Write a story about someone who starts noticing the same object or phrase wherever they go.

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“Project Dark Dreams” by Siddharth Sasikumar

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“#” by George Puscuta

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It happened again! Every night! Every bloody night… I don’t know if I can take this any longer. I thought that the serum would help, that it would lessen the pain. No! Each morning is the same. The knife in my gut is there to wake me up at 7.00 AM like clockwork. I’ve tried everything by now: tee, milk, yoga, meditation… I almost started praying. I even quit on coffee! No! Nothing works! It never changes. I wake up with the same jerk in my bowels, the ever-present churning, gnashing, ripping, pulling, twisting feeling. Every morning is the b...

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“How Soon is Now?” by Rob M

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Tying up my white shoelaces, I pushed the house door open. It was Friday, my first rest day in two weeks. I finally finished my Computer coding project. It was something I’ve procrastinated endlessly for so many months. I had to put my head down the other week and plow ahead non-stop. I submitted it at 6AM earlier. The professor had set the deadline at 8AM today. I was behind for 3 months on the project but ahead of submission by 2 hours today. There’s some kind of irony in there somewhere. I didn’t feel the least bit sleepy. Maybe it’s...

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“Early death” by Ilya Vydrin

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Truth story mixed with fiction -Prophesy- “Give me your hand, son” - An old lady asked sacredly. “Why am I should give you my hand? Are you asking for help?” – A sailor answered. “No, I’m not asking for help. I can prophesy you a future!”, - the old lady said again pompous and added with shyness and a smile: “for a dollar”. “Isn’t it calls the “asking of help”?” - Andrew rolled his eyes, holding out his hand to her. “Let's do this". -Divination- “Let’s see...” - the old gypsy lady started mysteriously: “You health...

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“THE SUNNY SIDE” by Onyxx Moon

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"Get your coat and grab your hat, leave your troubles on your doorstep, just direct your feet to the sunny side of the street…." "Oh, will you just shut up!" Adele screamed out as the text and the singing of the absurd song dimly lit the dark around her, "There are no coats, no hats! No doorsteps!" She paused, hearing silence she added "And for certain there's no damn sun!" She then began to shutter, crying out in great heaves of despair. "We blew it all away! We blew it all away! Adele sobbed, the cocoon enveloping her, however didn’t...

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“Stockholm Syndrome ” by Alvin Fernandes

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Two hours before sunset, I stood still waiting under the colorful building, rainbow - like, chewing gum and grasping on my two and a half inch long cigarette. Each puff taken, I’d tally them in my sadistic brain hoping to fill the boredom till my target arrives. My last puff, just before the boy walked out of the building, I choked on my cigar, not to be surprised or anything but I think it was the age that produced that little cough. At long last, here he was thin pieces of bones with a majestic outfit, hair all blown up; the volume of his ...

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“Don't Be Doltish” by Madison Matthews

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I parked my bicycle two streets away in an alleyway so I could sneak up to Rosen Silver unnoticed. The glass doors were barred for the night, and a security camera was suspended in the top corner of the store, its red light blinking every three seconds. I checked my watch and cursed under my breath. Two minutes early… Mortimer had always said it was bad form to be early to a heist. More chance of getting suspected if you’re slinking around the crime scene pre-robbery. I spotted a black coupe purring down the main street, beautifully silent. ...

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“Into The Unknown” by Abhay Singh

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'The beginning to this might also be the end to something that has been not seen nor heard of before.' Michael woke up early in the morning, he usually never did so but today he did and he went for a walk outside to get some fresh air after all those days of work and overtime, he went to walk at around 6.30 in the morning and the environment was so full of freshness and cool, he never felt so full of happiness before. He saw various trees - pine, European beech but a lot of oak trees which was rather rare and he thought he hadn't noticed t...

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“Halfway Descent” by McPhyre Writing

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A woman, who had been born 31 years and 86 days ago, sat alone in a bar without TVs. People called her Jem Nightingale. This name was short for her full name, Jemma Louise Nightingale. The table she'd chosen was of the circular variety, where half the occupants of the booth have to scoot out when the person in the middle inevitably has to take a leak. Jem had not considered this fact when she chose the table to sit and drink alcohol at. The logistics of bathroom-pathed exodus are somewhat irrelevant when you're trying to drink yourself...

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“Dancing without MEMORY” by Saim Khurshid

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Pre:This a bit of a weird/different take on the prompt. I hope it's acceptable.Start: This feels so good. I never knew that I was made for this. I dance and I can't stop. What a feeling! My blood flows and I wish it to flow faster. I lose my breath and every time I feel like I am going to fall, I get a shot of adrenaline and get reset like an old child's toy. This seems like a great exercise to lose weight. I should check my weight afterwards. Who knows, Fat old man Sean could be the next newspaper highlight. I can see it now, "Man...

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“A Peculiar Occurrence ” by Shant Siyahian

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Typically, it starts with numbers. It could be on the clock. It could be on license plates. "11:11am". You think to yourself, again?! Every time I look at a clock I see 11:11! What gives?? For Yesonay, it happened a little differently. See, Yesonay was a piper. What's a piper? A piper plays the pipe flute wearing tight stockings, gathering animals along with him wherever he plays. Yes, THAT type of piper. The one you see in children's books. As a piper, Yesonay would roam the land and call upon the squirrels, the crows, the rats and t...

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“Four and forty-five” by Mads Sherion

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Sun peeks longer this summer at San Diego- a suburb of Alhambra. It is exactly five in the afternoon, and the sun’s still grinning up high. What a perfect Sunday to go on multiple dates. This is evidently why eighteen-year-old Antoinet Garcia is racing for the train to arrive at Merlin tonight. Yes, Antoinet, without its t and e at the end, for completion purpose. The reason why she won’t marry until she changed her name to a more feminine, Toni. She demanded the world to call her only that. She wear pink blushes that run across her nose, an...

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“THE TURQUOISE MEDALLION” by Mara Masolini

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THE TURQUOISE MEDALLION The first time he saw it, it was hanging from a silver necklace around the neck, or, more precisely, on the chest of his colleague Sybil. That round pendant of a few centimeters in diameter was noticed, it leapt to the eyes because of the bright turquoise , which was the background color. In the centre of that shimmering turquoise enamel surface there was a very small figure which, seen from distance looked like a stylized heart, while it was instead a very little b...

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“Don't Go Home, Alice.” by Brittany Weaver

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There was this moment this morning as I was leaving The Brew Haus, just after I crossed Second Street where I thought I had gone crazy. But I didn’t. I didn’t go crazy. And now I know. Six times today I’ve heard the same noise, a ping, like when your Google search has found something or your total at the register is $6 exactly, but today, I wasn’t looking for anything and I hadn’t bought anything. Like usual, I went to The Brew Haus at 7:05 AM. It was only two blocks from Apollos Tech; just close enough to grab a few lattes and just f...

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“A smile” by Shreya Biswal

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It has already been three weeks since I started seeing that dreaded thing from the corner of my eyes. Be it my room, living room, the bathroom or even on the maple tree that can be seen through my window. It would be sitting and staring. Staring deep into my soul.At least it seemed like it was staring into my soul. I have no way of knowing what exactly it's looking at since it can't talk nor do I want to approach that demonic-looking stuffed doll.Even now it is staring at me. Sitting innocently on top of the wooden cupboard that stands at th...

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Write a story about someone who starts noticing the same object or phrase wherever they go.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 106 stories

“Project Dark Dreams” by Siddharth Sasikumar

“#” by George Puscuta

“How Soon is Now?” by Rob M

“Early death” by Ilya Vydrin

“THE SUNNY SIDE” by Onyxx Moon

“Stockholm Syndrome ” by Alvin Fernandes

“Don't Be Doltish” by Madison Matthews

“Into The Unknown” by Abhay Singh

“Halfway Descent” by McPhyre Writing

“Dancing without MEMORY” by Saim Khurshid

“A Peculiar Occurrence ” by Shant Siyahian

“Four and forty-five” by Mads Sherion

“THE TURQUOISE MEDALLION” by Mara Masolini

“Don't Go Home, Alice.” by Brittany Weaver

“A smile” by Shreya Biswal

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