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

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“Gretta's Window” by Caitlin Ball

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Gretta Holland was sixty-three years old when the pandemic hit. The world crisis struck South Korea in February of that year, well before it hit the states. Gretta’s grandson was working as an English teacher there. He had begged Gretta to get an app he could call her on for cheap, but Gretta didn’t like computers for anything more than her card games, and even that she preferred to use real cards for. When Ed made the international call, his voice was tight...

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“A Spec Of Dust” by Edgar Diamondclaw

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A cube of blackness shrinks from the bottom-up; a golden line silently lifting the dark floor as thary orbs begin to wiggle to life. And this wiggling is far from groggy: Chained together in an undulating dance, these chaotic orbs oscillate their sprouting hysterics down the amorphous web of vibrating euphoria. Bouncing in place with crescendoing intensity, prismatic song erupts from each globe as it excites with an upward jolt, emitting currents of spectral sound that glitter and rejoice before jerking back down, all in synchronized harmoni...

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“Inelegant but effective” by Margaret Finlay

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Her heart stopped when she noticed the bottom left corner pane of the front door window was missing. It had been totally removed, no jagged edges remaining. Jess never would have noticed it but for the feeling of the cool March breeze, icy on her skin, as she walked through to the kitchen. How long had it been missing? Had it been gone earlier and she just hadn’t noticed? She’d passed this way at least once already today. Yesterday? The weather had been unseasonably mild this weekend; dry, very little wind. The pane obviously hadn't been b...

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“All for a Lock of Hair” by Joe Porritt

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Day 1Noldil blinked his blurry eyes. His head felt like a dragon was chewing on it, pounding with every bite. His eyes finally cleared. He was looking across a cobblestone floor to a cobblestone wall. He pushed himself up to sitting and adjusted his loose, brown robe so he was comfortable. He played with the brown cord at his waist while he looked around.He was in a small, square room. It was lit, so he could see around, but there were no candles, lamps, or any source of light. The room was a perfect cube with no windows or doors. Just stone...

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“The Barn With A Hidden Secret{Tag: A Story Where A Window IS Found Broken}” by Laurie King

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One beautiful, crisp, fall day, when Adam was out walking his dog, Captain, and he came across an old barn with quite a few windows broken in it. He would’ve kept going, had he not heard tiny little sounds coming from inside. He went in to investigate, and when he went through the doorway, much to his surprise, he saw a mother cat and 4 baby kittens that were only a few weeks old. They were meowing softly, and rolling around. There was a calico, a black kitten, a tiger striped and an orange kitten. They were so adorable, that Adam was instan...

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“Ten. Giraffes. Ate. Books. About. Eating.” by Devin Johnson

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It was the end of the world and Jamie had long hair. They always hated having long hair but the nuclear apocalypse made it difficult to acquire the necessary hair products to maintain a voluminous and decent-looking mohawk. So, Jamie grew their hair out because they looked at least ok with shoulder-length hair, but the lack of hair washing opportunities did tend to give them a greasy winter soldier vibe. Jamie and Laura had been lucky. Just before the bombs dropped they had been administered the green shot. Jamie’s mother had been CIA...

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“Cast me in the Downlight” by Lauren DeLorenzo

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Before its beams became my bones, before its hallways swelled like arteries, before its breeze replaced the breath between my teeth, the Palace Theatre was beautiful. Imagine this. You have bought your ticket to a stage play, to an orchestral show, to a vaudeville act. Maybe, if you’re lucky, a motion picture will be playing. A Valentino or a Chaplin will smile (right at you!) and all week, your footsteps will land lighter. When you enter the theatre, it will not be what you expected. It will feel like stepping into open air, like ste...

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

Submissions are closed

✍️ 142 stories

“Gretta's Window” by Caitlin Ball

“A Spec Of Dust” by Edgar Diamondclaw

“Inelegant but effective” by Margaret Finlay

“All for a Lock of Hair” by Joe Porritt

“The Barn With A Hidden Secret{Tag: A Story Where A Window IS Found Broken}” by Laurie King

“Ten. Giraffes. Ate. Books. About. Eating.” by Devin Johnson

“Cast me in the Downlight” by Lauren DeLorenzo

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

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