Write a story where a character is experiencing parallel realities.

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“The anti-mirror from Stalin's secret bedroom” by Nicolae Dumitru

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The anti-mirror from Stalin's secret bedroom The wrought-iron gates of the British Embassy in Moscow opened slowly and quietly, giving way to the four-wheeled "monster" - ZIL KARATEL Ansyr (ZIL PUNISHER Anti-Gradient) - belonging to Russian special armed forces. The military vehicle turned right, towards the New Arbat, going parallel to the bank of the Moscow River. Inside it, which looked like a spaceship, not as a land vehicle, were four people. In the front seat, to the right of the driver (a li...

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“Behind Closed Doors” by Amy Ingram

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This story explores the topic of coercive control.Nayla hesitated at the door, wondering if he was asleep and if she should wake him. She took a deep breath and poked her head into the dim bedroom, stuffy with night-long breath.‘Jimmy and I are just off to the Franklins to pick up Ben,’ she said. ‘I’ve done scrambled eggs this morning, I didn’t have time for bacon. I’ve left yours in the warmer.’‘You’ve what? I don’t believe this!’‘I’ve got to be there by nine, they’ve got the builders starting then. I just didn’t have time, surely it doesn’...

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“Death's-Head” by Ron Davidson

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(T/W Gore, Death, Animal Abuse)The microscope’s image was blurry and neither coarse nor fine adjustment was bringing it into focus. My eyes were strained and completely exhausted. I pushed my hands against the lab table and sent myself rolling backwards in my chair. I laid my head back and rubbed at my eye sockets with the back of my gloved hands. The white-walled sterile environment and bright LED lights above sent my head swimming. Suddenly feeling sick, I jumped up and headed to the lab’s exit. I slapped my h...

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“The Residue” by Agnieszka Baczkowska-Maśluszczak

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THE RESIDUE “Trillionaire – how does that sound, huh?” Samson Heitt said to his assistant. She flicked her long black hair back and sighed. His blubbery butt rested on the edge of her desk. She hated that. “It sounds impossible,” she said. He paid her extra to tell him the truth. When you’re rich nobody tells you the truth anymore. “Nothing is impossible when you’re intelligent,” Samson chuckled. Hannah looked at him. Samson Heitt wasn’t intelligent. He was just greedy enough to use every trick in the book, like all modern monopolists. He wa...

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“Dark Side of Winchester Cathedral” by Cody Cooper

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Estate sale shopping, despite the morbid reason why the sale was happening in the first place, was a weekly Saturday ritual for Marcus. Even though he is just 17 years old, Marcus knew he could travel these estate sales to find the great deals from families needing cash just to pay their relative’s debts or just wanting to get rid of anything reminding them of their loved ones. Either way, with estate sales, the seller was desperate, and Marcus was eager to pounce. Marcus looked through the rows of goods laid out upon the driveway, with a ...

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“My Name is Ben” by Megat Shah Rizal Noor Ikhsan

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The end of another long day. I look forward to sitting back, relax with my feet up doing absolutely nothing. But first things first. I need to drop by at my favourite watering hole, The Whistling Fox. It is not very far from where I work just a 20 minutes walk. The sun is coming to a close as I walked past familiar sights, familiar streets. 10 minutes away I should be nursing my favourite drink. I need it. I need it badly. 5 minutes. I am coming up to that banged up mail box. I wonder why no one ever got around to fix it. The door is bar...

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“Wavelengths” by Glenn Holt

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My name is Ahtlanta (pronounced Ought-Lawn-Tuh). I am your reality guide, teacher, revealer, fellow traveler on these life meridians. Just as Einstein said there is a space-time continuum not separate space and time, so is the Realituum which some call might call the multiverse. At least two realities always exist side by side in time space. There are many tools to see these truths, these alternate realities. Your vision focuses through your mind not through your eyes. Lifeforce controls your mind not logic. Logic can help but when presented...

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“A Moment In Reflection” by Dan Kirshtein

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Bill drove through his neighborhood and wondered if it should feel different. He rolled down his windows, curious if he would hear people cheering, or nature thriving louder than usual. But he didn’t. It was the same as it had always been, which was more unnerving than anticipated. The song on the radio ended, making way for the same PSA he’d heard a dozen times today. “It’s a small price to pay for the safety of our reality.” A woman’s soothing voice was followed by a man’s firm statement. “And it’s the right thing to do.” Bill ro...

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“Kydd Komet: Interview with a Scout” by Terry Asla

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Kydd Komet: Interview with a Scout By Wilbur Michalowitz, Ph.D. Originally Published in The Journal of the Cine Industry, July 1958, Vol. 23, No. 7, pp. 68-75 [ Earth 4419/TS 7]. What follows is a rare find: an account of an encounter with an Inter-dimensional Scout written by a scholar from another dimension. It is doubly rare in that the Scout is none other than the famously successful Ajax Stottelmeyer. The British English spellings and punctuation of the original manuscript have been retained. However, the voluminous footnotes have ...

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“A Professor Named Cat” by Austin Baker

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I used to always wondered if those moments of déjà vu or the random chills you get down your spine meant anything. Or like those synchronicities that make you go ‘Huh, weird. That’s been everywhere lately,’ or whenever you have to stop and ask yourself ‘What was I doing?’ As if you’ve been plopped into a new body and a new reality with no clue what that version of yourself happened to be doing, but it’s close enough to what you were doing so you just keep at it. I’d been experiencing a lot of those. Almost every day, so really every other da...

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“The Heist” by Chris Holland

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I knew nothing of this. Why are you involving me? I have been set up by Mike. I want nothing to do with all of you, just let me go home.Whether you like or not young lady, you are guilty with everyone else and you will have to keep your trap shut about this or you will find yourself in serious trouble. No! You have no right to hold me just let me go, my Aunt and Uncle will be worried about me. You will have to take care of that, Joe replied, passing her the heavy black phone with the frayed cord and well worn dial. Tell them ...

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“The Woman with No Name” by Rebecca Terenzoni

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Warning: contains vulgar language Her mind was ripping into pieces. She squeezed her eyes shut and concentrated on her deep breathing exercises. Even though she was sitting in her MotorInn’s motel room, and she felt the cheap comforter against her body, and heard the air conditioner humming in the window, and smelt the artificial citrus scented cleaner that they used to cover up those other smells (in God’s name, what were those other smells), she felt like she was caught halfway in a dream. She couldn’t be positive if it was her beds...

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“Dogenberg Kings Castles” by John Jenkins

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“What are you, bloody French?” said the man standing across from June. “I am neither bloody nor French,” said June, pointing a standalone eraser at the man. “Now who are you and how did I get here?” “Dost thou not know me?” said the man, looking like a penguin in his 16th century getup. “For what hapt hath been for to see, beheld.” “You kiss your mother with that mouth?” “Ma mere?” “Yes, ta mere. Now who are you, and what is your name?” “Yes, for I am hence the burliest, the bravest, without behest of burlesque or a questioning hypochondria....

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“Alternate Reality” by George Georgerfrost@gmail.com

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There is a story in the news about a gruesome murder and I left to wonder if I am responsible. Having returned from an alternate reality, my hands and clothes are covered in blood. Removing the gaming device that I have used to transport me to that other reality, my mind is racing my heartbeat and I'm not sure which one will win the race and when the winner is declared, will I still be in this reality? . Collapsing in my chair, I search my consciousness for answers I know I will never find. I am aware of the clock tic...

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“Deception Trance” by Sami Peters

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“Back. Off.” Him. With his dark hair and navy-blue eyes, he was getting on my last nerves. “Would I really make up all that ‘bullshit’ to you out of all people if it weren’t true?” He shot back, narrowing his sapphire eyes at me as his lean figure stood across from me on the indigo roof. The blue in his eyes… oh so blue. Like an ocean. And I was being sucked in. Drowning. I was drowning, becoming lost. I was diving into those eyes to be suspended in the depths of the ocean. Which way was up or down? When did I hit the sand? ...

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Write a story where a character is experiencing parallel realities.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 65 stories

“The anti-mirror from Stalin's secret bedroom” by Nicolae Dumitru

“Behind Closed Doors” by Amy Ingram

“Death's-Head” by Ron Davidson

“The Residue” by Agnieszka Baczkowska-Maśluszczak

“Dark Side of Winchester Cathedral” by Cody Cooper

“My Name is Ben” by Megat Shah Rizal Noor Ikhsan

“Wavelengths” by Glenn Holt

“A Moment In Reflection” by Dan Kirshtein

“Kydd Komet: Interview with a Scout” by Terry Asla

“A Professor Named Cat” by Austin Baker

“The Heist” by Chris Holland

“The Woman with No Name” by Rebecca Terenzoni

“Dogenberg Kings Castles” by John Jenkins

“Alternate Reality” by George Georgerfrost@gmail.com

“Deception Trance” by Sami Peters

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Write about two characters arguing over how a past event happened.

Write about false news coverage of an important event.

Start your story with a character or a narrator saying, “Don’t you remember?”

Write a story about a pathological liar.

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