Your protagonist discovers that everything they type comes true. What happens next?

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“Typo ” by Anastasios Repousi

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L…o…ll…y…A twisted treat suddenly fell from her father’s wall-mounted file rack, and she caught it, barely, and gave it a gentle blow. Ruby had seen a lot of really swirly sweets, but nothing compared to this. It had a strange mix of colours: periwinkle and tangerine tango, and where the white should normally be was a gloomy grey, like a smudged marble.Ruby had also eaten a lot of really swirly sweets, and this one tasted better than she’d ever eaten. She sat in her father’s office chair, eating the treat, and listening to the impressive sta...

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“PEN POWER” by Julia Corliss

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The strange phenomenon started for Karley one day as she sat in her favorite spot in her garden with her journal in her lap contemplating what to write or draw. She loved this garden and cottage which she had called home for ten years now since her retirement decision to leave the city and move to a much more bucolic environment. It was an overcast day. She wished the sun would break through. It wasn’t exactly gloomy, just overcast, foretelling the coming of rain with thick clouds blocking the sun. The roses about her in the garden seemed do...

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“The Magic Protagonist” by George Wallace

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Margret looked out of the window, it had rained all day, the day was so dreary, she had a book to finish her agent had been on the phone to her hourly. The phone receiver was red hot. The noise of the rain was like a broken record, it just went on and on. ‘I will never get this book done, I just can’t be bothered to do it but I need the money, I will lose the house if I can’t pay the mortgage, thought Margret to herself. ‘John, can you ...

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“Text To Truth” by Elain Sho-Avei

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“Perfection,” I said with a wide, cheesy grin on my face as I shut my laptop. The grin slipped. I guess smiles and fake affirmations don’t help shake you out of the mindset that what you just wrote is a flaming hot piece of garbage. I sighed, exhausted. I spent the whole day at my laptop just trying to think of something noteworthy to write about. Nothing. Zilch. ZERO. I guess that’s not true. I did write an insanely hackneyed piece about some generic dystopia with all the tried and true tropes just to write SOMETHING. It…just made me ...

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“If Romeo and Juliet Lived” by Amy O'Keeffe

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A test. A test was needed. Verity soaked up the rays of the sun, enjoying the company of her best friend Oriana, while allowing the breathtaking views of the valley to wash over her.It started with a Year 9 English task to change the ending of Romeo and Juliet (Verity had always wanted Juliet to wake up before Romeo drank the contents of the fatal vial). She was astounded on opening up the play the next day to find the ending had altered, it was word for word, the way she had typed it! The funny thing was, that neither her English teacher or...

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“There She Blows” by Shelley Lamie

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9:07AM. My phone began to vibrate to the beat of Macklemore heading downtown to pop some tags. I glanced over to see it jiving towards the edge of the desk, caller ID announcing Wanda on the other end. “Wanda, you know this is Do-Not-Disturb-Me time,” I mumbled. The gyrations stopped as T-Mobile told her to leave a voicemail. “Just send me a text message like you’re supposed to,” I thought and looked back to my laptop, not sure of how to get my momentum going again. Ah yes, Jackson was considering using the alley door of the convenienc...

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“Lucky List” by Mark Graves

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“What cha doing, Billy?”, my six-year-old sister asked, interrupting my meditation. “None of your business,” I said. “Now go away. I’m busy.” “Didn’t look busy to me. It looked like you were sleeping,” Suzie said with her annoying, childish giggle. “Shows what you know. I was manifesting.” I wish Mom would let me lock my door, but she promised to take it off its hinges if I locked it again. I get caught smoking weed in my room one time and they subject me to mom boot camp. Now they were threatening to make me quit the football team if I did...

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“The Misfortune Teller” by Dale Bankhead

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“We’ve had a complaint,” said my supervisor Jerry as he cleaned his nails with a letter opener. “A woman celebrating her eighty-fifth birthday at Full Moon Noodle House got a fortune cookie that read, ‘Enjoy life while you still can.’ The next day, she died from a massive stroke.” I forced myself to maintain a neutral expression. “I hardly see how we can be held responsible for that,” I said. “People just want someone to blame when tragedy strikes.” &nbsp...

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“The Writer's Curse” by Sofia Palmerston

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Viktor Petrov, a fifty-two-year-old author, sat at his desk, the worn leather chair groaning under his weight. He was of average height, but years spent writing had ruined his posture, making him appear shorter. Viktor didn’t care how he looked; all that mattered to him was his work. His blond hair was messy, his blue eyes hidden behind glasses, and his once soft, pale skin had grown dry and weathered. His latest novel, a dystopian thriller, was nowhere near completion. The deadline loomed, and his publisher couldn’t hold his spot any longer...

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“When Emperors Live” by Sir Suirradel

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Mac sits at the desk for hours on end. From 4PM to 8PM, he needed to get his project DONE by the end of Friday. Between balancing his work at the security office as well as trying to meet his deadline, his creative cloud of imagination grew stale as time progressed. The ticking of the clock haunting as well as grating his nerves. He groaned as he dropped the weight of his big ol head onto the table. “Oww...” he sighs as boredom strains the back of his neck. 10PM arrives and power begins to flicker. For Mac, he didn’t heed the br...

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“Haven” by Danno Guerrero

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My characters suck and are so damn boring | I throw my fingers into the roots of my hair and pull. Hard. The palm of my right hand throbs from the pounding I just put into my desk–in perfect time with the cursor blinking at the end of my latest masterpiece, my truth in fiction. And the truth is that I am losing time, and that nothing I ever do is— Slurp. Sluuurp. Sluuuuurp. The final slurp is what gets me from questioning if the sound is in my head to knowing it’s right behind me. I spin in my chair until I’m facing Alex. I know he’s Alex, ...

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“Sands of Time” by Jennifer Nix

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I finished my horror novel where an elderly man had suffered a heart attack from being scared to death by a ghost. I poured my heart into it. It was exhausting writing such things because it was out of my scope. I had written only about Eskimos and the frosty north. People up there would only transport things by airplanes, not by roads on the northern plains. Not many people lived up there, it was a desolate place. A tundra. I got to my feet and left my room to check on Grandpa. It was time for his meds and to make sure he would get fed. Gra...

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“The Wishes of a Waitress” by Dana Orr

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Fieri walked into her room after a hard day at work. She was sick of people mistreating her. As a waitress working for a classy and expensive restaurant, it was to be expected. But she’d grown tired of it rather quickly. It was always some elderly man or teenage boy harassing her or drooling over her. She knew she was pretty, with her long dark chocolate hair curled and pinned up elegantly, and equally stunning dark eyes. She wore glasses and thought they made her seem mature, but a lot of the female customers that came into the restau...

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“A CHERN for the best” by Nikko DeGoya

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I stared down at a blank piece of college ruled notebook paper, as my unruly long blonde hair began to tumble over my glasses. The blue and red lines stared back at me menacingly, almost as if they were challenging me. “Fill us up with words, April,” the lines on the page chanted in unison, “Give us life, give us meaning.” Writing. Why did my downfall always come to writing? Even when I was a young kid in elementary school, writing workshops had always been a nightmare. Most, if not all of the other kids had their eyes glued to th...

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“A strange book” by James Little

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“Jaz! We really should not be here, it’s dangerous!” Aurelia the princess of Decia moaned. Jazcyn smirked and looked back at her friend, as they traversed one of the many hidden passageways within the Royal palace of Decia. A small ball of light floated alongside her, illuminating the dark passageways “Where’s your sense of adventure Auri?! You live in a palace with lots of secrets! We must explore them!” “But there are dangerous things down here! I’ve heard stories of servants going missing! Besides I have to wear this stupid dress! I wish ...

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Your protagonist discovers that everything they type comes true. What happens next?

Submissions are closed

✍️ 54 stories

“Typo ” by Anastasios Repousi

“PEN POWER” by Julia Corliss

“The Magic Protagonist” by George Wallace

“Text To Truth” by Elain Sho-Avei

“If Romeo and Juliet Lived” by Amy O'Keeffe

“There She Blows” by Shelley Lamie

“Lucky List” by Mark Graves

“The Misfortune Teller” by Dale Bankhead

“The Writer's Curse” by Sofia Palmerston

“When Emperors Live” by Sir Suirradel

“Haven” by Danno Guerrero

“Sands of Time” by Jennifer Nix

“The Wishes of a Waitress” by Dana Orr

“A CHERN for the best” by Nikko DeGoya

“A strange book” by James Little

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