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Write a story that includes characters who are aware they are a work of fiction.

Posted in Fantasy on Jun 9, 2021

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“The First Martian” by Dobby's Sock

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'The door made a slight groan as it was opened. She entered the passenger seat and sat down. But he did not know her, although she smiled at him.'Ralph pushed his chair away from his table and decided impromptu that a shower would do him some good. The last time he wrote a story of a runaway, a bath with the salts had done wonders to his head and helped him complete it. Fifty dollars to that story, he was convinced, must have been fetched by the magic of his style. He was also convinced that the two-fifty could have been his, which was award...

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“The Apocalypse” by Georgina S

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Anna was sitting at hers and Jason’s favourite table in their favourite local cafe. They were well known to others as they visited often and it was the location of where they had their most important conversations over their favourite beverages. Jason liked to have an affagato. He loved how the ice cream would break the bitterness of the espresso coffee and the flavour the coffee was given by the vanilla ice cream. Anna liked to have a Vienna chocolate. She hated coffee, well the taste really but loved the smell. So she was a devout cho...

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“The Fourth Wall Between Us” by Everyday_ BS

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“Rhys?” There’s a therapist on one side of a quaint, welcoming room strategically designed to illicit feelings of warmth and safety and a young man opposite to her. “I would appreciate if you’d at least try and participate in this exercise with me. I know you don’t want to be here but I say we at least try and make an attempt at progressing the dialogue between us.” She speaks in a motherly tone. Legs crossed, notepad in her lap; glasses resting comfortably on her face. The man’s arms are crossed and he sits slouched on the left hand side o...

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“Between Us” by Rebecca Schier-Akamelu

Submitted to Contest #32

“She’s not coming back, is she?” Daniel looked at me expectantly. I was the star of the show, as it were, and so I should know better than anyone. Only I didn’t. We’d been stuck here for weeks, or maybe months. It was hard to tell. The sun hadn’t moved in the sky. It was a deranged thought, but I was certain it hadn’t. Daniel stood in front of the fireplace holding a glass of merlot. I sat in a red wing chair facing him. I could see the sun out the window, forever looking like it was one o’clock in the afternoon. I was angry at him...

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“Coffee, and Plot Devices” by Dakota Red

Submitted to Contest #32

Meg knew she was a background character. Or a side character, on lucky days. But never a protagonist. Never a love interest. Never a villain. And thank goodness for that, she told herself. They seemed to have the most troubles.  Despite the rain, Meg biked to the coffee shop. Her dark hair stuck to her forehead, nearly blocking her vision more than the helmet she’d strapped on. Had she been a main character, she wouldn’t have bothered with the helmet. But Victoria, the god that ruled them, couldn’t care less about her world’s ensemble, ...

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“Writer's Block” by William Hargrove

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New York City, New York; 6:04 PM “Mr. Greenwood,” the velvety voice of the interviewer began. “There have been numerous delays on the release of your latest novel, A Week In Paradise, and I was wondering, as I assume most of the audience is, too, what can you tell us about its release?” “Well, you see,” Daniel Greenwood began nervously. “This particular story… it’s quite gruesome. The most morbid and foul I’ve yet written, in fact.” The audience, as enamored as ever with his style of gory and vile books, cheered and whistled. Daniel smi...

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“Coming to Life” by Tanvi Palekar

Submitted to Contest #32

Once upon a time in a land far far away lived a little girl named Avni. She lived in an old house with her old grandparents and her lovely parents. Their house was nested in the hills and had a lovely backyard. Little Avni spent days playing in the garden her father built for her and she spent nights gazing deep into the night sky and questioned–“WHY ARE YOU SO INTERESTING? OH GODDD! I could sit all day listening to your once-upon-a-times… Gah! Stupid fairy-tales: no such thing is ever true. Why does everything have to be lovely in your way,...

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“How To End It All” by Bradley Youngquist

Submitted to Contest #32

“I see you haven’t changed much.”               After a long day, Penn came home tired not only of work, but his entire existence, and hoping to find something to look forward to he opened his refrigerator and had only this thought as he looked upon the half pie from the night before, the rotting orange and a few condiments he had bought in hopes of starting to pack his lunches. This lasted for about a week until he ran out of the other ingredients necessary for a des...

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“Stranger Than Fiction. ” by David Sigler

Submitted to Contest #32

"He's having writer's block again I see." So the inner voice spoke up again as the fellow being spoken to took notice of the lack of the author about. The room they both occupied for the moment was indeed very empty of the author but the voices continued with their discourse on his latest work. It was for the most part a rather large office with a even rather larger amount of books on shelves, the floor, and a few sat as if they had been there a long time on older wooden chairs that had seen better days. It was a cluttered room of a lif...

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“The Man Covered in Snow” by Elizabeth Lee

Submitted to Contest #32

His breath, puffs of white mist, billow out from between ice-cold fingertips. The bus was late, as usual. And he was earlier, as usual. Alone in the small plastic hut, the man stomps both feet to keep his toes warm. Living in perpetual winter had its quirks, but the man found the silence comforting, blankets of snow covering the ground in a loving caress. The man hears the bus trudging along, slow and steady. As he boards, the man smiles at the quiet bus driver. Her name is Sheila. He found out by accident last month after riding this bus ev...

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“Real” by Sara Waldman

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It was an average Tuesday afternoon just after lunch. She glances up unconsciously in the moment between greeting families. The lights and camera flashes distort her vision, but she can see the queue line wrapped around the pillars. It winds out of the doors into the world beyond. She can hear muffled whispers as families wait to see her.“Look at her dress, Mommy. It’s just like mine. Well, almost. Do you think she really has glass slippers?”“Ask her when it’s your turn, Annie."“Mom, can we go ride Pirates of the Caribbean next?”“Yes Timmy, ...

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“The Story that was Never Yours” by Alanna N

Submitted to Contest #32

She was a pretty thing, you thought, but sometimes you thought it hard to know what pretty was. You only had a small range of knowledge and descriptive words. You only had the words she gave you. You had intoxicating blue eyes; which didn’t make sense because your friend was often getting intoxicated with alcohol. Eyes don’t drink alcohol, so how could they be intoxicating.Her eyes were brown, and you’re not sure what that meant. Brown wasn't a common colour, blue and green turned up a lot though. Maybe they were stimulating brown eyes, that...

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“Worth Fighting For” by Daniel Dela Cruz

Submitted to Contest #32

“Do you ever wonder if we belonged in a book?” I asked Jack. It was simply a question out of the blue that I thought about. “Or a movie…? Hey Jack, are you even listening?” I sat in a fast-food restaurant with my best friend Jack eating dinner after a long day of high school. He looked at me with droopy eyes; he slept late last night studying for today’s math test in school. He made a great gaping yawn, then rubbed his eyes. “I’m sorry, can you say that again? I’m terribly exhausted from last night. You said something about… what again?” “I ...

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“Cogito, Ergo Sum” by Rose Leven

Submitted to Contest #32

The door was locked. That was a good sign. James held up a ring of keys and peered over the top of his glasses. He took a moment to find the right one, picking through them carefully. Beside him, Carrie worried the skin around her thumbnail with her teeth. James found the key and slid it into the lock. It fit perfectly but he paused before he turned it. “Whatever we find in there,” he told her, “whatever state he’s in, just remember that we’re going to help him.”Carrie nodded but didn’t look at him. “What do we do if he won’t ...

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“The character is trapped in the author's story” by Winnie Shi

Submitted to Contest #32

The detective walked forward, sweating bullets as he pulled out his Magnum. He felt the need to calm himself down anyway he could.“Are you fucking kidding me? You’re putting me in some shitty detective story? Goddamn you are a hack.”Help me! I'm trapped in this author's shitty and cliche story.He pulled back the hammer, hearing the comfortable sound of the click as it went into place.“A revolver, how original…”Despite the trepidation he felt before opening the door, he felt an odd comfort knowing he would see the lovely Evelyn Rose again, ev...

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