Start your story with a home alarm system going off.

Posted in Dramatic on Jan 20, 2023

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“VALA” by Gideon Garcia

Submitted to Contest #182

“VALA?” Ding. Rang VALA, signaling she was listening. “Turn off the lights.” “Done.” Rang the voice from speakers hidden all throughout the room, meant to give the listener the effect of complete immersion. Drake stared at the ceiling in silence. The moonlight gently filtered through the curtains and bounced off of the walls and onto the assets, some would call them artwork, that brought some semblance of life to the gray walls on which they hung. Drake’s Dad would have scoffed at the idea that his offspring was lying on a ma...

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“Existential Crisis” by Erika Mara

Submitted to Contest #182

WARNING: +18, MATURE CONTENT: MENTION OF DRUGS AND DRUG ABUSE, TALKS ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH, CONTAINS A LOT OF SWEAR WORDS, AND IMPLICATIONS OF CERTAIN MATURE ACTIVITIES. J.T. has been gone for one week with no contact, or warning. Kam and Paul are breaking into his apartment by jacking it open with a crowbar. Emily and Fran stood guard at different ends of the hallway. It was midday Sunday. It was eerily quiet as the hallways were lit by little lights on the ceilings of the hallways. When they broke into the apartmen...

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“Iris of the Storm” by Dylan Patrick

Submitted to Contest #182

This story contains occasional offensive language and tackles themes of death/unfair incarceration WHOOP! WHOOP! WHOOP! WHOOP! The electronic crow of the early morning alarm peeled each person out of their metal cocoons. As half the single-person cells became empty (while the other half banged on their locked doors like dogs going mad in a cage), the newer inmates rubbed their eyes and yawned. Their time aboard could be measured in their temperament. For some, this was the first Storm Warning they were experiencing. Meanwhile, the time-...

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“A love hate relationship with the alarm” by Andrew Spangler

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Theodore lays his head down on the pillow, already feeling drowsy from a long night of work. As he shifts his body around the bed, turning from the daylight breaking through the windows, he can hear his roommates shuffling about as they leave the house. Quiet settles in around Theodore, feeling like days are passing as he rests. The sudden blare of the security alarm rings through the house, jolting Theodore from his bed, adrenaline pumping through his body. He grabs the wooden bat he keeps next to his bedroom door as he charges out into the...

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Start your story with a home alarm system going off.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 49 stories

“VALA” by Gideon Garcia

“Existential Crisis” by Erika Mara

“Iris of the Storm” by Dylan Patrick

“A love hate relationship with the alarm” by Andrew Spangler

🌟 Similar prompts

Set your story in a society where everyone is constantly aware of unwanted surveillance.

Write a story where someone’s paranoia is justified.

Write about a character who wishes they could just disappear — and then they do.

Start your story with someone entering a taxi and saying ‘follow that car.’

Contest #182

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