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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“The Stars” by Emily Liu

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Looking out from my window, I see the stars. The beautiful stars that shone brightly in contrast to the dark night sky. They were all so different. All so special in their own way. Some shone more brightly. Some seemed to fade quietly into the background. Those are personalities. Unique to each individual. One of them is me. That one? The one that looks like it's waving? No, that is my friend. My friend whose personality brightens the day. That one that looks kinda quiet? No, that's my dead parents. Their quiet aura that brought calmness. Wh...

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“Outside My Window” by Mary Ellen Hulburt

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Its 3am on a sleepless night. The kids are in bed, and my husband is snoring like a bandsaw. I fixed myself a cup of herbal tea, thinking that maybe it would help me relax enough to sleep. Insomnia is a usual event lately. I struggle often with this obnoxious, invading event. As the tea pot on the stove boils, the hissing sound brings me back from my thoughts about what will I do tomorrow. Which, by the way, was really today. I laughed quietly to myself. It seems like an every night event, but this night seemed more disturbing than th...

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“Steps towards the new beginning” by Kalpana Shekhar

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On nights like these I feel like I don’t understand the meaning of being alive anymore, it’s as if I am looking through a window in the middle of night only to find, the world outside this window though bright and beautiful is one in which I don’t wish to survive. It’s been 6 years since that incident, Ah I am thinking about it again, just when will I learn. The scenes played itself in my mind like an old tape-recorded video. How can I not think about it, when I despise every drop of water that goes down my throat for the sake of staying ali...

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“A Long Night's Stroll” by Nadia Woods

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Every few minutes a car passed by the front window of Emilee’s darkened apartment, their headlamps lighting up the space despite being obscured by the falling rain. And every few minutes, Emilee feels a dull wave of pain in her lower abdomen, as if a single giant fist is slowing squeezing and releasing, squeezing and releasing. With a grimace, Emilee stands up with a hand on her stomach, and slowly makes her way from the window to pillage the medicine cabinet recessed in to the wall of her bathroom.At 4am on a Saturday morning, Emilee would ...

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“Twilight Time” by Belle Arana

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"Madeleine?" the young nurse asked as she approached the old woman sitting by her window. It was late in the evening, and Madeleine Barton wasn't in bed. The nurse scratched her head in worry, wondering how to get her ward to sleep. She checked on her when she clocked in for the night—9 o'clock, on the dot, Madeleine was fast asleep with the blanket pulled up to her chin. Now, she was staring out the window again. The nurse had looked out so many times and saw nothing of interest out there—the backyard, an old withering tree, four birdba...

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“The Mother’s window” by Nevia Myers

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Everyday Nora wakes up in the middle of night and starts looking out of window. Nora always loved to see the peaceful sky above her head and to feel the cool breeze flowing in the middle of night. She always felt satisfied and free while looking out of the window.Today, Nora opened the window like everyday and started looking out of it. She felt so much peace and calmness around her. She took a glance at her backyard. The garden of her backyard was filled with wet grass. The water droplets were glowing like stars. She looked at those dr...

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“Fries and a cat” by Olivia Dance

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This side of town is husher than the others, especially at 2 in the morning. Patrick sits in his car alone, staring blankly through the rolled down window at the drive through speaker. There’s a slight rustle and a voice comes through: “Hi, welcome to McDonalds, can I take your order please?” “Yes, can I have medium fries with ketchup?” “Anything else?” “That’s all, thank you,” Patrick rolls forward, reaching for his wallet. The drive through window slides open and the harsh white light pierces the young man’s eyes. He pays a...

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“Eidolon's guile” by George Puscuta

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‘Let me see if I understood correctly! You came to this window.’ ‘Yes!’ ‘You looked outside!’ ‘Yes!’ ‘And it showed up out of nowhere!’ ‘A million times, yes!’ ‘Ma’am, I can’t see anything if I look out your window, and it’s not even that cloudy! Are you sure you weren’t imagining things?’ ‘How many times do I need to repeat myself?! No! I wasn’t imagining things, I couldn’t have been imagining things three nights in a row, could I?’ ‘I don’t know, you tell me!’ ‘You’re just being daft now, Mr. Stevens. I will not be insulted!’ ‘I’m sorry, M...

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“The Fight for The Real World” by Bimal Nair

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June 23, 2024. Time-12:30 a.m. (midnight). It was a beautiful night. The full moon filled the sky with a beautiful white light. Walter, a 25 year old, was looking outside the window, gazing into the amazing night sky. “ I will savor this scene for my entire life in heaven”, he thought. He took out his pen and a notepad, and scribbled some lines. It was going to be his last poem. He wanted this to be as lovely and romantic as possible, a poem which will help all the people on earth ease their sadness and grief, and look into the positives of...

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“Benji” by Ceili Merrill

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Whistling low, a cold wind rattled the window in its frame, causing a young boy to stir in his sleep. “Hello?” he called out wearily. He was quiet for a moment before the wind answered his call with another pane-ratting whistle. “It’s just the wind, Benji,” he said to himself, pulling his thinning quilt tightly around him. The window continued to shudder loudly and Benji felt sleep quickly escaping him. He shut his eyes tight, begging sleep to come back, but it was useless. He flipped onto his back, sighing, and staring at the dark ceiling a...

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“That went so?” by Sunflower Hurricane

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Travelling in an Indian train is almost equivalent to rocking back and forth on a swing when you have no actual desire to fly. Although on a swing you are down in the dumps metaphorically, here amongst the leftover food waiting to be thrown on the tracks, empty plastic wrappers and water bottles, and the spit-out paan, you are literally down in the dumps. Even after an entire day and two power naps later, I'm a little woozy like after a roller coaster ride. A part of me also feels I smell a little but mother keeps insisting it's olfa...

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“The Cause” by Kenzie Bishop

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Anna shot up out of bed. Another rapid banging followed the first. Looking at her clock, dread washed over her. Not again. She thought it was over. It had to be over. She forced herself to close her eyes and try to ignore the rasping coming from the far window of her tiny bedroom. Suddenly, the knocking increased in both speed and loudness; then it stopped. Seconds later, Anna heard a new sound within the quiet night. One far more startling than knocking. She lied perfectly still as the screech of the old window severed the silence of the ni...

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“CRIME AT THE WINDOW” by Mara Masolini

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CRIME AT THE WINDOW The window, on the back of her house, overlooked the garden of the Cecchi, her neighbors. Beyond the garden they stood, the high, massive, squared buildings, recently built, that included hundreds of apartments. It was an almost dark night, there was only a thin crescent moon in the cloudy sky. Angry meows , which seemed to her, who was standing at the open window, coming from the garden of her neighbors who, however, didn’t have cats. She tried to sharpen her eyes, but she was able only to se...

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“Midnight Chaotic” by Megan Boehrnsen

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It was a quiet, eerie night that left most unnerved by its silence. No cars were driving around, no people walking about, even the neighbors in the apartment next door were quiet and not fighting. It was a definite weird sensation to be held, making one wonder what was so different about that night than any other night? Standing quietly, peering out into the darkness of the world was one Phayre Lark. Her long dark hair hung down her back, unkempt from her restless night's sleep. A thin silk robe wrapped around her body, hiding the t-shirt ...

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“Envy of Lies” by Derek Black

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Green army surplus paint flaking from the cottage invites me in to sit and stare through the thin wavy glass at the otherwise dreary day. The wind whistles here and there and I resign to my solitude amongst the dank, dark smells of rope and arid decay. There are no luxuries here, I don’t want for luxury as far as avarice might heed.The green terre verte of the sombre bush, beckons and repels simultaneously so as to ensure I keep my bay. I resolve to make a cup of tea, the warmth of which I must absorb through cupped hands surrounding the mug...

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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

“The Stars” by Emily Liu

“Outside My Window” by Mary Ellen Hulburt

“Steps towards the new beginning” by Kalpana Shekhar

“A Long Night's Stroll” by Nadia Woods

“Twilight Time” by Belle Arana

“The Mother’s window” by Nevia Myers

“Fries and a cat” by Olivia Dance

“Eidolon's guile” by George Puscuta

“The Fight for The Real World” by Bimal Nair

“Benji” by Ceili Merrill

“That went so?” by Sunflower Hurricane

“The Cause” by Kenzie Bishop

“CRIME AT THE WINDOW” by Mara Masolini

“Midnight Chaotic” by Megan Boehrnsen

“Envy of Lies” by Derek Black

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