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Write a story where a character runs into someone they’ve seen in their dreams, or enters a building they’ve dreamt about before.

Posted in High School on Oct 26, 2022

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“The Dreams In The Morning” by DEACTIVATED ACCOUNT

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I fish out my pen and halt, mind drowning somewhere. I notice that I’ve been looking at the mirror for a while now. Eyelids are getting too heavy to open properly. I look horrible. Overgrown hair and the wholesome look of two weeks of sleeplessness. No breathtaking beauty was there to begin with. The circles around my eyes are dark as charcoal. I turn away from inspecting my face, which looked as if the skin was shrinking and wrapping the skull, because I look ugly whether I know it or not.I shove my focus back to what I was doing, jolting d...

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“Elixon” by Kirrtanaa Thanesh

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I was in a building. “Elixon” read the sign on the building. There were up to 15 floors. I walked into an elevator and pressed the button that had the number ‘1’ engraved upon it. The doors shut and opened. It was just rooms. I pressed the button that said ‘2’. It was just another floor of rooms.         I tried the third, fourth, fifth until the fourteenth floor but they were just rooms. I pushed my finger on the button that said “15” and the door shut. Before I could see what was on the other side,...

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“The Echoes In Our Heart” by Stephanie O'Brien

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I stand before the charred ruins, taking in their crumbling blackness with wide, wondering eyes. This is where it all began. This is how I got my heart. I’ve been told not to enter this house; it’s still dangerous. Four people died within these walls, but I have to see it. I have to know. Even if I can never bask in its warmth, I have to at least see the remnants of this place that has haunted my dreams. I need to know if it’s real. The remains of the front door were removed after the fire, and the hallway beyond is a dark, regretful e...

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“His blur” by Fresh Start0

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The briefcase was cold in his hand. It was like the cold that brushed his shoulders as he stepped outside. A cold night, a lucid moon, heaven’s eyes shone in the black as a divine watchful mother surveying her children-the stars. The shades of glasses were like fathomless pits, the empty pits of the moon. It had seen too much. It reflected the ever streams of silver light as he swiftly vanished from her sight. A smudged dark blur.  “Order! Order!”   The hammer in one fist and the ri...

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“A Good Citizen” by You'd Think A Writer Would Have A More Creative Name .

Submitted to Contest #103

1257 wordsRated PG; pain, violencePrompt: Write a story where a character runs into someone they've seen in their dreams, or enters a building they've dreamt about before.I’m walking to the grocery store, just a block away from home, when they sharply turn the corner. I can’t get a good look at them. All I see is a blonde head--wet and messy--and sweat dripping from a face obscured by shadows. Those are the features I can make out on the figure before they bash their head into mine.I fall backwards. It feels more like flying than falling. So...

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“The Circle” by F. G.

Submitted to Contest #103

 I only saw it out of the corner of my eye. When I picked it up, it looked like a photograph of a man and me. It was noticeably aged, slightly tinted yellow, and frayed on the edges. It looked like it had been lying on the sidewalk for years. I turned it over and noticed something written on the back. "Start at the beginning." Ok, this is a logically sound sentiment, but a few details would be helpful. I prefer names and dates. I turned the corner to go into the coffee shop where I usually have breakfast. At the counter was the man in t...

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“Espen's Enigma” by Andrea Magee

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It could happen to anyone right? Reality become distorted. Or no maybe just to me. I feel like I fell down the rabbit hole. Do you have a few minutes? Can I tell you what happened to me the other day?My name is Espen by the way. What's yours?So the other day I woke up feeling disoriented. I blinked several times and shook my head to clear the fog. I looked at my damp and tangled bed sheets and realized that I had dreamed. How many times was it now, five, no six times now the same dream. It was weird.I rubbed my eyes; still blurry with sleep ...

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“No Lesson Can Save Me” by Chloe B

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*CW- Themes of suicide and attempted suicide*I was standing on a cliff. The wind blew in every which way, yet I couldn’t feel my clothes ruffle against my skin or my hair tickle my ears. I could see color, yet the colors weren't distinct. I could hear the waves crashing against the bluff, yet I couldn’t smell the saltiness of the ocean below me. I looked up into the cloudy sky and noticed a crow soar off into the distance. A single raindrop fell on my forehead, and many more followed.I gazed back down, and standing next to me was a...

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“Just a Dream... Right?” by Amy Jayne Conley

Submitted to Contest #103

I’m running. I know, a little Forrest Gump, but I’m literally running. Except I’m not getting anywhere. My legs are like lead, and I can’t seem to move them fast enough. I’m tired, so tired… behind me, there’s a dark figure following me. I’m terrified, the scenery around me growing darker. I slow to a walk, because running clearly isn’t working. I’m not short of breath, but the sense of pure fear is crippling my lungs, the air thinning around me. Suddenly, a pair of hands close around my throat, and I start to scream, but the air is too th...

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“Reincarnation ” by Hayame Michiko

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Do you believe in reincarnation? Do you believe that people, will be reborn as a new person? Well, I don't believe in those. The concept itself is beautiful. Being able to be reborn as a whole new person, free from the sins of your past and given a second opportunity to live a better live. Isn't it beautiful? It really gave people motivation. Some form of hope, that maybe one day, they'll be born into a better being. Better. Stronger. Enough for someone they love. Worthy of love. But the fact that it's probably just a myth still stand t...

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“The Broken Arrow Premonition ” by Eric D.

Submitted to Contest #103

It's 7:30 A.M. on March 10th in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Special Agent Detective Margaret sat in a small almost vacant diner waiting for her new partner to arrive. Sheriff Black Crow walked out of his patrol vehicle in a very composed manner with his heavy brown leather boots. He entered and tilted his hat to the waitress across the room, then joined the young blonde woman sitting at the booth by the window seat."Hey there, I figured you'd be wanting to meet in T-Town instead", he sat down opposite Margaret and placed his wide brimmed wh...

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“The Castle in the Woods” by Dhruv Srivastava

Submitted to Contest #103

Wet soil crunched beneath his feet as he made his way through the woody underbrush of the forest. Small sticks and moss covered rocks slipped and cracked under his heavy brown boots, and his walking stick left little imprints in the soft ground before he was about to step, warning the unseen critters in front of him where his heavy feet would land next. The steely gray day was damp, and had the warmth of a late spring morning in the north, just clinging to winter’s last breath. It had rained the night before, and that meant the conifers abov...

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“Regret” by Danny G

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The building loomed ahead of me, dark blue, almost black in the foggy night. Only the pale light from a single street light illuminating it. The streets were empty of all but two cars; to my left was a white van, missing a wheel and left for the scavengers of the street to pick clean. The side panels had been graffitied with the tags of the local artists. On my right was a red sedan, almost too good to be in this rubbish-strewn street and I gave it a passing glance as I passed by, catching my reflection in the passenger window. I stopped, su...

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“Magic inside” by Sasmita Sahoo

Submitted to Contest #103

Urban life is very hectic and annoying. Big towers, crowd, traffic and noise make you live in a confined area. Greenery is only constricted to parks. People are so busy in collecting money that they forget about their heart. Amelia never wanted to live like this. She could never imagine herself among heartless people. Destiny has her own way and man has to follow it. It was a sunny day,Amelia was walking through a busy street of Florida thinking of the movie she saw recently. She stopped near a big door. Instead of searching a calling b...

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“The Tomb of Gold” by Marcus N

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He stumbled from the darkness, through the heavy stone doors, and into the tiled marble floor, his legs trembling from the steep climb, his shoulder still aching from where the branch had struck him. He was more exhausted than he had ever been before...but as he swiveled his head to view the vast room he had just stepped into, with its glittering gold pillars and marble dome ceiling that stretched to the sky...he felt a feeling of immense ecstasy and relief wash over him...for he was, at last, in the place that could change his life forever....

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