Start your story with an unexpected knock on a window.

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“Night Hunting :” by Rathin Bhattacharjee

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(Prologue) And taking my heart in my head, I knocked on the window……Sorry, this is not the way to begin a story, I reckon. So, let me begin at the beginning.On a starry night when there was a bright silver moon out in the sky, I was out on a mission. As the moon cast a hypnotic spell over the tall trees and the gurgling stream passing underneath, lending a magical feeling to the atmosphere, I knew that I had to accomplish my mission that very night or never. I had been hiding in the cowshed for nearly an hour. In the dark, I could ...

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“Just Goofing Around” by Charlotte Lewis

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Amy sat on the little bench at the end of the bed. This is a really nice room, she thought. I didn't expect a grown-up bedroom. The bed is really kind of big. I wonder if I am supposed to sleep in the middle of it? Aunt Laurie didn't say anything about that. Yesterday Amy's Mom was in an accident on her way home from work. Amy's Dad is a deployed some place where it's always hot. And today, and until her Mom is out of the hospital, Amy is at Aunt Laurie's house. Amy stared out the bedroom window. She could see part of Aunt Laurie's rose g...

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“The unknown death of Ken” by Momina Qureshi

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TW: killing, suicide Once, there was a man named Ken. He shifted in a new house which was very big. He had to live all alone in that house as his wife and daughter died in an accident. He went into depression and left his parents. He felt really lonely living in that house all alone as had so many memories with his wife and daughter hidden in everything he had. Now, 3 months have passed. He lived somewhere in between a patch of forest when he started to hear weird sounds like someone is hitting something and like someone 's cutting something...

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“When A Stranger Knocks” by Gerard Watson

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Hugo Trench braced himself against the back of his chair, and his fingers hovered over his laptop keys when he heard banging on his windows. He stared across the room, wondering who would be foolish or desperate enough to be traveling at night during a blizzard? Ten hours ago, Hugo reluctantly drove upstate from New York City. He nearly slid off the snow-covered roads few times. Although he didn’t want to drive up, he had no choice. His agent and his publisher were pressuring him to rewrite the last few chapte...

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“Bill finally gets his woman” by Glenn Etzwiler

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A you man in his twenties named Bill and is madly in love with a woman at work they both work at a factory. One night Bill sitting in his room watching television when a unexpected knock comes on his window. Bill does not remember telling anyone to knock on his window so he gets out of bed walks over to the window looking out. No one is at his window so he walks back over to is bed lays back down thinking he was just hearing thing. Ten minutes later the knock comes again Bill is getting a little upset now walks over flings open the cu...

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“Blood Stains ” by Gracie Farrar

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The stain on my ceiling looked like a dead dog. It was an ugly mottled brown, like it had rabies. I felt bad for the poor thing. If I tried hard, I could convince myself that it resembled something different, but tonight I was stuck lying on my back staring at the broken legs, the oddly shaped body, and the head that went the wrong way.It was almost 2 a.m.; my mother would be asleep and my sister would be pretending to be. Whatever bed my father was lying in, I hoped he was more miserable than me. Sleep evaded me for the past two hours, leav...

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“SILENT PRAYERS.” by SHYAMALA BHUVANACHANDRAN

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Balaram called his daughter Shilpa and told her that he had arranged for funds for her admission in the course she wanted to join. She was thrilled and expressed her tons of thanks to him. Balaram wanted her to know that it was much beyond his capacity to spend so much on one girl. So, he insisted that she should realize her responsibilities and be sincere in her studies and come out with flying colours. He also wanted to tell her that she, being the eldest, must ensure that her two younger sisters also come up well in life. But he did not s...

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“Face in the Window” by Sue Marsh

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Face in the Window Suzanne Marsh Sergeant Tom Torrence, jumped from the the C-47. His parachute opened, his decent was accurate, thus far no trees. Suddenly the wind shifted slightly and he found himself drifting toward a small white cottage. He landed on the roof the the cottage as silently as was humanly possible. He hoped he had not stumbled onto Nazi collaborators that were known in the area. He quickly shed his parachute. He rolled it up; the question was where to put it. He saw a light in the window furthest fro...

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“Jack” by Jason Ivey

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John’s life changed the day there was a knock on his kitchen window. John was a spiteful, bitter man. He felt the world owed him something, and yet his job - his livelihood - had been cruelly snatched away from him. Angry that he had been denied the opportunities open to others, John hated the world, and the world hated him, as he hated himself. While others were blessed with success, he was cursed with misfortune. His dear mother, an angel, the one beacon of light and hope in his dark childhood, was dead, and his father - his father, wh...

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“Who's There?” by Sarah Bird

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It happened on day ninety-three. Seven days before we were due to return to Earth. I suppose Fate is out there somewhere laughing at the irony of it all, but I haven’t managed a smile since it happened. It’s only been a day, but it feels like a lifetime. Like a gaping hole has opened up in my chest and is hollowing me out. The habitat AI’s soft computerised voice prompted me to complete the routine tasks, otherwise I might not have bothered at all. Once I was finished the AI suggested I rest, and that was when my thoughts finally caught up w...

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“I love you too” by Anjali Pandey

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I Was lying on my bed trying to get some sleep, but I couldn't after what happened today at the cafeteria. That's when there was a sudden and unexpected knock on my window. Thinking it's a thief I grabbed the baseball bat from under the bed and put curtains aside. The bat dropped from my hand, followed by me covering my mouth with my hands. It was Axel, the person I least accepted to see ever again in my life. "Open the window Gia, I can't hold much longer" "What are you doing here," I say with surprise in my voice. "I'll tell ...

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“The Present Impossibility of Amphibian to Human Transformations” by Sharmila Shankarkumar

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Princess Literella heard an urgent knocking on her window, a sharp rat-a-tat sound, the kind that might be made using long and pointy nails. She sat up in bed, pulling the soft woollen covers up to her chin, and listened.Rat-a-tat, there it was again. A shiver ran up her spine. Being a princess and all, she knew she had to be careful with strangers at her window late at night. And where were her guards, she mused, who would usually spring into action and ward off unknowns?Nevertheless, her heart did skip a beat when she thought someone may h...

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“A Golden Goblet ” by Hooria Amin

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Knock knock Knock knock The window vibrated back and forth as the noise echoed around the house unbothered by the person living inside. Soon after that the door slowly opened as Emma carefully pushed it, but once again the screw on the top of this poor figure lost its grip and now it was on its edge of causing further trouble. Emma’s weak hands were still holding that enormous piece of wood and her determination resulted in achieving her success. Although she was able to save her self-made wooden stool and two little glass vase from d...

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“Monophobia” by Charie Pinemiss

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Being alone makes you incredibly anxious. Especially when it's dark. And there's someone out your office window. This man didn't seem quite right. He didn't move, he didn't speak. He just stood there and stared. He seemed to stare into your very soul. You decide that it's probably time to call a friend by now, so you take your eyes off of the man in the window for a split second to locate your phone. There is a knock. The knock is on your window. The man is smiling now, but he still does not move. Just smiles from a distance at you thro...

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“Unexpected Kindness” by Anna Tishchenko

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Arlen tapped lightly on the window, in bird form he needed to do so with his beak, and he felt awkward and a little sheepish as he tapped away. Still, as soon as she heard him, she rushed toward him, seeing him, she smiled and opened the window wide. He had not planned on coming tonight, nor had he planned on tapping on her window, he had just wanted a look. Just wanted to make sure she had gotten into the castle and was safe. He was not yet ready to admit that it was the warm feeling that she inspired that had brought him back...

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Start your story with an unexpected knock on a window.

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✍️ 138 stories

“Night Hunting :” by Rathin Bhattacharjee

“Just Goofing Around” by Charlotte Lewis

“The unknown death of Ken” by Momina Qureshi

“When A Stranger Knocks” by Gerard Watson

“Bill finally gets his woman” by Glenn Etzwiler

“Blood Stains ” by Gracie Farrar

“SILENT PRAYERS.” by SHYAMALA BHUVANACHANDRAN

“Face in the Window” by Sue Marsh

“Jack” by Jason Ivey

“Who's There?” by Sarah Bird

“I love you too” by Anjali Pandey

“The Present Impossibility of Amphibian to Human Transformations” by Sharmila Shankarkumar

“A Golden Goblet ” by Hooria Amin

“Monophobia” by Charie Pinemiss

“Unexpected Kindness” by Anna Tishchenko

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Start your story with a character looking out of a window in the middle of the night.

Write a story in which a window is broken or found broken.

Write a story that involves a magic window — or a window like no other.

Set your story within a window of opportunity, when a character finally has the chance to do something.

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