Set your story in a countryside house that’s filled with shadows.

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“True Colors” by Cooper Cabana

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“Isn’t it the most gorgeous color you’ve ever seen?” Daisy grinned as she stepped back to eye the newly-painted pale yellow wall more carefully. Her husband, Walter, came to stand beside her and slipped an arm around her waist. She rested her head on his broad shoulder. “What do you think we’ll have? A boy or a girl?” Walter asked wistfully, his lively hazel eyes shining with excitement. “Oh I hope it’s a boy. He could help you with the farming when he’s old enough.” Walter beamed at the idea. “Or he could be my apprentice onc...

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“The Wardrobe” by J.A. Blackmore

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I breathed a sigh. This was it. This was the house. My parents had sent me to the English countryside because I could use the fresh air. But really, it was because of me. They considered me an embarrassment.But you can’t blame them. It wasn’t my fault trouble found me wherever I went. But then again, it did make like more exciting. And I liked to live in the wild.Don’t worry. Not the literal wild, I mean I like to live on the wildside. Besides, animals had always been my friends. They were the only ones who actually listened to me, without t...

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“What it takes to see the light” by A. Kangiser

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Jeb leans back against the wall and cocks the hammer on his double-action revolver. The click~click his pistol makes gives him a sense of false security. Sweat drips down into his eyes causing his vision to blur. He is upstairs lying on his side in the moonlit hallway between the bathroom and bedroom door. The rustle of leaves can be heard skittering across the roof just beyond the peak. “Show yourself.” Jeb yells down to the floor below.No answer comes as lightning cracks a brilliant tear in the sky, illuminating the entire house....

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“The locket ” by Anna Tishchenko

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Samantha did not want to go the country for the weekend. It would mean an entire three days of no cell service and no contact. She was pretty sure that Grandma didn’t even have a phone out there in what she liked to call old bat country. This was not a kind thought, she knew, but Sam didn’t care much. She just wanted three things out of life. She wanted to be famous, adored and never bored. This had become her catch phrase and she would strike a pose, as if for a photo, snapping her fingers and making ‘the face’. Co...

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“The world of Darkness. ” by Salo Vibes

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The darkness. It filled every hope with worries. Every smile turned dark. Raindrops became silent in fear of being seen. And the shadows awakened. When I asked my mother why the night was dangerous, she would reply to me with a shake of her head, "There is a reason why children are afraid of the dark. A reason why monsters hide in closets during the day." I'd always wondered why people hid in their homes when the sun began to set. I always wanted to know. It had been a law in our state to not stay past 9:00 pm. The ones who did were never th...

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“Unseen Shadows” by Athena Ember Antigone

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"Lucinda! We're leaving, come on!""I'm coming!" I yelled to my dad."I can't believe it... We're actually leaving. It seemed like a dream until now," I thought to myself as I took my final look around my bear room. My posters are gone, my bed and dresser taken. Everything is gone, my walls look so bear, except for one picture. I stare at it walking slowly to the wall. I take the pin out of it and the picture. I hold the small photo in my hands and try my hardest to hold in the tears. My mother was so beautiful and kind. Why was she taken so s...

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“Click” by Pamela Zero

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Click Pamela Zero The sounds ratcheted through the empty house. A click, a pop, then a slow hissing that whispered into silence. Karr sat in the corner of the front room and watched shadows shimmer and dance around her. She hugged herself, wrapping her arms around her thin frame, holding still. Her jaw jutted out. Moon faced, her father used to call her. She searched the shadows and wondered if one of them was him. He had been in the car with her. Sunlight streamed in from the front picture window, but the sha...

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“One With the Shadows” by Pako Dunwhile

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Something was always off with the ol' Grandier house. Neighbors went out of their way to avoid the place. The structure was a stunning, two story, white with red finish, farm house on twenty acres that used to grow all manner of beans. The soil had long ago been overrun with weeds and natural vegetation. Workers had long stopped showing up for work long before Mrs. Helen Grandier passed away a week back. Some said her passing was of old age, counting 178 years. Others said that she didn’t die, as much as, walked herself into the underworld. ...

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“Remembering Elodie ” by Lavender Z

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Elodie's house was filled with shadows. A city of intricate spider webs gleamed in the darkness like a necklace strung with tiny pearls. The creak of every floorboard whispered ¨ abandoned¨ with each step. there was a hole in the ceiling with mismatched buckets clustered underneath, a lonely raindrop drip-drip-dripping into one. Mia’s mother assured her this was just an example of Elodie's senility, something made on urge- a final gasp of air inflamed by broken memories and the fear of being forgotten. She can remember th...

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“Shadow You, Shadow Me” by Jennifer Dowdell

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Unbelievable! Another boring stay at the family Country Inn, Becca thought, as her father turned the old station wagon fossil into the pebble stone driveway. Why are we back again so soon, she thought. They'd just spent the entire month of June there and she wasn't eager to return, especially with Autumn on the cusp of blissful change. It was her favorite time of the year and she'd miss the annual Fair back home. Fall, she thought, had a special smell and feel, all it's own. It was a time for fresh beginnings and a renewing of all things old...

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“The Forester-Smythe Home for Friendly Shadows” by Seyna Elizabeth

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Shiloh Forester-Smythe shivered as a ghost moved through her before digging her hands back into the pie crust she was kneading. Shy was in her twenties, composed of golden curls and a sweet round face and eyes too big and too blue to ignore in most settings. She was short but carried herself as if she were seven feet tall and by the time they left her company, most people would remember her being larger than life. But above all, she was warm. Shy had always been warm and kind since she could remember and that made her what she was: a witch...

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“the shadows” by Pedro Garcia Lino

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This wasn't so long ago, I and my partner were sent to investigate this house in the countryside. At first, we were like why would they assigned something so simple like a house to us. We started reading the reports and found something disturbing that all the people that have entered that house have died but the most disturbing part is that they got their ears ripped off, no eyes, no tongue. We accepted this case because we didn't want to bring the FBI into it also because we would feel the guilt of leaving a case this horrendous. We w...

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“House of Shadows” by Erika Crowley

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The cool morning breeze wafts in through the slightly ajar window, interrupting the stagnant bedroom. The shades drawn almost all the way down impede the brilliant sunshine from entering. Therefore, the room remains shrouded in darkness. It is the way he prefers it. Thomas Patrick groans throatily as he gradually registers that he is still alive. Another morning awoken to his miserable surroundings. The emptiness of the bedroom hides any sign of character. Grey walls, a twin-sized bed with faded blue sheets, a single dresser. No photos, no b...

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“The Haunting In Star Junction ” by Sherri Granato

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Founded in 1893, Star Junction today is a quiet village with a population of roughly six hundred people. The neighborhood consists of duplex-style houses that were built for coal mining families. The village is located just off of highway 51 in Fayette County, between Perryopolis and Smock, Pennsylvania is an unincorporated community that sits in the heart of Perry Township and was once home to a bustling coal-mining center. The beehive ovens came into place when the Washington No. 2 mines opened. The coke ovens can be seen nestled alo...

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“Lost in the Shadows” by J.B. Dixon

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“Come on, Mort! I’m tired and wanna get some sleep!”“Mellow out, Lara! These bags ain’t exactly light, you know. You’d think we were staying here for a month instead of a fortnight.”“A girl’s gotta be prepared for anything, honey.”“You said it, sister.” Julie walked up next to Lara. “You never know when a party might break out.”“A party? Out here? You’ve gotta be kidding me.” Mikey groaned, carrying about as many bags as his brother. “Thought we all came out here for a break from London, not to party.”“True but who's to say we can’t have fun...

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Set your story in a countryside house that’s filled with shadows.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 170 stories

“True Colors” by Cooper Cabana

“The Wardrobe” by J.A. Blackmore

“What it takes to see the light” by A. Kangiser

“The locket ” by Anna Tishchenko

“The world of Darkness. ” by Salo Vibes

“Unseen Shadows” by Athena Ember Antigone

“Click” by Pamela Zero

“One With the Shadows” by Pako Dunwhile

“Remembering Elodie ” by Lavender Z

“Shadow You, Shadow Me” by Jennifer Dowdell

“The Forester-Smythe Home for Friendly Shadows” by Seyna Elizabeth

“the shadows” by Pedro Garcia Lino

“House of Shadows” by Erika Crowley

“The Haunting In Star Junction ” by Sherri Granato

“Lost in the Shadows” by J.B. Dixon

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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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