Write a story where the readers are in on a secret that the characters are unaware of.

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“Bastard of a Bastard” by Tyler Runde

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Through the screen door, even from across the street, a mother’s voice could be heard telling her son to, “just get the mail, will you?”The boy came bursting through after the voice, his face all knots of exasperation and what could’ve even been sadness. He’d yelled at his mom again, and he didn’t know why. They had just been having a normal conversation.“How was your day?” she'd asked.“It was alright. Nothing much happened.”But then she brought up the fact that he’d skipped out on the entirety of fifth and sixth period.“Where were you?”And ...

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“The yellow wallpapers” by Purushottam Kumar

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Sean Vacca pressed his way through another morning, following the cracked sidewalks like a programmed warehouse robot. It was another grey Tuesday in November, and it was time for the weekly junior college faculty meeting. The meeting weighed heavy on Sean’s faded dreams. He had already burned through his allotted absences during the first semester. The darkness that haunted his soul seeped through every crack and line in the wood paneled faculty room. Dr. Caun was the president of the Jacksonville State Junior college. He began the session ...

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“The Girl with Lightning Eyes” by Phillip Moore

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She wore a rubber blindfold, melded and sewn into her face. The illegitimate child of the Norse god had eyes reminiscent of her father’s power. Though unlike him, she had never seen the cold and bitter beauty of the North. In fact, she had not seen anything since she was a young child. She had been scooped up by strange men in black garb and tormented daily by evil dressed in white for the past twenty years. She knew not who she was, where she was from, or even her name. The closest thing she knew to the embrace of a family were the cold hug...

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“Ghosts” by McCollonough Ceili

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We were both ghosts, the Guardian at the Historical Society and I. We were in Laurie’s office back when she was Lorraine, an Ocean Rescue Captain for Hallandale Beach. We were watching a meeting of sorts between Lorraine and a policeman. His uniform had a gold badge on it not too different from hers, which made me think he must have been a Captain or maybe the Chief of Police. There was another man in the room that was dressed in the male version of Lorraine’s uniform. Black pants, with a white dress shirt. He too had a gold badge....

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“A Dangerous Affair” by Bruce Charles

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It was late at night when Ashley drove up to her house. To her surprise, the lights were still on, meaning her wife was still up. Ashley, not looking forward to the encounter, stepped slowly out of the car and entered her house.As she expected, Madison was sitting in a chair frowning with her arms crossed. “Hi, hon,” Ashley said with as much warmth she could muster. She tried kissing Madison’s cheek, but she dodged her lips.“Where were you?” Madison asked, her tone icy.Ashley inwardly cursed. It was times like these she wished she had friend...

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“Gender Equality” by Josephine Hulburt

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“No! I am not a misogynist!” Blaine slapped his hand against the polished table in the conference room and glared at the board members, especially his manager, Joan, who had made that accusation. “I’m just tired of training people—okay, women—only to have them leave because they’re getting married, or they’re pregnant, or any other family issue they might come up with.” Joan removed the reading glasses hanging around her neck and slid the applications toward him. “You know we promote gender equality in this company. You also know that we a...

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“A Draft in the Library” by Carly Kapusinsky

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. They sprint through the door, one, two, and just barely manage to slam it shut before the third can cross the threshold. As it is, the frame shudders with the sudden slam of unstoppable force meeting unyielding object, silent only for a moment before the spine-tingling scrape of claws o...

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“Pseudocide in Oceanside” by T. Rezy

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Barnaby walked briskly through the chandelier lit hallway towards the kitchen where the shouting was coming from.''I did not take it, I tell you! Why would I do this?'' protested Allard in his raspy old french accent.''Never trust a french man, like my late father used to say, may God rest his soul. I should have listened. I demand that you empty your pockets immediately.'' She exclaimed. Astrid had never been fond of Allard, although she was very fond of his éclairs au chocolat.Noticing Barnaby, Allard cried out ''Barnabé this woman has gon...

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“The Wallet ( Can you solve the mystery?)” by Mari Storm

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-The Wallet- John is a man who has evening fun, stealing. To thieve is an unpredict game. He works with machine learning, what is a frustrating job, machines telling him what is going to happen, he just pushes buttons and input data. The omniscient computer can answer any human, perhaps non-human questions as well. John lives in a big city where the possibility to never be caught increases. John is an average man, shameful jeans, r...

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“Nizam” by Rajesh M

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This story is my imagination which is inspired by true event Hyderabad, India 1948 Hyderabad was ruled by king Osman Ali Khan with the age of 25. He is a last Nizam of Hyderabad. He admires his father very much; his name is Mahbub Ali Khan. Due to his father’s death he became King of their dynasty so early. His father always thinks and makes decisions which will be useful for the people of their kingdom. Through him that nature came to Osman Ali Khan. &nb...

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“Knock Knock...” by Abhishek Todmal

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The fabled end of the world loomed neigh.A prophecy that had found its bearings through the whispers of millennia gone by, brought to fruition by the ill sowed efforts of man.We had finally outdone ourselves. A mass-scale bludgeoning of Planet Earth that even despite our mother's plea's for mercy, was ignored to fill the pockets of those greedy enough to scrounge on dollars in lieu of a roof over our heads. The National Bureau of Climatology had issued its preliminary warning on the 3rd of April, 2047.Stop, or else we will be stopped, s...

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“A Sister to a Brother” by Subha Mostafiz

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Chapter: 01 Scenario_01 "Lace, I would be glad if you hurried. I know you are watching that silly web-toon inside your washroom. If you don't wanna pick a fight just come the hell out of the washroom" “Mama, you are great at making me furious " And that’s how my day started today. Sorry people couldn't give you a chill morning vibe. But as always I do have something to make my journal fascinating i.e. something weird again happened to me today. The very strange senior of my college was following me again to my home for the 17th time of the m...

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“Good Fortune” by Brianna Griffin

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Year 1020 "Give me the stone Eloise!" Her daughter, Lacey shouted. "No!" Eloise said firmly. "It wouldn't be right. Part of you has to know that. Part of you has to know that this is wrong!" She pleaded. Her cloak rustled the brown leaves that covered the ground as she positioned herself into a more steadfast stance. Her staff standing firmly in front of her, ready to counter any challenger. Lacey, the ringleader of the coven's trouble, had been persuaded to the wrong side by a small faction of the coven. Eloise tried to win her back, ...

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“What Stinks?” by Beth Peters

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Here was the thing about Opal: She smelled. Opal smelled the way that a dumpster full of nothing but half-emptied yogurt containers smells at noon in the middle of August. Opal smelled the way that a baby with a particularly finicky gastrointestinal tract smells when he’s just woken up from a six-hour nap and nobody’s had a chance to change his diaper quite yet. Opal smelled so very bad but she had no idea that she did. Our heroine was born without a sense of smell and all throughout her girlhood, it hadn't mattered...

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“Amelia” by Victoria Bogatz

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Read my story A Year Of Voicemail first! Trust me. I pick up a box, grunting at its weight, and silently cursing my mom for making me help our new neighbors. I drag it inside and set it in the entryway, where Ms. Charlotte promptly jabs scissors into the strip of tape connecting the two flaps. She unfolds the flaps and begins pulling out a toaster. As I walk back to the truck to get the last box, I hear her say, “Jim! You marked the kitchen appliances as shoes!” The last box sits in the back of the truck bed. I climb in and see that the ...

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Write a story where the readers are in on a secret that the characters are unaware of.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 101 stories

“Bastard of a Bastard” by Tyler Runde

“The yellow wallpapers” by Purushottam Kumar

“The Girl with Lightning Eyes” by Phillip Moore

“Ghosts” by McCollonough Ceili

“A Dangerous Affair” by Bruce Charles

“Gender Equality” by Josephine Hulburt

“A Draft in the Library” by Carly Kapusinsky

“Pseudocide in Oceanside” by T. Rezy

“The Wallet ( Can you solve the mystery?)” by Mari Storm

“Nizam” by Rajesh M

“Knock Knock...” by Abhishek Todmal

“A Sister to a Brother” by Subha Mostafiz

“Good Fortune” by Brianna Griffin

“What Stinks?” by Beth Peters

“Amelia” by Victoria Bogatz

🌟 Similar prompts

Write a story about a meeting of a secret society.

Write a story about an old family secret surfacing generations later.

Write a story that either starts or ends with someone asking, “Can you keep a secret?”

Write a story involving a conversation that’s packed with subtext; the characters aren’t quite saying what they mean.

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