Start your story with someone vowing to take revenge.

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“What about me?” by Terrilyn Brou Harrington

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I’ll never know exactly why things turned out the way they did. Except for the fact that this time, I was exacting revenge out of bitterness. I’ve never been one to go looking for trouble. I didn’t realize the power this dude had to turn my mind and my life upside down. Now, I can’t get away from him. Momma’s always talking about God, reading her Bible, praying, and going to church. Telling me to pray. I prayed. I swear I did. The whole God thing seems like a racket to me. I hate it. At church, the Reverend talks for over ...

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“Creative Inspiration” by Sarah Vickery

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She had been texting Fatima so gleefully when the message came through. Mid-conversation, mid-enthusing. A nice deep cut, slicing right through the excitement. -I had a great time last night, but I just don’t see it going anywhere. I’m sorry. She literally couldn’t believe it. They’d had such a great evening. She had just been giving Fatima all the details. The easy-going vibe, the flirting, how he actually was cuter than his pictures. For once. They’d been talking for a week before (they never talk to me for a whole week...

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“The perfect murder” by Lady Beth

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I hate him. I hate everything about him. I hate the way his chocolate brown eyes sit so far apart. I hate the way, his nose, bulbous and wide, takes up a majority of the well-crafted mask he calls a face. I hate his broad shoulders. His shoulders that turned me away, that ignores me despite my regular attempts at getting to know him. He acts as if his stain glass windows can’t clearly see the opportunity, I am bestowing upon him. I am giving him the opportunity to be my friend, but he has the audacity to turn it down, as if I am to...

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“Childhood again” by Becca Kay

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Now It comes to her easily. She would usually see revenge as unnecessary. The best revenge is a good life lived, so they say, but this time her anger is so fierce, so close to her mind that she has to do something direct. There is no hurry. She can call on her anger whenever she wants. All she has to do is let herself live the memory of what happened. Before By four years old she could read. She was a smart and chubby kid. She was loving as well. Famously her family didn't like physical contact, or any show of emotion but she hug...

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“Beast in the Cattails” by Kevin Ventocilla

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A curtain of clouds rolled in from the east that plagued the evening sky. Kenneth knew there would be no outrunning nature today, especially in the condition of his worn F-150. Without a glance at the slumped woman in his passenger seat, Kenneth turned on the radio that welcomed static into the vehicle. The wearied man turned the dial steadily until he found the channel with the ever-repeating EAS message. The message ale...

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“Maternal Grief” by Shawn Wier

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"You will rue this day–I swear it." With that, the shell of my mother ducked her head as officers pushed her into an armored SUV. They don't know that the being chained and caged behind them is not just a monster in name. I alone know the truth, and nobody else would believe it. The only other living witness has already requested a psychiatric evaluation. Perhaps I should, too. … My sister is gone. My mother is gone, but not in the same way. Seventeen days ago, I noticed Mom's shadow was …wrong. We were taking a sunset walk and ...

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“LEAVING IRELAND” by Melinda Madrigal

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My dearest love, Niamh The first thing I want to say to you my love is how much I miss you. I miss your smile. I miss seeing your beautiful green eyes but most of all I miss talking to you. Writing to you is not the same. New York has been good to me. I got a job working in a restaurant. It's not much but I love it. I made new friends. I told them all about you. They can't wait to meet you. I'm writing this letter to you from my favorite spot overlooking the water. This spot helps me think about a lot of things, mostly about you. I love New ...

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“The adventure of a time.” by Deven O'Brien

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“I vowed to take revenge, this mother fucker is going to pay.” I was repeating over and over to myself…out loud. In my mind I knew I was going crazy but I had to keep going.I could smell the fresh sweet air as I traversed down the stone cobble path. The exotic birds chirped and the waves crashed along the coast. The pleasant sounds trying to cool and calm my temper. It wasn’t working, “what am I doing here!?” I asked myself. The coast stretched as far as the eye could see into the setting sun and the beauty was around me, but my mind was clo...

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“The Result of Revenge” by Viola M

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A little girl calmly stood in front of a clear, closet mirror. Her dark chocolate-coloured hair stretched down to her waist. She slowly balled her hands into two tiny fists and shouted, “I will get my revenge!” When kids are mad at their parents, most of them do either one of two things: one, they throw a temper tantrum. Or two, they get revenge but it’s something small like putting salt into their parent’s coffee. This primary school-aged kid was different though. She had a plan so grand that even Arsene Lupin wouldn’t be able to handle it....

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“To Right a Wrong” by Beth Peterson

Submitted to Contest #190

The day Mary Anne stopped coming to book club meetings, we all knew what had happened to her. But none of us wanted to say it out loud. Not when the missing posters started popping up around town. Not when the police started asking questions. Not even when her poor mother, bless her heart, went on the local news to beg for Mary Anne to come home.We all knew she was dead. We knew who’d done it, too. But that no good, double-dealing, drunk-as-a-skunk father of hers was a former cop. He knew how to get rid of evidence and clean up a crime ...

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“Jack of the Wandering...” by Andrew Sweet

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Janet sits two rows up and to the right atop a pink pillow with purple hearts, and a perfectly complementing zafu that’s purple with one giant pink heart currently hidden by her ample bottom. With any luck, she’ll be feeling much less zen in a few weeks when I get my revenge. She senses me and turns, flashing me a bright smile. I grin and nod and pretend everything’s fine, because that’s what I do. The instructor lights the incense because that’s what he does. Whisps of smoke rise, hinting at the existence of unfelt breezes as it twists and...

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“Inferno of Vengeance” by Austin Jorgensen

Submitted to Contest #190

Under a sky ablaze with the fading embers of the setting sun, Rafael stood upon the parched earth, his gaze affixed upon the distant mountains. The desert wind whispered its secrets, laden with the scent of blood and the cries of the fallen. Hatred brewed in the deepest recesses of his heart, fomenting a thirst for retribution that could not be quenched.Rafael had once known a different life, filled with the laughter of children and the touch of a woman who had shared his bed and his soul. But that was before the men came, their faces hidden...

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“Leviathan ” by Mehkyla Gibson

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Content Warning: Has a bit of violence and mention of deaths. My hands clenched up when I heard that demonic name once more. Leviathan. That’s it. That’s the name of the murderous monster that ruined my entire life. I need to relax but it’s so hard to not have the urge to jump out of this train and track that pathetic fiend. My adoptive father, Mr. Holloway has been ‘educating’ me about stock markets and something about the history of trade. Honestly, I'm only half listening to his philosophical rambles. That’s all the old man does, tel...

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“Silence” by Alban Nichols

Submitted to Contest #190

Three months ago, the Client had cried and begged to my liaison to help fulfil his vengeance. I don’t remember why I agreed to the first meeting, but I’ll never forget the excuses I made for every meeting since. I won’t forget when the excuses dried up, either. Hammerhead and I had been driving down to a café once; he’d asked me why I didn’t cut the deal. I didn’t have an answer for him. I just turned to the window and took a long drag of my overpriced cigarette. It was easier to admire my hazy reflection in the side mirror than to think ...

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“Vengeance Kicking” by John Steckley

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Vengeance Kicking It is time for me to wreak vengeance. I thought that was something that I would never say or think. But it is something I simply have to do, given the situation. I just can’t let things be. I have to strike back, not just accept that I am a helpless victim. Life had been going so smoothly for me. The job paid well, and it wasn’t boring, as I like calculating numbers. Then this Wednesday, the boss called me up to his lofty, top fl...

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Start your story with someone vowing to take revenge.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 62 stories

“What about me?” by Terrilyn Brou Harrington

“Creative Inspiration” by Sarah Vickery

“The perfect murder” by Lady Beth

“Childhood again” by Becca Kay

“Beast in the Cattails” by Kevin Ventocilla

“Maternal Grief” by Shawn Wier

“LEAVING IRELAND” by Melinda Madrigal

“The adventure of a time.” by Deven O'Brien

“The Result of Revenge” by Viola M

“To Right a Wrong” by Beth Peterson

“Jack of the Wandering...” by Andrew Sweet

“Inferno of Vengeance” by Austin Jorgensen

“Leviathan ” by Mehkyla Gibson

“Silence” by Alban Nichols

“Vengeance Kicking” by John Steckley

🌟 Similar prompts

Start a story that begins with a character saying “Speak now.”

Write about someone who decides to make their own version of something old.

Set your story in New York, where someone’s been waiting for your character.

Write a story about a fandom

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