End your story with a truth coming to light.

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“Fish Under the Water” by Blueberry Elf

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I walk into his bedroom and his absence fills the space. With him, he has taken the breath out of the room, and just like him, it will never return. It is left lifeless, not like a battleground is lifeless, but like a wall is lifeless. I run to shut the window, forbidding the wind to distribute his scent throughout the streets, allowing his aura to dissipate and be broadcasted to any passerby that Danny is gone. Crawling into his unmade bed, I bury myself in the quilts. I fight to hold onto his smell the way one fights to hold on to a bar of...

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“Little Black Book” by Emma McManus

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A melodic shrill woke me from my sleep. I wasn’t long in bed, having just completed a nightshift. I turned onto my back and rubbed my eyes as a single line of sunlight leaked through my curtains. I turned my head to see my phone lighting up on my beside table. The melodic shrill that had woke me was my ringtone. I must have forgotten to put it on vibrate. I grunted and glanced at the screen just in time to see that it said private number. I often got private number calls, it came with the territory of being a Doctor but if it ...

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“Twisted Lives” by Nataleigh Sandberg

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Kaine walked out of her car, slamming the car door and locking it. She bit back a few words burning on her tongue as her younger brother greeted her at the door. "Sup, sis," Noah said, dragging his hand through his dark wavy hair. "Sheesh, what's bugging you today?" "Nothing's bugging me," Kaine said simply, sidestepping Noah and entering the house. "Uh huh. Riigghht. Sure." Noah rolled his eyes and closed the door behind her. "Will you just shut it?" Kaine barked, annoyed, as she set her purse down on the island. Noah followed her into the ...

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“Water Bubbles ” by Anna Tishchenko

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Arletta was made for the rain. Not for her the sunny bright cheerful days that her peers so enjoyed. Rain made her feel cozy and comforted even when she had to be out in it. For her, everything felt closer, within reach. She had discovered, when she was very young that if she sat quietly and closed her eyes, she could actually feel the water as it made its way from heaven to earth. As she got older, she would reach out with her thoughts to the highest peak of the thunder cloud. She would choose one individual drop and track it, feeling the r...

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“Siren Song” by Brenna Enos

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Visiting the old beach house this summer was supposed to be a good chance to get away from it all. By “it all”, I mean my dad. He died four months ago, but he’s still everywhere. I saw him in his favorite chair that sits in the corner of the living room. I saw him in his jacket that still hangs in the closet at home. It smells like the cinnamon gum he always used to chew. Sometimes, when my mom’s at work, I would sneak into the coat closet and bury my face in it, trying to remember him at his b...

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“Illusions” by Robert Consiglio

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"The time may come when fantasy will become reality and reality shall become fantasy. Rare will be the person able to discern the difference.” -Author unknown “Good morning Jacob, did you sleep well?” says a brassy voice. Jacob Macpherson rubs his eyes and stares at the central control panel opposite him. He notes the time: 0600. “No, Max,” says Jacob. “I am sorry to hear that, Jacob. Would you like a be...

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“Toxic Veil” by Tim Gorringe

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Anne woke at 12:40 am. Through the darkness of the bedroom she starred at the street-light silhouettes of the lace curtains and the potted plants. Her eyes were stinging. Her throat was raw and breathing was painful. Her body was drenched in sweat and convulsing with cramps. Her mind was racing, what's happening, what's wrong? She rolled over onto her stomach. She dropped one foot over the bed's mattress onto the cold floor. She stretched her arm across the bedside table and slowly pushed her body upright. Her breathing was shallow and her h...

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“The grass was tall” by Mali Bella

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The story starts in this old house with two old people in old chairs. Watching the sunset as they did so many years ago. And as they'll do till the end. "Do you remember the summer?" he asked. "How could I ever forget?" he smiled. Years ago... Tall grass was waving, the wind was flitting and romping like a child which gets a new toy. Two persons were wading through the fields and meadows. If you would come closer you could see it were two boys probably around 18 years old. The two boys were going from a school with schoolbags on their bac...

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“The Dawn of Justice” by OPHOKE LEONARD

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Chapter 1 Before the back becomes so tired, nature never ceases to surprise the one carrying the load by easing it with a lighter one. No matter the difficulty in realizing that what is black is black; honey is honey not sugar, waiting for the day when the ears will only hear, the tongue to say only the exact of what it tasted, the nose to proclaim what it smelled; the eyes of the blind world will see again and walk in the light of justice. 40 years before the present, Lima was banished for the murder of her husband, D-Jero and she abandone...

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“THE FORTUNE COOKIES” by Mousumi Biswas

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THE FORTUNE COOKIES Ashok was born in a family of very humble means. His father, Bhola,worked in a bakery and his mother ,Maya , was a house maid. Bhola and Maya worked tirelessly to bring up their children, son Ashok and a daughter, Tara . They worked hard to provide the best facilities and education for their children. Tara was a bright and confident child , but Ashok was shy and reticent since childhood , both at home and school. As years passed, he became more reserve...

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“Brilliant Truth” by Rebecca Thibodeaux

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Secrets are powerful things. They can offer hope, or destroy everything that someone has meticulously built. Everyone has secrets, and we are all fighting to protect this dark private corner of our soul. Hidden details affect every part of our existence, guiding our actions so that we can conceal that which lies in the shadows waiting to condemn. The problem is: what do you do when your secret is revealed? Does it defer its power to the person who now holds knowledge of your unspoken past? Does its power fizzle away, and yo...

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“Darkness into Light” by Charisa Tullos

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Deep. Dark. No end. No light. Trapped in a bottomless pit.This was exactly what a seventh grade girl named Crystal was experiencing because her sister was about to leave for college.Crystal had been dreading this moment since she found out her sister was going to attend a school in Oklahoma instead of Virginia where their immediate family was. Well, most of their immediate family. Crystal’s older brother lived in Oklahoma ever since he began college there nearly four years ago. Besides him, all of Crystal’s family lived in Virginia because t...

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“Mother and Daughter” by AddieD ❤️❤️

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Kara looked at the dark, gloomy walls of her cell. Usually, they were an ever-present reminder of the limited freedom Kara had, how she was stuck in a jail cell, forced to live out a sentence she didn't deserve.But today, the walls were the last thing Kara was thinking about. Not even their blank, boring concrete could spoil her mood. A counselor was coming today to work at the juvenile prison.Of course, new people were a regular thing at Ember Island Juvenile Correctional Facility. Officers came and went, sometimes only staying an hour or t...

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“Et Obscuratus Filia” by Mia Marie

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BANG! A gunshot filled the air and breaks the silence in a small simple community in the midst of crowded city. It reached the ear of a young lady who’s on her meditation session inside their house on a man-made pond. Her cousin saw that it disturb her a bit, she remained peaceful and calm outside but not on the inside. “Criminals are freely roving around the community again. These past few days the criminal rates are getting high, as if there was a feast waiting for them here,” she said to herself. She inhaled and exhaled heavily, sign th...

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“My Beliefs, my Fears” by Adewuyi Aremu

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Everyone was asleep. Except me of course. A guest in the house, and I couldn’t sleep after a turbulent trip to the city. I was feeling sleepy, perhaps more than anyone else in this house, but I dared not sleep. Again and again, I opened my eyes and closed them back not just because I couldn’t figure out anything in the dark room, but also because I was being too necessarily nectophobic. Anybody in my shoes would be, given the mysteriously blatant noise that kept breaking into my eardrum. As if that was not enough, the booming was accompanied...

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End your story with a truth coming to light.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 184 stories

“Fish Under the Water” by Blueberry Elf

“Little Black Book” by Emma McManus

“Twisted Lives” by Nataleigh Sandberg

“Water Bubbles ” by Anna Tishchenko

“Siren Song” by Brenna Enos

“Illusions” by Robert Consiglio

“Toxic Veil” by Tim Gorringe

“The grass was tall” by Mali Bella

“The Dawn of Justice” by OPHOKE LEONARD

“THE FORTUNE COOKIES” by Mousumi Biswas

“Brilliant Truth” by Rebecca Thibodeaux

“Darkness into Light” by Charisa Tullos

“Mother and Daughter” by AddieD ❤️❤️

“Et Obscuratus Filia” by Mia Marie

“My Beliefs, my Fears” by Adewuyi Aremu

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Write a story that begins in the light and ends in darkness, or the other way around.

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Write a story set in a city where the power suddenly goes out, leaving everyone in darkness.

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