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

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“Isla's Decision” by Ana Paula

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The bell finally rang, pulling me out of my staring trance. I’ been looking out the window for about three minutes without actually seeing anything. I’d finished my final test fifteen minutes before but didn’t hand it in. I wanted to be the last to walk out. I needed to tell him what I’d been keeping from him these past few months. Mr. Pollar had taken his glasses off, his weary eyes too old for his thirty-something face. Three years I had been obsessing over those deep brown eyes that tell a million stories when they look at you. And right ...

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“The Switch Up” by SAFIYYAH COLLINS

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I get to school again with regret just like the day before. Not sure if I'm wanting to spread the news with my best friend or not. But first i should probably let some of my readers know what's going on here. So all through my school years up until now I've had the same old enemy. Her name is Veronica Lodge. Every little bad thing that's happened these past years have happened because of her. And you see i also have had the same best friend for years now. Brittany Smith. But recently i came out as bisexual. And well me and Veronica have had ...

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“Not me” by Joey Snell

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"I didn't know what else to do," I admitted, not able to hold my sister's gaze. I twirled a strand of my long blonde hair around my finger. "I never should have gone along with it.""Why?" I could imagine the colour draining from her already pale face, a face that would be marred with confusion and her eyes welling up with tears. That's what I was sure I'd have seen, if I'd been brave enough to look at her face. Which I wasn't."I promised," even I could hear the pleading justification in my voice. Back then, I'd felt pushed into a corner. I h...

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“Maturity” by John Losasso

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Maturity J. LoSasso “I am not divorced. Yet. I think it’s only fair to tell you before we go any further,” Paul said. He put his drink down and took his hands from her shoulders. Randi put her wineglass on the glass top of the living room table. Paul could see her face cloud. She tilted her head toward him and said, “You mean, we’ve been hanging out for the past four months, almost every weekend, and now you decide to tell me this.” “I wanted to tell you sooner. I didn’t know how.” “How about, ‘I’m married’?” Randi asked with more than...

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“Stalker ” by KDM KDM

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Steven's diary had only one line, on one page. His biggest secret."I confess that I am a stalker and I want more." His story started to deepen on an ideal night, born out of the want, he held deep down.Creeping inside was the craziest idea, but Steven was waiting for this chance, for hundreds of years. At least, it seemed like that to him. Finally, she was not around.Excitement. Lust. Ache.He just wanted to smell that underwear, so badly. He has imagined it so many times before.He came close to regret his actions, while hiding in the closet,...

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“Her Well Intended Plan” by Linda Brodsky

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“Well, our secret is out now, isn’t it?” Carmen said. Inside her head, the greeting sounded pithy, a lighthearted opening gambit in a meeting that she had every reason to believe would be excruciatingly uncomfortable for both participants, but even as she spoke the words, she wanted to suck them back in and banish them to the mental junk heap where the worst of her ideas languished. The words floated between them, now, like a verbal stink bomb. Revising this woman’s first impression of her was as probable as having leprechaun wait ...

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“Obsessed with you.” by Rachaita Chakraborty

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Did you want to hear a secret? Here's it, you don't know where I am right now, what I am doing right now. Do you know how many strangers you see in a day? Oh, I get it, you are stuck at home with this pandemic barking around. Through the internet then? You've seen me but you'll never know what I look like. Probably your neighbour, probably that one stranger who commented on your post, perhaps the new unknown follower on your media account. Anything. Anyone. Anywhere. You won't even know how I watch you, your every action, how beautifully you...

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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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“What She Left Unsaid” by RD Smith

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It festered with him for the better part of a decade, but Lucas had finally had enough. His time in college was almost up. Even though that made him an “adult,” he was about to actually be an “adult” with “responsibilities.” So dammit, it was time to start acting like one. His hand-me-down car was parked on the top of Valley Crest’s tallest hill; it was the closest thing to a skyscraper his rural hometown had. Blinking slowly to register the gravity of the moment, Lucas let out a quiet, deep sigh. “It’s time to be a man,” he aggressively...

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“NO SECRETS REVEALED.” by Petra Wangui

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''Yes, it's true, i'm not proud of it but it is what it is.'' Anna said with a frown plastered on her wrinkly face. Her dark brown hair covered her face, in shame or due to a habit, Mila couldn't really tell. She took long deep breath even though she had has her suspicions from the first time they had met. Anna was an ex convict at the local jail. Mila had a billion reasons to be frightened and leave but she decide against this. After all she was the only key to finding her sister, at least as far as she knew.She sipped some more of her cof...

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“Talking Turkey” by Monique Slater

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Fiona turned to Ben and said, "I have to tell you something." "Okay, shoot. Fi, you know you can tell me anything," Ben said. "Just don't say you hate Thanksgiving." He chuckled and then shot me a sideways glance. "Wait. What? You don't like Thanksgiving?" "It's not that at all. As you know, my family is Australian, and Australians don't really do Thanksgiving." "Yeah, but you grew up in Canada. They have Thanksgiving there." "Canadian Thanksgiving. It's different, or at least it was for us. It wasn't a big holiday for us. Your family, ...

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“All That Matters” by Hungara Gamelia

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“Wanna know a secret?” Theo whispered. Hallie nodded, smiling happily. “I love you.” Seventeen-year-old Hallie beamed as she threw her arms around him.Theo spun her around, both of them absurdly happy.Seventeen-year-old Theo grinned, Hallie’s hair was shining in the light of the setting sun, glowing like liquid honey. Her eyes shone joyfully, more beautiful than any jewel or flower could ever hope to be. Eighteen-year-old Theo held Hallie’s hand when her dad never came back. He held it even tighter when a policeman knocked on her f...

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“In Plain Sight” by Tiersa Remisha

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“Y-You -” I stutter in shock, knees shaking. When I followed my best friend into the forest, worried and concerned at her recent mood, I didn’t think I would instead bear witness to something astonishing. My best friend in all of high school with long hair so black it looks purple in a certain light, eyes of such amazing hazel gold they seem to sparkle, now stands before me...different. Olive skin darkens into royal purple plates, face elongating to account for a snout and limbs growing in proportion with her body. Ebony hair...

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“Harper's Confession” by K.J. Stephen

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“I have killed many, many people.” His admission broke through the silence of the dark, musty room around them. A lone sliver of light escaped through the crack left in the doorway above, a million tiny dust particles hanging in the light. Outside, he could hear the pitter-patter of the rain against the side of the house and a thundering storm reported to be just a few miles away. When Charlotte didn’t respond, John continued speaking. “I feel guilty about it all the time. I know it’s not right. I know I should be thrown in...

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“The confession.” by Michael Morales

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Karen closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Then, with one hand clasped to her chest, said, "from the time I was eleven until I was seventeen and finally left home, my father molested me." "Is that when you went to live with Robbie?" Detective Milo asked. "Yes", Karen, her eyes still closed, her hand still clasped, replied. "And did you tell Robbie this?" "I know where you're going with this, detective!" Milo noted that at the mention of her brother's name, Karen grew fiercely defensive. "Why don't you just haul me downtown, the way that...

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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

“Isla's Decision” by Ana Paula

“The Switch Up” by SAFIYYAH COLLINS

“Not me” by Joey Snell

“Maturity” by John Losasso

“Stalker ” by KDM KDM

“Her Well Intended Plan” by Linda Brodsky

“Obsessed with you.” by Rachaita Chakraborty

“When He Forgets” by Sushi Wasabi

“What She Left Unsaid” by RD Smith

“NO SECRETS REVEALED.” by Petra Wangui

“Talking Turkey” by Monique Slater

“All That Matters” by Hungara Gamelia

“In Plain Sight” by Tiersa Remisha

“Harper's Confession” by K.J. Stephen

“The confession.” by Michael Morales

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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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