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Write a story in which someone finds a secret passageway.

Posted in Mystery on May 1, 2021

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✍️ 68 stories

“The Green Door” by Suhi Rohin

Submitted to Contest #30

“Val…Hey, Val,” “What, Ro” I glared blearily at my younger brother, who interrupted my nap. “We’re here!” he grins at me, fully aware of how much I despised feigned excitement. I scowled at him, then at the direction of the house looming over the family sedan. It seemed to be just large enough, and just square enough, to be perfectly pretentious. Pretentious is a good word for this event tonight. Dad’s new boss invited the whole family over for dinner, just weeks after joining the company. As I trudged behind Dad and Ro to the front door,...

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“Secret Passageway” by Shari Brundige

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Chilly air blows my thread-bare blanket across the room. I get up, shivering, and stumble over to the dusty corner where it disappeared. The freezing floor hurts my feet. This has to be a dream. Moonlight streams into the room through an open barred window, casting light over odd lumps of clothes and random bits of dirty cloth. Confusion fills me with adrenaline, but then I realize it’s probably just a dream. When I fell asleep, I was safe and warm in my cozy bed, in my blue room, with the light on in my bathroom. Now, in this cold, dark cha...

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“I'm Sorry World, I Swear it was an Accident” by Elizabeth Pasquale

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Another day, another dollar am I right? The tick of the clock never faltered, my brain in a trance like captain hook with every moment passing. I lived in a 5 by 5 grey cubicle, occasionally visiting my home, I feel like my life was ticking away with that clock. The chorus of keyboard typing was the only thing I know, I always tried to keep up with the chorus, but I couldn’t. My calculator was my only friend here. Talking only caused problems from John, the office manager. If you have time to talk then you're not typing fast enough nor were ...

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“The Secret Passage to Happiness in 1945” by Chloe Lin

Submitted to Contest #30

Ester's mother walked to the stairs, and said, “Ester, it’s time to go! We can’t miss our train!” This summer Ester-Rose Willow was going to spend the summer by the seashores of Maine, in her great-grandmother's house. Ester was only five years old and had never left the City, and for the first time, she was going to be on a train, and see the sea! Since her father had gone missing in the war, and Rosemary, her mother had fallen ill, she had never ever gone to see the sea! This summer was special, her mother was sending her to stay alone at ...

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“The Dark Passageway” by Victor Lana

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Ten-year-old Rick and his friend Brian went down into the vast, dark basement under Rick’s seaside home on the south shore of Long Island not looking for adventure. They had been having lunch in the kitchen and bouncing Brian’s ball back and forth to each other until Rick missed it, and the ball bounced across the floor and then into the opened doorway that led to the basement. Rick and his Dad sometimes did projects down there, but there was something creepy about it. Now, for some reason, the lights weren’t working, so the boys crept downs...

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“In Purple” by Johanna Leo

Submitted to Contest #30

Every inch of me is covered in purple.        Glitter leaves its trail on my skin, and it is so real I cannot only see it but touch it. I run my fingers over the hairs on my arms, so light I can barely see them, tracing the pattern of the stars on my skin. I know I am listening to my heartbeat through my skin, and I know it’s the Universe telling me I’m still alive.       Then, it all starts caving in. This is the part where I can see the corners of the sky folding in...

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“The Passage To My New Life” by Kyrsten Harvey

Submitted to Contest #30

It’s Monday morning...why does it have to be Monday? I guess it’s time to move.My name is Rachel, I’m 17 years old, I live with my mom and we’re about to move to New Orleans. I really wish I didn’t have to move but my mom says it’s best for us because of all the bullying I went through. I’ve been bullied my entire life and finally it drove me to the point where I broke, which meant a trip to the hospital for me. Now I’m on a crazy amount of medications and we’re hoping that I get off them after the move. I hope this move helps me out a ...

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“Disappearance In The Deep” by Amanda Newson

Submitted to Contest #30

One year ago the ARA San Juan submarine disappeared in the Atlantic ocean during a training exercise. One distress call was made before its disappearance. The wreckage was just discovered 500km off the coast of Comodoro Rivadavia in southern Argentina. 44 Crew members were on board, none were recovered, one body com-suit has been found.   15th November 2019  Com-suit 24# Engineman: Mundo-Maravilloso Com-suit connected “Hello, hello, checking Alpha Bravo Charlie, on. Date is fifteenth of the eleventh twenty nineteen in the year o...

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“The scientific portal” by Victoria Alewel

Submitted to Contest #30

"Grab your coat, it is cold outside." Ruth said to Tom."I no longer need a coat," he said as he wraps his neck with a homemade scarf."This scarf holds all of the answers; it is like I hear the voice of the woman who made it. She said the weather is wrong. I just know I will not need it at 40 degree weather."As the day progressed he proved to be correct.After hanging the scarf on the door knob back inside his house, Tom walked to the couch and sat next to his cat. Scanning the room for self discovery, he saw a cat toy lying next to the televi...

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“Sensing Fear” by Kat Seeley

Submitted to Contest #30

Leo lived in constant fear. No matter what he did, or how he did it, it was never good enough for the bullies at school. He was constantly beat up and ridiculed and pushed down. If he had the guts, he'd stand up for himself. He definitely thought about it a million and one times a day. Any time he wasn't in class, he was practically flying down the halls to his next class to avoid those who would stuff him into lockers. He had probably been stuffed into almost every locker on campus at this point. "Well," he heard a familiar voice ring ...

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“The Loop” by Clifford Gibson

Submitted to Contest #30

“You have a collect call from Ted. Will you accept the charges?”         “What?”         “You have a collect call from Ted. Will you accept the charges?”         “No way! What? Wait! Yeah, yes, I’ll accept the charges.”          “Go ahead,” the operator said.         “Dave? I mean, who’s this?”   &nbs...

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“There is a mirror ” by Daniela Morales

Submitted to Contest #30

It is a lonely life here, in death row. The days go by slowly, and time is but a mere thought. The only sign of the passage of time is the meals, and even then, it feels as if they forget about you, feeling the pangs of hunger every waking moment. But this is fine. They don't need to know you are not the one that must be punished, but rather, your other self: the one through the mirror. In a way though, you are equally guilty of murder. It was you who set him free. You still don't know what happened, not really. It was a lovely win...

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“At the top of the Stairs” by Cody Ell

Submitted to Contest #30

My armor clanked against the stone under my feet, and echoed down the dark, brick corridor, lit by the small torch in my hand. I had to make a choice; left, or right. I swore quietly at the silence around me. He couldn’t have disappeared so suddenly.I brought the torch low and moved it across the ground. The floor here didn’t have that much dirt or dust on it, but if I could only find it… there, a footprint, or half a footprint really, in just a small amount of dirt leading left.I’ve got you, I thought satisfactorily to myself, a small smile...

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“Our House Changes” by Grace Parrott

Submitted to Contest #30

Our house is alive. We were raised on that. All the generations upon generations of Nicasia's learn this. We learn it when we are born and don't stop learning it until we remember. Our house has rooms that change. We don't know how or why, but they change. Our house has seven stories, twelve main bedrooms, five bathrooms, three kitchens, two sitting-rooms, and a bathhouse. Those are the rooms that do not change. But those are just twenty-one rooms. Our house has about one hundred. But they change, so the contents of those one hundred are nev...

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“Toledo” by Unknown User

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Toledo“And here you can see the spot where the horse knelt down”, said the guide, indicating a painted brick in the street. José Muñoz, a dealer in antiquities, looks at the spot with the other tourists. After, he looks at the Mezquita del Cristo de la Luz, and thinks about the legend that the guide told them. Of course, it is just a legend, but imagine entering the city with Alfonso VI and el Cid! As always, his dreams overcome him and his head becomes full of drawings of that epoch, drawings bought and sold by him. “What a romantic yo...

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