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“The Skeletons in Her Closet” by E. Abraham

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Those first few weeks had been the best. Free from work and my bank account stable, I was left with absolutely nothing to do but relax. I fixed my faucet, reread my favorite books, got around to starting a garden, and finally caught up on my sleep- those dark circles beneath my eyes fading at last. It wasn't until about the third week that I realized the downside to all of this free time: I began to get bored. Yeah, ye...

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“The Roommate” by Carille Durbin

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The entire country was ordered to stay home. I was glad to comply. I had just bought an old musty house. The sellers claimed that it was built in the late 1800s but certainly there is at least one much older room. The ceiling in this room is five feet high and the floor is made of cracked and dirty stone. The walls are made of the same dirty stone. It's not very big, ten feet wide by 11 feet long. There are no windows because it sits in the exact middle of the house. I asked the realtor about this oddi...

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“The Couloir” by Christina Steele

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Luminescent, the word struck me as I watched her sleeping next to me. Sophie’s skin in the moonlight was luminescent. Lovemaking always put her to sleep and left me restless of late. I’d grown envious of the moonbeams caressing her curves as I’d done in the hour before, yet, my heart wouldn’t allow me to wake my beauty. Instead, I pulled on my pajama bottoms, and let my slipper-ed feet shuffle me down the hallway to the study.Warm light bathed the room. Drawn to the bookshelf, I ran my hand across the spines, searching for a new adventure in...

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“The Guest Room” by William Webster

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The screen door slammed behind Jason as he threw his computer bag like a shot put across the kitchen to a receiving chair that rocked on impact. Jason kicked his shoes off. The hardwood floor moved under his feet before the room began to spin around him. Staggering to the table he collapsed in a chair. The room was dark and hot and the air sticky. Sweat beaded up on his shaved head and rolled down his face as rain continued to beat the back porch roof sounding more and more like Thor’s hammer ...

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“The Secret Passageway” by Ivinee Cooray

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The night grew deeper and deeper.The neon lights in the streets had ebbed away during the solitary nights when the whole world seemed to be in a profound slumber baffled by the cause of the C_19 virus killing thousands mercilessly,disregarding shape,size,status or colour."Shane ,stay in,my dear son.God will protect you."Those were the final words of his mom that day prior to the departure from this world.The virus attacked her.He stared into the vast void ahead,not knowing where to begin all over again.He felt that he was in a deep gorge sur...

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“Passage of Mystery” by Greg Gillis

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It was a beautiful Spring morning and Chuck Spears along with his wife, Colleen and their eight-year-old son, Jackson had just returned from a two week vacation in Rome, Italy. While at the airport, the officials working in Customs had them sign a declaration stating that they would go directly home and quarantine themselves for the next 14 days due to a virus that had been spreading rampantly throughout Asia and Europe, and has now arrived in North America as well. They signed and complied with the order by returning directly to their home....

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“Push” by Tammi Keen

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“Oh my God, what are the little beasts doing up there?” Meagan asked, rolling her eyes up toward the ceiling, where she was fairly certain a herd of elephants was staging a flash mob. “Are you sure you’re only watching three kids?” Her best friend Hailey sighed and slammed her chemistry book down on the coffee table. Studying was impossible with all the noise. “Think about college!” Meagan called as Ha...

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“The secret behind the doors” by Luis Grammont

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MSGSSkysea (the good puppy) [Hey, Robert, I heard you got laid off work due to the outbreak. How are we going to survive?][Also, I’m excited to spend more time together.][Who told you that? And it sucks but at least I will have more time to work on my projects… and spend time with you.][Paws the cat from the other house, such a snitch, Are you almost home? It has been years since you left. I’m starving.][It has been four hours since I left, and what are you talking about? I gave you a full meal before I left!][It feels like ...

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“Day Five” by Tim Law

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I awoke to day five. There were the same walls, ceiling and floor of my tiny bedroom in my tiny flat. I had not paid them much attention but now I was forced to see them hour after annoying hour I recorgized little cracks that were forming and places where paint was pealing. Venturing slowly, tiredly down my flight of rickety stairs I looked into the kitchen and discovered that the dishes from earlier in the week still sat like a precarious castle upon my sink. In a day, two days max I would have no clean dishes left and would need to open t...

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“A Sapphire Fly” by Dustin Softman

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Woofred proudly sat beside his royal blue turd and waited for his master to return from work. The turd, or specifically its colour, was a bad omen in their house. His master, however, was a patient man and understood its colour and position in the middle of the lounge were beyond the dog’s control. He sat a while on the sofa observing the now routine hubris of his dog and let out a sigh and reached for the phone. ‘They must have come through again’ he said without introduction....

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“There's Someone in My Walls” by Charlotte Sparks

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Hi, my name’s Elise. I live in Beverly Hills, California with my parents and my brother Brody. You might say that we live in a mansion. We have 12 bedrooms, 14 bathrooms, 4 kitchens, a pool, a full basketball court, and a gym. Okay, fine, we do live in a mansion. Due to COVID-19/coronavirus, we can no longer go to school. We have to stay at our house and we can’t really leave unless it’s absolutely necessary. So, thanks to coronavirus, I have been spending all my time in my room. It’s Friday, and after I finished online school, I layed on my...

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“La-La land” by Stephanie Njoku

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tick tock" tick tock ". The clock sounded. I stood staring at it for a while. Mum was busy getting our luggage into the car." Time to go Ray" she said as she placed the last luggage into the boot.We had to move to a new house, my mum couldn't bear the loss of her husband. Being in that house gave her nightmares and bad memories. She said."don't worry Ray, everything's gonna be OK" she said with a warm smile.I got into the front seat and immediately buckled up my seat belt. That evening, we drove out of bloomville and went further into town. ...

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“The game that never ends: Part One” by Jacob Swensen

Submitted to Contest #34

The game that never ends: Part One Have you ever taken a deep breath, and thought about life. About how it’s all about chances. There’s always a choice, and a consequence. Good or bad. It’s like rolling dice. If you roll, you have no idea what’s coming. Life is a game. A game that you can never win . . . It was late November, when it happened. Almost eight terrorist attacks were targeted at the local mall. Hundreds of lives were lost, including my best friend, so my parents decided to get a fresh start.&nbsp...

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“Tunnel Vision” by John Steckley

Submitted to Contest #34

Tunnel Vision Tom had just bought a house. It was a relatively small brick house built sometime in the early 1960s. It had no particular visual appeal in any of its mundane features, and had only a one car garage. It did possess, however, a roomy backyard surrounded by mid-sized trees at the furthest end. Most of them were maple, a few were white ash. All of them coddled at least one nest in its outstretched branches. Tom felt that he knew them, like familiar figures in a story. Most of the rest of the yard was ...

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“The Intangible Door” by Arthur Tiberio

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To be sure, the house was theirs. Its stones, its bricks, the very fiber of the creaking wooden skeleton belonged solely to the Cardmonts of Grensville Manor. Yet still, after ten long years, its soul evaded their mastery with a vile and contemptuous scorn. It was visible in the little things: in all the nooks and crannies which take the course of centuries to bend to any one will. The family that had been here before -- an ancient line culminating in the death of a dreary bachelor whose portrait had hung on a damp spot of the main hall -- h...

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Write a story about someone who finds a secret passageway in their house.

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✍️ 147 stories

“The Skeletons in Her Closet” by E. Abraham

“The Roommate” by Carille Durbin

“The Couloir” by Christina Steele

“The Guest Room” by William Webster

“The Secret Passageway” by Ivinee Cooray

“Passage of Mystery” by Greg Gillis

“Push” by Tammi Keen

“The secret behind the doors” by Luis Grammont

“Day Five” by Tim Law

“A Sapphire Fly” by Dustin Softman

“There's Someone in My Walls” by Charlotte Sparks

“La-La land” by Stephanie Njoku

“The game that never ends: Part One” by Jacob Swensen

“Tunnel Vision” by John Steckley

“The Intangible Door” by Arthur Tiberio

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Write a story about a family game night.

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