Write a short story that ends with a twist.

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“The Coventry Cloaked Creeper.” by Emily Larkin

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'Yet Another Victim of the Coventry Cloaked Creeper.' My eyes skimmed the title of the newspaper article. I didn't need to read anymore. I'm the lead detective on the case. I already knew more than what was written. Well, it was The Sun, so there was most likely stuff in there that I'd never heard before. It's been going on for over six months now, last week was the ninth victim of the mysterious killer who murders their victims late at night and covers their bodies in yellow dye. The trademark of some sick individual, a sick individual that...

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“A Walk in His Shoes” by Chelsea Chappelle

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The cold air whipped in spirals down the snow-covered streets picking up the loose layers of snow and displacing the flakes in separate piles, constantly shifting their structures in the win. Past the mounds of snow, curled in a small mound of himself was a man. He was shifting slowly with the wind himself, his back supported by a white brick layered wall of an older worn building. This man, a man some who some may have called a hero in many years past, now sat passed by as a nobody to many. In his past, he was called Ducky. He earned his t...

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“The Border” by Emma Bolado

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She shifted to the opening of the cave. The fragrance of fresh air was something she missed throughout the winter- wet but fresh. The frigid air through her nose alone made her want to go back to her babies, but with one last look at the mass of warm bodies, she knew what she had to do and what she had to risk. This winter was especially harsh as the little food she had, gone to her babies. When she glanced down, all she could see and feel was her ribcage. She wasn’t gauntly thin, but thin enough to slightly lack her usual abundance of power...

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“The Fairy Kingdom” by Brielle Newman

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Tuesday, September 17 As a child, everyone has read tales about fairy kingdoms and secret villages. Of course, they are just tales to get young children to bed, arent they? My mother used to tell me about secret portals that can appear with a spell, portals that will take you to the fairy kingdom. She would always tell me about how I could go there and take back what was lost. I guess she took those stories a little too literal because they found her screaming at a tree to let her in. She was later admitted to a mental hospital, ...

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“Romeo MUST DIE” by Goelnarendra Goel

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Romeo Must DieRomeo was too proud of himself. It showed in the way he walked, strutted, rock jumped and in the way he barked. He was the apple of the eyes for his masters.his scooting was very laughable and his barking adorable.In fact, he became the pride and joy of the house, the moment he set his paw in. He came to Aryan when he was around 25 days old. The household was quite discordant and fractious, and there seemed to be islands of people with little communication. His father was overworked and used to return from office very late, qui...

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Write a short story that ends with a twist.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 155 stories

“The Coventry Cloaked Creeper.” by Emily Larkin

“A Walk in His Shoes” by Chelsea Chappelle

“The Border” by Emma Bolado

“The Fairy Kingdom” by Brielle Newman

“Romeo MUST DIE” by Goelnarendra Goel

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Write a short story about a jury of people tasked with making a decision. (It doesn't necessarily need to be a court jury.)

Write a short story in which a specialist is called upon to carry out a job.

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