Start your story with someone admitting a secret and end it with someone telling a lie.

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“Broken an Free” by Theodora Loúpe

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I have a secret. Its been my secret for 20yrs now. We don't know each other but I ask that you refrain from passing judgment; I was basically a child myself. I killed my love. I can sense your confusion and perhaps a touched intrigued. Bare with me an I will entertain you with a story. Its simple really. Some might even say a classic, Brothers Grimm meets Nora Roberts. Though I myself am more of a Jane Austin fan. Girl meets boy. Girl falls in love with boy. Boy promises the moon an stars. Girls heart is broken. Not the Hallmark you wri...

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“Caught in the Middle” by Sam Newsome

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Caught in the Middle You can call it spy-craft, operations, or technology surveillance, but all too often it’s more precisely called luck—dumb luck. At least that is how James Bright assessed his recent experience—dumb luck; but he would take it. He remembered his first FBI course in clandestine operations. The syllabus cover had a picture of a shiny red apple. The second page was a rotten wormy apple core with the statement, “today’s apple is tomorrow’s core.” Such was the nature of o...

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“Cracks” by Chris D

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He's in love with a girl. The popcorn is too salty, but maybe that's him, too sweaty as his pores leak the anxiety he tries so desperately to conceal. It's just a movie date. Not-date, because they are not dating. He wishes it was a real date. They're best friends, sharing a bucket of popcorn and a romantic comedy that laughs in his face, because the guy is going to get the girl, because the guy always gets the girl in these things. Their hands meet in the bucket. He wants to grab hers, but it is soaked in butter and sweat, and she'll ...

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“It's Getting Foggy Inside” by Conor Thackray

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“Can I tell yuh something? I always ‘ated cricket. God, if our Dad ‘eard me say tha’. I’ve not told you about this already ‘ave I?... Oh good, do tell me if I’m goin’ on. We used to ‘ave one of them ‘ouses which were built befor’t war so they ‘ad cellar, y’know fuh coal n that. It were a bit leaky in’t corner, and me mam used to keep us meat down there on ‘ooks so it were chill’d. Anyway, our Dad wanned boys bu’ree got stuck wi’h three gurls, poor old sod. I mean, little ‘ope didn make it past 3 poor thing but we were allw’s a fam’ly of 5 m’...

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“Can I Tell You a Secret? ” by Rory Cole

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"Can I tell you a secret?" Laura looked over at Tom, the blaze from the rapid-fire lighting the back of his head as he looked in the distance, waiting for an answer. "As long as it isn't as bad as the secret we just made." Tom looked back at Laura, intently staring at her, how the light of the flames flickered over her face, illuminating her dark, ash-covered makeup. "I think I'm in love with you." There was silence after Tom's statement, only the crackling of the house behind them filling the quiet pause. Laura sighed deeply, as if to s...

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“The secret in the mirror” by Blue Ridge Writers

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Missy ached, a truth gnawing at her core, her soul, her reason. She turned her back to Charlotte, her best friend and 11th grade classmate. The girls stood before the mirror in Charlotte’s bathroom. Charlotte applied a skin cream to her face. She loved Charlotte. She adored Charlotte. “You are so beautiful.” Charlotte smiled appreciatively, “So are you. And mature. Too serious, though.” &nbs...

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“Freddy's Secret” by Jessica Inman

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"Can you keep a secret?"“Sure.” Freddy's attention was fixed on the tiny blue tractor ploughing its way through the brown mud mountain, creating a tyre-track trail for the red tractor that trudged behind.“You have to promise you won't tell.”“I won't.” The tractors crashed together in an explosion of stones and soil, the red one took the lead, “Brrrrrrrrrrmmmmm.”“Promise.”“Okay, I promise.” Still he paid little attention to her, his mind fixed on the dramatic race that was unfolding before him, the tractors jumping from stone to stone in a su...

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“Mother what will the neighbors say” by Sambulo Kunene

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"Your mom is gone and she is not coming back, ever. She finally told me the truth." dad said as I put my back pack on the table when he realized that mom was not coming back. We live in a quite neighborhood where everyone knows who lives there. It is a place where families tend to their young and the young grow older and they buy their own homes across the street from their parents if they are lucky. There are not that many offices or industrial buildings, it is just homes surrounded by shops and fitness clubs.My mom and dad moved here after...

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“To the Grave” by Lucy Hirst

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It’s a hot day in May. Flora and me are crammed in my stuffy little bedroom and both precariously perched on the bed. I haven’t unpacked everything yet even though I moved here with Mum over a month ago. I’m rooting around in a box full of stuff I’d forgotten I even had when I hear Flora mumble something under her breath. I’m not even really sure why I invited her over to be honest, I was just grateful she said yes so Mum would get off of my back about making some friends. Which, as I always remind her, would be easier if we didn’t have to m...

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“Ellie's Secret” by Lisa Segale

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“So what if I kept it secret! It’s my secret to keep. How can she be mad at me for that?” I said into the phone as I walked out of the living room and into the kitchen where my Dad was making us breakfast. It was Sunday morning, and I was talking on the phone with Violet, my best friend since the first grade. “Come on, Ellie, you know that secrets tear apart friendships. You should have just told her,” Violet said. &nbsp...

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“The Darkling Childe” by Ramon Nieves

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We are called the children of the Dark for today is a dark day, darker than most. I look down at Grandpa Grav’s sleeping peaceful face. At any moment I expect him to rise from his coffin and ask for his wheelchair. Grandpa Gravesone or Grav as I called him, had been Wheelchair bound since the second great war when a piece of shrapnel snapped his spine. Grandpa died peacefully in the middle of the night. My twin brother Griff grabs my hand for support and comfort. I can see the sadness of my heart reflected in my brot...

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“THE BURIED CRIME” by Mara Masolini

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THE BURIED CRIME by MARA MASOLINI Agatha, a young woman of twenty five years, had disappeared since months, without a trace, no one had heard anything from her or about her, when a voice had begun to be heard in the small town. The voice ( rumors) said that Agatha had not gone away of own free will, and even no one had taken her away___or had kidnapped her___, but instead she had been killed by her family, who then had buried her body (corpse) in the cellar of their house. These rumors had also reached the police. However, who kn...

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“Liar” by Autumn Wissenburg

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“I killed her.” “What?” The brunette’s head snapped up and he stared at his friend in horror. “Don’t joke like that, Rye. It’s not funny.” “I’m not joking,” they said, making the other freeze again. “I killed her, Mike.” “No,” Mike muttered, standing up and abandoning the dozens of potions he had been organizing. “No, no, no, no, no. You can’t be serious. You can’t have killed her. You’re not that stupid.” “Guess I’m pretty stupid then,” Rye said, falling back onto a pile of grain filled sacks. “Cuz I killed her.” “What were you t...

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“Cousins or Berkeley” by Kyo Brantley

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“So what’s this big secret, Kor?” asked Hayley, smiling at her best friend, amused. “You can’t tell anyone, especially my parents.” Hayley nodded, impatient to hear what was so secretive. Kori took a deep breath, “I can’t come to Berkeley with you.” “What?” “I can’t come to Berkeley with you,” repeated Kori. Haley stared at her friend, mouth agape. “You-you what? You can’t come with me? Kori, this has been our dream since we were 12! We’ve been planning our entire lives around this!” Kori’s eye darted to her shoes and she rubbed her arms aga...

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“When He Forgets” by Sushi Wasabi

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"roses are red, Skies are blue. I stare at nowhere, Thinking about you." After Apollo my masculine, handsome, poetic, kind, charming, and sweet classmate said to me, our other classmates went wild and started creating noises. "Nadia will you be my girlfriend?" He asked charmingly. "Yes!" I answered, as I'm trying to hide my smile but failed, and so i just bit my lower lip to suppress the emotion I'm feeling. His face lit up when he heard my answer. He euphorically hug me like he doesn't want to lose me, i hug him back as tightly as I c...

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Start your story with someone admitting a secret and end it with someone telling a lie.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 180 stories

“Broken an Free” by Theodora Loúpe

“Caught in the Middle” by Sam Newsome

“Cracks” by Chris D

“It's Getting Foggy Inside” by Conor Thackray

“Can I Tell You a Secret? ” by Rory Cole

“The secret in the mirror” by Blue Ridge Writers

“Freddy's Secret” by Jessica Inman

“Mother what will the neighbors say” by Sambulo Kunene

“To the Grave” by Lucy Hirst

“Ellie's Secret” by Lisa Segale

“The Darkling Childe” by Ramon Nieves

“THE BURIED CRIME” by Mara Masolini

“Liar” by Autumn Wissenburg

“Cousins or Berkeley” by Kyo Brantley

“When He Forgets” by Sushi Wasabi

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Start your story with two characters watching a sunrise and end it with one of them seeing the moon reflecting off a lake.

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Start your story with the line, “This was supposed to be the happiest day of their lives,” and end it with, “By then it was too late.”

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