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

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“Perhaps the Moon” by Lavender Blue

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PERHAPS THE MOON The moonlight illuminates the garden and the rose bushes cast sketchy shadows on the nearby earth. It is impossible not to see that the rows and rows of flowers have had their ample share of attention recently. All to impress him, whatever he may look like. She stands at the window, looking out, but she might as well try to count the stars as to imagine the countenance of her betrothed. Father has said she will think him well-favored and handsome, but taking his opinion is not something she chooses to do. Mother, however...

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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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“A Bump in the Night” by Bree Kokiri

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Lucy The moon bathed the hills in the distance as I stared out the window at the path below. What was going to happen to us now? I heard a coyote cry out in the distance. At least I think it was a coyote. I don’t know what’s real anymore. Loud banging on the stairs interrupted my cloud of self pity. “Shh! You’ll wake Katrina.” I half whispered, half yelled, glancing at my little sister, asleep in her bed. Cypress rolled his eyes at me. “She’ll be fine. Listen, I have to go. A friend of mine said there’s a lead at the pub up the way. It may ...

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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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“Becky hears a noise in the woods” by Glenn Etzwiler

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Becky just turned eighteen she lives with her family out in the woods in a cabin there is not a town for miles around. At night all they heard going to bed is the sound of crickets chirping out side of their windows. Every once in a while they could hear a wolf howling at night Becky and her family loved the seclusion of where they lived no neighbors. Just pure uninterrupted silence no noise from the city like car horns sirens they get none of that out here. Till one night Becky noticed a loud humming coming from the woods outsi...

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“What Matters” by Dhruv Srivastava

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A gentle rain splattered against the cool glass window of his room. The sky was an inky black, with the clouds so thick the full moon behind them was hidden in their velvety folds. Somewhere in his heart, he knew it was midnight, even before the little beeping on his watch chimed at the hour. Outside, a street light stood amongst its kin as sentinels against the obtrusive darkness, though even it was blurred when the rain decided to spit hard at the Earth. Its light highlighted Danny’s face in stark, pale relief, with the crossed metal bars ...

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“Amnesia” by Karmissa Ariadne

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They would call it amnesia. I would agree. They would call me insane. I would also agree. I couldn’t remember what happened, but I came to realise I had been staring at the enchanting paleness of the moon through an old, stained, outdated window for goodness knows how long. I couldn’t recall what had come over me or why I was in limbo simply staring out into the night, and as I regained full consciousness, I tried to search my memories for a scrap of a clue. Nothing. My only memory was staring at the moon. The vague outlines of trees and a c...

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“The Slaves of Bärkenus” by 2 7

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TW: suicide, suicidal ideation I pushed Ginny out the window. It was a quick death, her neck snapped the moment she plummeted onto the hard concrete floor of the orphanage, her broken body adorning the soft glow of the moonlight. I was the next one to go, propping my leg on the wooden ledge and pulling my torso into the frame, the frost in the wind kissing my cheeks as I lifted my head to look at the stars, blinking, enjoying the last bit of beauty none of us were allowed to touch. I shuddered when the door flung open, pushing m...

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“This was goodbye” by J.I Strydom

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Looking up, all he can see is the darkness. The warehouse is completely deserted. Unrecognizable. Where there usually were shelves of metal high as the sky, there is now nothing. Nothing as far as the eye can see. Only the vast space the light has abandoned. The winter breeze blows Calvin’s mind into the past. The days before she left, before the warehouse was made into its current state. He always tried to keep her happy, but somehow still failed. He misses her, he’ll never admit it, but he constantly thinks of her. She may have lef...

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“Quick Errand” by Duck Lucy

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It was good to see the stars again, one of the beautiful consequences of a power outage. I could stand here till dawn, the view was so mesmerizing."Babe?" Where was he?"I think he went to the bathroom, but who knows." I hear a foreign voice say, they had a weird accent, I couldn't put my finger on where it was from."Who are you?! What did you do to Aaron?" I asked, desperately trying to feel out which pocket my phone was in while not looking too obvious."I told you: bathroom, I think, he may have wandered around a bit, can't really be sure, ...

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“Haunted Memories ” by Meta M Griffin

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Bernice Window Bernice glanced out of her office window after she noticed papers had been moved around on her desk. She heard footsteps. How was that disturbed girl gaining access to her office? And why didn’t the University expel her? Could the girl have other accomplices? Maybe Bernice shouldn’t be working at the office so late at night. Her cell phone rang. Bernice picked it up and there was only silence. She had been getting hang-up calls, and the calls had been traced to the University. Apparently, the calls had been...

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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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“The Girl in the Thin Dress” by Pallas Athena

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The standing clock struck twelve and the boy’s eyes were still wide open. He was playing with his watch, putting it on and off, on and off. His bedroom lay in a blanket of the dark, only one thin sliver of light peeking through the curtains. It was fighting a fierce battle against the darkness. The darkness was winning. Although his eyelids felt like lead, he couldn’t sleep. Every time he gave in, she appeared. He sat up and immediately fell back down on his cushion. There was a throbbing pain in his side. He was fighting a battle similar to...

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“The View” by Precious Fox

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The young woman peered out of the third story window down to the dazzling city below. The lights from the buildings twinkled like dozens of golden stars in the night, and the most brilliant of them all was the Eiffel Tower, the crowning jewel of France, standing undaunted and proud on the horizon. She smiled; France was one of the last countries in Europe that still held its freedom against Nazi Germany. The iconic monument served as a symbol of France's independence and strength. There was still hope that the Allied forces would win the war...

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“Journalist” by Taquindle Remington

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Glancing out of the window, I realized just how terrifying outside could be when the sun went down. Of course, I knew this already, but the darkness was a constant reminder of what could be lurking in the shadows. “Creak,” a twig snapped outside. My window was open, so it was easy to detect the sound. I quickly glanced in the direction of where the noise came from. As my eyes further adjusted to the darkness, I noticed something crouched by a tree where the noise...

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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

“Perhaps the Moon” by Lavender Blue

“Dreaming Of The Stars” by Scarlet Scribe

“A Bump in the Night” by Bree Kokiri

“The Silent Years” by Michelle Herath

“Becky hears a noise in the woods” by Glenn Etzwiler

“What Matters” by Dhruv Srivastava

“Amnesia” by Karmissa Ariadne

“The Slaves of Bärkenus” by 2 7

“This was goodbye” by J.I Strydom

“Quick Errand” by Duck Lucy

“Haunted Memories ” by Meta M Griffin

“The Angel of Death” by Kat Mc

“The Girl in the Thin Dress” by Pallas Athena

“The View” by Precious Fox

“Journalist” by Taquindle Remington

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Write a story in which a window is broken or found broken.

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Set your story within a window of opportunity, when a character finally has the chance to do something.

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