Start your story with an unexpected knock on a window.

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“A Walk in the Woods” by Alice White

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She stood in a peaceful meadow, where the tall grass grew past her ankles and purple wildflowers were scattered amidst the yellow and green. Everywhere you looked, you could see some sort of life. Whether it was the small yet colorful butterflies flitting around from weed to weed, or the jay hopping from branch to branch in the tall maples on the horizon. The sun shone high in the sky, filling the ethereal scene with a golden light. The sky was a clear blue, and held no clouds. The stunning landscape...

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“Game” by Kayley Dickins

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The decision as to whether to knock on the window or ring the buzzer next to the already open gate had taken him longer than he would like to admit. He would like to admit even less that it hadn’t occurred to him for a very long time that the reason the gate was open was that his arrival was expected. Eventually, he decided to take the risk and knock on the window, secretly enjoying the slight advantage it gave him. It conveyed that he was comfortable here. That he felt he was welcome, that he wasn’t asking permission to come in but rather h...

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“The strange knock ” by Saba Bibi

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Evan was working on his laptop in his room. He glances at the clock and thought I should take a break from work. He turned off his laptop and went straight downstairs... He went to the kitchen and grab a water bottle from the fridge then All of a sudden, he heard a knocking on the kitchen window. He put the bottle down on the kitchen island and moves towards the window. He drew his hand closer to the window, a girl starts banging on the glass window. He promptly slides the window and helped the girl to let in the house. " Who are you? Hey...

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“Walter's Window” by Anthony David M

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Heaving a sigh of relief, Walter ambled to the concourse to collect his luggage. He was toting his cabin baggage. Feeling all of his 60 years, he looked weary as he ended his long haul. He had come home. The sense of jubilation also was there. As he waited for his pieces ...

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“Karma” by Brittani Baas

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I heard the rattle. It sounded like a window, but why? It's a perfectly calm evening with no wind. Why would my window be rattling? Maybe I imagined it. I went back to my reading when it happened again. I know it was not imagined. I stood up and went to the bedroom window and pulled the blinds. There, standing outside, was a man. He was roughly my height and build, and appeared to be homeless. His hair and beard were wild and unkept, and his clothes were ragged. I cracked the window open and asked " Have you been knocking on my window?" " Ye...

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“The Allure of Moonlight” by Cindy Calder

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Valora was more than ready for bed. It had been a long, yet productive day, and she was exhausted, looking forward to the comfort of her soft mattress with its fresh, sun soaked linens, and plumped up puffy pillows. Sinking into the mattress and pulling the covers up to her chin, she turned off the bedside lamp and relaxed onto her back, watching the repeated spin of the fan as it twirled on the ceiling above her bed. She had just closed her eyes and was about to drift off to sleep, when she heard it: the faintest of knocking upon the window...

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“Adventuring with Him” by Abby Grace

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I wake up to knocking. I get out of bed and open my bedroom door, but there's no one there. Still, the knocking continues. I smile when I realize it must be coming from the window. I open the curtains to my neighbor and best friend, Joey Williams, sitting on the roof. I open it with a roll of my eyes. "Joey, it's 3 AM. What the heck do you think you're doing?" He smiles. "Wanna go on an adventure?" I sigh. Adventure was Joey's middle name. Literally. His parents were archeologists before he was born. "Depends. Is it illegal?" "No..."...

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“The Underground Burrow” by Ley Heffley

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I woke up in seconds with a knock on my bedroom window. It was spine-chilling. I was solitary in my pitch black room. I tiptoed near the window, fear was circulating in my cold body. My nerves were frozen with terror. I didn't feel of switching on the light either.I went near the window ; opened it. It was terrifying! The darkness flooded the wholecity ; it was a starlit-night. Bats were flying like floating trays in the sky, but unfortunately there were no cups on them! The cool breeze kept on entering my bedroom without mysay-so. I was abo...

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“The Windowsill Talk - Tiny, but Immense” by 지원 장

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“Hey,” A cheerful voice tickled my eardrum. When I opened my eyes and looked around, I saw someone knocking on my window. “Hey!” The shoutings and knocks made the glass shiver. I picked up my glasses, and tugged myself closer to the window. It was a boy yelling outside. “You finally woke up!” The boy said with an interesting face. “What’s your name?” “Uh…Finn.” “My name is Jack. I’m from Jacksonville, right next to this town. My aunt lives here, so I stay here during my summer vacation.” “Good for you.” “Can you open the window? I can’t hear...

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“"BETTER LATE THAN NEVER " ” by Suyan Budhoo

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“BETTER LATE THAN NEVER ” It was the middle of winter, with snow reaching as high as my knee, and it looked like another snow storm was about to hit our small town of Newcastle. My son had just lit the fire and I had started to make a pot of stew for supper when there came a knock at the front door. Who could that be at this hour, I thought. Due to the covid-19 pandemic, we were on level 5 lockdown and we could not have any visitors according to the government guidelines, so I naturally assumed it may have been a neighbour....

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“Through the Bedroom Window” by Paul McDermott

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The tranquillity of the late evening was shattered by a scream of terror. A light flicked on in Donna's bedroom, and Mike's coffee mug shattered on the path as he spun on his heel and flew through the house and up the spiral stair. Donna's wail was louder, more strident with every stride Mike took. Even taking the stairs three and four at a time, he registered vaguely that she hadn't paused for breath: how could a twelve-year-old possibly have so much air in her lungs? He rammed the door squarely with his shoulder, caring neither for the dam...

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“The Prankster” by HBR Patel

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'Pappa, how many generations lived on Enceladus?' 'We are the fourth one, Tim,' said nine-year-old Tim's dad, who was also the captain of the spaceship en route to the Enceladus. People moved over Mars as the people moved over the red planet. 'So, why are we chosen to live there. Pappa?' asked Tim. 'Do you know our stay in Antarctica? We completed the five year stay over there. It was just like the environment on Enceladus.' 'What was the term for it? I think stimulation.' 'That's my boy. Intelligent and ready to inhabit the planet.' said Ol...

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“Older Than I Am” by Julia Seaton

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“When you wish upon a star…” My voice is too small and faint for my liking. It sounds like a child’s, but I want it to sound like the Blue Fairy’s voice: pure, elfin, sparkly. Now that I think of it, I don’t know if the Blue Fairy actually sang at all in Pinocchio.Now I’ve gone and interrupted my own singing again. Why am I hiding under this comforter? It’s getting stuffy, so I throw the tent off. There is darkness in the room, except the block of quavering moonlight on the floor, and still that persistent tapping. Oh, right. That’s why I’d ...

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“Oscillations” by DREW LANE

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Fern stopped tinkering with the round button of her oscilloscope. She removed her heavy headset and glanced at the window in her back, where the shadows of dark oaks were dancing under the crescent moon.Nothing.She frowned, replaced her headset and dove back into the fluorescent waves of her screen. Another knock on the window. Fern took off her headset and stepped away from her computer.She slid up the windowpane and ducked her head outside. Her messy hair shivered in the wind as she looked at the gutter and blackened tiles under ...

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“Window” by Chris D

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Jerome waits to hear the sound of the car backing out of the driveway before he dares to move. It's not that he can't move, rather where he can't move to. He wants to go to the window. The one hidden behind a layer of curtain and blinds, ones that rattle loudly enough to expose his secret. He knows that there's something better beyond these four walls. His mother has convinced him that she can enter her car, safely tucked in the garage, drive to another garage and enter a store to work. She says the outside world is dangerous, and refuses to...

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Start your story with an unexpected knock on a window.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 138 stories

“A Walk in the Woods” by Alice White

“Game” by Kayley Dickins

“The strange knock ” by Saba Bibi

“Walter's Window” by Anthony David M

“Karma” by Brittani Baas

“The Allure of Moonlight” by Cindy Calder

“Adventuring with Him” by Abby Grace

“The Underground Burrow” by Ley Heffley

“The Windowsill Talk - Tiny, but Immense” by 지원 장

“"BETTER LATE THAN NEVER " ” by Suyan Budhoo

“Through the Bedroom Window” by Paul McDermott

“The Prankster” by HBR Patel

“Older Than I Am” by Julia Seaton

“Oscillations” by DREW LANE

“Window” by Chris D

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

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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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