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

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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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“Working Late” by Larry Lefkowitz

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Working Late Peterson pushed the file away from him and looked out the sealed window of the twenty-third floor. His gaze moved from the traffic moving silently on the streets below to the other buildings which pushed against the dark sky, their metallic silver sheen in the light of the street lamps at their bases giving way to the darkening of their forms as they rose in the night. In some of these monoliths a...

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“Window thoughts. Ô life thoughts.” by Mila Perry

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I was looking out my window at 2:00 a.m. The moon was shining bright and the stars were too. A small breeze made the trees move and a noise came from the door. I couldn’t see what it was and my mind wasn’t clear enough for me to guess. I threw the butt of my joint out the window and closed it. What a wonderful thing it is to disappoint them. But as long as they don’t know, how could they be disappointed? It is a strange feeling wanting to do the opposite of what they expect you to do but fooling them at the same time. They don’t want m...

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“Early morning run” by Gaynor Jones

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In the distance, I can see the straight and curve of the road. The street lights are beaming on a clear night, making shadows. I stare out the window in awe, as I see the shine from the cats' eyes on the road, the orange colour of them seen for miles and miles. The sun will rise in the next couple of hours. It is around four am. I can see a little white truck on the road below me, and it appears the driver has a lot of milk bottles in it. I cannot make out a company name on the truck, I see it from afar. It has me mesmerized as I watch it ...

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“Pain” by Cat Tew

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“Jaz, you’re worrying me.” Kat is staring at me from her perch on my desk, and I can feel her gaze burning the side of my head as I resolutely ignore her to stare at my window. The sky is dark and thunder rumbles, shaking the house and my room. My eyes trace a singular rain drop as it scurries down the window, until it finally falls off the edge and into the thorny rose bush below. &nbs...

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“Reflections” by Amy G

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Casey briefly studied the face staring back at her from the black glass. The disheveled brown hair held back with a hair band accentuated the baggy eyes and crow’s feet. When did I get so old? A child’s giggling cry snapped Casey from her reverie and back to the sink full of dirty dishes. She sighed. The boys were put to bed hours ago, and should still be asleep. Casey dried her hands and headed to the bedrooms at the end of the single wide trailer. Gig...

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“The Creature of the Night” by Abbey Long

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A pair of haunting, beady eyes stare out from behind the glass, fixated on the moving mass on the ground below. The window remains grimy, coated in a thick layer of dust, dirt and mould. Tonight, the moon cowers away behind quivering clouds, just as unnerved by the creature as the man is. Whilst there is no moonlight, there is a dim, strip of light being ejected from a broken lamppost, and it’s enough to cast an eerie glow on the creature below. ...

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“Broken Love” by Danisha Plummer

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NB: *******Contains domestic violence******Listening to the sound of the rain pouring ,Emily sat by her old room window watching as the water gracefully slides down the glass. Just like every other night loneliness had its way with her heart. As the angry rain drops rolled off the window so did the tears rolled out her eyes. The sound of the rain beating against the roof brings an unexplainable level of peace to her mind. The coldness of the window glass as she revived her hands across it sent a thrill to her body.She slowy and sil...

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“The Woman” by Donavan Barrier

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He pressed his bulky metal binoculars awkwardly onto his eye sockets. The metal behind the rubber eyecups dug into the bone behind his skin. The view from the glass was jilted and blurry but he could make out the figure of a woman in the window across the street. Maybe he should get up and actually open the window, he thought. No, no, no. That would give him away. He had to be discreet, stealthy like she had been for days. Something in his gut gnawed at him. Maybe she knows? Does she? He tried again to make the binoculars actually work but f...

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“Will Travel for Knowledge” by Michelle Oldham

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It was the weirdest weekend. The most beautiful weekend. I will never forget those couple of days that felt like several life times. It may be hard to believe, but it did happen and it all started on the night of June 4th at 11pm.I was sitting in my room upstairs, looking out the window trying to get sleepy and thinking about nothing. The street was quiet - you know the scene. A few cars parked along the curb. The soft glow of the street lamps. No one around. I could hear faint voices that were probably attached to the faint smell of bonfire...

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“Dream” by Devolate Dillis

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The clock strikes midnight. Listening to the bell humming for how many times he doesn't know anymore, he gives in and looks outside the window. There's no moon today. The sky is without clouds, but the moon has hidden away. Although, the dark color of the night isn't as black as usual. Today, the night is bright. Is it because of the light that he can't sleep? Maybe. Maybe because of the light that his soft pillow suddenly annoys him. Maybe because of the light that his blanket suddenly makes him sweat. Maybe because of the light th...

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“Take her Away” by Edna Aziz

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Trigger warning: Suicidal and Hopelessness. “What is she doing?” The nurses spoke, “I don't know, she’s been staring outside the window for almost two hours now.” “That’s creepy. It's dark out there, should we carry her to bed?” “No, let’s not do anything, she had a tantrum this morning.” “Oh?” “Yup, let her do whatever she wants, as long as she stayed calm.” He replied. I wonder, is she calm or just expressionless? For being almost 80 years old, widowed, and childless, stranded in the house full of elderly. Each one of them carries the...

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“Awaiting” by Mary Anele

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TW: murder, mental illness, substance abuse A sigh escaped my lips as I stared for the umpteenth time at my room window in the dark, eerie night. She wasn't coming. I knew it she wasn't coming back. All my life, I had lived without a father and a mother. No one was there for me, just my elder sister - Queen. But now, she is gone. Just like the rest of them. Queen told me dad and mom ran away and abandoned us at a very tender age. I was only 12 years old and Queen was 16 years old according to her account. Realisin...

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“HAPPENINGS IN THE NIGHT” by Sivaram Govindaraj

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I was standing looking out of my first floor window in the middle of the night as I couldn’t sleep. .Looking down from the window a story by Chaucer in which a window figured, came to mind. It is called MILLER’S TALE. A dense carpenter had a charming wife Alison and they took young Nicholas as paying guest and the woman and guest drew close. Nicholas convinced the carpenter that Noah’s great flood would soon recur. In preparation the carpenter readied 3 life boats and strung them up from his ceiling. He used one of them to sleep in. That lef...

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“Moon and my shadows” by Michelle Brady

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Moon was full and big tonight. She looked so close and bright. As I peered out of my bedroom window, I could feel her emotional intensity. It was so intense that it jolted me out of my dream in the middle of the night. It was like my soul could feel her watching; judging; envying. Moon and I had a special relationship. We stayed up late chatting about my daily adventures, but she listened to me cry myself to sleep most of the time. She liked it this way. She liked having me to all herself. She didn’t like sharing me with Sun because when I s...

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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 Angel of Death” by Kat Mc

“Working Late” by Larry Lefkowitz

“Window thoughts. Ô life thoughts.” by Mila Perry

“Early morning run” by Gaynor Jones

“Pain” by Cat Tew

“Reflections” by Amy G

“The Creature of the Night” by Abbey Long

“Broken Love” by Danisha Plummer

“The Woman” by Donavan Barrier

“Will Travel for Knowledge” by Michelle Oldham

“Dream” by Devolate Dillis

“Take her Away” by Edna Aziz

“Awaiting” by Mary Anele

“HAPPENINGS IN THE NIGHT” by Sivaram Govindaraj

“Moon and my shadows” by Michelle Brady

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