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#64: Out on the Moor

This week marks 173 years since the original publication of the classic novel Jane Eyre. In the nearly two centuries since then, the novel has served as social critique, deep character study, sweeping romance, and so much more. Its atmosphere has inspired reams of Gothic literature and ghost stories, while its in-depth handling of Jane’s perspective set a whole new path for the way characters are written.

In honor of this achievement, this week’s prompts have been drawn from facets of Jane Eyre. We can’t promise that your story will be remembered for centuries — but you never know!

This week's prompts

Set your story in a Gothic manor house.

Horror – 133 stories

Write a ghost story where there’s more going on than it first appears.

Mystery – 225 stories

Write about someone who’s been sent to boarding school.

Novel – 120 stories

Write about a family attempting to hide their secrets from someone new.

Dramatic – 121 stories

Write a romance that involves one partner saving the other from a fire.

Romance – 154 stories

Stories

“Midnight” by Kylie Wallis

Submitted to Contest #64

Ashlyn Frost was dared to spend Halloween Night inside Baltimore Cove’s resident abandoned house. She also had to bring something out of the place, as proof that she’d actually been there. It was a crazy idea, thought up by her long-time friends. Rumors of hauntings had already been circulating around town.As the well-known sceptic of the group, Ashlyn accepted the challenge straight away. On the evening in question, it was a clear sky and the moon had become full. You could see the stars no matter where you were looking from.Ashlyn and her ...

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“He Is Ours” by Wirda Bibi

Submitted to Contest #64

He entered the living room painted peach in color and with a brown color sofa set. He just remembered that he forgot his mobile phone in his room. He calmly sat on the sofa and called his sister, "Julia, can you listen to me...hey! I am here....can you go up and fetch my phone, I have a very important call" he pretended to have a call on the telephone which was settled on beside table. "okay! If I get that phone call of yours wrong " she added with a threat "I will kick you out of the house". She brought his phone and saw him calmly si...

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“Demons 👿 part 4” by Ari Berri

Submitted to Contest #64

This won't make any sense if you don't read the first ones. Just a warning.JACKSON'S POV:"What?" I ask.I hear a huff. “This is the Dark Cavern! You are here to meet your feet! No, fate. Dang it, I messed it up again.”“Of course you did, idiot. You always do!” A woman's voice says.“It’s not my fault I can’t read these stupid cards in the dark!”“Why do you still need to read it? You’ve said it at least one hundred times!”I look at Arlo and Chase who look as confused as I am.“Who are you?” I ask. I hear a sigh. “We’re the fate deciders.”A ...

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“When can a ghost catch a break around here?” by Lina Oz

Submitted to Contest #64

I am exhausted from haunting.It gets rather old.At first, it was enthralling––I’ll certainly admit to that. Perhaps not the inception, when my father butchered me in cold, agonizing blood because his auditory hallucinations advised him that I was possessed by a demon. Those memories are particularly distressing, and ones I shall choose not to elucidate; no amount of persuasion will convince me otherwise.Memories, locked. Check.But after that pleasant little episode, things became...interesting. Yes, I couldn’t leave the walls of the manor. A...

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“I’M A GEEK’S GEEK!” by P. Jean

Submitted to Contest #64

(Set your story in a gothic manor house) I suppose there isn’t a kid alive in Great Britain who hasn’t been dragged along on a school outing to a castle ruin or a moldy, old albeit elegant, manor house. Today our group is touring the Gaggafield Moated Manor, complete with a late lunch on the extensive estate grounds. The fields and forests , fox hunting and all of the games horse people like to play in their leisure. If I sound a bit sarcastic it is because this is beyond a “yawner”. ...

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“All in the name of love” by Radhika Diksha

Submitted to Contest #64

The winter is literally stinging my eyes, it appears to be that the winds are carrying arrows with them. The fog has blinded me everything seems to be swallowed by white blanket. Have I lost the path to the village or I travelled myself further in the black forest. Suddenly I heard a rustle behind me, is it a bear?Jesus Christ I don't have my gun with me, I slowly turn my horse to face the predator. There is no one there then, what was the noise about?In the dense fog I see a slight outline it is a man on a horse, and was approaching me now....

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“The fire he saved me from” by Narnia Zelda

Submitted to Contest #64

I could barely breathe. The smoke rose into my lungs, as I gasped in and out trying to get air. I tried to scream, but my voice was weak. Before I passed out into a soundless sleep, the last thing I heard was him desperately calling my name… ...

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“You are my only desire” by Radhika Diksha

Submitted to Contest #64

We are in a taxi and the song "I want in that way" by backstreet boys is playing on the car's radio. Sasha is upset with me, because she thinks that I will not marry her. She thinks that I wont marry her because I'm the son of multi millionaire Raj Mehta, I'm only 25 but I have 2000 crore asset on my name. Where as Sasha is a black women, a self made women and has no assets on her name. I haven't proposed her yet, because I couldn't find a ring that I connected too. Sasha is such a enigmatic, powerful, kind women and its tough to find a ring...

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“Family Recipe” by Lina Oz

Submitted to Contest #64

Jack skipped happily from the bus stop to his home. He was very happy; today at school, he’d won a prize for writing a story about a boy who defeated a very scary monster. It was Halloween, after all.He jumped onto his lawn, grinning, running up the steps to share the exciting news with his parents.A cold breeze caused his hand to stop on the doorknob. Jack turned around.There, on the yard of the house that rested at the opposite side of the street, stood an old man. He was rather large, with bright white hair and a fluffy white beard. He wo...

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“Manse Dracule” by Jacques Humanité

⭐️ Shortlisted for Contest #64

He stood with wine in hand, for hours regarding that portrait hanging above the hearth. The light and shadow rippling across the study as the fire danced bent the face painted in dozens of variations, some kind, some stern, some emotionless, and one that would appear only as the light waned and darkness descended: a monster. He set the glass down and made his way along the winding cobble corridors of Manse Dracule. He passed his family’s banners hanging along the walls, and empty rooms from which the firelight of hearths kindled by phantoms ...

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“Avion for Men” by Itay Frenkel

Submitted to Contest #64

Michael Mulgrave saved his wife from the fire. They had met thirty years ago when he was a cologne salesman. “Hi there sir, would you like to try some avion for men?”It was cold outside on that day, with enough snow to put Siberia to shame. She was wearing a thick jacket, with her hood pulled over her head.“Sure, I’ll try some,” she said, removing her hood and blowing a strand of blonde hair out of her face.“Oh, um, I’m sorry,” he said. “Don’t apologize, spray,” she replied. “Yes sir, um, I mean ma’am. You’re probably the firs...

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“They Didn’t Know” by Libby Carter

Submitted to Contest #64

“You know, when I said ‘Let’s initiate Blythe’, I really meant that we should drive all the way to Wormsloe and make her run. Not this,” I huffed. “Considering you’re the daredevil of this group, I’m surprised you aren’t all for it.” Blythe laughed at me in surprise. “While I’m aware that I seem to be a rebel who doesn’t care, I’m not interested in dying tonight. I mean, I at least want to make it until they serve nachos again in the cafeteria.” Everyone had a way ...

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“True Calling” by Lani Lane

Submitted to Contest #64

The car wove through the green countryside until it came to a large mansion nestled between two tumuli. The mansion almost sparkled in its whiteness, a spot of brightness against the dreary autumn sky.The door to the car opened before it came to a complete stop and a short girl with flowing red hair stumbled out. She hurried forward until she came upon a batch of wilting shamrock, in which she promptly vomited.“Girl!” barked a voice from the mansion’s doorway.The girl straightened, wiping her mouth with the back of her hand, and wobbled towa...

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“The Strange Land” by Amy Utami

Submitted to Contest #64

Once in my life, when I was 16. I took a journey to a strange land. A ‘foreign’ to be exact, but it’s indeed a strange one. The people looked like me, but they spoke different languages and read different letters. On a very cold morning, I found myself in a back seat of a car with a mountain of luggage next to me. The sky was still so dark, when the car abruptly sped off on the road. It’s going to be my first experience with an airplane and I was pretty much excited. Malang was different compared to the big city. It is just a small city in t...

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“Cursed” by A J

Submitted to Contest #64

"This is a bad idea, milady.", Amelia stated, huffing warm air into her shivering hands. "What if we get caught? The Lord will surely have my head, and, you too, will be given some punishment." Lillian, her little sister, who was barely a year younger than me, gasped loudly, "What if they force your hand in marriage to that pimplypoop?" She spatted out the name. Ah, pimplypoop, or more so known as Lord Taylium Grimes, was a skinflint with a beer belly and had a strange obsession with collecting flowers. I was his flavor of the week. His ...

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Ended on 23:59 - Oct 23, 2020 EST

Won by Mollie Rodgers 🏆

Title: The Girl in the Goethe House

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