Write about a character whose intuition is always right — until one day it isn’t.

Posted in Horror on Oct 26, 2022

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“The Perfect Life” by Wilma Segeren

Submitted to Contest #127

The Perfect Life His ability to always pick the right team, from sports in primary school, to super bowl football games with his friends, from the best books to help develop his interests and even the perfect girl to date for senior prom, his intuition was always right and it led to a perfect marriage, the perfect family and the perfect life. So this year, for new years resolution, he vowed for some unusual and exciting new endeavors that might expand his perfect world. He wanted to be surprised and maybe, in his subconscious, he wanted a ...

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“The Trash Chute ” by Astrid A.

Submitted to Contest #127

The red ties of the trash bag dug into her index and pointer fingers as her pinky awkwardly wrapped around the metal ring of her keychain. Her right hand held open the trash chute and the keys came into contact with the metal slide resulting in a noisy clanging of metal on metal as she maneuvered the trash bag into place. She used her thumb to guide the red ties down over her fingers and watched the bag slide down the chute into the darkness. Her keys were still resting against the metal slide and she thought, as she did every time s...

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“Too Late Now” by Monster Idiot

Submitted to Contest #127

Waking up on Monday is always hard. As I unenthusiastically get out of bed and start to get dressed, I hear a loud crashing noise coming from another room. “I live alone. I have no pets. No one would visit me this time of year. What made that noise? A robber. With a gun. Tall, wearing all black, but more scared of me than I am of him." I whisper to myself. I grab my phone and a fork from a bedside table, the nearest thing available to me that I can use as a makeshift weapon. I cautiously creep out of my bedroom and in...

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“Pizza Gut” by Hana Lee

Submitted to Contest #127

Six years ago, I narrowly avoided death. An uncomfortable turning sensation made its way into my stomach abruptly. I didn’t even have time to question it—as soon as I felt my lunch coming up, I frantically flailed my arms at my brother, who veered off to the side just in time, barely scraping past a huge truck skidding across the road. Oddly, all sensations of hurling my lunch vanished at that moment. “What the hell was that?” Nate stammered, gazing in horror at the horrific damage the truck had caused. It was overwhelming to even take a g...

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“The Pattern” by Ami Henn

Submitted to Contest #127

Trigger warning: death of pet Janie woke as she always did. One minute before her alarm went off. No matter how early, or late, she went to sleep, she always woke one minute before. She laid in her bed. Listening, feeling and waiting for her alarm to sound. Janie was not sure when she first realized her routine, or how it set her up to achieve her day. She now knew that she should take a minute before getting out of bed. This morning, like all the ones before, she watched and waited. As her brain worked out how her day would go...

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“In-Tuition” by Prehistoric Purple

Submitted to Contest #127

Gloria Josper had some of the best intuition there was available. Some said that when fate gave it all away, she lucked out. Others thought she just cheated at everything. A few would consider her a genius. But there was just one thing everyone could agree on- Her friends, her family, her acquaintances, her interviewers, her pets. No matter the situation, she simply seemed to know things. It was almost like she was psychic. ..Of course, this did have it's ups and downs. Gloria was nolonger allowed to buy pre-specified lottery tickets or bet ...

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“The Intuitionist” by Goddess V

Submitted to Contest #127

The day began just past dawn’s break. The Mother Sun beamed from the North, the Daughter Sun from the Northeast. The people of Zeni made their way from one place to the next on the transportation ladders. Like roads from the old world, these hung at different levels from the ground up. One could walk one ladder from the surface to the 34thlevel in ten minutes, which is where she peered out of her office’s window—a cup of mint tea in her hand. Her first ...

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Write about a character whose intuition is always right — until one day it isn’t.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 22 stories

“The Perfect Life” by Wilma Segeren

“The Trash Chute ” by Astrid A.

“Too Late Now” by Monster Idiot

“Pizza Gut” by Hana Lee

“The Pattern” by Ami Henn

“In-Tuition” by Prehistoric Purple

“The Intuitionist” by Goddess V

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Your character makes a living faking psychic powers. One morning, they wake up with real ones.

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