Write a story that includes the line “I think someone’s listening/watching.”

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“Eye Can See You” by Nikko DeGoya

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Tw: Gore and Language My lawyer and I sat patiently across from each other, trying to find a way for me to get out of my legal bind. I was in deep water now due to the fact that my past was riddled with horrible things. I was a part of one of the most notorious gangs in New York City for most of my adolescence and early twenties. I had been a part of drive-bys, drug deals and everything in between. But In the years following my departure had cleaned my act up, I had gotten out of the projects, and began to put my effort into a local commu...

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“The Cost of a Miracle” by Daniel Rogers

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"I'm not sure what he's talking about," Harry said as he picked his teeth with a toothpick. "Some kind of religious mumbo jumbo." He threw the toothpick in a trash bin and felt for his phone. "I've got to send this to Eddie." He recorded thirty seconds as the preacher calmly talked with a couple. "Although, he's not a very exciting crazy preacher.""You don't see his kind much these days," Will said. "My old man used to poke fun at them. He would get people laughing so much that he said it made him feel like Larry the Cable Guy. Man, the stor...

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“Lose for the Win” by Lara Deppe

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I finished blending the brownie batter, scraped the last of it into the waiting pan and slid the pan into the waiting and heated industrial stove behind me. I set the timer on my phone for 45 minutes. I turned to my fellow chubby rule-breaker Cade, a twenty-four-year-old gamer whose parents offered him a new car to come and said, “do you get the feeling someone is watching us?” I took the opportunity to lick the remaining luscious brown batter sweetness from the spatula when the room suddenly filled with light. My head snapped up looking t...

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“Ghost Train ” by Bobbie De Leon

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*This story involves the traumatic death of a child/friend. Even though the story is fictional, it involves elements of loss, healing, and forgiveness experienced in my own life. *Ghost TrainI walked the 2 miles to Foggy Lake. I needed the time to think. I had no idea how to explain or even process the things I had witnessed in the last twenty-four hours. Not all ghosts are spirits. Some are real, and some have the power to wreck your life. Some have the power to heal it. In my experience, most have the power to do both simultaneously. The...

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“Diary Entry Unknown” by Angie Halliwell

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I think someone’s watching me. No, I know they are! I thought it was my imagination at first, but now I’m positive. You know that feeling when you see someone from the corner of your eye? It was like that, but it happens everywhere I go. They’re always there, lurking. And every time I turn around, they’re gone. I know what you’re thinking. That it’s all in my head. But it isn’t. I’m telling you. I even hear footsteps, coming up behind me, but when I turn to see who it is, they’ve vanished. Once, when I heard them behind me, I ran. The footst...

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“The Word of a God” by Jed Cope

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“I think someone’s watching.” Matthew had mustered what he thought was enough courage to admit this to his own mother, but in the instant the words escaped out into the world he saw what they really were. It was only then that he could see them for what they were. They’d lied and tricked their way out, intent on his destruction. Judas words, betraying him. He had had the temerity to consider his words his own, but as he saw these words and their true nature he understood his own nature a little more. After the words fell from his mouth u...

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“Behind the Mirror ” by Megan Bacher

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“I think I saw a motel down the road,” Paige says, putting the car in park. I shift in my seat and cross my arms over my chest. “A motel? This late at night?” I look out my side window, though with the rain I can barely make out no more than a foot outside. “I am not so sure.” I can not imagine walking that far at night, on the side of the road, and with a storm that did not seem to be stopping anytime soon. Paige places her hands on my shoulder. “Mia, it is either sit here and drain the car’s battery, leaving us totally scre...

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“The Good Guys ” by Emma Chavez

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I crept up the creaky stairs toward my apartment door. Walking on silent feet across the torn and yellowed carpet of the stairs. The hallway reeked of cigarettes and burnt foil. The scent became stronger as I passed certain doors. It burned my nose and I tried not to inhale too deeply, creeping up to my door. I rested my hand on the gold doorknob of apartment twenty-one. The door was so thin it hardly offered protection from anything other than sight. Chipped green paint peeled and cracked down and a large dent curved the bottom left ...

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“When It Knocks” by Megan Riley

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“I think someone’s watching me”, Sarah whispers. Her eyes, vignetted with dark shadows, bounce around the café, and she clutches her coffee cup so tightly that her fingertips match the porcelain. I look at her. Really look at her. Sweat stains darken her creased shirt, snowflakes of dry skin cling to the grease at her hairline, and her auburn hair, usually shiny and well-kept, is so tousled birds could nest there. The sole of her shoe taps an anxious drumbeat under the table. “How long’s it been since you slept?” I ask, reaching ...

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“False Awakening” by Charmaine Climaco

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I woke up this morning full of sweat and gasping for air. I can still feel the tightness in my throat that’s now slowly relaxing. The pain in my head started to arise and I cupped my forehead thinking it would help ease the pain. I’m trying to remember my dream but couldn’t. It usually happens, failing to recall my dreams after a long sleep. The ringing of my phone and its vibration slowly intensified throughout my ears, and then I realized that this noise might be the reason why I woke up. I hovered my hand through the bed sheets to reach m...

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“A Promise Kept” by Noisy Ether

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Winifred : Ok so he is still alive and well. What is he dreaming of now?. Boman : Well he's in a strong unconscious state of mind today. I don't think he can hear us. Winifred : Oh yes he can, being unconscious doesn't mean the soul isn't alive, give me a visual of his vitals. Boman : His heart rate is sped up wow.. hmmm..let see what he's dreaming about. As the two sit in a room monitoring a falling soldier's body resting soundly in the cockpit of a robot suit. Winifred and Boman daily come to watch and monito...

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“The Wish” by Ruth Ford

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Regitze Isla Amelia Sorenson leaned back into her overstuffed recliner on the deck of her vacation treehouse. The treehouse was built 115 feet above the forest floor and located 75 miles north of the Bangor, Maine International Airport. Aimlessly, she began twirling the end of her signature long, natural golden blond and braided ponytail. Her nose twitched as she breathed in the crisp, cold, and refreshing mid-November air. Glancing toward the sky, she watched as fluffy dark grey clouds drifted on the mighty north wind. Having been born and ...

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“The Watcher” by Ashley Benware

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"Shh, shh, little one!" Mother shouted over my hysteric cries. "I think someone is listening." The chilling words threatened to freeze the blood in my veins. I remember a flash of bright light in the window, then abysmal darkness. "No one is there, Mama, no one is there," I sniffled at her as my little hand curled around one of her trembling fingers. I kept my eyes on the ground as the apartments became visible through the window once more. "They are here. They are watching," she mumbled to herself over and over again. My mother ...

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“Family” by The World Is Ending And Im Late For Work

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My muscles burned, acid churning through my veins. Heavy, but shallow the gulps of air I took in my mouth fuelled me to keep jogging. To keep moving as my apartment was just around the corner. The dryness in my eyes still stung, the redness gone as they traced the dim, misty path to my home. I had just cried moments before when I had taken a break, I never thought that things would escalate this far.Some strands of my white braids stuck lightly onto my dark back, my black hoodie sticking to my mud like skin. Thuds of my footsteps audibly plu...

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“The Other Side of the Wall” by David O'Mahony

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Old Man Tompkins was swinging in the breeze. Just a gentle back and forth, creaking and swaying. His neck hadn’t broken. He had fought and fought for those last couple of minutes until, in the blink of an eye, he crossed the boundary between being a man and just a shell. Still, it helped to think of him as Old Man Tompkins, even if he had been hanged as a thief and a murderer. Francis thought he might go mad otherwise. He had to pass the gallows on Knott Street four, sometimes six times a day depending on where he needed to ferry messages, a...

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Write a story that includes the line “I think someone’s listening/watching.”

Submissions are closed

✍️ 53 stories

“Eye Can See You” by Nikko DeGoya

“The Cost of a Miracle” by Daniel Rogers

“Lose for the Win” by Lara Deppe

“Ghost Train ” by Bobbie De Leon

“Diary Entry Unknown” by Angie Halliwell

“The Word of a God” by Jed Cope

“Behind the Mirror ” by Megan Bacher

“The Good Guys ” by Emma Chavez

“When It Knocks” by Megan Riley

“False Awakening” by Charmaine Climaco

“A Promise Kept” by Noisy Ether

“The Wish” by Ruth Ford

“The Watcher” by Ashley Benware

“Family” by The World Is Ending And Im Late For Work

“The Other Side of the Wall” by David O'Mahony

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Set your story in a type of prison cell.

Write from the POV of a security guard on the night shift, sitting in front of a wall of CCTV feeds.

Write about someone who is shackled by fears of failure, until they break free.

Write a story about someone who breaks an unwritten social rule and the consequences they face as a result.

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