Write a story about a character who believes their dreams predict the future.

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“Tsunami with a Smile” by LR Hunter

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Every time I open the door to my apartment building, I pray to get to my apartment door safely. Living in a big city at only twenty-years-old all by myself, with no close friends or family around for thousands of miles, puts me a little on edge. You’d think that once I got inside my building, things would be better than the street. Usually, it is, but there are some neighbors that have been here for centuries, it seems, smoking cigarettes in their ratty old nightgowns, hacking up a lung and staring you down as you walk by. The woman has a ...

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“Premonition” by Cindy Calder

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It was a normal day when Zoe awoke. She got up, brushed her teeth, showered, and dressed for work as usual. Before heading out of her loft apartment, she stopped in the small kitchen for a cup of coffee and a piece of toast. It was while she was sipping the coffee that she remembered.The previous night, as she slept, she’d had a dream that she now suddenly recalled. She straightened where she stood as chills moved down the length of her spine. How odd that she’d had the dream, but even odder that now, where she stood, she was suddenly recall...

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“Dream Maker” by Shaina Read

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“Mom, don’t take the highway home today.”Marcy Clyde was on her way out the door for an important work meeting, juggling a thermos of coffee, her car keys and a laptop bag. She looked at her daughter pleading. “Again, Sarah?” The near daily morning reports had been plaguing the Clyde family for months now. Sarah Clyde, a thirteen year old girl who up until this point in time had always been exceptionally ordinary had been having dreams. Lots of dreams.They started out innocently enough. First she had a dream that her father was going to pick...

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“The Sticky Fingers Affair” by Gerrie Van Der Zanden

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Freezing drizzle soaked Brenda as she ran from her car to the bakery and fumbled with her keys in the pre-dawn blackness. Once inside she hit the switches and light bounced off the gleaming stainless steel benches and equipment. Another switch and the fan ovens whirred into life, soon drowned out by Brenda singing with Black Sabbath on the radio. Coat off, apron on, unwilling wet hair pushed up under her cap and she was ready to bake.Brenda loved this time of day when she could indulge her passion for baking uninterrupted. But this morning w...

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“The King's Vision” by Laura Orr

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There had been whispers of the King and Queen’s madness for months, but this was the first time the doctor had witnessed it for himself. Refilling the chilled basin with hot water, the doctor repositioned the King’s cold, bloated hand into the bowl and quickly moved toward the other side of the bed, avoiding the wild eyes of the Queen as she urgently glared at a spot just above the King’s head. Aside from her continuing pleas for her beloved to awaken, she remained still and unresponsive as the doctor stalked for hours throughout t...

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“The Dream” by Jennifer Braveheart

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The dream is floating, lazily along the recesses of my brain. It is rolling gently along the banks of my memory. It is fluttering as softly as butterfly wings delicately tapping on the windows of my soul trying to awaken the recollection of it. I am sure that the dream is coming from someplace within the depths of my being. I try and remember the dream. It is sliding like the morning tide back into my memory bank. It is gliding swiftly through the recesses ...

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“The Recurring Dreams of Victor Dumoure” by Olivia Snead

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On an August morning as the sun cast its rays through the window, Victor Dumoure awakened from a dream. The handsome and successful singer got up, stretched, and crossed to his favorite chair, a Vintage from the Renaissance period. He sat down and crossed his silk clad legs. I haven’t had a dream like that since I was a young hard rocker, he thought. I was so terrified after that unforgettable performance, that I hired a private investigator to find out if someone had tried to kill me. How cunning my agent and Lenore were, slipping that drug...

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“Clairvoyance” by Autumn McGiveron

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For as long as I can remember, I’ve had this… thing. It didn’t start off as much. When I was about three I had this dream about a dog and saw the same one the next day; normal kid stuff you can write off, y’know? Then it started to get a little weirder, like knowing my sister was going to fall off the slide at the park or knowing what my cousins had gotten me for my birthday before they had even come to my party. By the time I told my parents I knew they were going to separate before they had even decided, they all knew something was up. ...

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“Changng Track” by Ann Allen

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Changing Track The water was surprisingly cold, and the current more swift than expected. But it was only a small river, running a little high because of the summer rains. It carried him downstream maybe a hundred yards, before he hit a backwater. From there it was an easy swim to shore. Over some large boulders, up a small cliff, and he ...

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“The Death of Somnia” by Dean Hodsfry

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06:45 Jericho, Oxford Samia screamed and came round with a start. Her heart was racing and her head felt heavy and sweaty. She shivered, the clock was on 6:45 damn it, forty-five minutes before her alarm should have gone off. After that dream, she could not go back to sleep. She got out of bed with a huff and stomped downstairs. ‘Samia, sweetheart, you look like you got dragged through a hedge backwards and it’s only 6:45 am’ Sally said hand on her hips ‘Please don’t tell me you have just come in?’ ‘No Sal I have been in all night. I had a...

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“Water and Air” by Polly Figural

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The sun-warmed water lapped at her feet, tucking bits of sand and seaweed between her toes. She leaned back on her palms, closed her eyes, and tilted her face to the sun. A quiet breeze brushed her cheeks as she sifted sand through her fingers. The water lapped a bit higher, past her ankles, and flowed lazily back. She shifted and stretched the length of her body on the beach. The water rose, past her ankles and then to her waist, and it was noticeably cooler too... the breeze grew to a chilling wind, insistent. She started to straighten up,...

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“Dream a Dream” by Rebecca Hackney

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Claire woke up with a jolt, sweating and breathing heavy. Not again, she thought. The dreams haven’t happened in a long time, they were supposed to be done and gone. Claire reached over to her night stand and grabbed her water bottle taking a big gulp. Maybe it wasn’t what she thought; maybe it was just a dream. Claire closed her eyes and went back to bed hoping for a decent nights sleep. The following morning Claire woke up feeling refreshed and she pushed the dream out of her mind. It was just a dream she kept telling herself. She made bre...

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“In Color” by Marcia H.

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A dream is just a dream unless you are Esme Quatermain Brady than a dream is not a dream. A dream becomes the future. Esme knew she had what her grandmother, Misty, used to call “the gift” since she was a little girl. She didn’t want the gift at times. She didn’t want the gift when she had a dream that her grandmother, Misty, was calling her and she couldn’t find her. She could hear her grandmother’s voice and see her hands reaching out to her but she couldn’t see her face or the rest of her body. She tried and tried to see her grandmother’s...

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“After Eight” by Santhosh Gangadharan

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AFTER EIGHT SANTHOSH GANGADHARAN She stood by the window looking at the street sipping Horlicks. A healthy drink right after a nap in the afternoon on a holiday was her passion. That gave her time to reminisce the week that had gone by. The street was as busy as ever. The single storey long building had rows of shops. All were busy except the one at the far end – ‘After Eight’. As the name suggests it would open only after eight. Then it would be a maze of crowd in there. It was a restaur...

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“The Gamble” by Cody Cooper

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“Here’s 100,000 dollars for Jacksonville to beat Kansas City outright tonight,” Mark stated in a tone of self-satisfaction, his voice barely concealing his internal monologue. “I am a prophet. I can beat the system. Here in Vegas, the gambling Mecca of America, the odds were in my favor, not the casino’s,” he thought to himself. “Where the hell did you get 100G’s?” Samuel, Mark’s childhood friend, asked. He was almost yelling in shock, yet his voice was still drowned out by the sounds of electronic beeping and change dispensing at the ne...

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Write a story about a character who believes their dreams predict the future.

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✍️ 39 stories

“Tsunami with a Smile” by LR Hunter

“Premonition” by Cindy Calder

“Dream Maker” by Shaina Read

“The Sticky Fingers Affair” by Gerrie Van Der Zanden

“The King's Vision” by Laura Orr

“The Dream” by Jennifer Braveheart

“The Recurring Dreams of Victor Dumoure” by Olivia Snead

“Clairvoyance” by Autumn McGiveron

“Changng Track” by Ann Allen

“The Death of Somnia” by Dean Hodsfry

“Water and Air” by Polly Figural

“Dream a Dream” by Rebecca Hackney

“In Color” by Marcia H.

“After Eight” by Santhosh Gangadharan

“The Gamble” by Cody Cooper

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Start or end your story with the line ‘This is my worst nightmare.’

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Write a story about a character who interprets people’s dreams.

Write about a character whose dreams are portals to other worlds.

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