Set your story in a world where contacting the dead is as easy as making a phone call.

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“Dead Line ” by Quill Salem

Submitted to Contest #221

You know, contacting the dead really isn’t that difficult. Luca stared at the message on his screen. The famous paranormal researcher, Oliver Jinx, had a massive online following. So to reach out, and actually get an answer? Luca was floored. He was almost to the point of shaking with excitement while he typed up his response. What do you mean? I’ve tried for years but never gotten any response at all. After making sure he was saying what he wanted to, without wasting Dr. Jinx’s time, Luca hit send. He turned around to go back to his chor...

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“The Box” by Alivia Rozier

Submitted to Contest #221

“Okay, I have to call him.”I pinched my nose as my face curled at the smell of something rotting. I was already pissed that I had to clean out this stuffy attic, filled wall to wall with boxes and dusty sheets. It was the last part of the house we cleaned, and I wondered how we didn't notice the smell until now.If my mother was here, we could’ve used her help. The sweltering heat of the attic turned the stench into something of a drug, bringing on a lightheadedness and weak knees. I couldn’t stand it anymore, turning my body away and back to...

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“Never Trust A Red Pencil” by Layla El Banna

Submitted to Contest #221

CHAPTER ONE 1702, The Forest. The heavy rain spilled down intensely on people’s rooftops, in the dark and brooding forest. Lucy Misol shivered as she made her way through it, the rain like cool metal pressed to her cheeks. The night sky seemed to swallow everything up, blurring the miniscule houses and it was almost impossible to see anything through it. But she needed to find her home – one of the many cobblestone houses with green metal for roofs. These houses were only for the poor. Only for the people who didn’t have enough ...

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“Stay in touch” by Mounica Srinivas

Submitted to Contest #221

There are very few people who can find friends in their own families, and I am one of those. My father was my best friend, not like Lorelai in Gilmore Girls, and I don't think there is any movie that has shown it until now. He has been my best friend when my friends deceived me or when I needed an ear or a partner in crime. He has been there invariably. Losing that person can kill us. And it did. I am just alive physically, and I continue to do my part in this world as it is my responsibility; otherwise, I was gone when he left, too....

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“The Rolling Pin” by Karen Mobilia

Submitted to Contest #221

Sherry pounded both fists on a ball of dough to flatten it out before rolling it. She wasn’t going to bake bread, just roll the dough long enough to contact her dearly departed grandmother. The rolling pin had been the tool her grandmother used to make bread for the family when she was alive, but Sherry had found a different use for it. She discovered by accident that it had the ability to dial the dead one night when using it to roll dough. She was feeling sentimental and thought she might start baking bread as a family tradition...

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Set your story in a world where contacting the dead is as easy as making a phone call.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 35 stories

“Dead Line ” by Quill Salem

“The Box” by Alivia Rozier

“Never Trust A Red Pencil” by Layla El Banna

“Stay in touch” by Mounica Srinivas

“The Rolling Pin” by Karen Mobilia

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