted to Contest #263

From the apex of the Doomsday Tower, an explosion thundered out over Cranhattan, over the skyscrapers glimmering red in the sunset. A cloud of smoke settled, and ash flurried down on Dr. Doomsday, whose shoulders slumped with defeat. He gaped at the decimated machinery—the twisted metal, the exposed wires sparking—the name “DESTRUCT-O-NATOR” in Impact-esque font melting off the side. Did Special Agent Double Eleven know how long it took him to hand-paint those letters? Perhaps that should have been a job for a minion, but Dr. D took pride in...

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“U-Boat” by Austin Wright

Submitted to Contest #263

The days and nights pass to the rumble of diesel engines. They become your heartbeat. Your attachment to life. You have nightmares about drowning, about sinking deeper and deeper to the screams of your fellow crew mates. The hull bursts and the Atlantic gouges your eyes and lungs with burning saltwater. Then you wake up to the humming diesels, welcoming you back to life. This time you wake up to silence, to icy condensation pooling in your bunk, to the tense atmosphere of electric engines running silent and hiding from death. When you’r...

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“Buried Reality” by Desika Shyam Sundar

Submitted to Contest #263

Good, you chose to open this instead of discarding it as scrap paper. I wasn’t sure what to think when I left it on your desk, but already you have surpassed my expectations. Keep going and perhaps you will even accomplish what I want from you.  Don’t waste your time wondering who I am or how I know you. If you were astute enough, you would have realized it already. Do you remember? I was there when you came to check your mailbox, just about a year ago. You smiled at me and asked how my day was going.  You were the first person to ...

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“A Hero's Lament” by Valen Arelius

Submitted to Contest #263

What had he done to deserve this? Surely, they knew all he had done was for their benefit. Yet there he was, pinned to the wall, his life essence slowly trickling away drop by drop off the sword that he had forged.The very sword that would have been the cornerstone of his great work. The sword he would have used to raise a grand army. An army so vast no one could have resisted. With it, he would have ushered in an age of peace, an age of prosperity. But now those noble ambitions were but ashes in his mouth.He hacked up blood as he struggled ...

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“Talk is Cheep” by Jed Cope

Submitted to Contest #263

Life ain’t fair. I should know. My life was an involuntary homage to the unfairness of life. My life was a joke, and I was waiting for the punchline. Waiting in a limbo of anticipatory disappointment. The way the script always goes, I’d either not get the joke, or the end the punchline signalled would be mine. At least I’d be deaf to the laughter that was my funereal lament, but I heard its pre-emptory echoes all the same. The walking dead. The cruel laughter haunting every waking moment. Waking me from nightmares too gutless to make themsel...

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“The Villain” by Wendy Rappeport

Submitted to Contest #263

The Villain. He was the Sheriff of Greystone County and recent events have greatly traumatized him. I’m the cause and have added another scalp to my collection.He is a gentle soul and the biggest upset he previously had to deal with was a squabble over boundary fences on Aston’s farm. He engineered an amiable settlement with Aston and Grieg both happy.I started in a neighbouring county in my late school years- at first selling trading cards then graduating to E’s and weed. My parents were to blame. Mum was a drunk and if I didn’t do the...

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