Start your story with a character having a premonition, but no one believes them.

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“Poisoning the Well” by R. S. King

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Patricia took it as a joke, which is how Jai intended it. While waiting for their afternoon session to begin at the conservatory, draped across neighboring park benches in the tidy city square, Jai told her about his dream from the previous night: the memory lapse, the paralysis, the laughter from the crowd as he leapt up from the piano and ran offstage. He’d hoped that Patricia would dissolve the dream’s terrifying power and confirm that it was just noise from his subconscious, too ridiculous to ever believe. And she did play along perfectl...

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“Fading Stars” by Tonatiuh Duran Meza

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He’d tried to warn everyone close to him, tried and fail to convince them that something big was coming towards them. The increasing obsession for this catastrophic event severing all ties with those he sought to warn from the coming darkness, leaving him alone with the terrible knowledge of the inevitable fate that would befall everything. His fingers flew over the keyboard in a frantic attempt of conveying as best everything he had seen happen time and time again in his dreams, the typing growing faster with each paragraph describing a hel...

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“Girl of My Dreams” by Joanna Slayter

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Levi was what some might call a dreamer. He believed in the impossible, and in his eyes, the impossible was more possible every single day. Fate wasn't just possible, it was real. You see, Levi had dreams; dreams that not only were vivid, alluring, and unpredictable but dreams that came true. Levi's dreams predicted the future. Her one left brow raised ever so slightly, looking at him with great speculation. "You're making that up. There's no way I'm printing that." "I wish I was – then people would stop giving me the same 'you're insane...

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“I predict but none beleive” by Hazel Hinderland

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Her heart beat raised up….”Zoya!! go away from here… please!!” . Zoya heard that last word and that’s something that she heard last and forever. Zoya opened her eyes and saw herself lying in the bed and found some medical equipements and came to a conclusion that she is in hospital. She was surrounded by her dad and her mom with tears wept eyes. She tried to ask were where Ziya , her twin sister , is . But she couldn’t speak up. She turned to her mom and her mom replied in sign language. She couldn’t understand what she’s conveying at first ...

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“Future Perfect” by Lavender Blue

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FUTURE PERFECTCammie knew things. She knew things that others didn't know and she knew them before they happened. Cammie had what some would call “a gift” and others might label “a curse”. She was able to relate all sorts of events prior to when they happened, and that astounded some people and frightened others. She was first aware of it in sixth grade.************************Camilla, will you read the second paragraph on page 137 please?” Cammie hated being called by her full name, but Mrs. Harrigan never called anyone by the shortened for...

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“Conflagration” by Moishe Westreich

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"I'm telling you it was more than a dream," I said to my husband George as I poured him a second cup of breakfast coffee. "It doesn't sound like a dream to me at all. Houses exploding and people getting burned to death. It sounds more like a nightmare." "Everything was so vivid and I remember it all. I'm still shaking, just thinking about it." "Did you say that you recognized the house?" "That's just it. It was the house next to ours from when I was a little girl. I remember the big oak tree and the maples and the g...

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“Please Don't Go” by Yvette Francaise

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I was at the corner of Main Street and Acorn Ave when a screech echoed in the hot summer air as a red fiesta flipped over three times and finally stopped at my feet. My parents lay still as blood dripped onto the black ceiling of the car. Glass glinted it the morning sun as it stuck out of my father's forehead. Tears welled up in my eyes for I felt as if I was three years old again. Red and blue lights flickered around me as the sirens rang in my head. I tried to call out for my parents, but couldn't speak. The firefighter looked over a...

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“Love or Life” by Annette Schmidt

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Kaia pushed her way through the shop’s door, letting it slam behind her as she stuck her hands into her pockets and headed back towards her car.“Kaia, wait up!” Farryn was running up from behind, hands full of shopping bags. “So what’d she say?”“A whole lot of nothing.” Kaia started kicking at the paved sidewalk beneath her. Complete waste of money, she thought to herself.“That bad huh?”“I could get a better reading from a fortune cookie,” Kaia replied.“Well then let’s go,” Farryn looped her arm through Kaia’s and led her towards the eatery ...

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“Meant to Be a Bird” by Daniel Hybner

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“A bird?” “Yes. I felt like a bird.” “And you’re still going to do this?” “I have to. I know it’s crazy, but I can fly.” “You’re absolutely nuts, you know that? There is a zero percent chance you can fly just because of some silly dream you had. And there is a zero percent chance I’d be anywhere near that plane after that kind of dream.” “Well that’s you. And it was more than just a dream. I have, I don’t know, faith, I guess. It’s not like anything will happen anyway.” “Better you than me.” And so most of my conversations went...

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“Mother Will Die Tomorrow” by Annie Dang

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Mother will die tomorrow. This is guaranteed. “Mother,” I say, “You will die tomorrow.” She smiles sweetly. “Honey,” she says, “I am already dead.” “No. The real kind of dead,” I say. “The kind where your heart stops beating and your lungs stop breathing and your eyes are clear and glassy because you see nothing but the innards of the soul.” “Honey,” she says. “I have no soul with which my eyes may see. I have no heart with which to beat, no lungs with which to breathe. Honey,” she says, “I am already dead.” “Mother, your life sh...

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“River Sight” by Megan Boehrnsen

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It was nothing short of surprising, especially when you were watching the events of those around you unfold. A scream from somewhere distant, muffled by the density of water that surrounded her. No, it wasn't her that the water surrounded, but the person who would eventually be experiencing the events first hand. There were twinkling lights floating around, candles that sat upon little paper boats made to make their way down the river. Then there was the splashing, feet coming into her view as people jumped in to grab whoever was in the wate...

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“Inconvenience” by Holly Hanlon

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The sky had been dark for a couple of days now, but the people around town acted as if it was normal. Conrad felt as if it was not. Conrad’s eyes were constantly flicking from the yellow sky to the people sitting on the grass, laughing and listening to music, as if it was a beautiful sunny afternoon. It wasn’t, and he didn’t understand why people weren’t the least bit concerned. It was only two days ago when Conrad was on the soccer field, kicking a ball around with his teammates in one of the most important games of the season.&nb...

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“The Blackwater Dream” by Tatiana Olin

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Last night I was in the black water. It happened the way it always happens. I wake up lying face up on ground that is covered by 2 inches of black water. No sky, no land; it’s a void. Yet the water ripples in places all around me. Somewhere far away, I hear The Elk slowly walking through the black water, the splashing sound playing against the sound of hooves against glass. The ground is obsidian. The Elk is a ghost. He will have left hoofprints of blood in his wake; they will have melted and spread through the water in ephemeral swirls unti...

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“The Fair Of Fear” by George Davis

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The Fair Of Fear—George Davis I fell asleep in my dark-brown recliner. I guess I was tired, though I do not know from what. It was Saturday, and since I didn’t have to go to work. I watched TV most of the day. Something that is not conducive to good physical health. I did mow the lawn before I settled down with the television programs. It was late afternoon; the sun was still moving across the azure blue sky overshadowed by a few white, misty clouds floating lazily in the atmosphere. I hadn’t b...

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“Not Just a Dream” by Chloe Chan

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I woke with a start. There were cold beads of sweat on my forehead. My heart was beating out of my chest. Cliché signs of a terrible, violent dream, but mine had been the opposite of that. It was not a meaningless dream. It was a truthful, ominous vision. My alarm clock blinked at me from across the room. 05:57 said the bright red numbers; they stood out against the sage green of my walls. My head throbbed with the blinking of the clock. Of course, it happened in my sleep, but it was no silly fear or a hallucination filled with monsters hi...

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Start your story with a character having a premonition, but no one believes them.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 147 stories

“Poisoning the Well” by R. S. King

“Fading Stars” by Tonatiuh Duran Meza

“Girl of My Dreams” by Joanna Slayter

“I predict but none beleive” by Hazel Hinderland

“Future Perfect” by Lavender Blue

“Conflagration” by Moishe Westreich

“Please Don't Go” by Yvette Francaise

“Love or Life” by Annette Schmidt

“Meant to Be a Bird” by Daniel Hybner

“Mother Will Die Tomorrow” by Annie Dang

“River Sight” by Megan Boehrnsen

“Inconvenience” by Holly Hanlon

“The Blackwater Dream” by Tatiana Olin

“The Fair Of Fear” by George Davis

“Not Just a Dream” by Chloe Chan

🌟 Similar prompts

Write about a family with a long-standing tradition, whose members all have conflicting origin stories for it.

Write about someone who’s desperately trying to change their luck.

Set your story on (or in) a winding river.

Write a story involving a character who cannot return home.

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