Write about someone who is convinced they’re going to be betrayed.

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“The Drink of Wine” by A.J. Williams

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Contains themes of substance abuse, emotional abuse, & sexual content*Note: A.E. refers to After-Event*City of Barrie, Kingdom of Ontario August 2112 (100 A.E.) In the grand hall, torches blazed brightly, casting dancing shadows upon the gathering of warriors. Soldiers, generals, guardsmen, and nurses alike were gathered around tables hewn from the sturdy trunks of sugar maple and white pine. Their faces illuminated by the flickering flames, they feasted upon steaming bowls of soup and broth, served in rough-hewn wooden vessels. Loaves o...

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“The Gods told me that already ” by Cassandra Cornejo

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My back hurts. I’ve been curled up in the corner for so long. My hands holding my head, further pushing me down into my knees. I can’t believe they would do that to me. I’ve been repeating it to myself for hours, hoping that the more I said it, the more I could accept it, but I can’t. It hurts my whole being the more I say it. It hurts my heart, my feelings, my throat, my head, my teeth. The rocking is starting to hurt my spine, the small tap from the wall started off as nothing but after this many hours, it’s like a stabbing in my back. I k...

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“The Keepsake Box ” by Kristine McCraw

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Charlotte smoked a cigarette on the balcony while I stuffed pieces of her life in boxes. Her promise to have it all packed before today was a ruse to rope me into helping her move to another apartment. After finishing her second cigarette, she staggard back inside, maneuvering herself around piles of stuff with rumpled hair and a half-buttoned sweater over a crumpled t-shirt, then joined me in the kitchen, where I was packing dishes. I couldn't take the lingering smell of the cigarette smoke, so I excused myself. I decided to work in the bed...

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“Betrayed” by Abbie Gardner

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Jack Wilde’s Betrayal “What can you tell me about your uncle’s funeral Mr. Wilde?” The therapist held her clipboard to her knees. “Do you remember that day?” Silence echoed in the room. The therapist began to take notes. “Yes.” The man said, slouched in his chair. “Very good Mr. Wilde. What did you wear to the funeral?” The therapist tilts her head to the side. “Who are you?” Mr. Wilde lifts his head with uneasy concern. “I am your therapist.” She says as she pulls her glasses off. “Jack- I mean Mr. Wilde, are...

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“Hostage by Jutta Hauke Arriola” by Jutta Hauke Arriola

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Please Note: Sexual violence, abuse, and mentions of suicide Day 1610. We’re all born with zero knowledge. With no fears, no things that give us joy, no nothing. It’s our life experiences that shape us with time. It’s not my fault that I always think I’m going to be stabbed in the back. That’s because I have been before, and I don’t want it to happen again. How am I supposed to know that everything will be fine? That the murderer in him won’t come out for fresh dinner? I hear the combination lock clickity clack, being fiddled with so that it...

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“One Size Fits” by John K Adams

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Britney offered her friends a plastic container filled with cookies made ‘all by myself.’Kerri held up her hand and shook her head. She’d tried the last and previous batches. Friend or not, there are limits.Taylor sighed, picked one and eyed it as if examining forensic evidence. She felt Britney watching as she nibbled and suppressed a wince.The three sat at their usual lunchtime table under the trees in the school patio. Lunch was almost over.“I made them myself with my Easy Bake Oven,” Britney said. Every time she brought cookies, which wa...

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“The colour crimson ” by Natalia Cosnett

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Note: sensitive theme- touches on historical genocide "What you are doing, get it done faster….," Those fateful words engulf me as each syllable rings in my ears, the context of the script that my twelve-year-old daughter is reading aloud penetrating my cavernous mind sharply, as a thousand knives to the jugular. "Mama? Mama?" My Anne's soft yet firm voice is like opera music that I wish will never end. Two months thus far, and it never gets easier. Today, the adrenaline running through my innards is particularly aggress...

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“A Silent Career: A Retrospective” by Rex L. Wyatt

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Letter IAugust 2010To Briggs and Mac,If these letters have found you, it means that I have been gone for five years. It also means that the time has come to clarify my life and career, which, as you are aware, I guarded passionately. I apologize for this secrecy. For reasons explained herein, however, I hope you can understand my reasoning. I hope you find some amount of interest in the life your grandmother and I pursued. Please keep these stories safe and within our family.Your grandfather, M.H. In 1975, I began working as a private invest...

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“Something in the Smoothie.” by Aden Wang

Submitted to Contest #241

“What’s the matter? You seem awfully concerned about something,” he uttered. A bead of sweat rolls down Tabby’s face. Staring into the abyss of her newly ordered strawberry milkshake, she fought to ignore the ominous feeling that something was wrong. She refused to drink this, not until he explained everything. Tabby had always been a paranoid young girl. Raised in an untrustworthy household, where possessions were mysteriously “lost” and trust torn apart like paper shreds, she couldn’t help but harbor concern o...

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“The Taste of Betrayal” by Alexandra West

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Five days. I’ve made it five days with a stalker snapping at my heels. He keeps to the shadows, finding comfort in the obsidian curtains created by the absence of light. Although my stalker is very real and very tangible, sometimes so close I can smell him, taste him even, there is an absence in his presence. A thick emptiness where joy and feeling and life all become grey. He’s been around for a while, this stalker of mine. In fact, I think he may have even preyed on my mother, sucking the life from her when she couldn’t outrun him anymore....

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“Paranoid” by Varshinie Sasitharan

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You know that gut instinct you have when you think, no you know something bad is going to happen and you’re all tensed and scared just waiting for the other shoe to drop. That's what I feel constantly. It's the reason why people call me paranoid but I know it’s logical and my circumstances are different. For the past year, I’ve been getting this letter in my mailbox, the envelope completely blank but the actual letter is what I find horrific saying “It’s never who you think it is.” Never straying from that exact sentence. What the hell...

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“Cor Familae” by Tanya Strydom

Submitted to Contest #241

They say art unlocks what lies within your heart, that it can reveal the secret and the real you to yourself and to others. I think that was what took me to the art exhibition that day. I was searching for answers. I wanted to know more about my family, and I wanted to discover more about myself. I entered the renowned art gallery, took an exhibition guide, and searched for my family name. There it was, right at the end: Zounder. My family, the Zounders, was a family of artists, reaching from my great-grandparent...

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“Paranoia ” by Sakshi Goel

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As she approached the house, she was sure she saw a face in the upstairs window of her house. She took smaller, unsure steps then, hesitating with every fall of her foot, wary and aware. She focused hard on the window, and with a blink of an eye, the face vanished from her sight, as did any remnants of what could have been. She stood still, contemplating whether or not she had actually seen anything or rather, anyone. Her breathing became shallow and short lived, she dared to peek another look at the window and it was so empty and devoid of ...

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“A Day to Remember” by Lindsay Burns

Submitted to Contest #241

‘Daniel, your phone’s ringing!,’ shouted Lisa up the stairs, holding the phone in one hand and hanging onto her Jack Russel’s collar with the other, trying to thwart his attempts to dash up the stairs. She didn’t recognise the phone number, with its triple digits at the end. ‘He’s in the shower,’ called her daughter Sophie from her bedroom. The phone stopped ringing, so Lisa went back through to the kitchen to finish her breakfast. A glance at the clock told her she should have already left for work by now. Two minutes later, as she was...

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“Bounty Hunter's Dilemma” by Štěpán Kat Cenek

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Damn it. This was supposed to be my last job—one last moment of adrenaline, heart pumping, and all that other shit. I wanted to grow old, have a family, maybe a kid or two, just some fucking peace without looking behind my back. But I screwed it. No, correction, he screwed it. That rotten bastard made the whole plan and created an entire list of things that could blow up in our faces. Well, that scoundrel didn't think about the Purple suits, right?The interrogation room is so small and quiet I can almost hear my heartbeat. There are no windo...

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Write about someone who is convinced they’re going to be betrayed.

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✍️ 55 stories

“The Drink of Wine” by A.J. Williams

“The Gods told me that already ” by Cassandra Cornejo

“The Keepsake Box ” by Kristine McCraw

“Betrayed” by Abbie Gardner

“Hostage by Jutta Hauke Arriola” by Jutta Hauke Arriola

“One Size Fits” by John K Adams

“The colour crimson ” by Natalia Cosnett

“A Silent Career: A Retrospective” by Rex L. Wyatt

“Something in the Smoothie.” by Aden Wang

“The Taste of Betrayal” by Alexandra West

“Paranoid” by Varshinie Sasitharan

“Cor Familae” by Tanya Strydom

“Paranoia ” by Sakshi Goel

“A Day to Remember” by Lindsay Burns

“Bounty Hunter's Dilemma” by Štěpán Kat Cenek

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