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“Metamorphosis of a civil yet disturb specimen ” by Anja Z

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Life isn’t easy when you’re not who you’re supposed to be, but you just have to cope with it. You find a piece of life or reminder of happiness you grab it and just hold onto it to survive the cruelness of the world. You stay strong you lift your head up and you begin your day, like theirs nothing that disturbs you, not a single specimen or object in your way. Mary Anne looked at herself in the mirror for the 5th time that morning. She looked okay or so she guessed. She was wearing a red polka dot dress with a red ribbon in her hair. Her ...

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“The Living Funeral Society” by Wake Lloire

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Harold rarely read the newspaper anymore. Not the real, fold out while you have your morning coffee kind. He didn’t have to with news alerts set on his phone to deliver the most recent headline right to his device. Today, though, he had opted to put his phone in his sock drawer. He didn’t know what possessed him. His phone was his constant companion, and rarely ever even in his pocket these days. He was a news addict. He could guess the way the story would be written by the headline alone. He had begun to think of the opinion columnists a...

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“Double Agent” by Jorja Orne

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It was a quiet evening in Accueil, France. The people were peacefully falling asleep in their homes. The street ruffians were running about as usual. Some shop’s were leaning towards their closing hour, while the high-level town member’s prepared for quite the eventful evening. “Sheriff Camus?” The receptionist said. “What is it?” She replied. “You told me to remind you that you had a meeting tonight at 7pm, at Mayor Abero’s home. Something about future gas leak prevention??” Camus had a slight sm...

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“Pasghetti ” by Sayani Sarkar

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Randall is sitting on the counter waiting for everyone to leave. He glances around to confirm he has left no task undone which could be brought up at the last moment and deter him. As the clock strikes four-thirty and the last person leaves the establishment, he picks up his backpack, cross-checks the items in it, and steps out. He scrutinizes his surroundings to make sure nobody sees him. Pulling out his bicycle, he rides away, occasionally checking his rear-view mirror in case he’s followed.Jonathan is in the middle of a fight. The other p...

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“How to Run a Secret Society” by Kendall Defoe

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Great! You have finally admitted that you want to do this. The most important thing to do first is to remember that you have good reasons for starting your own society. These reasons will come out as you develop your own society and try to add members to the group. You should first keep all of the information on what you want from your society in a notebook. Not just any notebook. Maybe one of the notebooks that you are addicted to buying every time you pass through the local mall and stop at the dollar st...

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“The Resistance” by Juliet Martin

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The sun is yellow, there are people everywhere, and we are hidden in plain sight. I eye my comrades guardedly. Once again, several of us have found ourselves gathered at the usual place at the same time, seemingly by chance. I am too aware of how little we understand of the patterns of the world to believe that this was not somehow arranged. Myself, I am not clear about how I came to arrive at this part of the park today, but I am in no doubt that this is a meeting of our secret society. Smeed, my most familiar ally, pats the ground around...

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“The Time Keepers” by Courtney Haynes

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“Now, sir. You have to understand our predicament,” the elderly English gentleman says to Wenton as he sits in the middle of their living room, a crowd of fiends surrounding him, observing him as if he were a specimen.Wenton is immediately regretting listening to the anonymous tip. That a journalistic treat (far greater than taking pictures of battleships on some tropic isle) awaited him at some quaint suburban house in Massachusetts.This motley crew of misfits is no treat. A wild-haired, wild-eyed ginger named Holden, danger seeping from hi...

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“Christmas Addictions” by Lily Kingston

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No one’s riding their bike in a hundred degree weather while blasting Christmas music from speakers strapped to their bike in the middle of August unless they’re having a life crisis or they’re addicted to Christmas music. I’m not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing, but I’m the latter.I got about halfway through my Christmas music playlist—so around ninety minutes—when a white van pulled up next to me, cruising at the same speed as my bike. I freaked out and pedaled faster, but I was racing a gas-powered vehicle so this probably was...

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“In the Dark of the Zombie City” by Joshua G. J. Insole

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“So, the first item on our agenda is killing Ethan.” Lilly looked up from the sheet of paper on her judge’s desk. “Are we all in agreement?” A few glances were exchanged between the children seated in the crowd, but no objection was voiced. One of the boys shuffled in his seat, eyes wide. Ethan, who was gagged and bound like a trussed turkey in the space between judge and jury, screamed into the cloth that muzzled him. Outside, the perpetual rain drummed onto the roofs of the now-dead city. “Very good.” Lilly shuffled her papers. “Any su...

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“North Dakota Grannies Knitting Circle” by Sjan Evardsson

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Six elderly women, all carrying large knitting bags, five walking and wearing pink parkas, the last in line pushing a wheelchair with the sixth in a blue parka, filed out of the Senior Center restaurant. They passed by the tax preparer’s office and turned into the closed quilting store beside it. The store was closed, but open for them every other Sunday. As they entered they removed their parkas and hung them on hooks by the door. Alinta went first, revealing a shock of white hair, and rich, red-brown skin, heavily creased by years and sun...

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“The Graystockings” by Kathleen March

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Dear Readers: Please note that this is a limited glance into the inner workings of a group that for the most part has chosen to remain secret. They do not have evil intentions, but they do have a mission which should become clearer as the characteristics of the group are revealed. We need to take this gradually, because, let’s face it, the group means well. It’s just that sometimes the means do not outweigh the end. It may be possible to intervene, if more radical elements take over, but we must proceed with caution. If we do...

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“Roller Coaster Ride” by Deborah Mercer

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We are meeting at the fenced off old amusement park tonight. The one with the signs warning about danger and not entering, and we are going to ride the roller coaster that is still under official investigation after that terrible accident there last month. The one that claimed two young lives and inflicted what the mealy-mouthed call life-altering injuries on two more. We will walk past the deflated bouncy castle, where pools of water have already gathered in the flaccid, fading plastic folds, and past the waltzers that w...

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“Don't Breathe a Word” by A L Burn

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I have to do this, or I’ll regret it for the rest of my life.Esther reached the bottom of the cobbled path, pausing to steady her breathing. Strands of hair clung to the nape of her sweat-beaded neck and the wind swiped at her cheeks with pin-pricks of sand. Glancing both ways down the pitch-black coastal path, she felt assured that she was completely alone. Heading right, she began to check the number of each run-down beach hut.Twenty four… twenty five…. Then the doubt began creeping its way into her mind.Why am I doing this? Thirty two… th...

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“Dark Karma” by Natalie Dafoe

Submitted to Contest #55

Adira stormed into the barn, her eyes twinkling with a fierceness one could only get from a good reputation and a thirst for violence. Blood dripped from the blades that dangled by her belt, red as the immaculate lipstick highlighting her cupid’s bow. Her leather jacket shined in the moonlight streaming through cracks in the barn, the initials AP scratched into the shoulder. Scanning the crowd, the silence was heavy except for the sound of light breathing. Adira met each of their eyes, daring them to challenge her skill. Her calloused fing...

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“The Coming of a Storm” by Harken Void

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Sunlight, reflected in the droplets of water, like pearls gathered on the undersides of leaves and blades of grass. Hidden treasure.Air, calm and fresh, washed clean by the storm that purified the land of everything redundant. Withered plants, dried and brittle branches, broken by the wind and rain. The old making way for the new. Cycle of life.The song of a river, running with vigor and power, banks swelled and waters white. An unstoppable force of change, the bringer of plenty. Flow.Qwaith took in the sensations of her environment. She con...

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Write a story about a meeting of a secret society.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 155 stories

“Metamorphosis of a civil yet disturb specimen ” by Anja Z

“The Living Funeral Society” by Wake Lloire

“Double Agent” by Jorja Orne

“Pasghetti ” by Sayani Sarkar

“How to Run a Secret Society” by Kendall Defoe

“The Resistance” by Juliet Martin

“The Time Keepers” by Courtney Haynes

“Christmas Addictions” by Lily Kingston

“In the Dark of the Zombie City” by Joshua G. J. Insole

“North Dakota Grannies Knitting Circle” by Sjan Evardsson

“The Graystockings” by Kathleen March

“Roller Coaster Ride” by Deborah Mercer

“Don't Breathe a Word” by A L Burn

“Dark Karma” by Natalie Dafoe

“The Coming of a Storm” by Harken Void

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Write a story about an old family secret surfacing generations later.

Write a story that either starts or ends with someone asking, “Can you keep a secret?”

Write a story involving a conversation that’s packed with subtext; the characters aren’t quite saying what they mean.

Write a story where the readers are in on a secret that the characters are unaware of.

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