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“The Little Red Door” by Thomas Marston

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Fine! Fine! Fine. I will say, if you insist it cannot be helped, if you must witness me so. Gods! Fine. If I must.Well, I suppose you might remember from the news, it was some time ago now, but you just might remember… how he died. The basics, at least, a sketch, a tracing of the general outline. You must’ve heard about it! It was all over that summer. Yea, it was a while ago… I can forgive the fog, for you were distant from it– but gods, when an image burns that bright, that dark! it sears, forever, a branding iron upon your soul, if only y...

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“Hush” by JULIET EJEZIE

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‘Tardy again’ the voice behind the mask said, he sat on a chair sculpted in the form of agonised children, some holding up their hands as though supporting his weight and others, especially the arm rests, laying with their faces upwards towards heaven, as though accepting their fate but still supplicating silently to the heavens. He sat inside a wall of lit torches, each in a pair and each pair crossed each other making a circle of X’s and a few inches from it stood what he called an altar, it was a white cradle-like form made brown from the...

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“Daughters of Hecate” by Brianna Peterson

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It felt like I had been in a deep dream and I was coming too. I looked around and saw we were in the forest, I didn’t know how I got there but I did know that I was supposed to be here. We walked by a waterfall looking at it made me think of the last thing I could remember before getting here. “ Will you come with me to help me be a part of something greater?” I must have said yes because now I was here in the middle of the forest with the girl I had been hanging out with for a while now. I remembered that we were going to a meeting then I w...

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“Secret Society for Genius Males Only” by Susan Hudson

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Secret Society for Genius Males Only Susan W. Hudson It was the sweltering summer that Jonah Christenson turned fourteen years old. He was a typical teenage boy. His limbs were long and gangly. His hair was light brown, tousled by the wind, and lightened by the sun and saltwater. His eyes were light brown. He was already tanned and freckled. It was also the first summer since Jonah has started the Secret Society for Genius Males Only. Jonah lived in a rustic house with his dad, Jonathan Christenson. The house was still filled ...

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“Don’t Fall For His Tricks” by Cal Emery

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At first glance, it looks just like a regular small town at night, the sky painted black, the moon casting an eerie glow along the pavement, a scatter of nearly identical houses with white and tan brick. A playground next to the only school, with a slide, some swings. A dep in the center of the town. A gas station, a cafe, a motel. A bank, a grocery store, a post office. On the second glance, you see the boarded up theatre, lights off inside, run down, the motel, boarded up, a ‘for sale’ sign infront of the cafe, the eroding wood, the cracke...

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“CLOAKED” by Rhonda Allen

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The dictionary definition is; something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth, camouflage, disguise, mask, whitewash, obstruct, occult, paper over, screen, shroud, suppress, veil. Near Antonyms for cloaked are, bring out, present, clarify, illuminate, advertise, air, broadcast, get out, proclaim, publicize, publish, spread, bare, disclose, display, divulge, expose, reveal, show, uncloak, uncover, unmask, unveil. This definition defines how one action can be used for both good and evil, which do you use it for? Funny how much your li...

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“The Purple Vest” by Edward Wilcoxson-Soto

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When I was a young man in Northern Ohio I was always close to home. My family was really tight knit and very careful to keep eyes on the children. It never seemed odd to me, maybe all kids were watched this way, I always felt loved and was well cared for so there was no reason to talk to a teacher or friend about the goings on at home. We had normal family gatherings, birthdays, holidays ect. but it wasn't until I was about 12 that I found out that other families did not have the weekly gathering we called (Circle time) In the years when I...

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“WHAT A PRAYER CAN DO” by Solomon Katlholo

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WHAT A PRAYER CAN DO My name is Solomon Katlholo and this is my story of what a prayer can do. I went to Gaborone on the 29th of September 2016 to celebrate Independence Day with my friend Donald Keakopa, but it turned out not as planned. The person I was supposed to celebrate with apparently was on duty at his work at Total filling station, so i decided to go watch a match at the stadium on the Independence Day on the 30th of September 2016. That’s when I took a leap of faith going on a vacation to Rustenburg, right after the independent ...

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“The First Trillionaire ” by Will Russell

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Ralph chugged down a fresh influx of tar and let out a wry smile. He took the image of perhaps the most content man in the universe... heedless that he would be dead in a mere matter of seconds.Inside The Clubhouse, winning leers were fixated unanimously. The suited men took a similar image, dressed head to toe in dull suits, with similar pale leers of arrogance wiped across their immaculate faces. They circled together in a cult- like huddle, awaiting their leader.'Is it done', spoke a boisterous voice, way before the speaker could be seen....

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“Work Meetings” by Sara Blanch

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Swami rubbed at the glittery tattoo that marked the underside of her right wrist, the faintly shimmering celtic symbol iridescent in the pale morning pre-dawn light. She felt almost like a guilty teenager, yet instead of sneaking in late she was sneaking out early...the exact opposite. The irony of this was not lost on her and she found herself smirking as she silently dropped from the 2nd floor balcony, landing softly as she headed up the silent street towards the local Botanic gardens. The gardens were eerily majestic at this time of mor...

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“The Greenhouse” by Porsche Jay

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Felicia paused at the door. She wondered if the invitation was real. The Fellowship of the Black Hellebore was something she dreamed about. Most people dismissed it as a myth, Felicia knew it was real. She reached for the knob of the diner, not sure what to expect. The invitation she found on her bed had nothing but a picture of a black Hellebore, (one of the rarest, and deadliest black flowers) 12:27, and the name of this 24-hour diner: Gran’s. She wasn’t sure if the 12:27 meant am or pm and decided to come at am on a whim. S...

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“Sisters Sworn to Secrecy” by Louise Hughes

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“Welcome all sisters, to meeting number 2 of...well, our ‘secret society’. As we discussed last week, Sister Jane had the task of coming up for the name of the club. Jane, have you reached a verdict?” Sister Geraldine asked solemnly. Standing up awkwardly and smoothing her tunic, she stammered. “Uh...well, there were a lot of...interesting names. A-and, it was hard to pick the one that everyone would agree with...” The sister’s began murmuring and giggling softly, before Sister Geraldine interrupted. “Ah, yes. Remind us, Jane, ...

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“My First Secret Society” by Ann Rapp

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My new friend at the office quickly discovered my interest in the occult and things spiritual. She was assigned to my orientation as a secretary in the tax department of Arthur Andersen’s in London, which was thriving in the nineteen-seventies but neither occult nor spiritual. We both worked for senior partners. Newly arrived in, or more accurately returned to, London after living in Australia for sixteen years, I was happy to get such a good job. Leila and her family came from South Africa and had lived in London for ten years. I was also ...

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“Indoctrination to the Checking Piece Courier Service” by Joe Sweeney

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Jade stopped at the dilapidated door. The metal had rusted and it was barely hanging onto the frame. She peered through the dirty glass. It appeared to be an abandoned bicycle shop. She looked again at the business card in her hand. A standard sized, flat white card with a pawn embossed in black on one side. On the other side was scrawled “47, Naity Rd, Nabagram Colony.” She squinted at the faint letters on the glass of the door. She could barely make out the number 47. Except for a flickering lamp, the street was dead. It felt like a ...

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“Portents Revealed” by Wendy Goerl

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Deep in the bowels of the mountain that housed the Order of the Sacred Blade, Prospector Dmitri stared at the surface of the obsidian anvil, its top polished to a black mirror. On the walls of the sanctum hung tools, some perfectly functional blacksmith’s gear, others, like the obsidian anvil, for the forging of far less material works. All had the patina of generations of use. He had been scrying, and now meditated on the fuzzy images revealed in the depths of the anvil. The simple circle he had cast about the scrying anvil suddenly flared,...

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Write a story about a meeting of a secret society.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 155 stories

“The Little Red Door” by Thomas Marston

“Hush” by JULIET EJEZIE

“Daughters of Hecate” by Brianna Peterson

“Secret Society for Genius Males Only” by Susan Hudson

“Don’t Fall For His Tricks” by Cal Emery

“CLOAKED” by Rhonda Allen

“The Purple Vest” by Edward Wilcoxson-Soto

“WHAT A PRAYER CAN DO” by Solomon Katlholo

“The First Trillionaire ” by Will Russell

“Work Meetings” by Sara Blanch

“The Greenhouse” by Porsche Jay

“Sisters Sworn to Secrecy” by Louise Hughes

“My First Secret Society” by Ann Rapp

“Indoctrination to the Checking Piece Courier Service” by Joe Sweeney

“Portents Revealed” by Wendy Goerl

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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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