Start your story with a character being followed.

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“Love or Obsession?” by Liv Mags

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**Sexual Content** I'm currently sitting at a local bar in town a bar that I followed him to...a person I swore never to follow again for as long as I live; I'm drinking a Cosmo and surfing in my deep, deep thoughts...I don't know what it is about Austin Vincent, but I've been obsessed with him for as long as I can remember. He has an ocean of black wavy hair, and midnight black eyes, and tan skin, and I’ve always thought because of his name he’s italian, his name and the fact that he has 4 siblings. The feeling I get when I'm around h...

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“Quiet World” by Grayson Chilcote

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“Someone’s following us.” Tanil said as he threw on his hood and unsheathed his knives. “What?!” Valla shouted, quickly turning around to see if Tanil was telling the truth. She couldn’t see anything however, as the light of the moon was covered by the chimney they hid behind. It was late in the night, and the pair of assassins were perched atop of a house, not wanting to move again till they were sure it was safe. It was Valla’s first mission, and Tanil served as her master for the night. He was assigned by the Alliance, but if she di...

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“Frozen” by Alejandra Castellanos

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She loves the sound of the creaking stairs, she loves the silence everyone understands must be held. As she looks down from the balcony, she smiles at the memory of what the place once looked like. Once, she even stood there in front of a crowd and recited a poem she’d written. She just never told them it was hers. They clapped. She walks around, not sure of what she’s looking for. But the solitude is nice. It lets her think. It clears the fog in her brain that has accompanied her ever since he left. She walks downstairs again, and as she tu...

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“What's in a Name” by Maggie Grainger

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“Ashley, wait!” There was no way I was going to give her the satisfaction of turning around. There was nothing left to explain. “Ashley, you bitch, I know it’s you!” I grabbed my apartment keys and gripped them tightly between my pointer and middle finger – just like my older sister had taught me in middle school. “Always go for the eyeballs or nuts,” she had told me, although I knew if she caught up to me my keys wouldn’t do a damn thing. I turned up Market Street and started walking faster. A group of tech bros were taking up the ent...

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“Followed” by Lauren Normac

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Someone was following them. May hadn't noticed. But she was eight. And while their parents had never been specific, they made sure Paul knew her mind didn't work the same way as theirs. She was "special." Not that he noticed often. That was just how eight year olds were, yeah?The point was, May didn't pick up on it. Paul had.At first, he hadn't. The city, Aquarin, was apparently the capital of this world. There were a lot of people, and it wouldn't be weird if someone was on the same street, or even took the same turn.But Paul didn't have an...

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“Stumble If You May” by Theron Moore

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Hulworth Meredith was the sort of holier-than-thou fella that had lost his way more times than I could count. He’s long been dead, but I hope that his story and ideas live in so many hearts and minds.. I’m nothing but a simple fellow, a scribe who records the histories and deeds and memories and derring-do of other, more qualified men and women, cats and dogs, so take note of the man behind the words rather than the wordsmith himself. I aim to entertain, enlighten, and inspire, but refrain from staring at the ghostly man behind the curtain. ...

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“The Stalker” by Loren Cahill

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Note - Trigger warning - violence, gore, mental health The sun was beginning to dip below the horizon, casting the world in a golden glow as Emma locked the bookstore. The air was cool, the sky a deep shade of purple, and the stars were beginning to show. The town’s streets were quiet from the hustle and bustle of the workday. It was peaceful, almost serene, if you didn’t notice the man following her. Emma knew he was there, even though she couldn’t see him. His gaze prickling the hairs on the back of her neck, footsteps echoing softly on t...

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“Now and Then” by Imogen Bird

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Not for the first time in his life, John got the feeling he was being followed. The rippling reflection of the moon in the canal glowed pale and eerie, his own echoing footsteps the only ones discernable and yet, he just knew there was someone there. Aunt Mimi was always warning John not to walk home on the canal path and instead stick to the busy and well lit streets, but he prefered the solitude and peace of the narrow lane next to the water, wending its way purposefully through the city, a more direct route home avoiding the rowdy drunks ...

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“It Moved” by Richard Morris

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“It moved,” Anna said. “What moved?” Her boyfriend Henry asked looking behind them into the forest. It was only seven o’clock in the evening, but it was also November, only a month from 23 hours of darkness in their part of Alaska, and already dark. “I’ve only seen a shadow. It’s been following us for an hour.” “I see nothing,” he said, “directing his 2,500 lumen flashlight over the area behind them. The light didn’t penetrate far into the spruce trees, but he didn’t see any glowing eyes reflecting from the spotlight. The pair remained motio...

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“No More Purple” by Elisa Thompson

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When dawn came, Dexter Mann was still racing westward along Interstate 8. As the night paled and feathery clouds turned pink then magenta, he began watching the rearview mirror again. The green Ford pickup was still back there, still tracking him.He had been on the run for four days now. After the fiasco in the Harvard lab, Dex had jogged back to his apartment and started packing. In ten minutes he’d gathered food items and clothing. With his mentor now dead, face dipped in acid, all their important scientific research stolen, Dex knew he wa...

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Start your story with a character being followed.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 100 stories

“Love or Obsession?” by Liv Mags

“Quiet World” by Grayson Chilcote

“Frozen” by Alejandra Castellanos

“What's in a Name” by Maggie Grainger

“Followed” by Lauren Normac

“Stumble If You May” by Theron Moore

“The Stalker” by Loren Cahill

“Now and Then” by Imogen Bird

“It Moved” by Richard Morris

“No More Purple” by Elisa Thompson

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Write about a character who struggles to do the right thing.

Write a story in which one of the characters is a narcissist.

Make a character’s obsession or addiction an important element of your story.

Write a story that includes someone saying, “Be careful what you wish for.”

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