Write a story that starts with the reveal of a long-kept secret.

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“Undercover Mystery Sister” by Patricia Zimmerman

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Every day Pat prays for the safety of others in the Police Departments everywhere. Then there is breakfast and coffee, and then the part Pat dislikes the most - getting dressed! Black slacks, white blouse, and ankle holster. Before the blouse, she must put on a bullet-proof vest and a shoulder-holster as well. Ugh! She feels like she weighs ten extra pounds! Her Badge gets clipped on next and then the black shoes and Jacket! Pat is to report to the Chief of the Police Dep...

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“Wanna have a cookie?” by Yashika Verma

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My adored sister previously killed two chaps, and this is how it got to me lately. February. The season of love. Of passion. Of confessions. Rejections. Heartbreaks. Of heartfelt desires. Of an ardor rekindled in one's essence. It was February. The season of cherry blossoms. Of paths pink strewn. A sharp, but tenacious and seasonal breeze was blowing. It could make one feel like a poet at the soul. Making one desiring to weep at how beautiful life was.A host of high school students was walking along the street, to their high school, the...

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“The homeless Secret ” by Ivy Moonlit

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“I heard the new girl Jacklynn is homeless.” I froze in my tracks. Who said that? How did they know? Oh no I can’t let that get out, I didn’t want people to know what I did outside of school. I looked around, and saw the group of girls who had been laughing at me. “Oh there she is! Jackie, come over, we were just talking about you.” Briella waved at me. I put my head down and kept walking. I wouldn’t let her get to me, especially not about this. She had put me down so much over the past few years, she was the last person I would have wanted ...

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“Adventures for All ” by Smruthi Sriram

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I stood there silently on a patch of wet grass, barefoot, my toes starting to go numb. I could feel thick, heavy water droplets splashing down on my body and a sharp pain shooting across my abdomen. I was wearing a white hospital gown stained red and no amount of rainfall could get rid of the thick, dark red blood splattered across the fabric. An eerie silence filled the night as I stood there in the dark. I’ve never seen Adventure for All without the colorful blinking lights on the enormous ferris wheel, the ringing of laughter and exc...

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“At Death The Wind Blows” by Chelsy Maughan

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A woman of humble birth rested upon a rickety hospital bed, trapped in her mind. A large oxygen mask forced cold air into her lungs. Rays of light highlighted faded white hair, a halo around her hollowed face. The warmth illuminated her restlessness as she emerged from a trance. Her bony hands folded at her middle, she nudged the IV poking from her palled hand. The cold fluids pained her arthritis stricken joints, she wanted to give up. These moments of clarity were insurmountable pain. Her soul spent eighty-seven years wandering this ...

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“My life with a supervillain” by Tejaswi Subramanian

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The day that Vanda left, I noticed some strange patterns that made it seem like an odd sort of departure; a departure from the usual ways of her departing, if you will.On most days, she would finish her food, especially when the meat was cooked to her liking, before she left to survey the neighbourhood. On most days, Vanda’s eyes were big and cute-sy as if widening in preparation for an exciting adventure. That day, her green eyes seemed to narrow as if in cunning; as if she were on the prowl for revenge. That day, in my heart, I felt an unu...

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“Werewolf on Maple Street ” by George Georgerfrost@gmail.com

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There are some things, secrets, that should never see the light of day. There are some secrets that I say can only be known to a select few, a small trusted circle of friends and associates who understand the weight of the knowledge they possess and the damage it could do once revealed to those outside the circle. But that has already been breached I’m afraid and I write this confession, I find myself filled with trepidation and consternation. First let me introduce myself. My name is Phillip LaRouse and I’m now known as the werewolf...

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“Los(h)er” by Metaxia Tzimouli

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My name is Leigh and today is day 40th of isolation. I have just turned 36 years old, and by profession, I guess you would say I am an author, but my secret is that I have nothing left to write.The days melt in together and I want to break the walls around me. The news is the worst part of my days, and every noise is in this small 2-bedroom apartment is a needle to the brain.I have just set up my laptop; I turn on the screen and I aim to write to finish. I need to finish . I am a writer, this is what I do. I finish things.“Shit!” I hear from...

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“The Reveal of a Long-kept Secret” by Dama De Noche

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I was sweating and feeling cold. My nerves were shivering as if I was seeing a ghost. Rainei was walking towards me while I was sitting on the varnished mahogany wooden bench in a Luneta Park. Then from a little distant I heard him saying," Berna, I will have only a few minutes for recess. We are going to have a rush project to finish and be submitted tomorrow before lunch." He sat down beside me like the old days when we were just teenagers. It was like nothing for us, no malice. But, as the time went by where I started missing him whe...

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“Currier Hall” by Casey Gallagher

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Eighty-three years was a long time on this earth and Margaret knew her time would come soon, maybe even before the night was out. But right now there was still time...Time enough for something so much more pressing than death. It was time for her to ask for forgiveness for the murder of three women. Margaret, whose beloved husband Charles passed away five years before, was the youngest of five sisters. She and Charles had me...

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“The Girl in the Crystal” by Casey Farley

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It was midnight, and a crowd had gathered around Big Ben to watch the fireworks. Hands in his pocket, sixteen-year-old Danny Boyle walked under the colourful sky lit up, arm in arm with his childhood friend, Alice May toward his home. His eyes followed the cracks in the pavement and the evening shrouded them in darkness. He gave up and glanced at Alice. She had picked him up earlier from the convenience store where he was responsible for handling the customers at the till. Danny rubbed his eyes and sighed, squeezing Alice’s hand in the ...

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“The Glutton” by Veronika T

Submitted to Contest #37

It was curious to know you had the keys to destruction in your hand. That with one word, you could ruin a marriage, a life, and a man. Jen was used to having the power to destroy men in her hands. She had developed it around the time her cup size had dropped in letter grades and she had shot up a foot taller than the boys in her high school. Cliche, yes, but useful too. It was hard to keep these things in. She had to tell somebody, and she couldn’t tell Simon. She didn’t want to ruin him, not yet. Perhaps it was the stress of th...

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“Chance and Grace” by Chizoba Ebunilo

Submitted to Contest #37

Niyola wasn’t the target from the beginning. She had never been. Her only fault was the uncanny fate of having a close resemblance to another and now, she was paying for it. Niyola gasped as she felt her side and retracted her hand only to see that blood, crimson red, covered her hand. She tried to speak, call anyone’s attention for help but all that achieved was blood spurting from her mouth. By the roadside where she stood, she dropped to her knees and swayed before she felt her body give out and all went dark in her world.Three days earli...

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“Imaginary” by LeighAnne Ferreol

Submitted to Contest #37

“How the hell could you not tell me you're allergic to blueberries?!" Mike shouted. I stared down silently at the hospital sheets. I picked at a loose string on the thin blanket. I shrugged. He let out a frustrated sigh. “Becky, we’ve been married for eight years. We dated for three years before that. I must have made you blueberry pancakes over a hundred times. How the hell, in all that time, could you never tell me you’re allergic?” He asked pleadingly. “I just didn’t want to be a bother,” I mumbled. “With a food allergy?!” He shouted. He ...

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“Now I Understand.” by Janet Davies

Submitted to Contest #37

Mia had been brought up to think this island was the only place that existed. It was all she had ever known. She’d had vague childhood memories of living elsewhere, mentioned them to a Leader once, only to be told that she was a very bad citizen to even say such a thing. Now she was hiding in a cupboard, listening to The Leader telling his men that his supplies would be dropped off at Quern island. They were to fetch them the next day. They had to be certain, as usual, not to be followed back. So there was another island somewhere! M...

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Write a story that starts with the reveal of a long-kept secret.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 129 stories

“Undercover Mystery Sister” by Patricia Zimmerman

“Wanna have a cookie?” by Yashika Verma

“The homeless Secret ” by Ivy Moonlit

“Adventures for All ” by Smruthi Sriram

“At Death The Wind Blows” by Chelsy Maughan

“My life with a supervillain” by Tejaswi Subramanian

“Werewolf on Maple Street ” by George Georgerfrost@gmail.com

“Los(h)er” by Metaxia Tzimouli

“The Reveal of a Long-kept Secret” by Dama De Noche

“Currier Hall” by Casey Gallagher

“The Girl in the Crystal” by Casey Farley

“The Glutton” by Veronika T

“Chance and Grace” by Chizoba Ebunilo

“Imaginary” by LeighAnne Ferreol

“Now I Understand.” by Janet Davies

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