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As you check your mail, you notice a letter that makes you stop in your tracks.

Posted in Thriller and Suspense on Oct 26, 2022

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My Mother's Sky

Winner of Contest #47 🏆

You sip on hot lemon and honey. The steam rolls out of the cup like a vertical carpet. It covers your nose and fogs your view of the peeling rosebud wallpaper over the sink. There are grocery store flowers on the scrubbed, scratched table, and a curling piece of paper with your mother's words scrawled across it in black pen, all caps. Her instructions, which include drinking this mugful, feeding the dog, and bringing in the mail are written in English. Anything that has to do with loving you is in Spanish. Mi cielo, she calls you. My sky. ...

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The raffle ticket

Submitted to Contest #47

People have achieved so much, haven’t they? Muhammad-Ali: a famous boxer who won the world heavyweight championship. Barack Obama: the first African American to hold the office. And lastly George Floyd: an angel who gave us wings to stop us from suffocating from this racist world. The list is endless but we would be here for a long time, wouldn’t we? And here you are. You dumb sack of shit. Everyone was told to wear blindfolds when you were sent down: things were going to get ugly.  You pay close attention to the fridge d...

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The Killer from my Dream

Submitted to Contest #47

As you check your email, you notice a letter that makes you stop in your tracks. In the subject line, you read “I killed you. You are dead”. You stop and start thinking what the hell? You get away from the computer and go to the mirror near you. Everything is fine, you see your reflection. Who is that, and what does he want? You go back to your computer to see who send you the message and when. Unknown  I Killed you. You are Dead.     ####        &...

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Forever Yours

Submitted to Contest #47

The evening sun cast long shadows on the ground. The slanting rays of the setting sun gave a warm orange tinge to the sky. What a beautiful scenery! Today is your big day. You looked yourself in the mirror and smiled. You were preparing for your date that evening and was truly excited to see Isabella. Had it already been two years since Isabella and you being together? You started remembering the first time you saw her and you’d knew that she is your girl. You just knew it. And, today, being it is your anniversary, you were planning on telli...

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Scrabble

Submitted to Contest #47

You never gave much thought to those afternoons in Mexico, you and your aunt sitting opposite one another, a game board set on a table between yourselves.  It was always scorching hot outside, but without fail every morning, Tia Elena would set up the game for a quick round of scrabble. You always took a fancy to the word game though you got beaten each time by family members-even today. This morning, you were up earlier than usual, breathing in and out, in and out. Soon, your kids would be tugging on your new green dress, waiting...

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Love Letters to Myself

Submitted to Contest #47

I know you feel a dark nothingness sometimes Like a drop of black ink unfurling across the paperlike a vine blossoming taking over with its dark uglinessand then it swallows you you stumble around in the darkfeeling numb inside like icicles are stabbing youstabbing you in the heart repeatedlybut your lungs are scorchedyou need a sip of waterbut it's too far awayyou try to reach it but you can'tand then you fall there's nothing you can doso you silently scream, writhing in agonyhoping someone sees your painsees the dark empty pit inside youan...

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Two Found, One to Go

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“Hey, see you tomorrow. Bye!” Your best friend, Leah says as you guys leave the class to go home. As you leave the college building and exit the gate, you notice a group of students standing outside and talking about something in enthusiasm. “Yeah, you know, I never trusted that site until my friend told me she found her brother.”“Really? That’s great.”After eavesdropping on them, you decide to leave, lest you break into an endless flow of tears. Not until a few months ago, you had discovered a popular website called Find Your Love...

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Some Secrets can't be Known. Not Even by YOU.

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Verum, Fun Facts, and Terror Tortillas: Verum was finally - after years of waiting - going to try to go to school again. She, unlike many kids of her age, was excited for school, looking forward to it. She was turning 14 this next month and she still and never attended as so much of a single day of school. She for one knew not why she could not attend school, obtain an education.  I do though.  I do. Who am I? I bet you, among others,  would like to know the answer to that simple question. However, by giving you that ans...

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Hospital Visits Two!

Submitted to Contest #47

I don’t want you to say goodbye, and yet here I am again, sitting crossed legged on the floor of this hospital, waiting to see if this waking moment will be the last of this life, on this earth. Dramatic? I think not. You’re dying, obviously, and even in death you can’t seem to realize that I’m the one that’s always been here, and not Satchel the class A jerk who didn’t bother to come to your deathbed because he’s at a party. With other girls. What kind of guy goes to a party without his girlfriend when she’s dying? Scratch that, why would h...

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Nebula 13

Submitted to Contest #47

In past times when the council of planets attempted to organize a summit, Onyx with many others, who were against the collaboration with the governments he was led to believe murdered his father fought against these attempted summits.  But now that there is a new and more dangerous element at play he no longer has a choice but to support a summit addressing this more dangerous foe. Like many others, if he doesn’t what little he has left and loves will be destroyed. The date is 8.12.5590. A commercial passenger transport overhears a ...

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Your First And Last Warning

Submitted to Contest #47

I'm telling you the truth and only the truth. If you choose to read this maybe you can avoid what's about to happen. If you don’t, I'm afraid you're in great danger, and worse if you think I'm lying the likelihood of you dying is much higher. I'm not your enemy, neither am I your friend. You don’t know me, but I know your next. Some people don’t remember their dreams, but you will surely remember the dream you will have tonight. I want you to listen closely if you want to live. We don’t have much time, so I'll save you some by telling y...

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It's A Silly Thing

Submitted to Contest #47

There’s a certain chill in the air when you step outside. Small piles of snow still litter the ground from yesterday’s blizzard. The sky is a pale, wintery blue without a cloud in sight. You scowl wishing you had grabbed your coat, and quickly shuffle to the mailbox. “Bills, bills, and more bills,” you say, gallingly. You continue rummaging through the pile but stop short when you notice a tiny postcard in the midst of the bills. It’s an intensely bright yellow, a stark contrast to the dull grey atmosphere around you, and you squint. The pos...

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What Made my Life Change

Submitted to Contest #47

You're having a perfectly normal day when you decide to check the mail. On the way to the mailbox, you pass a dog eating a envelope. You think this is strange, but it's nothing compared to what you'll find later. When you get to the mailbox, you see something that catches your eye. It's a letter, like any other, but it has the logo of a school. This was no regular school, it was a spy school. This was a letter you had been waiting for, and the day it came changed your entire life. When you open it, it makes you stop in your tracks. It's a le...

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Her

Submitted to Contest #47

As you check your mail, you notice a letter that makes you stop in your tracks. Your free hand covers your open mouth and you drop the stack of mail. You start shaking. You drop the ground, wrapping your arms around our knees. You rock back and forth. Before you can stop them, tears run down your face. You start to rock back and forth harder; furiously."Ida? Ida! Ida, is everything okay?" You look up to see your neighbor, a retired man in his early 60's, leaning over you."Are you okay, Ida? It's me, Harry. Is everything alright?" He puts his...

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Rainy Days and Lemon-Yellow Umbrellas

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Dear You,The sky was grumpy. The clouds were shaggy like the grey mane of a wolf. Underneath the shaggy clouds was a glowing red button. The clouds would cry occasionally and freckle the yew trees with thick water. The tree-scented droplets would drip onto your lemon-yellow umbrella.I watched you.I watched you as you curled into a little ball, and tucked yourself under the eaves. I wanted to run to you. I wanted to hug you and comfort you and tell you that you'd be alright.But I couldn't.So I watched you from afar.I love you because when you...

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