Write an open-ended story in which your character’s fate is uncertain.

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“This Doesn't Make Sense.” by Anxious Angel

Submitted to Contest #289

Trigger Warning: Violence and swearing.Note: I was heavily inspired by another prompt related to the contest. Enjoy. :)The room's unfamiliar. Whirr-whirr.I don't know how I got here. Whirr-whirr.It's cold. Whirr-whirr.—Who's making pancakes? Whirr-whirr.I stayed awake for a little while. I wanted to know what to do before I got up, like, set up a plan or something so I'm not going all in blind. Whirr-whirr.I took a couple minutes to observe the room—all of its four, brown plank walls. Most of the room was vacant far I could see, ...

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“Story of Mizuki - Research into unconscious consciousness.” by Alice K

Submitted to Contest #289

Mizuki looked down with his eerie eyes. The city that used to be his home and place to take solace in has now become this. The mayor and his secretary who just came out of jail for false charges have retaken their positions. The money-loving harborers still do their part to run the economy. Businesses are getting back to their normal state. People in town greet each other with pleasant smiles. Some would never be friends anymore. The kind smiles they give each other are just the same as before. The hot and cold shoulder that’s brimming with ...

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“Waiting” by Savannah Cash

Submitted to Contest #289

Content warning: car crash, illness Hisses of air and soft, irregular clicks echoed down the hall, antiseptic, mothballs, and a chill filling the room. Goosebumps prickled on Amanda’s skin. The colors of the bedding, the walls, and her grandfather’s skin blended together in a haze of beige and white, but the sharp corners of her little red dress stood out starkly, scrunched up between her fingers. Her father’s hand reached over to squeeze her arm, callused fingers pressing little pale ditches just above her wrist, a necessary measure of comf...

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“Uncertain Fate” by Sarah Adewolu

Submitted to Contest #289

Christina Macallen is up in her room, talking to her husband Clarence’s closest friend, Dennis Nuzzi, on the phone so that she can get some legal advice about her son Lance’s situation. She is curious to know about Florida’s state laws regarding accessory to a serious crime. It’s been a while since Christina has contacted Dennis since moving to Lake Haven following the murder of her husband, so hearing Dennis’ voice is a breath of fresh air for her, after all this time. He is still based in Lodi, New Jersey with his family, continuing to tak...

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“Faith In the Unfaithful ” by Aidin Hadzalic

Submitted to Contest #289

In time I am still, waking to the sound in my bedroom that oncomes from traffic and bustles of the streets at some distance below. I hear an interesting scribbling in the stalls of my mind, to find out more and to show a proof to waking-up itself of the fortune in doing so, and so at a pounce and off the bed I was and doing, respectively. I was found by my mother to be all that she knows about that energy when seeing me in such elation. Poofs came off my scrambling trail out the door that made a gas typically seen through a window from outsi...

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Write an open-ended story in which your character’s fate is uncertain.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 95 stories

“This Doesn't Make Sense.” by Anxious Angel

“Story of Mizuki - Research into unconscious consciousness.” by Alice K

“Waiting” by Savannah Cash

“Uncertain Fate” by Sarah Adewolu

“Faith In the Unfaithful ” by Aidin Hadzalic

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Start your story with the lines: “The room is unfamiliar. I don’t know how I got here.”

Write your story as text messages or an online conversation between two characters — and at least one of them isn’t who they say they are.

Write a story in which a character discovers that a truth they've believed their whole life is either false or not the whole story.

Your character is getting changed in the bathroom of a nightclub or restaurant, then emerges looking completely different. Why?

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