Write a story about someone who finds a magical portal in their home.

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“The wardrobe ” by Laura Watts

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I have always wanted to find a magical portal. I have always always wanted to find my own place. Big or small. I don't care. Just a place only I know about. Where I can sit, and watch the stars, or hear the muffled shouts and clangs of the outside world. I have always been disappointed. But this story is not about me. This story is about a a young girl, called Lottie. Lottie, an orphan, was lying in bed, looking at the stars. She was alone, again, everyone else fast asleep, but each night, Lottie stayed up, so fascinated by the stars that sh...

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“The Trunk” by Gina Burke

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“Wow, this yard sale has a lot of cool stuff, doesn’t it, Ethan?” “Oh yeah. It’s great. There are some tools I want to check out on that table over there. I’ll meet up with you.” Carly enjoyed watching her husband get excited at yard sales like a child on Christmas morning. Not only did Ethan love a good yard sale, he loved to collect, well, just about anything. As Carly watched her husband inspect all the things that would undoubtedly end up in one of his collections, she had to chuckle to herself. “True, I’d eventually need a second home t...

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“The Mirror” by Sue Heath

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Analeigh was a thirty year old Realtor. She had purchased the perfect home, or so she thought. It was a quaint old Victorian in the historic district of Kingston. As she rode through Kingston, she had spotted it and knew it was a place she wanted to call home. She was settling in quickly and making it her own. There was lots of painting, some repair work. The main thing she did not want to do was to take away from the character of the house. After all, character was not something she could replace. There were long days of repairing windows, ...

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“The Vintage Rotary Telephone ” by Linda Rossi

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Emily was ready for some peace and quiet. The effects of this year’s annual sales conference were wearing on her. And this year’s conference was an unusually raucous one. It had been one for the books. The organizers said this year’s attendance had set a record. At the height of the conference, there was a cacophony of voices and laughter and shouts of “Hey, I haven’t seen you since last year!” or “Let’s meet in the lounge after the last session!” Sales people could be counted on to have a really good time and they w...

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“White Lightening” by Cynthia Obinabo

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Whoa! whoa! There! I shouted to my horse to stop. His nose flared and the hot steam coming from his mouth was a clear indication that we had been going very fast. I pulled at the reins and he came to a standstill, just in time too. We were at the brink of a cliff, one minute more and I shuddered to think what could have happened. I dismounted and tiptoed gingerly to the edge of the cliff, still holding tightly to the reins of my horse. I looked down and caught my breath as I imagined what would have happened, had we take...

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“The Candy Cotastrophe” by Svea Wagner

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The Candy Catastrophe By: Svea Wagner A 14-year-old girl named Keira is going on a summer vacation to New Jersey with her family. When they had arrived at their cabin in New Jersey, they unpacked their suitcases and put on their swimming suits. After the beach, they went to a very fancy restaurant to celebrate their first night in New Jersey. The next day was Keira's parents’ date day, so they had expected Keira to babysit her little brother Ajay. Ajay hated being babysat because he thought he was too old. Ajay was only 7 y...

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“Behind a locked door” by Lynette Sloane

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Tiff and Alex stood outside the Victorian house gazing up at the first-floor balcony.Tiff remembered running in and out of the rooms and playing in the back garden here, at Green Villa, when her mother dropped her off at weekends.Alex, who was standing behind his wife, placed his arms around her shoulders. “Why now? We could have done so much to this place. Made so many memories.” His voice broke with emotion and he continued in a whisper, “I can’t imagine life without you.”Tiff turned to face him. “We said we wouldn’t mention that today. No...

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“Dreaming?” by Gloria Salazar

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He was seven foot tall and three feet wide, his long spiked hair was a shocking neon blue that seemed to give off a light all its own, his muscles rippled like disturbed water when he moved across the room, and most shockingly of all his skin was orange. Not sickly orange, or over-tanned, but a deep golden orange that made his black pupil-less eyes really stand out.Devon had no idea who or even what he was but the massive mountain of a being had crawled, with lots of moaning and grumbling, out from underneath the desk in his room. He could u...

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“a weird and wonderful world” by Maddie Schultz

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today was another boring day.only my head and chest could be seen as I was scrolling through my phone in the darkness of my room. I had gotten a notification from my friend, Dylan.I clicked on said notification, opening the photo he had sent me. it was a picture of him holding his cat, buddy, with a sad face. there was also a caption at the bottom of the picture that said 'i miss u.'I snorted at this.I texted him back, 'i miss you too. man, quarantine is the worst.' the second I had sent the text, I heard a shout from my mother."Tess! I told...

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“The Other World In My House” by Emma Mason

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Today is yet again a not so fun day at home. So far, quarantine hasn’t been the most fun. School has been canceled for the rest of the year, with only six weeks left till summer break. All I really can do is wait out the weeks and do my best to stay occupied. While doing my schooling online, the Wi-Fi goes down out of nowhere. The Wi-Fi box is up in the attic. The last time someone was up there was when the Wi-Fi was set up over ten years ago. Strangely, the man that came to set it up said he saw something up there but the next day before he...

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“The Bathtub Heroine” by Alice Sylvester

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I have 384 memories of my husband. But I can’t remember the first time I realized I was his wife. I do remember, with vivid clarity the first time I saw one of his paintings. It was here, in my great aunt’s house. I was 16 or so and visiting her as I do every now and then. She lives in a tiny one bedroom house in Montpellier. Which means I spend the night on a little made up bed on the dining room floor. It’s an old ladies house complete with white linen tablecloths and hanging pottery on the walls. So there is of course a little bookcase t...

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“Pillow Talk” by Deborah Mercer

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My colleague Camilla is one of those people who tends to be referred to as a good sport/good egg/brick/decent sort or whatever folk’s accolade of choice is, followed by a but which is not always vocalised, but always hangs in the air. One of Camilla’s little ways is that though, generally, she isn’t remotely materialistic and looks genuinely mystified at the obsession with stuff, every so often she’ll get a gadget that she doesn’t know how she managed without, and Lord, do the rest of us know abou...

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“Cupboard Critters” by Lauren Ford

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“Uh,Earth to James, did you hear what I said?”I struggled to keep my face from showing what my body was desperate to reveal.It’s okay. Calm down. What are you so afraid of?I leant back from the coffee table and placed my hands firmly on my legs to keep both appendages from trembling.“James, you dork. I said did you want to see the video?”Max shifted his chair closer towards me.I hadn’t seen the guy in over two years but somehow it was as if we were both 12 years old again.“It’s the one with the montage of all the TV shows we used to watch as...

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“the time travelling student ” by Silvester Del Federico

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‘Wake up you lazy sloth, you’re late for school’ cried my unorganised mum who’s job it is to wake me up in the first place. Its not my fault that she wants to skive her very few household duties. Thanks to her I am now at the hands of our vicious headmaster who punishes people at will. Its like he doesn’t even care about any of us except for the old and grumpy science teacher who I am pretty sure he fancies.As I dragged my bruised body to our disgusting house. My disgusting mum awaited me with her disgusting vegetable soup where she asked ho...

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“Other Side of the Dryer” by Allen Kensington

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"Alright, I'm done for a while," Steven said as he pushed against the desk to roll his chair away. "I've hit a mental block and I can't come up with the next part of this outline.""What was that?" Andrea asked as she pulled out her right earbud. She glanced over the back of the couch at him before returning her attention to her laptop as she typed away.Steven stood up and stretched. "I can't sit here for any longer, I have got to do something. It has been six weeks since we started working from home. Six weeks!" He heaved an exasperated sigh...

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Write a story about someone who finds a magical portal in their home.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 240 stories

“The wardrobe ” by Laura Watts

“The Trunk” by Gina Burke

“The Mirror” by Sue Heath

“The Vintage Rotary Telephone ” by Linda Rossi

“White Lightening” by Cynthia Obinabo

“The Candy Cotastrophe” by Svea Wagner

“Behind a locked door” by Lynette Sloane

“Dreaming?” by Gloria Salazar

“a weird and wonderful world” by Maddie Schultz

“The Other World In My House” by Emma Mason

“The Bathtub Heroine” by Alice Sylvester

“Pillow Talk” by Deborah Mercer

“Cupboard Critters” by Lauren Ford

“the time travelling student ” by Silvester Del Federico

“Other Side of the Dryer” by Allen Kensington

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Write a story about someone who is working from home and constantly getting distracted by their pet.

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Write a story about someone learning how to play an instrument.

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