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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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“Shattered Fire” by E Sampson

Submitted to Contest #64

I expected to wake up in fiery smoke, not a hazy cloud. My head was pounding, but I tried to recall the moments before. The ceiling collapsing, the smoggy air, my vision circulating. I had tried to get out, but I guess somehow I did.  I lifted my palms out and balanced my legs as I stood up. I wasn’t exactly on a cloud, but more of a canopy of soft air. A soft breeze lifted my hair and I peered around my surroundings. This wasn’t my house. This wasn’t my yard or a hospital. My head was splitting into a sharp migraine, but one thing wa...

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“Anything in excess can harm us” by Chhaya Fulsunge

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"Don't," Vinaya said in a hushed tone.I looked around to see if anyone is watching us from the woods."Let's try at least. We don't even know if it is vacant!" I said."But there's nobody inside. We already knocked at the door thrice."It's hard to say, but she was right for a change. We knocked at the door, and nobody opened it. Hence we decided to sneak into to spend the night in the middle of the woods. We wanted to get some thrill in our life that brought us here. Yes, you heard it right, two teenage girls bored from the current life needed...

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“The Future Past” by Aeris 127

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 “The oldest and strongest emotion of the mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” (H. P. Lovecraft). ***            Life can be quite a strange thing. Sometimes it makes those exact people meet who are considered as soul mates but would never imagine facing each other due to numerous logical reasons. And exactly that is what makes each new day interesting and intriguing; as we are not aware whom we will run into on our own paths; the part...

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“The ghost princess ” by Joan Opoyi

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Long time ago in a city of Leneviah;there lived a king and a queen who had a lovely, charming beautiful daughter who brought joy and warmth around people's hearts. The flower that blossomed in the garden; the whispers that came from the flowers- "the beautiful flower that swings each day- The Princess walked into a room finding her father the king quietly sat on his throne;the princess hugged and kìssed her father on the forehead. Father- Yes!my princess "I needed to go for shopping ,"said the princess. The king held the princess' cheeks as...

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“Shadows on the Wall” by Anonymous 1

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Barnum is a good man. Or at least he tries to be. He had made an oath to himself that from this day on, he will not ignore the homeless, the beggars, or even the miscreants. He would not deny them the help that they might need. He would sacrifice his time or even spend the last of his wealth to whoever asks for it. Barnum knew it was too much of an oath, but it was what he was for. He considered himself a hand. It was his purpose.  On the night of September 23rd, an old woman wearing a tattered robe came pounding at Barnu...

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“Haunted” by Only Unus' Allowed

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The house I grew up in was always creepy. Even having lived in it for my entire life, it still was unsettling. The classic Victorian architecture mixed with the dark academia decor always seemed wrong like two puzzle pieces fit together making the wrong image. As children, we thought nothing of it, but when we started to realize how unsettling it was then we began to laugh at our own mind-made fears. My brother and I would always joke about the zombies in the basement or the ghosts upstairs. Sometimes we would even swear we had heard screa...

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“My Cousin Johnny” by Rajesh Patel

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I am about to leave my hometown of Montreal, Canada to go visit my cousin Johnny who lives in Lanark, Scotland, today, October 24th 2020. I have not seen him in ten years. Although his name on his birth certificate is John, we all call him Johnny. He is the son of my father’s brother. Uncle Henry is Johnny’s dad. Last time I saw him, it was during summer 2009, here in Montreal. We were both ten. I still remember like it was yesterday. He came over with his parents, and stayed a full two weeks with us. We had a blast! Johnny is like a broth...

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“Evelyn's Ghost” by Sunnie Indigo-Flynn

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Evelyn skipped down the hallway of her large house, her long blonde hair swinging behind her. She entered the sitting room, where her parents were settled down on the couch. They looked up at her, and smiled. “Hello, Evie-bug,” Her father greeted her. “Hello, Papa!” She ran over to them, and sat in her father’s lap. “Are you excited for your sixth birthday tomorrow?” Evelyn’s mother, Alice, questioned.  Evelyn nodded excitedly, smiling. When she smiled, her missing front teeth became even more apparent, and it made her father chuckle. H...

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“The Queen of the Irises” by ♡ Tana ♡

Submitted to Contest #64

Do you remember, my love, the first time we saw each other? On the court of Edward VI, with a thousand candles mounted on the walls, casting flickering shadows across our jewels and finery and powdered hair, until we all looked like ghosts? Do you remember how the music floated over our heads like an angel’s serenade, how you took my hand and swept me out onto the floor before I had the chance to say yes? You spun me about until I was dizzy, and then you pressed your hand against my back to keep me steady, while my heart raced against y...

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“Disposable” by Natalia Anglada

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It looked like any other dirt road, ugly and unkempt. Tall trees surrounded it, their trunks dark as the night. Very few dared to venture down that road. Only the bold, seeking fame and praises, and the stupid, with nothing to lose. And of the ones who did, not one came back. In fact, there was not a single person alive that had gone through that place and lived to tell their tale.  You see, the road was haunted.  No bodies were ever found, though that may be since no one dared go to that place to look for them. As soon as the ...

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“Always Listen to Alice” by E.A. Brown

Submitted to Contest #64

It was time. Ember knew that it was time. It was the night of the fortieth anniversary when she had dug up the time capsule left for her. It was her turn to repeat the tradition.It was time for her to gather up the things that she wanted her great-granddaughter to remember her by. Time to put together the little pieces of history that would help the girl learn who her family had been, where they had come from, how they had loved her before she had even been born.The first thing into the capsule was a little doll that her mother had gotten he...

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“Just stitched ” by Aira Amurao

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I'm Lia and I live with my mom and dad in a small neighborhood. I never get to play with any off the kids or even just go outside but on some occasions he would invite some kids over, mostly girls that are my age, after that they would never visit again so he would just invite a new one over, back then my life was fun, when mom was still around. One night, mom and dad had a fight and dad told me to go to my room, so I did, I could hear them yelling. After a few minutes, the noise stopped, my dad picked and told me to go to sleep, I was only ...

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“The Only P-D Therapist” by Giles Scott

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The Only P-D Therapist. This story will not end happily.I am a Mental Health Therapist, though a better description is to say that I am a Trauma Counsellor.The area I specialise in is unique, because I deal with a very specific range of clients. To the best of my knowledge I am the only person in the whole world doing what I do. This is not because there is no real need for it; it breaks my heart to realise how many individuals there are out there who desperately need the counselling I provide. Unfortunately, to provide support to clients li...

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“The One That Did It” by Liz G

Submitted to Contest #64

Trigger warnings: suicide, murder I saw the man again yesterday. He was big and tall, taller than Father. He stood at the end of the hall and made an angry face. Sometimes he yelled.  He didn’t see me though. I was hiding, and anyway he was looking at Jack. Jack looked a little bit scared and also angry. But when Father and Mother came he was quickly not angry.  Father made a strange man come in and the strange man said some things and went away. Father and Mother were not angry anymore.  Today Jack was sleeping and I ...

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“Spooky village ” by Pinky Girl

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There is a village named "south goldwater" where Halloween celebrated with great care & joy.The village got its name from the well, as that whatever the seasons it will never dry.Although the villagers are missing some things from every Halloween, but they don't seem bothered as they say, "may be that's the thing that doesn't belong to them also brings them bad omen, so they went missing" and that's how they spent Halloween holidays. As this Halloween week started the villagers are excited and looking forward to it.At the beginning of ...

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