Write a story that involves a mystery — it doesn't need to be crime-related, it should just include something that remains unexplained until the end.

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“EVIL” by Sandra Claros

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- The raindrops fell intensely that night wetting the cobblestone alley that leaves from the port that shelters abandoned and ownerless bays. Suddenly, a shadow of black boots and coturno appears like devils fleeing from the cross, covering the roof of a medium-sized ship hidden among the others. Taking a precise leap, he gets off the roof and boards the ship to starboard. - are you hungry? I brought you a sandwich, the shadow said to a writhing bundle. At that very moment, the shadow pulls out of his pocket &nb...

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“Head in the Game” by Hallie R

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Tudor Mansion was everything legend had built it up to be; grand and luxurious but also imposing and even foreboding. Tim Parker stood in the large circular driveway and stared up at the 19th century multi-story edifice. Christopher came out the front door to greet him. His partner led him into the grand entrance Hall and through a set of double doors off to the right. Tim would have called this room a Study, due to a large antique desk in the far corner. There was also a pair of love seats and a coffee table set up in fro...

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“The Stalker” by Sarah Catania

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I have been watching her for some time. Her days are uneventful, from work to home and back again, with very little in between. On occasion she will meet with a friend. That is what she has planned today at the local cafe – The Black Boundary. A dainty little cafe on the corner of the main street. It is one of her favourite places. She comes here to ... chill out, to be alone with a glass of Johnny and a plate of food. The imagined stresses of her uneventful life being washed away with a little liquor. An uneventful life that I plan to...

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“Truths and Lies ” by Anisha Banerjee

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The cold morning air breeze hit my face. My entire body felt chilly as I continued walking. My mind was playing the whole incident in my head on repeat. There was not one second I didn't think about that girl. I don’t want to go back to my grandparents’ house ever. It all started several hours ago. ***The smell of chocolate filled the air as I carefully took out the baked brownies from the oven. “I hope Grandpa and Grandma will love this!” I exclaimed. We were all supposed to meet at their place for a family dinner. It is like a traditi...

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“Barcliff Academy Series” by Oyinkansola Joyce

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A Nigerian themed story High school story Bbecliff Academy series The silence was overwhelming. A croak of a frog could be heard among the students probably coming from the school farm. The principal of Barcliff Academy stood on the elevated podium that was designed for teachers, prefects, the principal and even the proprietor of the school to address the students whenever they wanted to. The principal on a normal day would be putting on one of his choicest award winning smiles, but that day wasn't a normal day. All students were wonderi...

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“We are twins! right? ” by Savindi Wijesingha

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It’s in those moments that you realize that thing you associate around a person is built up with a series of moments you faced alongside that said being. You view a story in one angle, when another sees a completely different point of view as to what happened. There is no correct version to a story, just point of views that associates a person and their past which then creates a certain perception in their mind that, this is what happened. Points of views don’t actually really matter in a story if each different character experienced a sort ...

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“Conversations between Rumi and Blake: The Madness of the Mind” by Mayukha Pillay

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Spirals flowed like a waterfall around her mocha face. Eyes full of aspiration, curiosity and innocence, she looked at the two men in front of her: a young, chocolate man, fuzzes of raven spiked around his face, a turban firmly on his head, eyes as deep as the ocean; a man of six decades, whimsical swirls framed his face in shades of grey, eyes glistened with coffee swirls. Anxiety started filling her throat as she slipped a loose spiral behind her ear and apprehensively asked: “What is God?” “God is a miracle.” “God is the immortal hand...

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“Fevered Dream” by Lia Akiyama

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KAISON The color of the sky was more complex than most would believe. A mix of colors painted across the sky as though it was a canvas. It was something he never noticed. Not until now, laying flat on his back in the middle of the road watching the sunrise from below. If someone were to ask him how he got there or why he was there, he would not have an answer. How was he supposed to explain how he was just there? He knew his name. His family. His life. But he has no recollection as to how he got where he was. ...

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“The Cursed Ones'” by Shenice Pierre

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Her earliest memory in life, was a set pair of blue eyes glaring over her. The pair of eyes belonged to her parents. From the time she was born, she could only remember them watching her. They nurtured her when she was an infant, for she could not move on her own. But when she began to talk they touched her less. And when she could bathe and feed herself, their touch evaporated all together. Her parents still fed her nutritious meals, but they never ate with her. They just sat there, on the other side of the table, observing her with their o...

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“Shoe Gazing” by Rachel Alex Wall

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Thomas was a proud strong man. He had lived a proud strong life. Now he sat on his bed wondering where his left shoe was? It had been there when he went to bed he was quite sure, at least he thought, he was quite sure he had been wearing shoes yesterday. Thomas was in his mid 80’s, his mind was beginning to wonder off. Sometimes it didn’t come back for days, and then only to check in to see if body was doing OK. Mind wanted to be young and carefree again, not trapped in old and ageing body. So mind went off into its memories of being a boy o...

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“The Lost Dog” by Jennifer Fidler

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With every step, the colorful autumn leaves crunch beneath my feet. “Here, Toby!” I call out desperately. There is no sign of my dog anywhere, and it is getting late. After about thirty minutes of searching, it is nearly pitch black out. I turn on the flashlight on my phone. I only have 13% battery left, and my thin jacket is doing very little to protect me from the heavy breeze. Toby has been out before. He’ll find his way home, no doubt, I assure myself...

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“Killer on the loose” by Deepto Bhattacharya

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Intro: the narration is drafted to that of a film script as the story was originally meant to be for a short film. The ambiance is misty with slight drizzle, a man driving in the night time, the car plying on road from one point to another splashing a puddle of water on the road next camera shot - inside of the car from pillion rider's POV cam shot : The driver's face & upper body close up from side profile - he's talking on the phone with speaker on Driver: Yeah, i just covered the crime scene. I guess the lady was in la...

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“Fly Me To The Moon” by Marcia H.

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She hated the beep-beep coming from her phone to alert her that she had a message when she was in the middle of reading her favorite books. She didn’t want to stop reading but figured that it might be news from her sister who was 9 months pregnant and about to go into labor any second. She took her phone out of her pocket and glanced at the message. “I know that you only want to be friends and I am okay with that for now. Just keep our secret okay? I know that I am asking a lot but please k?” She looked at the number and it was her...

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“The Slums and the Station” by Fatima B

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It was a rare sight for Brian—seeing the lazy shift of the sun on its way to rest. For six years, it was the energizing view of the sunrise he has grown accustomed to glimpsing as he sets out for work early in the morning just like he did hours ago. When it was time to go back home, it was always the light of the moon that would greet him in the darkness. Today, however, golden streaks of sunlight poured out from the west, striking patched roofs of iron sheets in mismatched colors that dominated the small houses crowding the whole place. Th...

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“The Father” by Chaitali Giri

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The place is quite at a distance from Mohan's house. Except a variety of wild insects and a narrow rivulet of dirty water, there was a serious scarcity of the existence of life. The moon was full and the big trees around were castings shadows three times bigger than their sizes, covering the place fully where Mohan was standing. It was to take left from the main road, then a very large field of wild thorny shrubs and at the end of which there was a narrow slope that takes one down. Standing on the end of the field one can only see the leafy ...

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Write a story that involves a mystery — it doesn't need to be crime-related, it should just include something that remains unexplained until the end.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 206 stories

“EVIL” by Sandra Claros

“Head in the Game” by Hallie R

“The Stalker” by Sarah Catania

“Truths and Lies ” by Anisha Banerjee

“Barcliff Academy Series” by Oyinkansola Joyce

“We are twins! right? ” by Savindi Wijesingha

“Conversations between Rumi and Blake: The Madness of the Mind” by Mayukha Pillay

“Fevered Dream” by Lia Akiyama

“The Cursed Ones'” by Shenice Pierre

“Shoe Gazing” by Rachel Alex Wall

“The Lost Dog” by Jennifer Fidler

“Killer on the loose” by Deepto Bhattacharya

“Fly Me To The Moon” by Marcia H.

“The Slums and the Station” by Fatima B

“The Father” by Chaitali Giri

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Write a story that begins and ends with someone looking up at the stars.

Write about someone who has a superpower.

Write about someone who returns as an adult to a place they last visited as a child.

Write a story about someone who's haunted by their past.

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