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Begin your story with a character having a gut feeling they cannot explain.

Posted in Thriller and Suspense on Oct 25, 2022

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Incomprehensible

Submitted to Contest #127

It’s a feeling, one I’m not sure I could or should explain. I don’t think feelings are meant to be explained; they are sacred to the heart, not the tongue. Still, this feeling begs to be understood, articulated to its fullest extent and depth. I lack not the motivation, merely the ability. How could I put in words the symphony your eyes conduct when they meet mine? How could I make fathomable the sincerity of my love? I’ve spent all these years trying to make sense of what it is you inspire in me, but I’ve come to the desperate conclusion th...

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Midnight Mayhem

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"I AM NOT GOING DOWN THERE!"Lisa looked at me with an amused expression bordering on ridicule."It's an alley," she replied mockingly.Nervously, I surveilled the dimly lit, damp, brick and stone passageway. A wall on one side and a large group of old headstones on the other caused me to hesitate.“It just passes through the church grounds,” she added.Darting across the other end of the alley, I thought I spotted someone running towards the church in a red suit with horns on their head - a trailing cape fluttering in the breeze. The sound ...

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Gut Feelings Can Come True

Submitted to Contest #127

Greg woke up early in the morning with an impatience that he could neither resist nor explain. It was the first morning of the new year, one of the few days in which he allowed himself to sleep in late. But that wasn’t going to be the case on this day. No sleeping position that he tried worked. Neither did ever diminishing bottles of beer on the wall that ‘happened to fall’. So he got upGregg was experiencing a gut feeling that he should be somewhere soon. He just didn’t know the location or why he should want t...

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The Walk

Submitted to Contest #127

Carol shot up in bed. She was covered in sweat and gasping for air as stiffened arms held her up.  It felt like a python constricted around her chest while her stomach spewed lava into her throat. She looked straight ahead into the blurry darkness, listening, hoping for silence, but it came again. The sound penetrated her ears and she knew there was no avoiding it. She knew it was the darkness bringing her greatest fear.  Her lips quivered as she blurted out the words,  “Jeff! Jeff! Get up! Now! Get up!” Blonde hair rustled o...

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When I Fall, I Shall Arise

Submitted to Contest #127

WHEN I FALL, I SHALL ARISEThe reign of terror had begun, and the greatest battle I've ever experienced with my "gut feelings" seemed to suck me into a vortex of evil. Was it just a feeling like eating the cold left-overs of the remembrance of a horror scene in one of my nightmares? Or was my gut feeling that my family was about to be attacked by a vicious predator valid? I had never felt this evil presence so intensely looming over me. Though the lights were on, I felt the darkness hover over me like the shadow of a vulture's ...

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A Sunday Morning at Rosy Ruby's

Submitted to Contest #127

Extra large eggs for 77 cents a dozen and just over a dollar for that new instant coffee stuff he’d been so razzed about. Col scratched it off her list as she pulled a can from the shelf, deciding to save her improved omelet recipe for another morning. She sighed, eyeing the eggs as she passed the stacks of brown cartons. It was his Sunday off, after all. On the only day of the week he didn’t have to go into the office, she could surprise him with something he wanted. As she pushed the cart towards the TV DINNERS aisle at the front of the gr...

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Swipe Right

Submitted to Contest #127

I swipe right. I do so, mostly because of the abs, I will admit. His face isn't terrible, but it isn't one that I would consider handsome. His body is delicious in that shirtless pic, which on most profiles I despise, but not this one.I'm not looking for anything serious. To be honest, I'm not quite ready to let go of my boss. I know it's cliche, but yes, I am in a romantic relationship with my supervisor. You are probably thinking that it is motivated by the possibility of a promotion. If so, you are wrong. My boss is tall, dark, and h...

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The Hidden Rooftop

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Go up on the rooftop. What? Go up on the rooftop, the inner voice repeated again...or was it a feeling? Either way, Mila knew that she needed to leave her small, Manhattan apartment and climb the skinny ladder that led up to the secret rooftop. Overlooking a breathtaking view, she tried to turn around and face the cold ladder she was climbing, as she shivered on the freezing, winter night. One wrong move and she was toast. She had climbed this ladder before when she first moved in, peaked by curiosity, but a security officer had quickly rep...

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Font Follies

Submitted to Contest #127

Warning: gore and some sexual innuendos.The world headquarters of Helvotica Fonts Inc. is located in a prestigious high-rise building in the Canary Wharf district of London. A very expensive address. On this particular day in July, the reception area for the company headquarters was filled with people, each of them with a proposal or problem to discuss with Bogdan Helvotica, the CEO and founder of the company. Marie, his executive assistant, was doing what she could to organize his day and maintain civility but it was a losing battle. The fo...

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A Chance Meeting

Submitted to Contest #127

‘Alarston is the second of the twin cities, built by Emperor Alar back in the first age. The tale goes it was a gift to his son. An entire City for your birthday, can you imagine that?’ Said Chadwick with a shake of his head. ‘Some call it grand, I’d say it was madness!’ ‘Aye.’ Replied Luthar, not really listening to the history lesson. Since the fracas at the mill, Chadwick had been a lot more talkative, and kept giving these little talks about this and that. But today, Luthar couldn’t concentrate on what he was saying. There was a dark c...

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The Zebra

Submitted to Contest #127

I couldn’t explain it — I was determined to change my ways — but somehow I knew I would screw things all up. Even though she was the perfect girl: tall, blonde, sexy, I knew it would all go to shit. They say “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks”, and “A zebra never changes his stripes”… Well, I was that zebra. Everything was peaches and cream for the first three months, but the next three months were too boring to bear. I told her about my past: how I was with many women before I met her. And she was cool with it. I told her “I always like...

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In The Dark Predawn

Submitted to Contest #127

I was awakened without warning in the dark predawn.  It wasn’t the familiar slow ascent from Morpheus’ embrace, but rather a sharp jolt, similar to that of being torn by force from the depths of a nightmare. I was used to recollecting my dreams with vivid clarity, especially in the few seconds after waking up, but this time there were no leftover images from the Dreamscape. Only the unbroken darkness of deep sleep preceded my suddenly conscious state.  Heart fluttering uneasily in my chest, my senses scrambled to life, reaching...

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Go with your gut

Submitted to Contest #127

It all started with a Facebook post from a former employer that Cheryl had worked for 16 years ago. The company was interested in opening a chain of stores in Las Vegas. This was un-chartered territory for this Southern Californian retail chain. However, the leadership of Daniel's knew that they would have an amazing chance and success if they could get the right person for the job. They decided to reach out to their former employee Cheryl who currently is residing in Las Vegas. Raffy, a current District Manager, decided to shoot his shot...

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Following your dreams

Submitted to Contest #127

Through the stone archway of the villa, Steve saw an army jeep drive past the villa. Soldiers ran behind it. Then two more passed, followed by a truck, its unfastened tarpaulin cover flapping at the rear. He got up quickly, but continued to rise into the air, weightless. Steve was then slammed into the wall, along with the table and chairs and other loose furniture. He got to his feet ran up stone steps to get to the roof so he could get a higher viewpoint. The steps went on forever. They began to spiral, and get steeper, and narrower. Steve...

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A Little Orange in Black

Submitted to Contest #127

 A Little Orange in Black It was a rainy day. The sky was very gloomy and dark. John was devouring a very hot freshly baked meat bun like a hungry wolf. He sat on the roadside near Aa non-motorized lane. His face was sunburned red and black, being peeled by the sun. His forehead was full of wrinkles that looked like sea waves. His cheek was spotted with freckles. He had a scruffy beard which was like a tangle of dead grasses. He wore crumpled bright yellow raincoats with a little hole on it. A few calluses were protruding on his palm...

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