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

Posted in Short Story on Oct 26, 2022

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“Choice of my Fascination” by S Fowler

Submitted to Contest #34

I am going crazy being stuck inside. Usually, my mother would just let me outside in the garden, but not these days. Now she doesn't let me leave the house at all. Even when someone comes over, she locks me inside my room. She calls it a suite, whatever that means. I was content to just have my books; my mother doesn't let me watch tv either even though she watches it all the time. A week ago, she locked me in my windowless room and hadn't let me out since. At first, I thought it was because she had someone over, but I haven't heard anyone w...

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“Desire's Door” by Elizabeth Wenzel

Submitted to Contest #34

An hour past midnight, I heard a knock at my office door. I turned away from my papers, wondering who on earth required my attention at this hour. I got quite the shock when I found Adelia Gregoire in my doorway. I had half a mind to slam the thing in her face, given that she’d just narrowly escaped imprisonment, but the look of desperation in her eyes convinced me against it.           “Your Majesty, I’m sorry to bother you.” She clasped her hands in front of her, beginning to fiddle wi...

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“For Lily” by Marissa Schutter

Submitted to Contest #34

Constantine was, for the first time in her 12 years on this planet, an only child. Her slightly older twin brothers had recently graduated high school and each decided to pursue higher education out of state, away from the familiar dairy farm house they had all grown up together in. With ⅔ of her children gone, Constantine's mother justified the selling of her childhood home with her and her father by stating the home was too big for the small family they had become. It didn’t take much convincing for her father to be on board. He had always...

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“The Secret In Manali ” by Divya Toshniwal

Submitted to Contest #34

After seven long years of planning and hard work, a dream she carried with herself since childhood, had come true. A month ago, she finally bought a home in the mountains. After visiting almost every major hill station in The Himalayan range over the course of years, Rashi had finally found her abode in the old town of Manali. Her agent was taking her to see a brand new flat when she saw this house for the first time. It so happened that she was attracted strongly to the place. Against the advice of her agent, who believed the place was curs...

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“Dangling” by Robert Styles

Submitted to Contest #34

To Whom It May Concern,I wish I could go back. We all do. It’s too late though, and what’s done is done.It’s been precisely thirty four days since we discovered the tunnel beneath our house. While under the influence of a unique boredom that comes with being under quarantine, my family began sorting through the junk in our house and throwing things away. My daughter found the trap door first. At first we found it strange that we never saw it when we moved in. It wasn’t hidden. Being naturally curious creatures, we opened the door and en...

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“Heaven underground.” by Hafsa Fahim

Submitted to Contest #34

“Can you shut up; I am trying to watch something here.”“MOM! He is not giving me the remote.”“Michael it’s your turn to do the dishes.” Another fight, a blessing of quarantine. This scenario was pretty much normal in this household since the announcement of lockdown. Kids fighting, yelling, playing. It was chaos in the house. But if we move upstairs in the bedroom at the far end of the corridor, there is a closed-door with the sign that says “READING: don’t disturb”. We will land in the room of Sahar the si...

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“Events of a Day in Self-Quarantine ” by Briyanna McDonald

Submitted to Contest #34

"Pssst. Estrel, wake up," a voice loudly whispered into her ear. The dragoness known as Estrel yawned, lifting her head to face the pale red-haired boy in front of her. She folded her previously splayed wings and tucked in her legs. She had been taking pleasure in her slumber and desired to withdraw to it. "Yes, Pheleonix?" "I'm bored. You should come play with me." "Why can you not play outside instead?" "You know mother won't let me out, especially since it's raining. She believes it's too dangero...

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“Meadowland” by Jim McParland

Submitted to Contest #34

The full moon peeked from behind a thick layer of cloud, sending a thin beam of silver light through the slight gap in Nicole's bedroom curtains. The shaft struck her dressing table's crystal vase, splitting into a vivid rainbow that played about on the mirror behind it. For a moment the sparkling colours reminded Nicole of the party dress her friend wore on her eleventh birthday yesterday. A twinge of envy rushed through her."Please tell me w...

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“Passageway of Truth” by Mythili R

Submitted to Contest #34

The ride back home after years, the smell of a familiar place that holds memories of your childhood and the sense of belonging that welcomes you proffers a warm feeling that can never be felt anywhere else except the hometown you grew up in. It’s been over four years since Sachi left her house.Ishaan, Sachi’s four-year-old, was sleeping in the backseat though he would probably be jumping in excitement had he known they were going somewhere new. As they neared the outskirts of Kerala, sadness sank Sachi’s heart. The place did not just house h...

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“The Ghost Behind the Bookshelf” by Jamie Clark

Submitted to Contest #34

I hate staying in. I understand why we have to, and I’ve even argued with people who think this whole thing is meaningless, but that won’t stop me from hating it. I feel robbed, in a way, by the world. It’s my senior year, my last taste of childhood before I go into the world and leave home, and I’m spending it here, alone and wandering the halls of my house. It’s spring break, I should be throwing a football around with the boys or crashing Maia Welch’s annual spring bash and messing something up in her house to get her in trouble or at lea...

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“The Zhoa palace ” by Emile Meh Tem

Submitted to Contest #34

I am called Tem Brayan and my father is the ruling chief of the Zhoa chiefdom. Our family has been at the head of the Zhoa chiefdom for more than a century now. My father inherited the throne from my grandfather who also took over from my great grandfather. Some years backward we moved into the newly built palace at the center of the Chief's compound. The new palace was built with all the modern facilities and designs. The main buildings overshadowed the old palace which had all the characteristics of past civilization. The building had serv...

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“Worth of Gold” by A. A. Thakre

Submitted to Contest #34

The sun loomed over the horizon. If everything would have been usual, Dheeran would have called it an ordinary day. The only exception – it was the fourth day of lockdown. Under the banner of quarantine, the people were experiencing life in a way they had had not fathomed. The lethal novel Coronavirus was waging havoc around the globe. It spared no choice but to self-isolate oneself. Dheeran, like many others, was witnessing highs and lows while adjusting to this mood of survival. He got into a fight with his wife - Anika over household chor...

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“An Afternoon Away ” by May M

Submitted to Contest #34

Nasir was going to have a mental breakdown if he didn’t get out of this house. And with the way the news was running these days, it didn’t seem like he was going to get that chance anytime soon. A viral outbreak had caused a global shutdown, no school, no shopping, and definitely no hanging out with his friends. All he was allowed to do was stay locked up inside, with endless nagging from his parents to stop moping around and do something beneficial with this free time.Beneficial? Yeah, right. How could anyone even concentrate when the house...

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“Stumbled in Paradise” by Lauren Cho

Submitted to Contest #34

A once lively world was now canceled to live by a virus, driving everyone to stay inside, but not me. I returned to my parents’ home due to the cancellation of my college, to find what was a mere glimpse of paradise. I was becoming somewhat depressed and resorted to what only gave me a little passion in life. I began playing the piano in the living room and saw the walls crack open for a brief second, I thought I was seeing things from staying inside the house for too long, I propped up the window and saw the crack outside as well. I was eag...

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“The Secret Passageway in the Dark” by Bridgette Kelly

Submitted to Contest #34

    Mary Liper was a student at Sharkette Junior High School. She was the prettiest girl in the 7th grade because of her beautiful dirty blonde hair and green eyes. Everyone always admired Mary and most boys had crushes on her. Everyone wished that they were Mary Liper. There was a giant school mascot in front of the school, a Sharkette, with a head heavier than the entire body. One day, a windy and dark overcast appeared, like there was going to be snow. Mary Liper was in her homeroom classroom learning about algebr...

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