You live in a neighborhood where lots of people go out of town for the holidays. But lately, this has been resulting in an increased number of break-ins.

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“Maya’s Christmas Eve” by Vee CJ

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Noah loves sitting on the chair near the window in the living room. No other kids are living in that street. He is alone all the time. Books and toys are his only friends, but this chair and the view through the window is what keeping him more active in the evenings. Maya told him once that when the sun goes down, people take rest and sleep. He then turned off the light in the living room and showed her the world outside through the window. She never realized that her son observed the world way better than her. Now there are two chairs near ...

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“It's just HOME ALONE” by Amanda Mnguni

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It's just HOME ALONE>"Have you heard about the break in two houses from here!? This thing is going too far"Kaley badged inside my room without any care. That's my sister,my very loud sister."What?What happened?"I jumped from the bed looking at her. I'm waiting for some answers,she shakes her head glaring back at me."There's been a break-in two houses away from here, apparently they took everything,from the furniture to the clothes"She breath that out placing her hands on her hips"This people are imbecile!"Yeah they are."Again? That's absu...

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“Who is that?” by Scarlett Irrig

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I won’t say that I live in a city, nor in the country. Where I live is quite, it’s a small town. Not too many people but still enough to fill up a street. If there was ever an emergency my kids could easily run a few feet across the street to our neighbors house. The people around here are really kind. That's why I love this place. During the holiday season most of my neighborhood will go out to only god knows where. As more people leave to go on vacation, this one car shows up more often. I don't know who it is or what they want, so I just ...

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“The Holiday Hijacker” by Minttu Naukkarinen

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No matter how much Lana Bentley wanted to believe her Christmas wish to be one of a kind, there was no denying that she had reached the peak of her teenage years when she announced her desire to get a break from her family. No fretting mother, no eye-roll-inducing dad jokes, no annoying little brother — just a moment of peace to herself. To anyone outside the angsty girl's own bubble, it sounded like a rather self-centered wish, but to her, it was more than sensible.And by some miracle, the 16-year-old's wish came true on Christmas Eve when ...

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“Christmas Change” by Jamie Shaw

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Our friends Nila and Greg are the reason we are apart of this wonderful neighborhood. We transferred five years ago and there are no regrets. These tree-lined streets with houses of all types: mid-century modern, Victorian, farm house, makes it whimsical and beautiful. We also have a tree house just off the cul-de-sac. It's quiet and safe. We have block parties, cookout, watch ballgames together. We couldn't ask for a better place.But, lately we are all on edge. There has been a string of robberies in our perfect neck of the world. Most of u...

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“I don’t know why they keep doing it” by Jimmie Perry

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For the past few years my neighbors (everybody in town considering there are only about 2,000 people in Shubawshubaw) have all been going out of town for the important holidays like Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Mother’s Day (would’ve said Easter but I stopped really caring about it when I got too old for my granma to give me a basket). They’ve been going out of town and whle most of them have been able to step right back into living their normal lives some of them have been forced to completely redecorate their homes. Usually redec...

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“Hindsight 2020. ” by Boston Chandler

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Hindsight 2020. The windows are boarded up like the Starbucks Reserve on Mayday. It’s not a hurricane and the Storm aren’t around anymore. Someone stealing your Amazon packages from your doorstep isn’t considered a break-in, is it? I’ve heard they are called Porch Pirates. That’s a stupid name. It’s like Jean Valjean except the bread is AirPods. I mean Santa breaks into everyone’s house, doesn’t he? And no one has a problem with that. Just because he leaves gifts instead of takes them doesn’t make it any less of a break ...

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“The Safest Neighborhood” by Paul Forster

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I don’t like to travel on holidays and Christmas is the worst, but the job in Sicily was too juicy to pass up. A nice half million profit for two days work made getting back on the solstice worth it. I saw him Saturday about midnight turning into my driveway. He stood out crouched behind Steve’s hedge across the street, the black he wore was different than the blacks in the hedge. I watched him check out several homes over the next five nights, but the Simpsons seemed his favorite. &...

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You live in a neighborhood where lots of people go out of town for the holidays. But lately, this has been resulting in an increased number of break-ins.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 23 stories

“Maya’s Christmas Eve” by Vee CJ

“It's just HOME ALONE” by Amanda Mnguni

“Who is that?” by Scarlett Irrig

“The Holiday Hijacker” by Minttu Naukkarinen

“Christmas Change” by Jamie Shaw

“I don’t know why they keep doing it” by Jimmie Perry

“Hindsight 2020. ” by Boston Chandler

“The Safest Neighborhood” by Paul Forster

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