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

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“3 in the Morning” by Harlow Jones

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The melatonin isn’t working, so I find myself staring at the neon sign across the street. I can’t tell you what it says. That’s not what I’m thinking about right now. Instead, I can tell you about the morning light that filters through my blinds to wake him up. That light was his alarm clock, but he doesn’t start his days here anymore. I haven’t slept well in three weeks. My mind can’t settle. The spinning wheel of thoughts overrides all my attempts at tranquility. Meditation, nope. Reading before bed, tried it. Yoga, made me cry. I forgot ...

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“Maddy's Freaky Friday” by Ashley Hassan

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06/09/2000 [Friday] Dear Diary, Yes you read that right. It's me again and I'm here to complain. My life has just been one inevitable series of unfortunate events. Yes I'm not perfect, yes I may not be the best or the most determined but HEY I'm not the worst person to ever walk the earth. There was Hitler and yea. I'll admit, how did their song go again… OH YEA! “ Cause I'm just a teenage dirtbag baby!” I just wish I could find a way out of this suckfest. Life still sucks and my sister is still a complete- “MADDY ! Di...

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“Holding Up.” by Jolamade Adetoro

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New York in the night, there was nothing like it. It was simply different, captivating, enthralling. The stars in the open sky and the bright bright moon with the numerous streetlights illuminating the streets.She stared out her open window feeling the cool night breeze on her face staring down from up high in her apartment onto the street filled with bustling crowd. It was 10pm and yet there were people out hurrying home, rushing out. Everybody had important work to do, had to get somewhere really fast. She liked to imagine where...

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“It didn't happen.” by Consistently Lost

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There comes a time in every girl's life where they stumble upon Pinterest and get the urge to move their entire bed frame to sit right under the window. And it's almost always worth it. And usually during the day time alone, I would lie on my bed, watch out the window and take a power nap in the afternoon. But for the first time ever, I decided stupidly, to experience night life. I was going to stay up past midnight. This was not because of teenage rebellion 'I'm gonna stay up in the night because my parents didn't want me to.' No. I us...

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“Never dig your own grave” by Simran Hirani

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Content Warning- Violence "Oh God not again, I Can't take this anymore" I jerked awake, the room was dark, and the Rileys were yet again yelling at each other. They were bursting out loud at each other. It was 2 am, yesterday it was 3 pm and went on till sunrise. I stood and ambled, dazed and sleep-deprived. I stormed towards the window and the Rileys windows were open too, and I could see them yelling at each other one by one, Maureen picked up the beer bottle and thrashed it onto the floor, and Kit did the s...

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“Love's Eternal Hope” by Cindy Calder

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It was well past midnight. Pushing at stray curls falling about her oval face, Tessa rose with the intention of taking the candle and heading upstairs to bed. However, as she passed the big window beside the door, she paused to look out into the darkness that loomed ahead across the meadows. In the far distance, a lone light flickered, seeming to beckon her. Her heart skipped a beat as she realized that it glimmered from the distant waters that lay far beyond. It could mean only one thing: Seton had returned. ************** Everyone in ...

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“Two Hidden Killers and a Messy Bun Thug” by Pahani Wijeratne

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I was gasping for air. Trying to breath in, but no air would enter my lungs. I was suffering so badly that I had to lie down and sip water for twenty five minutes straight, but I think it’s fair for what I had seen. I am getting chills as I write this in my journal.You see, I’m a totally ordinary person. I live a very normal life and I had no trouble with anyone. In fact, I’m a peacemaker with ideally anyone whom I meet. Life was chill for me and I was chill with life... but it was the exact opposite for my next door neighbour. She never had...

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“Rainbow-less” by ❄️💙Winter Xiong💙❄️

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When I held her in my hands for the first time, the baby was blotchy-faced with dried tears streaking down her pinkish skin. But even then I knew she was beautiful, that she would grow up to be a fine young woman. I was right about the first part. The older she got, her beauty was never long behind. If only I were right on the second part; She never grew up to be a fine young woman. ------------------------- &nbsp...

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“the road not taken” by Mia S

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It’s midnight, but I have no intention of sleeping.I can hardly even look at my old bed, sitting in the corner under all the music posters that I didn’t bother to take down from the wall before I left. Quilt pressed and straight, pillows perfectly in place. Like an artifact. Something you might see in a museum. I haven’t touched it since I got here. I feel better here, by the window, sitting in my dad’s desk chair because he’s been using my room as an office. No—not my room. My room is in a studio apartment across the country, fill...

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“WINDOW” by John Del Rio

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WINDOW She found herself looking out a window in the middle of the night. This was not where she would normally be at such a late hour. She is a respectable shop owner, and in truth, a pillar of the community. On any other day she would have been abed hours ago. Her days at Flowrys started early to exceptionally early if she were picking up the daily order for her thriving floral boutique. The evening had started with her abduction. There had been no violence involved; so that was fortunate. In truth, her kidnapper was quite handsome, an...

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“Can you just hold me?” by Britt Michielsen

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TW: sexual assault, self harm I look out of the window at the dark night sky. I wasn’t planning on coming here. It’s Friday night. I’m usually out and about, but something just didn’t feel right today. I walked out of school looking for a place to be alone, searching for some peace and quiet. How I ended up here, I actually don’t really remember anymore. I haven’t been here in a while, and yet it still feels so familiar and safe. “Everything alright?” I suddenly hear Kenneth ask, pulling me out of my thoughts. “Yeah, I’m fine,” I answ...

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“Storm Gifts” by Anna Tishchenko

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The storm howled as she gazed out the window. Across the room the red numbers on the digital clock told her it was the middle of the night. She loved nights like this. Lightning flashing across the sky, thunder booming as sheets of rain brought life to her garden. She sighed contentedly and took a sip of her tea. There would be no sleep tonight, she could feel it. Just as well, she thought, she loved to watch the storm and she would have been sad to miss this. Magic happened during storms like this. It was something her grandmother had told ...

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“Dreaming Of The Stars” by Scarlet Scribe

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Asta sat by the guest bedroom window gazing at the stars while wondering what it would be like to travel to outer space and maybe see aliens. Lately she had trouble sleeping and found looking out of this bedroom window soothed her enough to go back to sleep so her parents allowed her to come to this empty guest room now containing only her chair where she could see the stars better. The moon had already set and all the neighborhood lights were off so the only light was from the stars. So many stars she could not coun...

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“The Silent Years” by Michelle Herath

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Elizabeth Jones the award-Winning actress looking out of the window as she drove from the event to her residence late in the night. She received another major award which is the best female actress of the year award in a night filled with glamour and fame. Elizabeth is happy and tired at the same time, with Frank, Lorenzo and Anthony her bodyguard is in the passenger seat. He congratulated in a calm voice “Congratulation on your new award madam…” She thanked him in a soft voice “Thank you, Lorenzo!” She is very comfortable with her two bodyg...

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“The Angel of Death” by Kat Mc

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She let out a shaky breath as she stared out the window, facing the empty path leading up to her crumbling shack. The forest pines cast crooked shadows, like claws closing in. The wind howled like wolves, hungry and cold-blooded. Distant stars twinkled weakly, as though they also dreaded the minutes to come. Yet the moon was full and bright, a glutton for attention. Unlike the others, it seemed ready for the show about to start, rising in the sky for a better look. Any moment now, the Angel of Death was to arrive just as it had promis...

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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

“3 in the Morning” by Harlow Jones

“Maddy's Freaky Friday” by Ashley Hassan

“Holding Up.” by Jolamade Adetoro

“It didn't happen.” by Consistently Lost

“Never dig your own grave” by Simran Hirani

“Love's Eternal Hope” by Cindy Calder

“Two Hidden Killers and a Messy Bun Thug” by Pahani Wijeratne

“Rainbow-less” by ❄️💙Winter Xiong💙❄️

“the road not taken” by Mia S

“WINDOW” by John Del Rio

“Can you just hold me?” by Britt Michielsen

“Storm Gifts” by Anna Tishchenko

“Dreaming Of The Stars” by Scarlet Scribe

“The Silent Years” by Michelle Herath

“The Angel of Death” by Kat Mc

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