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“The Time Box” by Heather Ann Martinez

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The Time BoxBy Heather Ann MartinezRound were the snowflakes that fell on Sue’s eyelashes as she climbed the front steps of her uncle's stone mansion nestled far into the forest. Sue and her brother Timothy were to stay with their Uncle Stan until their father returned from the war. Uncle Stan had a butler and a housekeeper that were asked to look after Sue and Timothy. Sue was almost fourteen and Timothy had just turned seven. Their mother had recently passed away from a strain of influenza no one was familiar with.(Sue’s diary en...

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“Carrot Cure” by Mulan Xu

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The only true torture in this world, Élodie thought bitterly, is being locked inside while it’s sunny outside…Her forehead pressed against the warm glass of her window, Élodie mourned the loss of one of such a fine summer’s day.She should be running along the harbour, chasing seagulls, kicking up orange clouds of sand at the beach – being free…Instead, here she was, serving this endless prison sentence at home. What she – and the rest of humanity – had done to anger the Earth, she had no idea.Lost in sour thoughts, she slipped into her favou...

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“Secrets of an Old House” by Josephine Nolan

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Secrets of an Old HouseThere was debris everywhere. You never know what you’ll find when you start on an old house. They held mystery and surprises. But this house had unearthed something a bit different to the usual.Jim and his wife Martina were moving into their new home in September. Married two years, both teaching in local schools, it was their first real home together. The house was a turn of the century artisan cottage in the old part of the town, ten miles from the city. The previous owners had extended, taking up m...

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“The Eyeless Betties” by C. A. Simonson

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“Come help me, Ami,” her mom called from the attic. “Look what I’ve found up here.”Ten-year-old Ami came running with curiosity. She loved finding all the interesting things Gram left in her old house that was now theirs. Running up the steps to the open attic, she saw her mom struggling with a green bowl-like object which sat on a pedestal. “What is this thing?” Ami asked as they labored to pull it down the attic stairs in two pieces. "Another treasure this old house has given us,” replied her mom. “It’s been full of surpris...

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“Jason and the World” by Antonio Britto

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Jason plopped onto the grey fabric sofa after a long day at soccer practice. The large bowl in his hand was filled with chips. He was surprised to find that his favorite TV Show, The Amazing World of Gumball: Revised, had brought new episodes. Turning the volume up, he undressed his shoes and untied his green tie, unbuttoned his white shirt and undid his blonde hair. With his legs folded on the couch, and his head in his palm, he began eating the chips with leisure. Linda, the house aide was a sweet old lady that seemed weirdly agile and fle...

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“Grandma's House” by Vincent Damico

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The house with the orange shutters sat at the end of the gravel driveway. The house was an off-color white, but you could see those bright color orange shutters from the road. The door was also orange, although not as bright and the porch had potted plants lined up, pushed up against the railing. Behind the house-sat acres of acres of dry, golden brown grass. It had not rained in months, and there was a high risk of a wildfire, but this was grandmas’ house and Grandma wasn’t going to move. “Or at least until the Lord makes me move-six feet u...

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“IN HIS SLEEP” by Poorvisha Chandramouli

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He swirled into a particle, moved in time, like a wave, and fell on to the divan cot.A few days ago, the tiresome exams were winded up, Rahul’s summer vacation has started. He wished to visit his native place Sundarpur where his ancestral home is. So he went there, visited his uncle and aunt had a good talk with them and helped them if they required any help. While he was helping his uncle in gardening, his uncle asked him to bring the garden fork from the storeroom. He went there, looking for it and by that time, he saw a divan cot with a r...

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“What Could It Be?” by Paige DeFreitas

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Skylar finished applying her makeup and smiled at her reflection in the mirror. She glanced over her outfit, adjusting her posture as she went. Her work held a banquet every year but this time she was the one being promoted. A knock on the bathroom door startled her out of her thoughts and she quickly rushed to open the door. Her husband, Mark, stood waiting for her outside the door. “You don’t want to be late for your big event,” he commented with a smirk as she rushed past him to grab her purse from the bed. “I know, I wa...

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“Nature's calling” by Sashika Naidoo

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I didn’t think much of it at first. It’s been lying at the back of the top bedroom cupboard for 2 years now. My parents told me that the house we were moving into was very old but, that it was the only house available at such short notice within their price range. We moved here from the city. Everything was always so busy and conveniently placed. The bookstore, the library and Big Toby’s candy store were all within walking distance from our small apartment. It was show and tell week at school; they would select a few kids from the class to p...

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“I Didn't Put That There” by Harry Mulligan

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Few things are as inspiring as an empty apartment. The eradication of the previous tenant’s belongings, damages, and (let’s be honest) scents makes this space feel exclusively yours. For 7 days I experienced an autonomy I never knew, picturing endless possibilities of furnitures, placements, organization, all with the time and means to attempt nearly all of them. I didn’t need to show up at my new job for two weeks, and I had saved up more than enough freelance photography from home to finally get some distance between me and my hometown. Th...

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“Return of the Piper” by Laura Landau

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All families have secrets… don’t they? Despite having a relatively normal childhood, Hayden often wondered if there were things that his family never told him about. Beyond the normal things that parents didn’t tell their children and the children didn’t want to know about, that was. It was his mother who seemed determined to not speak of whatever it was, but his father never questioned her weird behavior… or maybe it was only odd to him. Like… why was she so vehemently against him joining the band this year, especially when she found out th...

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“Little Angels” by Habib Yousef

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Little Angels My name is Billy. I am standing in the lobby of World History Museum in front of a very well protected glass case. My ninth grade classmates and some other visitors of the museum are examining what’s inside that case. I am delightfully gazing at the object inside that case and remembering the day I discovered it in my parent’s kitchen. It is very elegant small glass goblet. The importance of this goblet, according to archaeologists, is the fact that it is dated back to 5,000 BC, while the history of glass...

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“ A Coincidental Consequence” by Emma Kelleher

Submitted to Contest #43

A young woman sits on the worn couch in her small living room from the house she recently rented out. The woman had dirty blonde hair with corresponding light brown eyes. She was wearing a dark green tee shirt with denim jeans and her hair was pulled up into a low ponytail. She stared blankly at a painting on the wall which remained inside the house when she went searching for a temporary home.The picture was a profile of a gorgeous woman with dark, black curls who had evil, beady red eyes. She was smirking in a cruel way, as if she just ach...

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“An Incident at the Hopscotch House” by Caroline G

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None of the guests at the Hopscotch House could have predicted the fall. Though, notably, this said more about the guests at the Hopscotch House than it did about the incident itself, which all in all was rather predictable. Ms Cavenworth was three glasses of chilled white wine in when she threw her decorative scarf off casually, attempting to glimmer with laughter as she descended the stairs. Four of the lanky gentlemen she was hoping to inspire were markedly not watching her, but rather the magnificent white chocolate fountain as it poured...

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“The Lamp” by Connor Andrei

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I never should have decided to clean out the attic. No one ever cleans out the attic before they move. It’s a thing, like, and unspoken ritual that everyone just decides to ignore the fact that the attic is probably full of old junk when they buy a house. I know I never asked if the previous owner cleared out the attic before I bought the place. The inspectors said the roof was in good shape, so why would I care what was in the attic? But for some reason — some stupid, stupid reason — I decided that I would break the cycle of the hand-me-dow...

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Write a story about someone who discovers a mysterious object in their home.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 118 stories

“The Time Box” by Heather Ann Martinez

“Carrot Cure” by Mulan Xu

“Secrets of an Old House” by Josephine Nolan

“The Eyeless Betties” by C. A. Simonson

“Jason and the World” by Antonio Britto

“Grandma's House” by Vincent Damico

“IN HIS SLEEP” by Poorvisha Chandramouli

“What Could It Be?” by Paige DeFreitas

“Nature's calling” by Sashika Naidoo

“I Didn't Put That There” by Harry Mulligan

“Return of the Piper” by Laura Landau

“Little Angels” by Habib Yousef

“ A Coincidental Consequence” by Emma Kelleher

“An Incident at the Hopscotch House” by Caroline G

“The Lamp” by Connor Andrei

🌟 Similar prompts

Write a story about transformation.

Write a story about the relationship between a parent and a child that spans several years.

Write a story about an average day turned upside down by an unexpected visitor.

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