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

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“Mosaic” by Lynn Penny

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“Hey mom, sorry I haven’t called for a couple of days. Classes have been crazy, and I have three papers due next week. I know grad school Isn’t going to be a piece of cake, but it’s been spreading me thin. I cannot wait for winter break. I hope your leg is feeling better. I miss you so much. Love you.”Lyra listened to Nora’s voicemail while seated on a chest in the attic. Around the room were paintings that she could never part ways with, the most beautiful creations of her life, second to her daughter. It used to be her art studio, her sanc...

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“The Joys of Late Stage Capitalism” by Deidra Whitt Lovegren

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He threw a larger piece of brick, shattering another pane of glass. Who would complain? The warehouse had already been emptied out. A company car drove by, slowly, its headlights washing over him. Gordy momentarily felt sheepish, squinting his eyes, hiding the alcohol he’d been drinking behind his back. He reminded himself he was a 55-year-old man, not a 15-year-old. The same anger was still there.Gordy ran a hand over his bald pate. Self-consciously, he pulled his Indiana Pacers jersey down over his middle-aged paunch. “...

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“Look and Leave Your Past Behind You.” by Shannon Ruane

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tw: abuse Look and Leave Your Past Behind You. Andrea tossed and turned until she realized sleep was pointless. 'Recharging her batteries' each night became increasingly difficult as time moved forward. Unlike individuals who choose substance abuse, physical self-harm and/or develop bizarre habits for 'coping' with a loss, Andrea developed a deceptively harmless habit... looking out the window of her bedroom when she could not sleep. She swiftly pushed the curtains aside, pulled up the blinds and finally opened the...

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“Stained Glass” by Kathleen Fine

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I bend down and pick up the pieces of broken stained glass from the sidewalk in front of the church. Six pieces. Red. Orange. Blue. Pink. Green. Yellow. Colors of the rainbow. I wonder if Miss Angie can help me put them back together again. I could put them in the window in my room. “Dolores, get in the Van!” Sampson calls from the driver’s seat. I look around to make sure no one sees me with the glass in my hand, unsure where to put it. I don’t want no one telling me I can’t bring it home. I realize I don’t have no pockets in my lavende...

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“The Snow Globe” by H L McQuaid

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The shards of glass glint, ragged daggers on the bedroom floor, as the voices taunting dirty Chalkers echo on the warm breeze flowing through the shattered window. Yasmine tries to calm her racing heart as she slides out of bed and sidles along the wall until she reaches the blue, threadbare curtains fluttering in the wind. Poking a pale finger between the wall and curtain, she lifts the fabric just enough to scan the street. No sound, no movement.“What was that noise, Mama?”She turns to see Eyla, barefoot in her nightgown, walking towards h...

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“The Window” by Tom D

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Drip. Drop. Drip. Drop. Derek sighed heavily as he watched the rain roll slowly down the window pane. Outside, dark shadows of passers-by hurried across the street, clutching their coats close around their bodies in a vain attempt to keep out the bitter November wind. Empty crisp packets swirled and circled, higher then lower, before collecting with used cigarette butts and sweet wrappers in the gutters. A black crow hopped shabbily on the damp paving slabs, calling out dismally. Derek pulled his own cardigan tighter to his thin,...

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“calypse ” by Jubilee Forbess

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she’s putting up her clothes when her brother walks into the room, but he doesn’t say anything, just picks up a hanger from her bed and twists it around and around until it’s not a hanger, not a shape at all, anymore. she wants to ask if he’s okay but she knows the answer is a solid no and so she chomps down over her bottom lip and her top teeth stick out like they belong to a rabbit, or a hamster, or a very old man named hector. her brother takes the hanger and wraps the wire, now wasted and outstretched, around his wrist once, twice, three...

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“two women ” by Abigail Airuedomwinya

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The woman grunted and folded her hands on her laps. Then, she leaned in and she gave her piece of advice. "On the subject of love matters, stay away. No one of those men is good." The other woman smiled and shook her head. "I don't think so, Nora." Nora snorted and raised her hands. The group leader was still talking but Nora would not drop her hands. It was against the rules to talk when the leader was still by the window giving her speech but they knew Nora and they knew she would not give up. "Nora?" the leader closed her eyes for a m...

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“Eleven Q” by Daniel R. Hayes

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For Emma… (This story is dedicated to all 11Q children and everyone who has a disability.) I’m strong, smart, and beautiful, so why am I sitting here in my wheelchair staring out from a broken window? Well, the answer to that question is a bit complex. You see when I get angry I can’t communicate that frustration, so I tend to throw and hit things. I can’t talk, at least not like you. I try to say things, believe me, but the only thing that comes out of my mouth are grunts and yells. Today, I noticed...

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“Shattered Souls ” by Svara Narasiah

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Trigger Warnings: Suicide If you were a window, what would you look like? Perhaps you'd be a normal window--plain glass, wood around the edges, split into four sections. Or maybe you would be a regal window, one with stained glass that tells a complicated story. Maybe it would tell your story. Or, if you're a shy person, you might be a tiny window. You would be circle shaped and painted green, with a tiny wooden door that opens and closes but prefers to stay closed.As for me, I'm a broken window.I was a normal window once, except the wood se...

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“Glass Bending” by Alex Sultan

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Taliah raised her hand. Her ring glowed, she focused, and the window did not shatter.Of course it didn’t shatter. It had only been a few hours since she even received the ring—it was a feat in itself that she could get the piece to glow at all.She paced. Her shoes kicked up the rubble spread out around the abandoned village. Her mentor—the one supposed to be teaching her—stood behind and watched. Every other apprentice learning glass bending would be starting with the history of the rings, maybe by the end of the week they’d try to shatter a...

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“The same place as yesterday's sky” by C Banubula

⭐️ Shortlisted for Contest #97

Detective Kitaguchi knelt down in the flowerbed outside the house. Running his hands through the earth, he brought up a few worms and watched a beetle race off into the dirt.Sakaide had approached him, “It appears to be about the same as the others, Sir. No trace of a body. And one broken window. Just like all the other cases, the window appears to have been broken from the inside, pushed outward with great force.”“And no traces of broken glass around the window. A window that has been broken but no traces of anything.” added Kitaguchi, star...

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“There's Your Answer” by Joshua G. J. Insole

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Jacqueline Armstrong only looked at her phone for a second. Past eleven at night, she had the mountain road to herself. The twin headlights of her beat-to-hell SUV sliced through the gloom. She’d had the window down for a moment, so the bite of the wind could wake her up. The lake — which glittered in the dark, off to her left — wafted an algae perfume into the car. The radio, its lights like demon eyes in the dusk, glowed red. The DJ mumbled to himself and threw on another classic rock track, as the reception fuzzed in and out. Mmm-mmm....

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“The Window Was Shattered” by Stories Are Fun

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My name is Matt. And at this present moment, I am trying to solve a mystery here. It’s a rather unusual one at that as well. For the past hour, I have noticed something rather peculiar in our home… The window has been shattered. How did this happen? Why did this happen? Did we have a break in in our home? I mean the window is broken alright, but I don’t see anything that the person who broke in taking anything at all. I’ve already search the entire house. Money, TV, etc. They didn’t take anything! Least of all, my porno mags! ...

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“Grandma's Cabinet” by Trina Ann Pion 🍀🌹🍀

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I thought of friends as transparent windows until a close friend became shadier than any window I ever peered through. Her blonde hair fell in ringlets to her shoulder blades. Her green eyes hid behind long, thick lashes. I considered her the prettiest of all my friends, except for one flaw. A tiny scar living above her left eye.One crack in her surface. She said her father gave it to her when he found out where she lived with her mother. She said he nearly beat her to death. She said she had to be hospitalized for two months becau...

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

Submissions are closed

✍️ 143 stories

“Mosaic” by Lynn Penny

“The Joys of Late Stage Capitalism” by Deidra Whitt Lovegren

“Look and Leave Your Past Behind You.” by Shannon Ruane

“Stained Glass” by Kathleen Fine

“The Snow Globe” by H L McQuaid

“The Window” by Tom D

“calypse ” by Jubilee Forbess

“two women ” by Abigail Airuedomwinya

“Eleven Q” by Daniel R. Hayes

“Shattered Souls ” by Svara Narasiah

“Glass Bending” by Alex Sultan

“The same place as yesterday's sky” by C Banubula

“There's Your Answer” by Joshua G. J. Insole

“The Window Was Shattered” by Stories Are Fun

“Grandma's Cabinet” by Trina Ann Pion 🍀🌹🍀

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