End your story with a character looking out on a new horizon.

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“A new horizon, a new home.” by Lillie Forteau

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“A Good Night Hunting” by Nick Cevennes

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The snow was covered with his blood, like roses in frost. Around the corner, the din of Sharkmen with axes echoed through the misty haze. Not far ahead lay the ruins, interwoven with boulders, covered with gray snow like crisps. As his breathing grew louder, he felt his lungs overflow with boiling blood; he pulled his dagger from the bottom of his boot, hurling it. Hearing it land on the iron staircase, Aster charged at the other side of the ruins. He leaped over the wasteland and caught the blood dripping his lips with the hem of his g...

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“Into Time” by Alex Fisher

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The telescope hadn’t been used in a very long time. Dust covered the lens with a thick film- reminding Darien as this generation’s appointed Scopist, he had a sacred duty to his people. He took a deep breath, trying to steady his nerves. The weight of responsibility settled on his shoulders, smothering him as he waited for the cue to approach his people. There. There it was. Zaren, his apprentice, motioned to him with a quick flick of his fingers, unnoticed by the hundreds of people surrounding the dais. He stood, resolute an...

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“I Love You, Soul” by Abigail Henson

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What is a soul made of? Is it stardust, or the gravity of sorrow in our hearts? Is it a spark of pure energy, or the spring in our step? To say it is merely a figment of abstract proportions would be dismissive of the importance of life and death itself. Though we cannot reach through the veil of physicality, we must admit that the souls inside of each of us have their own unique magic and whimsy that bless us partially, fairly or not, from each other. In this story, this soul is the first and only of its kind. Hana came into...

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“Sail Away” by Gwen Narus

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She scrambled around the store. Checking the items off her list. Her hair was piled up in a messy bun on top of her head. She was in her comfy black yoga pants. “Dang it. I forgot the laundry detergent. “ She hated when she had to backtrack. She started back to the other side of the store frowning. She saw the display of candy to her right. She had about forty five minutes until the kids were out of school. I’ll look real quick she thought. She eyed up each shelf carefully. She tried not to overindulge in sweets but she could not r...

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“Sela” by F.O. Morier

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Sela... her name sounded just like a melody. I miss her so much! We used to talk for hours about the differences between boundaries and horizons and seek holiness and mystery in the natural world. Sela loved horizons as much as I love deserts. I know where my love for the desert was born, where I was gripped by its spell: it was in the city of dreams and legends, where imagination is law. Past donkeys and camels, veiled women and snake charmers, there was a man in a white robe. He played the strings, and the rhythm would take me on a magic r...

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“Alien Horizon” by Chuck Canady

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“Are you nervous, sir?” Fydkulmun asked. “Apprehensive, but not nervous,” Grekxandub (Grek for short) replied. The grizzled mission commander leaned back in his acceleration couch. He would have put his hands behind his head as they waited for launch, but his bulky space suit wouldn’t allow it. Fydkulmun (Fyd for short) gazed out the viewport. The launch platform was atop a high plateau near Jezero City. From their lofty vantage point, he caught glimpses of the shimmering Neretva River flowing out of its vallis,...

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“ Hippo Campus” by Maia Holloway

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This story contains substance abuse, explicit language, and mention of brain surgery. You saw it floating in a jar before the doctors did the procedure. One of the best brains money could buy. A bioartificial brain. They took stem cells from your bone marrow which to be brutally honest hurt like a bitch. Then the doctors put the stem cells into a plastic sac to allow them to grow into the brain that would be inserted. What grew is a brain that is grey with a long brainstem; it looked strong. ` A specialized neuroscience team the...

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“Pine and Pancakes” by Allison Ross

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Trigger Warning: Multiple sensitive themes including abuse mentions, eating disorder mentions, and intense grief. I wake to your old beeper alarm, its stale and stunning shriek shaking the room, luminescent green numbers flashing through the dark. I groan as my legs shift heavily over the edge of the bed and lead me to the kitchen. With the robotic motion of muscle memory, my hands set the coffee pot. My back slides down the wall, and I hug my knees to my chest, focusing solely on the sound of the brewing breakfast blend. I know that I sh...

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“ARTEMIS” by Melinda Madrigal

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Artemis, a ship of wonder destined to take us to another world, a world beyond our own to start a new life, to build a new world similar to our own, a world that would save us from what we are leaving behind.As I look at Artemis, I see a wonder we humans built, but I also see a prison that will take me away from everything I have ever known, others see it as our salvation to something better, to a new world that will save us.To the many others we are leaving behind Artemis offers nothing but death and the lies that everyone will be saved, th...

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“Beyond” by Alp Kuzu

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The flickering lights of the spaceship woke him up from what seemed like an eternity of sleep to him. The humming of the engines grew louder with the buzz of electricity until both reached complete stillness. The pod gently slid open and Cole pushed himself to a sitting position. The effort alone was enough to bring much needed heat back to his muscles, but before attempting to get up, he made sure he stretched every inch of his body very, very cautiously as if he were handling a thin glass vase. He slung his legs down the pod, but they didn...

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“Mahldovia” by Lonnie Larson

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Charlie was only sixteen when the planes crashed into the World Trade Center Towers in New York City on September eleventh, two thousand and one. He enlisted in the Marine Corps two years later. Eventually his unit was deployed to the Middle East and after six months of inaction; his patrol hit an IED and he was severely injured. He was just twenty-one. He lost part of his left leg and was sent home. After a grueling recovery, and his subsequent release from the hospital, he purchased twenty-five acres of land from his cousin Tom’s farm and...

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“My Forgotten LIves” by Marc Graziadei

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Reincarnation still remains a wide enigma throughout the course of humankind; some have considered it as a ratings game. The interpretation that I currently understand is that of an idealist feature of changing lives with the irrelevance of its’ gender. Once the first given existence is completed; one supposedly proceeds accordingly with the successions onto the next life span. This process would depend on how did the individual’s behaviour and personality got along with humanity in the previous one. This continuous of flow of linked humanit...

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“A New Dawn” by Daniel Garza

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From wherever it is our souls come from when we sleep, Or 'die', Or both, he awoke with a jolt gasping for air like someone coming out from being underneath water for just a bit too long. But with the big gulp for a breath came a terrifying dry cough when he began to choke with the dirt he had just sucked in. His right cheek had been directly planted on the ground from him falling face first the night before. He hadn't known nor even pondered that he would lose consciousness while walking, if not he ...

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“Life without you” by RAKESH MATHUR

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The sketch pad lay open on the table as Abhilash twirled the 4B pencil. His brows were knitted, forming a deep furrow on his forehead and beads of perspiration stuck there like mini pearls in clams. The fan overhead moved listlessly and in futility, as the voltage dipped again. Abhilash felt his inspiration evaporating in the unbearable heat of the mid- day sun beating down relentlessly. The fan moved in ever slowing circles and finally came to a stop.“This place is just terrible to live in now”, Savi shouts from the bedroom.Abhilash feels h...

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End your story with a character looking out on a new horizon.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 63 stories

“A new horizon, a new home.” by Lillie Forteau

“A Good Night Hunting” by Nick Cevennes

“Into Time” by Alex Fisher

“I Love You, Soul” by Abigail Henson

“Sail Away” by Gwen Narus

“Sela” by F.O. Morier

“Alien Horizon” by Chuck Canady

“ Hippo Campus” by Maia Holloway

“Pine and Pancakes” by Allison Ross

“ARTEMIS” by Melinda Madrigal

“Beyond” by Alp Kuzu

“Mahldovia” by Lonnie Larson

“My Forgotten LIves” by Marc Graziadei

“A New Dawn” by Daniel Garza

“Life without you” by RAKESH MATHUR

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