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CONTEST ENDED – Thank you for submitting your stories!

Start your story with an ending and work backward toward the beginning.

Posted in Fiction on Oct 25, 2022

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“There is a Sickness in the Forest” by Tatiana Olin

Submitted to Contest #89

And then it became apparent; he would never re-become what he had once been, and she had never been anything more than a spectre walking through a dilapidated house that was endlessly replaying the horrors of the sickness from the forest. He was looking at her with eyes that didn’t have a color anymore, and she knew he didn’t recognize her. She was looking at him, for the first time, as the creature he was now - frail, defeated, translucent. He would fall back into the darkness of the spaces between the walls. And she knew she as well would ...

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“My Musical Masterpiece” by Claire Harris

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The concert hall thundered with applause as my last note faded into the room. I took a big breath, lowered my clarinet and  stepped away from the music stand. I walked to the front of the beautiful wooden stage to take my bows, smiling the entire way. As I attempted to peer through the bright stage lights to see how many people attended my concert I saw that the hall was very full. I wouldn’t know the total number of guests in attendance until later that night, but it was very hard to spot an empty seat from my vantage point. Through th...

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“ “GOD’S PERFECT PLANNING”” by Hajra Gohar

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“GOD’S PERFECT PLANNING“ (unknown): “Don't do this” “As if I would stop. That’s what you get for insulting me with your trash”I knew it was useless to explain myself to such a rash person. It was the last time I looked at him pleading when he ordered his men... “TAKE HIM AWAY”It was the end for me. His men dragged me and jerked me in a small prison. My missteps caused my ill fortune to be thrown in this cell. It was hard to be optimistic in this situation. He kept me locked up for months without visiting me. He made me miss my meals eve...

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“It takes us” by Niovi Tupay

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June 16th, 2021 17:00 pm.  My dad was standing in front of the fireplace contemplatively. I caressed the freshly painted wall. A trace of the tangerine paint stayed on my finger. “So it’s finally ready?” I asked, “No,” he replies looking at me. “What do you mean no? What else does it take to build this home?” “It takes us.” July 23rd, 2018 13:00 pm. It was so hot outside. The hottest day of the summer I had ever felt. Heat sticking to your skin; almost tearing through it. I was walking along the seaside pathway which ran in front of m...

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“Deadly Vintage” by Stephen Lavelle

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Deadly Vintage ...Later Head sideways on the table, the bottle of wine looks as if it’s been glued at right angles to a cliff of very expensive mahogany from this angle. If I could move I’d finish the bloody thing now and be damned. No chance. My days of luxuries such as voluntary movement and breathing, it would seem, are soon to be behind me. Shame; I was rather enjoying the wine. Hang on. Look. There’s my hand in front go my face, partially obscuring the booze. One finger is tapping out a random beat. I wonder… With a bit of experime...

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“Nanomónestôtse Box Canyon ” by George Georgerfrost@gmail.com

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It was too late.  There was nothing he could do.  As a spotter on the ridge he watched in horror as the nineteen man firefighting crew went into Nanomónestôtse Box Canyon and did not come out.  Nothing but smoke remained along with the husks of cottonwood and mesquite trees that were still smoldering.  Helicopters hovered over the last place the crew had been seen alive before the distress call went out.   He cried out to the gods who didn’t listen as the fire swept through the canyon at a speed pushed by the h...

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“It all ends” by Leah VanHoose

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It wasn't dark like she believed it would be. Actually, it was super fucking bright. She knew she was dying, no more oxygen and it was making it hard to think. She couldn't feel it but was aware of it. You know, like when there's something you forgot to do but you know it had to be done? It's just that feeling. It's kind of like a shedding of a skin or a layer or a peel. It's weird however you want to describe it. Death is so scary because we don't know what is next. Kinda the same with life except we feign control of life. Death is like no...

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“Six Stories From Supremecy” by Joe Swanson

Submitted to Contest #89

I can see him in the window across from me. I’m in my boss’s office on the sixth floor. He’s visiting his friend, Miss Adelphia James. What kind of friends they are is none of my business. The only reason I pay the least bit of attention, is that Bill Rumford Jr, had me killed. “Oh, wait a minute,” I can hear people saying… But it’s true. He didn’t have the guts to do it himself, so he got One Eyed Johnny Bishop to do it. He knew Johnny could get close to me. I don’t blame Johnny. I should have se...

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“Seering Into Evil...” by Lennox Ducksworth

Submitted to Contest #89

His limp corpse started to grow cold. The echo of the gunshots dissipated after a minute. The fleeing birds and howl of wolves faded soon after. I couldn't stop staring down at him. The heavy revolver almost dropped out of my hand until I came back to reality and slipped it back in my pocket. The bundling storm of nerves causing jitter finally faded. All he was now was a corpse. Another slab of meat in the lonely cabin in the middle of a winter wilderness. The old crone was just another elderly that would have another funeral with people all...

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“Falling in Love” by Fatima Abbas

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It is really hard to accept your fate when you are going through difficult times, but it is even harder when you know that the undesirable fate is just because of your stupidity. He was pacing fast, to and fro with a bottle of beer in his hand, thinking about why he could not understand everything and let it slip through his fingers. He punched at the door. He was unable to think, how he could not have felt it before.Why? He wondered to himself. Why did I do this? Why did she not listen to me? But he knew, he could not make her responsi...

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“The Coherent Lovers ” by Toni Whitman

Submitted to Contest #89

"Will you honor me, your husband???"Francisco said to Francine."Yes, I will"Francine said to Francisco."Will you honor me, your wife???"Francine said to Francisco."Yes, I will"Francisco said to Francine.These two lovers were finally together holding each other's hands, and their love ignited the flame of the candle once again.So you see...Their endless love for one another was still abundantly flowing.As their hearts skipped so many glorious beats, and with each dub their hearts were now glowing.Oh! for this is their true love story...Which ...

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“The Broken one” by Shareen Aqueel

Submitted to Contest #89

You're lying, Hannah interrupted. You don't do this to someone. You're not allowed to. And because no one deserves to be treated like this. Why are you here now? When me and Mom have gone through everything alone. Where were you then?, she was saying as tears were rolling down her cheeks.He was crying too. His hair, all messed up and his beard looked like he hadn't shaved for a long time.I am sorry, he whispered.N-No you're not, she was speaking in a broken voice. Like every part of her heart has shattered.**She was sitting in her ...

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“Abigail” by Rahnyah Stormyst

Submitted to Contest #89

The white-haired Cardinal made his way to the woman's cell to escort her to the gallows. The stone walls were damp with moisture as he proceeded down the stairwell, edging ever closer to Abigail. The young woman paced back and forth with desperate anxiety. The babe in her belly had been growing ever bigger. With a clank of keys, she heard her abuser coming towards her. Her heart froze in her chest as she realized that, his abuse would never be known to the world. The Cardinal stood before her, holding out his deep garnet ring for her to kiss...

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“The Long Goodbye” by Tricia Shulist

Submitted to Contest #89

T-Plus Seven MonthsIt was close to four in the morning, and I was sitting in my backyard, looking up to the night sky, and glass of merlot on the table beside me. She'd been gone seven months, and I missed her. I know I’m not the only person who is missing someone because they are gone, forever, but at that moment, sitting in my backyard, I believed that no one else could feel as lonely as I did.I scanned the sky. There was a sliver of a moon. I could see Orion’s Belt, Betelgeuse, Sirius. Venus and Mercury were huddl...

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“The Bridge” by Paul Snawder

Submitted to Contest #89

The Bridge He gave the city his final look of despair, shook his head and removed himself from the last bridge he’d ever climb. Once, a long time ago, he used to follow dreams, chase rainbows, and climb bridges. At first, it was just a mere fascination with height or maybe a feeling of power being high above the rest of the miserable world. Late at night when they were all asleep, he would slip in the night to his bridge and moving in time with the soft murmur of the waters below, he slowly began his ascent.  Carefully as not to be ...

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