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Write a story from the point of view of a ghost, vampire, or werewolf.

Posted in Short Story on Oct 11, 2024

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“Pleasant Hill” by Tucker Sloan

Submitted to Contest #272

The Pleasant Hill Bed and Breakfast only had four guest rooms, and it sat on a hilltop surrounded by stunningly beautiful trees that had changed colors just in time for Halloween. There was one vacancy, and Pam had been slaving away in the kitchen making a turducken for her guests. The preparation process was not very appetizing, but once it was fully cooked, the guests, one-by-one, would descend the stairs from the second floor, and they would sit in the dining room salivating like mad dogs. Oh! The wine! She forgot to get wine for dinner. ...

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“A Dead Heart Still Aches” by Rae Brocato

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I turn the corner, missing my reflection in the glass of the retail store but still staring, as if I can convince my pale skin to paint a shadow in the window; but even my reflection fears the person I’ve morphed into. Yet, I yearn to see a familiar face, even if it’s just my own. I’m not sure how the lines on my skin have set in, I don’t know if my new hair colour matches my lifeless complexion, I don’t know if my lips hold their pigmentation as they did when I was a teen; my identity has gotten lost in translation. I have not made eye-con...

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“Full moon ” by Michelle Sahu

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I walk through the forestAs far from civilization as l can getBreathing in the cool pine airCatching the last light of dayMy favorite time to hikeMy body one with the woods I feel something deep withinA tickle…An itch……An urge Something deep withinCalls to meA darknessA desireA bad dream I press onMy heart racingAs I hikeDeeper into the woods I watch the skyShift from Brilliant orangeTo midnight blue I shift my gazeThrough the skyMy eyes fallingIn dismay andPleasureOn the moon The moon Is full tonightIt fills me Us… itWith lun...

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“Would You Rather? ” by Laura Lockridge

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In some ways, it feels like an eternity since I have turned. In other ways, it feels like only yesterday. Has it only been fifty-odd years since that eerie night around the campfire? I suppose I should start at the beginning. Maybe then you can begin to understand life from my point of view; the point of view of a young vampire. However, I wonder where to start: before I turned or after? I guess I begin with what I know. To know one is to understand the other, I suppose; my human existence compared to the vampire life. This begins the story ...

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“You're Just My Blood Type” by Carina Caccia

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I only watch her because I care. There she is, a small dot moving across the screen. Another sip. Another toke. The room swells with smoke. Spirals. I magnify the pub she’s entered, check the photos. Street view. Who’s she with? And how is it that she got over me so quick? Proof. It’s proof that she never cared. Proof that I was right. Unless, of course, these men are a rebound. Bars, a refuge. Beer, a distraction. Surely, I meant more to her than that. Bitch.But God, the craving fucking hits and my gums throb, my canines ache. Small dot on ...

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“This House of Silence” by Anne Athena Dura

Submitted to Contest #272

Inky black water haunted her dreams. The water running from the faucet had a thick, slimy texture and a dark, murky appearance, as if it had been tainted by something filthy and rotten. Black water oozed from the ceilings, seeping into the walls and forming a pool on the floors. The blackness that filled her dreams shimmered in the dim candlelight that illuminated the house. She had stopped lighting candles altogether. Even when she was still alive, she rarely did it, but now she had completely quit. Yet she lit them in her dreams. The sight...

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“The genesis of a demon.” by Charles Dean

Submitted to Contest #272

-You must consume, my child. There is no other choice. –Sieglinde stared at her bloody hands as they trembled. She battled against herself and she could feel it. She wished to eat and she knew it. The stench of fresh blood flooded the poorly lit room and her mouth watered as the only coherent thought running through her head was to eat. As a famished mongrel, she turned around and saw the body of her father lying dead behind a broken table.She stood up sauntering towards the corpse, and even though she tried her best to resist the urge and b...

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“A Ghost in Time's Shadow” by Noga Kohavi

Submitted to Contest #272

(The story contains themes of death, loss, and grief:) Color. Vision. Overwhelming. I stared into a blue abyss, unblinking. I… I didn’t need to blink. My eyes didn’t water, they just stayed exactly the same, as I continued staring forward. I turned my neck and looked around, still seeing everyone crowded around me. They were all screaming and crying, and a couple were on the phone. “What’s going on?” I said, touching my neck, and realizing that I was no longer choking, gasping for air. “I’m all good now, why is everyone still so freaked...

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“The Crossing” by Ben Heard

Submitted to Contest #272

Every year as the leaves begin to fall and the earth starts to settle down for the quiet seasons the border between worlds grows thin. It’s never very thick in the first place. The corporeal world and the land of spirits, ghosts, and all things supernatural have a way of bleeding into one another. Even when the metaphysical ‘dam’ is at its tightest, so to speak, things have a habit of slipping through. But as harvest ends and winter begins the flood gates open. The spirits of nature and of the departed can cross over and walk amongst those t...

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“Vampire Business” by Mithradites Ra

Submitted to Contest #272

CHAPTER 1 “How many stakes does it take to kill a vampire?”  “I don’t know, how many?”  “Just the one, as long as it has enough garlic seasoning”  It was a terrible joke for many reasons, not even including the fact that most vampires had long ago become impervious to garlic. A wooden stake made from certain trees was still the sure fire way to go about it but even sunlight was now mostly just bright and gruelling on the senses (an effect that could be assuaded with a Blessed Object, a magical item or one of those cutting-edg...

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“Janeen the Dream” by James Barrett

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1985Greenwich Village had become a food desert. Oh, sure, there was plenty of sustenance to be had IF you were a risk taker. A gambler. I wasn’t. You only get one strike in that league, and I was terrified every time I had an at-bat.I had gotten used to being alive. I liked it—no, I loved it—and it was light years better than the alternative. I know some know-nothings referred to us as the "living dead," but they had no idea what they were missing. So, with my back against the proverbial wall, I began to do some serious research.You can imag...

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“A Walk in the Hereafter” by Timothy Benson

Submitted to Contest #272

“A Walk in the Hereafter” It’s taking a lot longer than I thought it would. Of course, there’s no guidebook for dead people, at least as far as I know. After three months I’m still trying to get used to being dead. Even using that word is hard to adapt to. When death comes people usually use terms like “He passed away” or “She’s in a better place”. It makes them feel better but the person is still dead and words can’t change that. I guess it’s just a way that people try to adjust to the whole situation. And one of the biggest things I’m tryi...

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“On Behalf of the Banished” by Matt Rahn

Submitted to Contest #272

           To be one of the forbidden is no small thing.            To be banished and forgotten for as long as time elapses. Being regarded as nothing more than a component of a greater whole – a semblance of something corporeal, yet not existing by on own accord.           There is a tepid agreement between you and I, although you may not know it.     &...

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“Remembering” by Ellen Talboom

Submitted to Contest #272

There it is, my home, where I grew up. I couldn't find my home. I was lost. I took a different turn. I kept walking and walking. Scary time. So happy now. Home. Look, there are the tall things I use to claw up with my brother and sister. And there is the flat tall thing we use to crawl under. So much fun. I am finally home. Just then, two fluffy things moved really fast from behind my home and ran right in front of me and clawed up one of the tall things. Hey, my brother and sister. Why didn't they see me? I am right here. They just move...

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“The Threshold” by Sharon Cabana

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TW: Car accident, death  I want to tell myself that it isn’t real. The nausea grinding in my solar plexus? Just the byproduct of clinical anxiety. The constant headache? A result of chewing too much gum or an allergy to dust. I want to think that I am depressed, burnt out and exhausted. To think is to believe, my grandmother always warned me. I tell myself what I think is not real. I need to stop believing it. Why then, I wonder, hand in my pocket, inhaling the cold, am I here? Because, if I really didn’t believe it, I would be at home ...

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