A crumpled piece of paper holding an unexpected message is carried by the wind. Where did it come from, and where is it going?

Posted in Mystery on Mar 1, 2024

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“Searching for salvation ” by Jasper Shaw

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"They'll be here soon".The words were ancient, the paper they were on even more so. The markings on the paper were dated at approximately a thousand years old but the paper itself was at least ten times that. When they found it it was sitting in a room, bland in nature. Eggshell-white walls, drained of any inspiration or creativity, as if to draw any visitors into the exhibits. The note was found in 2006, a plaque in its new home reads.The plaque is dusty and ignored now, twisted and bent by the failed attempts to remove it. One day, a hoode...

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“The Way of the Wind” by Leah Able

Submitted to Contest #240

A modern-day tumbleweed in this world of litter, a crumpled white ball rolled up next to my foot. The wind was stronger today than usual for this time of year. Reluctantly, I picked it up. Stiff, my arthritic fingers hurt all the way down to gnarled bones under bulging veins. The skin on them like plastic wrap covering blue lines. I was told yesterday that I don’t look my age. I don’t think he saw my hands. They look twenty years older than my face. For that matter, he must have overlooked the Elvira strea...

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“The Tower” by A.M. Hill

Submitted to Contest #240

I clench my teeth and my hand instinctively goes to the throbbing pain in my side. My fingertips become wet and sticky with blood as I paw over the wound. The safe-house isn’t far from me but I’m not sure I can get there without being seen. If there is even anyone around to see. The strange green lights used by the enemy were circling the dark streets not more than five minutes before. It’s almost completely black now, save for the faint illumination of the waning crescent above, casting cloud-veiled light on the desolate str...

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A crumpled piece of paper holding an unexpected message is carried by the wind. Where did it come from, and where is it going?

Submissions are closed

✍️ 63 stories

“Searching for salvation ” by Jasper Shaw

“The Way of the Wind” by Leah Able

“The Tower” by A.M. Hill

🌟 Similar prompts

Begin your story with the sensation of a breeze brushing against a character's skin.

Set your story on a sailboat, large or small, and entirely at the mercy of the winds.

Craft a story where a character finds themselves swept away by the wind, either physically or metaphorically.

Set your story in a lighthouse surrounded by powerful gale-force winds.

Contest #240

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