Write a story that involves a magic window — or a window like no other.

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“The Past is Another Country” by Metaxia Tzimouli

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2008 Sometimes it seems like it is all one big fluke. The first three books became bestsellers in a whirlwind of boundless inspiration. And with that came success and money. His fingers hover over the keypad, then backspace, and then hover again. He slumps back on his wooden chair with a wince. Shit! Sat there he thinks about back when he had the luxury of time, when he still had romantic notions about what being an author was. He remembers sitting in cafes on days when the world felt like it was something he didn’t want to get off from. A s...

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“Window between Worlds” by Marie McLaughlin

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Mona and her brother and parents went to a Flea Market for the afternoon. Her brother was looking at Roller Blades, her mom and dad were looking at Antiques, but Mona just sat on a bench, looking absentmindedly up at the sky. "Another day in this boring town..." Mona thought to herself. It was then that Mona's mother walked up to her. "Hi, Mona. We're going to go get some lunch now. Let's find Charles and Pablo and go back to the car!" she said. "Okay..." Mona said. Mona's mom saw her husband and son at a kiosk, and walked up to them. Mona w...

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“Triangle Curse of Fire” by Brian Rains

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" No, I said your house almost burned up. I never claimed it actually did." Explained a grumpy, over weight, white bearded man. A middle aged woman and a heavy set bearded man were speeding through a suburban neighborhood, in a black dodge charger, hurrying to reach the middle aged woman's home. " George, I swear, if anything is damaged. I will...grrr, I will knock your lights out." Proclaimed the middle aged woman, clinching the steering wheel tighter. " I promise you Bertha, nothing got destroyed. Just a few curtains were cinged and...

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“Sometimes, It's Better Not to Jump” by Eve Y

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Content Warning : Suicide My hands shook incessantly as I grabbed the edge of the wide window sill. This was it. This was where it would end. All the pain. All the suffering. All of it. My heart pounded against my chest causing a rush of adrenaline to travel through my body. I stepped onto the window ledge, placing one foot, then another, onto the platform. As I did this, the cool autumn air brushed through my hair, bidding me a final farewell. From outside my apartment room, I heard a loud clambering of footsteps. In the ...

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“Eraveil” by Amanda O'Driscoll

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It started with an ordinary day, or at least that’s what I told myself. I can’t remember much of what happened before I saw it. The window in the woods. Sounds like a fairy tale I know, like any moment a magical creature is going to whisk me away to a tea party or I’ll stumble upon an empty cottage. But nothing like that happened. In fact it was quite anticlimactic. All that stuff you watch on tv where aliens or evil beings manifest their forms through a portal is just as it’s labelled - fiction. What I saw was… Well I suppose I should start...

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“Stranger Changes” by Annabelle McRae

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It all started back then…. To be honest I don't actually remember back then. I only remember the day that it started and what I decided to do with what happened on that fateful day that was like no other. It was a typical Thursday night. I had just come home from the rec center and finished teaching a bunch of three year olds how to do a somersault. I was exhausted and was anticipating the feel of my aft and inviting bed. I walked down the hall of my small apartment and I could h...

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“Dream Weaver” by Suma Jayachandar

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What would you do if you were left alone at 21?And burdened with an enterprise you have no passion for?If you were normal, you would run away or at least wish you could.But I, Sharanya Murugan, the sole owner of ‘Murugan Textile Mills Limited’ am making rounds of the factory with my floor manager.My father disappeared when I was 10 years old. I was heartbroken.My mother was not very saddened by it. I didn’t think much of it then, but now it feels strange. She continued to manage the factory with aunt Gayatri, till she too disappeared 5 years...

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“Grandpa's Window” by Trevor Grinde

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Grandpa died a week ago. He won’t be missed by many, maybe any. Shel was sure he had lost his mind years ago. On any of the sparse visits they made to Grandpa’s apartment he would go on about castles he had visited, elves he had encountered and evil he had vanquished. The doorman to the entrance of his apartment assured us that he seldom left and when he did leave, it was never for long, just for groceries or toiletries and such. Shel was not looking forward to cleaning this place out. A lot of junk that nobody wanted. A glint above the desk...

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“The Rose-Tinted Window” by Tybor Tigadoro

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My head hangs low as I walk up the crumbling steps to the abandoned house. I shove the door open—though “door” is a charitable world. It’s an old and rotted slab of wood, long removed from its frame. I strain until it budges enough to slip inside. I remember when I first stumbled—quite literally—across the house. I was on another bender—barely coherent—just a few weeks after they let me out of the hospital. It was late, but I couldn’t face Amy, not like that. And so I took refuge in the sad little home. It wasn’t much, but I could smoke ci...

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“SPACE ADVENTURE” by Mikos Amegah Wovoe

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It was 7:24 pm when Charles Sonaby, a 32 year old African-American man, who lived in Seattle, Washington was getting ready for his solo flight to the moon, he had inspected the spaceship and all of its controls to make sure that nothing could go wrong during the flight. As he strapped himself into his seat, the base commander told him that there might be extraterrestrial life up there and if he found it he needed to be careful and to report it back to them as soon as possible. When Charles heard this he had a strange mix of fear and exciteme...

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“Nighttime wonders” by Ciara Schipper

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Waking up from a fitful sleep, I readjust the pillow that had fallen between the seats. The armrest digs into my side and is surely going to create a bruise. The remnants of a headache grips at my temples as my brain fights off the fog. I’ve never really been able to sleep on aeroplanes, much to my dismay. When you have been travelling for more than 24 hours one would hope that their body would give in. I don’t seem to be one of those lucky ones it seems. It’s eerily quiet in the cabin. It seems so peaceful compared to the daytime hours wh...

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“Lockett's Window ” by Jovon D

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I’m a detective trying to piece together a series of events all having to do with a strange window. You may call me Detective J. There’s been a belief that supernatural phenomenons have been happening to the people who came into contact with the window. Unfortunately, some records about the mysterious window have been either lost, discarded, not recorded, or burnt. My only lead is the residents at Locketts Hotel in Auburn, Alabama. I believe that the family, the Freemans, that own hotel isn’t normal.Cindy Lockett, January 4, 1852: As the ash...

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“The Eighth Dimension” by Elizabeth Maxson

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The windows of our house were always locked and sealed shut. We never had access to a summer breeze and the air inside the house was always a little musty even during July and August.Our three-story house stood in the middle of a suburb in a smaller city in Ohio. However, the overgrowth of bushes and trees hid our house from the neighborhood and subsequently the modernization that went along with it. Six generations of the Abernathy family have lived in these walls and as I was nearing my eighteenth birthday, I would finally learn how t...

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“Divine Intervention” by Colleen True

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News spread quickly of the conspiracy. Bold as it was to whisper a plot against the Council, bolder it was to send a direct threat. And, indeed, a threat was sent to a noble of the Council - Harbinger Anastasia Amberglow. She mounted her chestnut mare reluctantly and pulled the hood of her cloak further over her strawberry blonde hair. What would her parents think of her fleeing home, had they still been alive? And Magdalen...no, no: she knew this was best. Sir Ashfall said as much. "If this letter is acted upon, the Autumn District w...

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“Windows to the Soul” by Carson Craig

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The sun rises and the sun sets. The rains come and the rains go. Drought and pestilence have come and gone yet I still remain. Five centuries spent deaf, dumb, and blind, gave birth to the twentieth. The Victorian era in which I was born, fancied me to man’s desire. Now it seems their desire's changed. As man's perception changes so does my shape. The Greeks defined beauty as being symmetrical, one side the mirror image of the other, this being but the one constant. With a mix of blues and whites, highlights and shadow, a world starts to app...

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Write a story that involves a magic window — or a window like no other.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 154 stories

“The Past is Another Country” by Metaxia Tzimouli

“Window between Worlds” by Marie McLaughlin

“Triangle Curse of Fire” by Brian Rains

“Sometimes, It's Better Not to Jump” by Eve Y

“Eraveil” by Amanda O'Driscoll

“Stranger Changes” by Annabelle McRae

“Dream Weaver” by Suma Jayachandar

“Grandpa's Window” by Trevor Grinde

“The Rose-Tinted Window” by Tybor Tigadoro

“SPACE ADVENTURE” by Mikos Amegah Wovoe

“Nighttime wonders” by Ciara Schipper

“Lockett's Window ” by Jovon D

“The Eighth Dimension” by Elizabeth Maxson

“Divine Intervention” by Colleen True

“Windows to the Soul” by Carson Craig

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Start your story with a character looking out of a window in the middle of the night.

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Start your story with an unexpected knock on a window.

Set your story within a window of opportunity, when a character finally has the chance to do something.

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