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“THE KILLING GAME” by Arthur-Michael Michael

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Dear Diary, Today marks the 11- month anniversary of my perfect sport of systematically killing women which I began some months ago and have decided to reveal it to you and you alone. When I started this game of mine, I didn't intend to take it this far, but the uncontrollable joy I derive from it drives me to do more, and what I do, I can bet a million bucks, I’m damn good at it. After watching over a thousand documentaries of young, beautiful women, tied to trees and left to die, I decided this was indeed what I was born for...

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“Long and Lenient ” by Erin Warren

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It was the summer of 2005 when my biggest secret significantly changed my life. It wasn’t that I told my best friend, or that she didn’t keep it to herself...despite all my bickering for her to lock her lips, she told my other friends.That didn’t bother me. What bothered me is that this minuscule, little detail of my private life became the biggest factor of who I really am to people. I didn’t get it. I kept it to myself for 17 years of my life and now, now it was printed all over me. What is surprising is that I remember every detail o...

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“Toolbox of Secrets” by Brenda Nichols

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Chapter 1 If I were human, I’d write a book. Change the names to protect the innocent, not that me and Mavis Brown encountered many of those. Mavis is a hard one, keeps her emotions padlocked away, loyal to a fault to those in her inner circle and she keeps that circle small. Don’t get me wrong, I like Mavis well enough, known her since she was a kid. Bashed many a thumb before she learned how to swing me proper like, and brother, did she learn. But I’m getting ahead of myself. Point is, I know Mavis’ secrets. At least the ones that count. I...

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“Love Goes Awry” by Patti McQuillen

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Haley Lee Harper is the secret daughter of Carol Tushy, the mother of the hunky bachelor, Liam Porter – and Haley’s true love! Shocker! Headlines pop with, Sexy Bachelor Set to Marry Long Lost Sister and Liam Dates His Secret Sister. The news spreads with reporters combing the beaches and nearby neighborhoods for anyone that knows more gossip.Back at the villa where the cameras roll for the new season, producers scurry to explain the shocking discovery. Rumors fly! It’s the biggest news to ever the dating scene set in Rosa Hills, New York. N...

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“The Red Curtain” by Matthew Hannibal Butler

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I looked at the loathsome husk in the chair with the skeletal fingers drumming away, with military precision, in time with the furious rain rapping outside. His face was long, gaunt, and drawn; even in the gloom, the skin was deeply wrinkled and flaky. Sunken deep in their sockets, his eyes glowed like a grey pair of wisps. Tall and wide, a giant; he had kept well-fed and strong while growing stiff as a coffin, and his jaw was as sharp and wide as ever, like my father’s, like mine. That was the only thing we had alike. Though receding and th...

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“The Antonym of Living” by Esme Gal

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The rain shouldn’t bother Death. Yet Meissa noted—that Death was shivering. Wet hair clung to their skin, downpour turned drizzle that left a chill in the low wind, a bite that Meissa could taste. Death was well put together, still immaculate in the rain. Their peacoat white as snow, with the buttons and belt stark against the fabric. They lacked an umbrella and watched the lake. The scythe to their left was invisible to the every-day passerby, but it leaned against the tree. Sight as familiar as it had been for the past six hundred years fo...

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“A Secret” by Knowlen A Mampuru

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With a firm grip on the steering wheel and a head full of anger and confusion. Carol was flying down an empty highway in her blue sedan. Driving in the opposite direction she was driving to just this morning. Her body was trembling as she replayed the events of the past hour. "We aren't your birth parents". These words kept ringing in her ears."Mommy what is that?" A voice said from the passenger seat. Carol looked over at her daughter, who had her finger pressed against the window. Carol leaned forward and looked up through the windshield t...

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“Ocean” by Joy Abegunde

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I sit on the sandy beach, my birthday dress dancing with the wind. I brushed my hair out of my face as my gaze traveled to the ocean, it's milky foam entrancing me. All those years, all those promises, all those stories about family. They were all fake, the family wasn't mine, nothing is. People say when you turn sixteen they call your birthday - a sweet sixteen. But no, that rule doesn't apply to me, instead, it's a sour sixteen.As a cold wind blew over me, I shiver and remember Leo. His words created a once beautiful flower to wilt. I rubb...

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“Fret Nat!” by Blue Wanderlust

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I sit down on the small upper platform, leaning myself towards the wall while keeping my hands holding the edges of the stepladder. My arms ache, and my back hurt but my heart feel satisfied.I caress my tummy and whisper, “For you and this family, mom did this.” I stretch the corner of my lips to brush off my guilt of the long kept truth that I did not tell Steve. “Mom finds it difficult to trust people, even your dad. Keep it as a secret between the two of us, baby. Now mom can keep an eye of your dad.”I pull out my phone from my pocket and...

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“The Skeletons We Keep” by Sara Southard

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“They found him on the doorstep of the church, you know.”My grandmother’s statement was so calm and matter-of-fact that I paused with a mouthful of wine, glass still touching my lips. I swallowed the liquid in a painful gulp and my voice was raspy when I said, "No way.”She nodded, pink tinged white hair a halo around her head as she took a pull from a wineglass she had snagged from the hand of one of my cousins as he walked past. Lionel looked for a moment like he might protest but I shot him a look that I felt said Hey, I’m getting some jui...

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“Cult” by Abby Morris

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“Diana, do you think she is ready for this? I mean, she’s still so young.” I heard Dad say to Mom one night in their bedroom as I listened intently through a crack in their French doors.“My parents told me when I was seventeen, and I turned out fine. Angelita will freak out at first, but after a while, she’ll start to understand.” Mom stated calmly.My mind raced with what this big secret could be.Like all great mysteries, this one starts with a strange family tradition passed down for centuries. Why would you agree to do this, Angelita? You ...

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“Lydia Maria Sanchez” by Cynthia Cronan

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Lydia Maria Sanchez clcronan 2020I can’t believe it took this long for someone to figure it out. There is definitely a sense of relief to letting go of the burden of this secret, after all, it’s been 70 years. Nearly my entire life. My grandson decides to do his genealogy and, peels the truth out one layer at a time. My father died in a terrible accident, my mother abandoned me, and there’s a headstone in Restful Meadows that shares my name. But that Lydia Maria Sanchez died at birth. He wanted to kno...

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“زندگی LIFE” by Farooq Rashid

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His wish to transmit a unlimited vision to whole world, make him a different personality.He loves to share, he enjoys his habit to make vision partners.He is Rashid, 49 years aged.He lives a simple life of a middle class family.His activities revolves around to think, to write, to be get corrections from others and after all to share with each and every person.His life has only one aim i.e "If I thinks positive, it must be forever". From a pen to computer, from mobile to laptop, from social websites/apps to printed and electronic media.....R...

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“Her set up plan” by Ariana Marie

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"The truth is Kaylie likes you!" A girl with a wavy brown hair shouted. I froze from my position and looked at her with pure horror. She kept panting since we ran for the past ten minutes. The guy infront of us was rather surprised then disgusted with the sudden outburst."You promised me you wouldn't tell him. " I whispered while I look at her. "She likes you for five years now. I know she can be weird sometimes and a little annoying and sometimes she acts all cocky but you know she's really nice and sweet girl right? Well that's t...

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“Turning a Blind Eye” by Unknown User

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He looks so much smaller than I remember. He always seemed like a towering figure when I was growing up – a tall frame and fit build. The frown that always seemed to be on his face added to the ominous image.But now, lying in the hospital bed in his den, he looks so fragile and soft. I didn’t think he’d heard me come in, but I soon hear his deep voice ask, “Margaret? Is that you?” “Hi, Dad. Yeah, it’s me,” I gently respond, moving close to his bed. The disease started in his eyes, and slowly degenerated from there. Dad hasn’t been able to se...

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

Submissions are closed

✍️ 129 stories

“THE KILLING GAME” by Arthur-Michael Michael

“Long and Lenient ” by Erin Warren

“Toolbox of Secrets” by Brenda Nichols

“Love Goes Awry” by Patti McQuillen

“The Red Curtain” by Matthew Hannibal Butler

“The Antonym of Living” by Esme Gal

“A Secret” by Knowlen A Mampuru

“Ocean” by Joy Abegunde

“Fret Nat!” by Blue Wanderlust

“The Skeletons We Keep” by Sara Southard

“Cult” by Abby Morris

“Lydia Maria Sanchez” by Cynthia Cronan

“زندگی LIFE” by Farooq Rashid

“Her set up plan” by Ariana Marie

“Turning a Blind Eye” by Unknown User

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