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

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“Window to the Soul” by All The World’s A Stage

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You have heard the expression “The eyes are the windows to the soul.” It is the notion that by looking deep into a person's eyes, you can peer into the core of their being, exposing all of their hopes and fears. But what if there were an actual window to the soul? The eyes can only tell us so much about a person, but what if there were a real, true window that could transport the outside viewer straight into another person's being? Surely such a magical window could not exist. Unless you are a certain therapist... Dr. Dien Kemper happened to...

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“Gimme Three Steps” by Robin Wiesneth

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A cold breeze cut through Tracy’s pajamas. Her body trembled. Her shallow breaths formed tiny white puffs that were snatched away by the wind. It was past midnight. A faint siren wailed in the distance, but the city street, eight stories below, was empty and silent. Tracy pressed her back to the frigid bricks behind her and looked back at the window she had crawled through. The ledge Tracy was standing on was less than ten inches deep and ended a few feet to her left. The next ledge, at her parent’s window, was at least six feet beyond that....

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“The Ghosts of Avenue” by Garima Mahajan

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When you live a life like I do, there’s not much you can do except peep. Many would love to place me in the categorical section of Peeping Toms. But I’m different in the sense that I’m dead. Confining me to the typical would not be a good decision on your part because unlike the typical, I derive no pleasure from these silent, barely there interventions. Changing the channels or switching the lights off does not do it for both parties. We just don't get it, clueless in both life and its absence. When you die, you get placed in Apartm...

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“WINDOWS TO SOMEWHERE” by Julia Corliss

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The light from the north facing windows flooded into the artist’s studio illuminating the work space. On the flat surface of the painting table lay a gesso covered board measuring 30” x 36” that had served as a covering when she had worked on other smaller paintings on that surface. Those smaller paintings were now finished, and now she stood gazing at the gesso covered board seeing windows appearing on the board and encouraging her to look deeper, so she did. This act of artistic looking birthed the thought of these windows opening somewher...

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“Looking In” by Dale Lehman

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“Join me in the hot tub.”Other new arrivals laughed at the greeting, but she and I had a history. The words weren’t a tickle but a jab. It had been eight years, seven months, and sixteen days since we parted in the Florida sun. Another time, another world, almost literally. Then was Kennedy Space Center, now Mars-on-Earth, Devon Island, home of Haughton Crater and the Haughton-Mars Project, where for half a dozen decades international teams had tested and trained for red planet excursions.Which wasn’t why she was there. Nor was I.The “hot tu...

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“The Ghost Window” by Mary Cryns

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The Ghost Window By Mary L. Cryns 1,567 Words It was 1966 in San Francisco when the gang and I met on our front porch after school. This was my favorite time of day: school over, no parents around, and we could do anything we wanted for at least a couple of hours. Wisps of fog drifted in from the ocean as it did almost every day during the summer. My house was on Second Avenue, a street crowded with Victorians and old buildings. Second Avenue ended at Lincoln Way and Golden Gate Park. The triangle of grass, bushes, and trees of that p...

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“Become One with Art” by Sam Reeves

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“You do realise this is a massive scam, right?” I said as we walked up to the entrance. The building loomed over us with a grandiose only achievable by those that had been around for hundreds of years. It’s magnificence changed the air around it. The stone steps spilled from the front door out in all directions, sweeping in as many people as possible. “Oh my God, you are such a misery guts! This is real! So many people have gone through it and seen what it’s like. Aren’t you curious?” Chiara replied, a wistful smile on her face as she turn...

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“The Magic Window” by YEO EN QI CELESTE -

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California was my usual home where I always lived until my older brother got a scholarship and made my family move to New York. Days past like a bullet train and my family moved to a house near the forest apart from the city. Most of the houses that I imagined were all occupied. In my head, I always did not like my own kind, instead I liked nature and animals. It was like the countryside. Although I did have a time where I myself wished my family and I lived in city with the hundred meter long skyscrapers as tall as the clouds could be. The ...

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“Gargoyles” by Flower Queens Adventures

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They were malevolent humans forced to roam the earth as demons, attached to someone corrupt who's about to die and become a demon as well. After being attached to 5 villainous people they must then attach themselves to a human who is soon about to die and become an angel. They must protect them from all types of danger and evil forces for 6 years and see first hand how kind good people can be and also the domino effects of their evil deeds. After their humans have turned into an angel and they finished their six year attachment they are give...

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“On Reflection...” by Rachel Mann

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It was a warm day, in the middle of May and the clocks all struck fourteen. Unseen, the wagons rattled into Dodge, battled through canyons, bogs, prairie dogs with clowns and jesters, to pester the unsuspecting town. And so, the spectacles began with rides and games and lions tamed; that drew the crowds from house and home, to roam around the circus troupe. In groups they laughed and smiled, whiled away their heedless day; until, at last, they were drawn, like splinters, to the main event: a tent with a big top, and large stri...

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“A Window Full of Ghosts” by Loulou Lauray

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It took me forty minutes to clean the inside of this dirty, cob webbed bay window, in my new bedroom. The outside windows were done earlier today, by a local man. I step over the creaking floorboards; with an eerie feeling, goose bumps dimple my face. Awful stained, patterned wallpaper, which I’m about to remove, makes me shudder. Lime green, with tiny yellowing flowers. I hitch up ...

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“The Window of the Fey” by Ash Sky

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Jayden's day had begun like any other day. He woke up and went about his day as he usually would . But when he got back home from school, the world everything he believed in would be questioned . Because right at this moment, he was staring into the lifeless eyes of his mother who lay bleeding on his bedroom floor. A man wearing a hooded robe stood over his mother's body and appeared to be searching the room for something . When the killer sensed Jayden's presence, he made a run for the window that had been painted on his bedroom wall and di...

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“Travelin' with Pops” by Lizzy Loomis

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Carter hustled down the Battery Trail. Snapping twigs disturbed the silent night, sending critters racing out of his way. He set his flashlight down. It lit the vines and brambles that covered the entrance to his special place. He tapped the urn in his bag, "don't worry, Pops. I brought the right tool for the job." He pulled out his garden shears from his pack. With four snips, he had cleared the doorway to the bunker. He grabbed his flashlight, shining it in the corners of the room. "All clear, Pops. Now for the fun part." Carter set his ...

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“Toby” by Jane Rhodes

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The mellowed cream brick house sat behind a tiny front garden, in the middle of a row of Victorian terraced houses, down a cul-de-sac. I fell in love with it straight away. Drowsy, mid-summer scent filled my senses. The wide, flag-stoned path was clear of discarded wrappers and chewing gum spots and I noticed a stretched-out tabby-cat snoozing in the road. I squeezed Kyle’s arm before we followed the estate agent through the pale-blue painted door. We explored the property with increasing excitement. Previous owners ...

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“Single Pane” by Devin Allers

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“Dang it! It wasn’t supposed to rain today!” I shout as I look out the window and see my brand-new seats in my brand-new car get wet with rain. I run down the stairs to head off the rain. “Babe, what’s going on?” Lisa asks as I run by her in the kitchen. “My windows are down and it’s raining!” I ramble opening the door. Looking out the kitchen window seeing not one cloud in the sky with the sun blazing Lisa whispers to herself, “Um, what rain?” I run outside leaping off the porch, only to see blue skies and sunshine all around. “I sw...

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

Submissions are closed

✍️ 154 stories

“Window to the Soul” by All The World’s A Stage

“Gimme Three Steps” by Robin Wiesneth

“The Ghosts of Avenue” by Garima Mahajan

“WINDOWS TO SOMEWHERE” by Julia Corliss

“Looking In” by Dale Lehman

“The Ghost Window” by Mary Cryns

“Become One with Art” by Sam Reeves

“The Magic Window” by YEO EN QI CELESTE -

“Gargoyles” by Flower Queens Adventures

“On Reflection...” by Rachel Mann

“A Window Full of Ghosts” by Loulou Lauray

“The Window of the Fey” by Ash Sky

“Travelin' with Pops” by Lizzy Loomis

“Toby” by Jane Rhodes

“Single Pane” by Devin Allers

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

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