A character stands in front of two doors. Write a story about what happens after they choose one to enter.

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“The Door of Death” by Serena Johnston

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Trigger warning: Death, blood and sadness Hazel and Jackson sat in front of their principal, Mr. Perkins, on a dais in the gym answering questions with their teammates. The two were part of an organisation inside their school board called Battle of the Books, and they had a team of four, named The Bookworms. The four people were Hazel, Jackson, an Asian-American girl named Kim, and a Canadian-born boy named Milo. They were a good team, and had made it to the finals. Now it was between them and one more team, The Speed Readers. "Come on guy...

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“The Door Not Taken” by Aditya Mishra

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There was a boy named Ben who was a young child of 15. He did not speak a lot but he sure enjoyed playing with his friends. This story is about him entering one of the most adventurous phases of his life, the first of many. It begins at his school, Stuard Elementary. His friends were asking him to go to an abandoned house with them and he said, “Okay, yeah sure- let’s go.” He and his 4 friends went to the abandoned house. The door was unlocked already, so they entered the house before all of them split up in groups. Ben chose to go alone, he...

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“Barn Doors” by Marcia H.

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What do you do when you think you’ve lost your mind? There it is again. The doors are there again and now the footsteps behind the doors are ringing in my mind. I can’t make it stop. What is happening to me? Who or what is behind the doors? Someone please make it stop. Make the footsteps stop. I raise my hands and scream to the heavens in the sky to make the doors go away and the noise stop but it is useless. Nothing stops. It never does. The red door is on the right. The yellow door on the left. It is always the same. The door...

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“Nightmare Doors” by Pako Dunwhile

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Teili sat on the shallow, thin seated chair contemplating her alternately terrifying choices. Her thoughts long forgot about the combination of Lil Pops’ and L’Kesha’s blood and brain matter being matted in her sponge textured hair. She felt too broken to wipe their visceral off of her tear soaked face. Hours ago she had concluded that her end sensed to be likely near, so what was the point? She barely registered the stink of the dried bloody matter that wafted around her head. The room measured as big as the walk in closet her millionaire...

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“Nothing to Fear” by Navneeth N

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It’s pitch black. I can’t see anything, save for my own hands. I run them along the walls, which are cool to the touch. It sends a shiver down my spine, and I clutch my shoulders, trying to conserve some warmth. I walk further down the hallway, and the sound of my boots landing echoes throughout the air. Light reaches my eyes, and I walk faster. Soon, I find myself in a large room that is brightly lit. I can see the passageway that I came from: a pitch black, looming, hallway. In front of me are two doors. One is bright p...

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“Chen Lun Ki ” by Marie McLaughlin

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Chen Lun Ki worked with his father and his 2 brothers on his family's farm while his mother cooked the Rice for supper. Chen Lun Ki picked Pears and put them in his Bamboo basket until the Basket was full. Chen's older brother Ha Jung Ki harvested Radishes and sowed seeds for new Radishes, and his other older brother Tong Ren Ki was in charge of tending to the Chickens, harvesting eggs and prepping the Chickens that couldn't lay any more. Chen's father tended to the Cabbages. After a humble supper of Rice, Radishes and Chicken, the famil...

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“The Dream Space” by Bree Kokiri

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“She always does this to me, I’m stuck between a rock and a hard place once again.” I raged, deep in thought. “Sophia where ARE you! Enough now, come out! It’s time to go back!” I screamed. But my words just echoed into the darkness of the dream space. It’s getting late. The sun will be up any minute. Damn that girl, she always fooling around, never thinking of the consequences. MY consequences, since I’m always the rescuer behind her ill thought out adventures. “Sophie I’m leaving you here if you don’t show yourself right now! I mean it thi...

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“Fate” by Riana Trevino

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I stand in front of two doors; they are all I know. The one to my left is painted pink- a bright, rosy hue that hurts my eyes to peer at for too long. The knob is worn and withered, oils from hands before me have since tarnished its color. There is a chip in the bottom right corner where it connects to the frame that holds it. I shift my eyes a few inches to the right and am met with the image of the other door. It is a dark, navy blue. This, too, I am unable to stare at for longer than mere seconds- the color tempting me to sink to my k...

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“Two Sides To Every Story” by Katie Black

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The earliest memories I have all include my sister Allison. We have been best friends since the day we were born. Oh yeah. I probably should have mentioned that we are twins. We both have dark red hair and hazel blue eyes. We're almost completely identical except my eyes are a little bigger than hers and she has more freckles than me. But until you really know us you can’t tell. We have always been very close. We did everything together. Ally and I lived with our mom in Portland, Tennessee. Our mom was a senior in high school when she...

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“The Hunting” by Bimal Nair

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“ Why did I choose to investigate this case?” Akash thought to himself, with fear and grief echoing inside him like crazy. He had just woken up, and was feeling somewhat dizzy after the hard hit on his head. He searched for the proofs that they had collected, but it was nowhere to be found. The murderer had trapped him perfectly. And now he was completely stuck in a room, which had a bathtub behind him, reeking with blood and flesh of those people who were the mad man’s victims. There were two doors in front of him. A soft voice came from ...

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“The Middle Ground” by Ander Hillyer

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Trigger Warning: Some hints at domestic violenceThere was no sound besides the low, constant clacking of my feet on the stone brick paving. I didn’t remember how I got here, or why I had come. I look behind my shoulder, expecting to see the passageway continue in the opposite direction, but after every step I took, the bricks faded into blackness. As I walked, I recalled my most recent memory. The darkness of our bedroom broken by the light from the hallway, the smell of stale booze, the sounds of his angry shouts. Fresh tears replaced the d...

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“OPENING THE RIGHT DOOR” by Sivaram Govindaraj

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Reading the prompt made me think of the famous novel LADY OR THE TIGER By Stockton: A certain king to punish crimes would place the offender in an arena with two doors. Behind one of them is a hungry tiger, behind the other a beautiful maiden. The offender would take his chance to wed or be devoured by the tiger depending on which door he chose to open signifying happiness or ruin. We face many dilemmas in life: Which property do I buy? Which woman do I marry and so on. In the process some face the hungry tiger. I will tell you about&n...

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“White Space” by Brianne Datiles

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When that Seraph agreed to transport me to a “White Space”, I didn’t expect the name to be so appropriate. Here, a single, homogenous void stretches in all directions. Looking down, my gut drops. I wouldn’t have been able to tell I was standing on the ground without feeling it pushing back against my boots. The unsettling lack of a shadow doesn’t help to improve my disorientation either. This definitely tops the list of strange places I’ve been to. Sorry, Cheese Canyon, your charming gouda walls just can’t beat this. The Doors don’t s...

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“Dilemmas, decisions and consequences” by Sherry Monfils

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I don't know about what others feel toward "christianty," but I find myself confused on so many occasions. Should I believe in God? Should I believe in the Devil? I've over heard so many conversations on this subject by, yes-listening to others' conversations-my bad, lol. I hear people saying, " oh but by the grace of God, go I," or " the Devil is in the details" the last 1, is that good or bad, I mean the Devil is supposed to be bad, evil incarnate right? Why don't they just say, the bitch of it all is in the details? Why give the Devil a...

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“The Stiletto Proclamation ” by Louise Muller

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Floral and sweet fragrances sell unspoken promises. As I walk past the lush amount of perfume counters on the first floor of the department store, my senses are flooded with scents and images, each carrying silent vows of power. The massive images boldly sell illusions of what a real woman looks like. The perfumes, however, weave a subtle magic. Some promise the confidence to catch the man of your dreams. Others might promise to change you into a boss girl, the kind of woman who would turn heads and cause whispers and stares of admiration....

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A character stands in front of two doors. Write a story about what happens after they choose one to enter.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 237 stories

“The Door of Death” by Serena Johnston

“The Door Not Taken” by Aditya Mishra

“Barn Doors” by Marcia H.

“Nightmare Doors” by Pako Dunwhile

“Nothing to Fear” by Navneeth N

“Chen Lun Ki ” by Marie McLaughlin

“The Dream Space” by Bree Kokiri

“Fate” by Riana Trevino

“Two Sides To Every Story” by Katie Black

“The Hunting” by Bimal Nair

“The Middle Ground” by Ander Hillyer

“OPENING THE RIGHT DOOR” by Sivaram Govindaraj

“White Space” by Brianne Datiles

“Dilemmas, decisions and consequences” by Sherry Monfils

“The Stiletto Proclamation ” by Louise Muller

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Start your story with someone being presented with a dilemma.

Write a story about someone who’s extremely impulsive — or extremely indecisive.

Write about someone making a seemingly inconsequential decision, which goes on to have important consequences.

Write about someone finally making their own choices.

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