Start your story with a character looking out of a window in the middle of the night.

Posted in Horror on Oct 25, 2022

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“EVERY OTHER NIGHT” by Elizabeth Adedokun

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It wasn't until I read in a magazine that a man dressed up his chicken, that I realized everyone has one weird hobby. I thought it was just me, but now I know better. My hobby is window staring, but since I work a day job, I can only stare at night. I stare through the window with several thoughts going through my mind. Some are fleeting, while some make me ponder. I look through the translucent glass to the busy and lighted street below. Touching my palms to the window, I move closer. My eyes briefly land on the ring my husband had given ...

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“Untold Stories” by Serwaa Dankyi

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Untold Stories What I had been longing for was finally here. I was to work with Jason on my class project. It meant I was going to be spending a lot of time with him. I couldn’t contain my excitement. Jason was my crush, and try hard as I might, I was never able to bring myself to have a casual conversation with him. I always hid anytime I saw him coming at a distance. But today, Providence had brought us together. I sat waiting for him in the empty classroom where we had agreed to meet up and ...

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“The Rounded Window of Opportunity ” by Skylar Brooks

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As the wind blew softly I took a deep breath sighing. A few stray strands of hair gently kissed my cheek. I looked onward out the rounded glass pane watching all of the small twinkles in the distance. I knew I needed to rest my weary eyes after the long journey to this new, but hopeful beginning. I had waited years to be able to move out to the country and start my own art studio. It was like a dream come true I thought smiling. As I thought about my new journey I listened to the distant soft gurgling creek, the small chatter of the crickets...

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“Everything Will Be Okay” by Bluma May

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I find I am most contemplative at night. The stillness of the house, which is so rarely present in the noise of my family life, finally stops by at night. So it feels like I'm walking through a dream every time I get out of the shower in the dark, and am met with such quiet surroundings. But I was jerked out of that dream by your knocking at my window. You know, I don't answer the door at night, that isn't my job. I don't let things into the house at times they shouldn't be near the house at all. Every time I hear a knocking past 9pm, it m...

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“Rangi” by VINODA REVANNASIDDAIAH

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RANGI If our window had not faced their kitchen window so directly, I would, perhaps, never have known so much about Rangi and that fiendish woman next door. Besides, mine is an old heart, nourished in the rustic warmth of the village where walls are no barrier and secrets never guarded. Though it has been years since we, my husband and I, have come to live with our son in the city, tell me, how could I have shut my ears and eyes when I heard that child shriek with pain, hardly a few feet away? Had I not known the gentle throb of a child’s h...

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“The Jovian's” by Riana Trevino

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The air is always heavier when plagued by the weight of the world. It was so thick; I felt like suffocating. Each breath felt like I was inhaling my own carbon dioxide- a stagnant, hot feeling. It swelled inside my lungs, poisoning every inch of my inner workings. I stuck my head out the window to no avail. The dense feeling was hard to overlook, but I managed. Droplets of condensation had built up across the pane- an homage to the dramatic contrast of temperature inside my own room compared to that of the outside. The consistent hea...

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“2 A.M. ” by Nikita Linivenko

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That 2 A.M. fresh air. Dignan is on the mattress beside me, struggling to get through Gravity’s Rainbow and giving up, getting no further than I did. My chin rests on the pane of an open window, my right arm extending onto the garage roof. I let the drops plop down from the eaves and soak the tip of my cig, and mingle with the grease in my hair. I stare at nothing in particular. Mostly streetlights shimmer in the lane. Rivulets gush along the curb and spill under manhole covers set into the sidewalk. Twice a car – different each time - plow...

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“Beyond the Glass” by Wahu Kariuki

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“Stand here. A little bit to the left. Not that much. Perfect.” She held his hand, trying to position him at the only vantage point she could, to show him what she saw in her head. “What am I looking at?” he asked, confusion evident in his tone. “That view,” she said, her eyes lost in whatever she was drawing his attention to, “it looks like heaven, feels like heaven. Imagine waking up every day to this.” He looked up at her. This was one of those few times she was propped on a higher surface and he had to look up instead of down, as he was...

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“The Insomniac” by Clara Martin

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Amber Rayne sits on her bed looking outside her window at the stars twinkling in the midnight sky. She's having another restless night of sleeplessness. Her mind is spinning thoughts a mile a minute. She watches as an ambulance goes by her window with lights flashing and sirens blasting loudly. The dogs in the apartment complex began to howl as the ambulance goes by. She hears scratching at the front door and goes downstairs to investigate the sound. When she looks out she sees a stray cat licking its paw and purring softly. She goes into he...

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“New Recruit” by Sylvia Lucas

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Michael had gone to bed at ten but he had not been able to sleep. He had lain on his back and rerun the day's events over and over, then he had spent an hour or so turning from side to side until the bed was in total disarray . Finally, he had got out of bed and walked to the window, through which a beam of moonlight was illuminating the room well enough to make out all the furnishings. He stood looking out at the full moon and the gentle, clean cloak it spread over the town. Everything appeared softer, without hard edges. The definition see...

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“Season of Change” by Amy Sutch

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Lyddie leaned her forehead against the cool window. It was a moonless night with the rain running in rivulets down the glass. This was the third night she’d woken up restless and worried. It was 3:00 am and she had to get up in 3 hours, but she was wide awake. The wind moved through the trees, splaying the branches like long, reaching arms. Normally the ping of the rain soothed her but not tonight, even her deep breathing exercises weren’t helping. School bills were going to be due soon. How was she going t...

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“The Back-up Dancer” by Martin Cambridge

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There she goes again. She thinks that because she is the lead dancer, she can do whatever she likes. Where is she going this time ? If she catches the Covid virus, she will have to self-isolate, and then I, her backup dancer, will have to take her place in the show. And it is not just one performance, but the show continues, without a live audience of course, for every day over Christmas and into the New Year. But I just want a rest. All this changing of the Covid rules, seemingly from day to day, is getting me ...

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“The Special Task Force” by Kyrian Chiemelie Offor

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Jessica Mbah was looking out of the window in the middle of the night to the upscale restaurant across the street. Her new apartment in Admiralty Way Lekki Phase 1 in Lagos, Nigeria was facing the restaurant and she immediately remembered Segun’s compliment to the waiter when they were there in the evening. “You guys have the best beef in the world." And she wondered why she remembered that compliment that minute.The restaurant was facing right before her master bedroom upstairs of her new apartment across the street; the dining section was ...

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“Dear Diary,” by Taiha Morton

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From the moment I woke up at 3:42 on Thursday, I knew the day would be full of trials of my patience. I woke up needing a drink of water, but went back to bed the night after wishing for a lobotomy. I moved slowly out of the tangle of blankets that told what my boyfriend and I engaged in last night. I didn’t want to wake Greg up, so I tiptoed downstairs to the kitchen where much needed hydration was waiting. Many counters caused me bruises on my hips from attempting to traverse my new house in the darkness, and it took all my control ...

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“Ascension” by Miriam Ngatia

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LOCATION: TREETOPS LODGE, ABERDARE RANGES FOREST, CENTRAL KENYA YEAR: 1952 It’s a cloudless starry night. It is pitch dark and silent. The air is chilly. The only sounds that can be heard are the sporadic high pitched laughs from some hyenas close by. As I look out the window, I am grateful to be here in the Aberdare Ranges forest, miles away from a world that has so many demands and expectations. I am so exhausted that I should still be asleep. The ‘animal sighting’ buzzer woke me up. Earlier, I was asked by the lodge staff,...

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Start your story with a character looking out of a window in the middle of the night.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 340 stories

“EVERY OTHER NIGHT” by Elizabeth Adedokun

“Untold Stories” by Serwaa Dankyi

“The Rounded Window of Opportunity ” by Skylar Brooks

“Everything Will Be Okay” by Bluma May

“Rangi” by VINODA REVANNASIDDAIAH

“The Jovian's” by Riana Trevino

“2 A.M. ” by Nikita Linivenko

“Beyond the Glass” by Wahu Kariuki

“The Insomniac” by Clara Martin

“New Recruit” by Sylvia Lucas

“Season of Change” by Amy Sutch

“The Back-up Dancer” by Martin Cambridge

“The Special Task Force” by Kyrian Chiemelie Offor

“Dear Diary,” by Taiha Morton

“Ascension” by Miriam Ngatia

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