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Write about someone who discovers the only family member they have left has just betrayed them.

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“Dear Cody” by 💜ᴀ ᴍ ᴇ ᴛ ʜ ʏ ꜱ ᴛ 💜

I was writing a letter to Grandma when I heard it.GunshotsScreamsPolice sirensBanging on the front doorMuffled orders spoken by the police“The parents are injured and the boy is gone, the girl must’ve done it. Search the house for a girl with black hair and about yea tall, about 10 years old. GO!”I realize the police were looking for me, not for witness...

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“Tea With Aunty” by Christina Marie

Your tea is tolerable? Can I get you anything else? No? Good. You’ve come to ask Aunty about Baba Yaga. Sit. Sip. Have a biscuit. I will tell you what I know, but you mustn’t be upset with me when you hear it. Promise? Very well. Do not be fooled. She has chosen the façade of the homo sapiens species, but she is not one of us. Ancient, cunning and cruel, Baba Yaga is the world’s first wi...

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“A Betrayal of Thievery” by Sophie Maselli

The sirens blared in my ears as I crouched behind the counter filled with jewels. I twirled the small brass key in my hand, my twin brother breathing heavily next to me, smiling tightly. Jeremy and I had grown up in an old rundown orphanage together and had been released just a few months ago, as we had turned eighteen. The classic baby-left-on-the-orphanage-doorstep. We were the living incarnate. No note attached, no money, no names. Just Jeremy and I in a beige basket made of twill. Only days old....

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“Betrayed” by 𝔹𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕖 𝔻. <𝟛

Author’s Note: This story is good as a stand-alone, but if you want to know more about the backstory, go read “One Thing Leads To Another”. Also, there isn’t good grammar here because it’s all diary entries. Thanks! :D January 27 Today I went to Charity’s Coffee with Bua, my best friend. We were talking like we normally would when she brought up Sinsi, my brother. It is relevant for you to...

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“I never saw it” by Moon Lion

Azra's POV The serum made it easy for the words to tumble out. The guilt that had chewed away every moment of happiness for three months finally bit through flesh and poured out. I saw the scene again, us finding Calvin, and knowing I had done it. I took a deep breath and let the truth come out. "What they don't want me to tell you, is that-" Nathan jumped to my rescue, immediately interrup...

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“They Ignored who they were” by Alemseged Sisay [aleme gammo]

Years have handed years had counted; generations would be replaced by generations and will be, too. We are whom we before but a few want to ignore the life in which they had been it ere; because they might be altered with their ego not to use the past bit of challenge to make a better rhythm of life to their future.  Kommy was the second instinctive child of that deprived family in one of the province of Ethiopia next to his elder brother Segu before forty years ago. Sis is their father who was a soldier in his...

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“A Soldier” by A.g. Scott

Daniel Maron took the toy from a mound of rubble outside Berlin. He did not know which poor child it had belonged to previously, and he did not much care. The Führer, long may he rot, had already taken his coward’s exit. The Allies had won and, as dictated by the old saying, the victors had a right to collect their spoils.Other men had chosen their souvenirs: this man a red armband, that man an iron cross, that one an officer's tongue. Daniel did not seek anything so morbid. He did not seek anything at all, and ...

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“TSD 5: Traitor?” by Lillian B.

Just before dawn, a figure emerged from a shop in the southern part of Kiwali’a, bags in hand. She jogged briskly through the streets of her small town as she made her way eastward, doing her best to stay quiet. When she reached the southeastern edge of town, she paused uncertainly, looking around for someone or something. She didn’t have to wait long before another figure, also a woman, melted out of the shadows beside her. Lillian examined the young woman standing before her. Where there had been an overeager girl with a bri...

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“Live to Tell” by Amy Hodges-laurenzo

My eyes open and my heart begin to pound wildly. Why am I in a cage? I have to remember. My brain is in a fog because it just doesn’t make sense. I close my eyes back and try to remember. Then it all floods back like it was a dam breaking. Damn you Sirius!           We Familiars lived on the world of Tryu. It was a world that spent three months of the year in the dark due to the alignment with our closest nei...

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“WHITEwash” by Frances -

I had this sister who did homework in the closet and crushed marbles under the bed. I think she came from a world where they sell crayons made of children and treat fevers with yellowed souls in ice packs. She was the kind of sister who told me Winnie the Pooh buried Christopher Robin and left me in the basement. She was the kind of sister my mother always forgot. She was there when my mother burned my shoebox money, flung it to the shrieking tongues that glared yellow, singed in gold. My sister tilted her head and ...

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“Stolen Rage” by Daniel Hayes

Blam! The bullet hit Alex straight in the back as he was running towards the canal. It was dark, and raining as the enemy soldiers were closing in on him. The canal was wet and muddy. Alex managed to crawl up to one side taking a defensive position. He checked his pistol and realized that he had no more bullets. He was all alone after being separated from his squad.  He looked up and saw...

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“VANISHED!” by Praise Abraham

Year 2046Mangrone Strait, Europe.A slight groan escaped Alexia's throat as she listened to her mom's never-ending lecture about the importance of being true to one's faith. Urgh!"But mom, I only told you that my boss took me as his plus-one on an official get-together with the other shareholders," she said.She figured it would be best to help her mom save the bit of saliva that still remained. This was a bygone event. It wasn't as if she could reverse time and change things....

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“Ophelia” by Cassandra Durnin

Trigger Warning: Suicidal ideation. Please only read if you’re in the right headspace to do so.   It was almost, almost a painting. The cobblestone bridge held steady over the river, its only companions a mess of grassy reeds and the willow tree. But the willow was an especially vital part of this scene. It was gnarled, and watercolor textures had painted themselves onto its bark, a mosaic of soft browns and woody undertones. With low-hanging branches and roots that spilled over the r...

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“Why Me?” by Ana Govindasamy

Author's Note: HI! This is a resubmittion because I submitted it last week but it didn’t fit the prompt. This is also based off of Zenobie Leung's story called "The Unsuspected Killer". Go check it out: https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/contests/70/submissions/45224/Why Me?A Thriller Short Story by Ana GovindasamyTrigger Warnings/Disclaimers: Murder &amp; SuicideVestaWhy? That's the question I’m asking myself now. Why?

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“Trusted Family” by Carrie O'keefe

 My sister Ashley had been a good person up until five years ago when our parents died. We were the only family the two of us had left. Then she started into drugs. It was always poor me I can't live without them. I got her counseling and supported her through our loss. It was a difficult time for the both of us. I find it amazing that the two of us only two years apart, growing up in the same household can turn out so d...

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