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Write a ghost story where there’s more going on than it first appears.

Posted in Mystery on Jul 27, 2021

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“Halloween ” by Morgy Hope

Submitted to Contest #64

Halloween 31st of October 1999 Marissa had always lived a perfect life. She had a loving and supporting family, a good house which she had only moved into 3 months ago. She had a best friend to keep her company named Tiger. But she especially loved Halloween! She loved the life she led until this Halloween morning. The first strange thing Marissa noticed began on 31st of October 1999. Marissa awoke to a cold chill in the air. Her alarm clock had not woken her. She was an hour behind her strict schedule. She started to fret feverishly. S...

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“The Swing” by John White

Submitted to Contest #64

The melody sounded familiar but I couldn’t quite decide where I had heard it before. It was constantly stuck in my head during those days, which was vexing to this composer. I would find it sneaking its way into my writing, snaking through variations and writhing in fugal themes. I dare say it is a melody that continues to haunt me to this very day.My name is Ian McIntosh and I live in a modest cottage just outside a village that is a short distance North of Edinburgh, Scotland. Though I consider it my primary profession, I have exhibited an...

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“(G)HOST” by Gurumoorthy Narasimhan

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                                   (G)HOST Santhosh Narayan gazed at the young lady in the couch. She really is a damsel indeed. Her wide and beautiful eyes, her rose coloured neck, structured arms and attractive features suggested that she was not only a beauty but also a lady of smartness and intellect. She was under a spell of hypnosis and as a psychiatrist he w...

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“Don't follow the Leader.” by AJ Cupples

Submitted to Contest #64

Pregnant black clouds consume the night sky, concealing stars, presenting a darker void than usual. Those clouds birth, discharging a steady stream to careen down the slopes and curves of the dreary moor.  Two men hike; one a few strides further ahead of the other and struggling to plant his feet in the steadily water-logging grass. His torch lights a trail through nature’s obstacles. The follower observes carefully where the leader’s footfalls settle, tracing his path for a smoother trek.  Leader ascends a hill but loses his foo...

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“After Death Regrets” by Lunaki Shirayu

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“Legend has it there’s a ghost that sits on the swing hanging from the tree by the little stream in our very own city park,” an old woman began to tell her grandchildren. “They say he sits there and drags his feet in the water and mutters to himself. Many of those who claim to see him say he smiles at them when he turns to face them.” She smiled to herself, traveling down memory lane. “However none of the witnesses can say what kind of smile it is, or the intentions behind it. Whether it's….” “... a kind smile or an evil grin, we’ll ne...

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“The Missing Piece” by Gordon K

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Hannah and Adrian had been married for fifteen years, and they had been through more than their fair share of rocky patches. They had both had affairs; they had also had heartbreak due to Hannah having a miscarriage, and then both her parents died in a car crash just a month later. Adrian had hoped that if he was there for Hannah that she would heal in time, but something wasn’t quite the same after that. She wouldn’t communicate with him when she was struggling with her mental health, and she didn’t seem to want to try for another...

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“Sisters” by Haley Rojo

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  “...eight, nine, ten. Ready or not, here I come!” I yelled down the long hall. My voice bounced off of the old, wooden walls. My breath was shaky as I tiptoed along the ugly green carpet Sister Nancy said she’d replace before I turned 13. I felt the wiry carpet crunch beneath my worn shoes. Around me stood five doors, two on either side and one down the hall. Beth and I called that hallway our kingdom. No one ever went that way, except to store an old, beat up chair or to gather more blankets when it was cold. But, from about April to...

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“Rue” by Amina Usman

Submitted to Contest #64

After the crash, I open my eyes to see shattered glass around me, and I feel my head throbbing with intense pain. I touch my head, and as I look down on my hand, I see blood. I close my eyes, and I hear people gathering around the car and calling an ambulance. Harry jolts awake to realize that it was all just a dream. As he lies in his bed, he keeps thinking about the dream. It was just so vivid, he thinks to himself. After a while, he gets up to look at the time and sees that he is late for his training session with the company director...

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“Pockets Filled With Pebbles” by Kara O

Submitted to Contest #64

“Come in!” came a distant shout.  “The door’s open.” It was a sunny day with singing birds and sailing clouds.  Gia turned the rusted handle and shuffled inside with her trunk, suppressing her surprise that people anywhere would leave the door open.  This was the rumored safety of the countryside.  Everyone knows everyone, they said.  Her eyes struggled to adjust to the dimness inside. Only a narrow hallway with a set of French doors at the end awaited her behind the door.  The light that came in seemed to lea...

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“A Spirit's Wrath” by WRL Battle

Submitted to Contest #64

My name is Pytor Alexandr Ivano. I am deceased. For how long, I cannot say. I have never known the time since my arrival. Time hardly means anything anymore. Years start morphing together till you can’t tell when one ends, and the other begins. Whether there's a Heaven or Hell, I do not know. Any place would be better than this castle, which I am confined to wander. I am not the only one here. I’ve seen others. I’ve watched many appear and fade out of existence. I do not know where they go, but I know that I will be joining them soon. I...

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“The Other Side” by Shaelyn Bradle

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They say the scariest things happen at night - the darkness gives cover to hide all the evil. But for me and my family, that could not be further from the truth. To us, night is a blessed respite from the evil that haunts our days. We have no name for it, for we do not even know and cannot even begin to comprehend what is happening in our house. All we know is that it keeps to the daylight hours, and that we can never escape. We have lived in this house for longer than any of us can remember. So long that none of us can even recall how or ...

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“Haunted” by Julie Adamson

Submitted to Contest #64

I was not a happy woman,  my friend Penny had brought me here to this cold and damp castle.  All because it was haunted.   “We might see a ghost, “ I’d been told It’s not that I didn’t believe in ghosts, it's just I had no desire to see one.  And this castle was too cold despite having a warm sweater on.  There was no television, so it meant reading.  The only thing I liked about the castle was it’s library.  I found one on the history of the place.  I don’t know why I picked it up,  it’s just w...

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“You Were Never Really There” by Tobi :D

Submitted to Contest #64

Like the dawn broke the darkness, Toby opened his eyes. The dark sky above him shone like dotted snow, the cold around him a blanket. He looked around, an ugly shade of dark brown on the grass he laid on. Fires exploded from around me as Toby gasped, taking cover from the gunfire, gunshots in the movies were nothing like real life. It was exhilarating, the pounding sound of screams on the battlefield, the brown dirt under him crunching for everyone, but when he walked it was silent, he was always much quieter; never a loud person. Toby heard...

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“Just One More Story...” by Chelsea Angell

Submitted to Contest #64

"Just one more story Nana?" She elderly lady smiled and shook her head. "Casey, what are the rules?" The little girl pouted, mumbling under her breath. "I didn't quite hear you, young lady?" "One story a night. But Nana-" "No buts. And don't give me that puppy eyed look either Missy. You know it won't work on me." There was a sigh and a small huff. The kind only a five-year-old girl could manage. "Fine. But I want to hear about Bruno tomorrow." "Oh, I suppose I can manage that." The pleading pout was replaced by a grin and a wrinkled smile w...

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“Supernatural Diversity” by Kristen Miller

Submitted to Contest #64

My love for ghosts — or as my dad would say, my obsessions with ghosts — began when I was around twelve or thirteen years old. Dad was a plumber and often brought me on house calls with him as his assistant. I always suspected that he wanted me to take over his plumbing business when he retired, but plumbing was never for me. I couldn't imagine a more boring profession than plumbing. Once you learned how to fix a leaky faucet or replace corroded pipes, it was always the exact same work. I craved novelty and imagination, and above all, meeti...

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