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

Posted in Fantasy on Aug 4, 2021

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“The Well of Souls” by Felicity Neeley

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        Many long years ago, deep in the heart of yesterday, lived a twisted prince called Astor. Where his father was just, he was cruel. As his mother was warm, he was cold. All throughout the kingdom, he was despised. His name like a curse upon the tongues of nobles and peasants alike. Only the enemies of the kingdom had affection for the cruel prince, for they knew if he were ever crowned, he would drag his kingdom into destruction.           &nbsp...

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“Lighting Bolt” by Adam Rice

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It was a perfect mid-summer day. The kind of day where the songbirds start chirping early and the fireflies dance late into the night. Davis loved everything about summer - the longer days, the hot weather, wearing shorts, and baseball—especially baseball. In his youth, he had excelled at the sport enough to get a few college scholarship offers but opted to stay behind to be with his high school sweetheart. In the fall after graduation, huddled in a white room, doctors would explain they did all they could for her. Even with the best cyber a...

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“The Magic Window” by Teboh Abah

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Once upon a time, there was a golden city. In this golden city, there lived a man who was called Dr. Jack. He was a fine man with the most beautiful house in the whole city and his entire house had just a single window. He called this window the magic window because through this window, he could see everyone’s problems and also get the solutions to these problems. Whenever people would come to him for help, he would quietly move to this window and ask it to show him everything the person was going through and give him a magic stick to solve ...

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“The Courtyard” by Raelean Finch

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The apartment had been nice at one point, trendy, even. The pink and blue geometric linoleum in the kitchen and dining nook was of its time. Early nineties, if she had to guess. Now, the pinks looked like browns and the blues like more brown. A brassy, frosted-glass light fixture hung low at her left, waiting for a table. The kitchen wasn’t bad. Cabinets lined the wall to the right of the door, terminating in a rounded peninsula that formed an L-shape. Beyond it, was a small living room with four large windows. There was a stainless steel si...

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“The Window To Three World” by Prachurya Ray

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As she was approaching nearer to escape the dark world outside, her father closed the window. Now she is locked in an inevitable world of  fear and painful death.   Never ever anyone thought of how a fairy tale could become a dreaded nightmare.It all started from a little curiosity to explore the unseen world. The family had bought a new mansion near to a beach. Sweety was now ready to see what was there for her.It was a sunny day. Her parents were busy packing their goods for the new house. So she got some time to spend a little m...

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“The Kitchen Window” by Colm Lawlor

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It’s my first time in the house since my mother died. It feels the same as it always has, and yet it feels different. The physical house is the same, but it feels like the soul has been sucked out of it. I can see dust motes hanging in the air. I can feel her absence. There is no life here anymore. It’s only been a week since the funeral. I’m surprised I’m already back here. I have the impulse to clean, but I know I’d only strain myself for no reason. We haven’t figured out what we’re even doing with this place yet. No one wants to move in...

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“Liquid Window – Planes Drifter Origin ” by Kevin Rhue

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             Liquid Window – Planes Drifter Origin This was the fifth year in a row I was dropped off at the country home of my Mother’s life-long friend Ms. Gosling. Three Months. The entire summer. I never understood, nor did I really want to try, why my own mother would abandon me to this old house and this crazy woman for three months every year. The first couple years seemed ok, but now that I had turned 15 years old I was just bursting to get out and do somethin...

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“A window to the future” by Rosa Luna

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I walked into the large stone building, my heart beating faster with every step I took. Passing all the doors that I had no idea what had behind, and I didn’t want to know, I took the stairs to the fifth floor. A place where technology was invented, but there was no elevator. Many people passed by me, some smiling faces, other crying ones, and I wondered in which category would I be by the end of the day. On the fourth floor, I saw Bethany, my best friend, looking through some papers with a stressed look on her face. She turned my way, as i...

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“Looking Glass” by Nicholas Westbrook

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Anne Marie examined the frozen landscape outside her window, leaves paused in a brief moment as they fluttered to the ground. Upon a moment of reflection, Anne Marie decided things would be easier to understand with coffee in her system. She had half boiled the water when Matt came out downstairs from his attack bedroom and regarded the window curiously.  “Not getting any closer?”  “You’d think Chronovision would be a little easier to crack,” Anne Marie said. “This is attempt number three and I still can’t get the glass to behave...

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“Betty’s Going to Play Outside” by Wili Julius

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“Okay, so that window's magic?” he wasn't pleased. “Yea, nobody understands magic these days. “Nobody understands you, to be more precise.” “Thanks,” I looked at the window.  “I wasn’t...” I’ve been living in this teared house for some time. Because I never have visitors, because when one’s alone, one does weird stuff like talking to themselves or making a cat out of an empty can—calling her Betty—I found out about the magic in this window. “Anyway, let’s just focus on the magic,” I grabbed Betty, who was sitting near the wi...

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“The lost window” by Giaan Tubnor

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There was one a window in a house. But before I continue you must know 3 things. 1.    The house was no ordinary house 2.    The window was no ordinary window 3.    Everybody saw different thing through this window. Now that you know these 3 very important facts I may continue. This house that I speak of was no ordinary house. The thing was that it had no one living in it. People would just come and as they please, as this was an open house. To show how the owners lived in it, pre...

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“Galene and the Nereus Glass” by Lyn VJ Bennett Wilson

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Galene sat looking out the Nereus Glass. A sort of window to the surface world gifted to Nereus and his 50 daughters from Amnisos, a river god from the Island of Crete. This lens helped the Nereids to see the surface world above their beloved Aegean Sea. Nereus and Doris raised happy, loving daughters who protected sailors and fishermen on the temperamental sea.  As evening drew in, Nereus enjoyed time with his wife Doris and his daughters along with his son-in-law Posideon. Galene left to take one final lo...

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“Window to Eternity” by Luccia Moraes

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Jeremy Adler sat on the floor of his bedroom, leaning on the back of his bed frame, reading whatever book had stumbled into his hands at an astonishingly fast pace. Reading was Jeremy's thing. He would read at such a speed that you couldn't even be sure he was absorbing the words. Getting sick of his reading, he decided that once he finished this chapter, he would take a break. But once he did arrive at the end, he extended his stop time to just another chapter, until before he knew it, he had no intention to stop. His position changed se...

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“Magic Moon Fox” by RIC .

Submitted to Contest #97

      When Oracle was a child, she saw magic for the first time. Everyone always told her that magic wasn’t real, and that she needed to grow up. Oracle never believed the adults however, at least when it came to magic. The only adult she listened to in that subject was her friend’s nana.            To Oracle, her friend’s nana told her the truth. For when Oracle asked about magic, the elderly woman said this, “Magic is dead. At least it is here. But magic c...

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“THAT WINDOW” by Mara Masolini

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THAT WINDOW In the golden , liquid light of the morning ___it was not yet mid morning____tiny specks of dust, moved by some draft , some gust were hovering in the midair in that room, with a very worn, even broken brick floor. The sloping floor made almost a hole about at the centre of the room. That was a room in the old part of the house, mostly used to relegate abandoned things. It was a passage room, accessible ( by) going down three steps at the end of a corridor. Not that it was a great difference in height between ...

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