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

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“Mirror” by Udita Parasar

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Life is very unpredictable. God has designed everyone differently. But what happens when a person notices the same things or phrases wherever they go. It sounds odd but some people experience such things. Sometimes time plays a joke with us, and whatever is there will happen anyhow in our lives. It is a story of Peter who lives in America with his family. He is a very carefree boy. But one incident turns his life upside down. Actually, it was his last day in college and he was thrilled as there will be a farewell party tonight. As soon as th...

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“The fate of Angie's confidence ” by REFILWE MATHUMO

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When life gives you lemons make lemonade right. Angie could not see the right lemons i believe. Question is "does life really give us lemons or humans manage to bring themselves lemons they do not need?" "Beware of scams", on walls, YouTube videos, Google and now friends , call it staple food already " Angie's thoughts three months earlier. She was a well bred girl so humble and kind the little joy of the Matt family. Be it at home or at school she did her best afterall having strict parents why wouldn't you. "Tyrants" that was the word on...

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“The devil ruined my life ” by TomfliXA Ng’ang’a

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I am really trying. Trust me I am. Murder isn’t nice and I know it and I can’t kill her. Maybe life has more to it than messed up escapades,death threats to one’s family, being forced into serial killing and broken families. Maybe it’s Karma. Seriously though anyone who gives a damn about Karma should get a good ass whooping. You serve God or serve the devil. Everybody has got to serve someone. This has been bothering me since my family was broken. I don’t really recall where I saw or heard it but it sure has been messing up my head. To be ...

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“Apophenia at 11:11” by Girish Kumar

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On 11 November, Eleven minutes after the clock tower on the church struck eleven times, I could feel the vibration. Deaf I was, but not blind to see the saw-edged lightening fall near my mom and dad in the far distance. They flew apart into the sky, as if they had wings of an angel. It left the woods around look like a galactic fire with gold ball and grey curls all over. I watched in amaze. Gabriel! shouted my grandma and grandpa in unison. My old grandma hastened up to me and held my hands tight as if she did ...

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“The Velvet Handbag” by Tabetha Wilson

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I think what I really want to do is explain to you why things are so different now. It’s not fair to leave you in the dark forever. You deserve better than that. So please, try to understand- I’m being stretched in ways people don’t stretch, and if I don’t break first, you may never recognize me again.I’ve always wanted to be a very alive girl, but you know that. To live vividly and shamelessly, flaunting my vivacity over a dull and tiresome world. It has made me many friends, but you and I have not always seen eye to eye. Even a mother’s lo...

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“My First Purse” by Luella Schmidt

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I had just finished a chapter when Hani walked in the room. Hani was my favorite LPN. She always greeted us with a smile, seemed happy to chat with me, and she had a lyrical south African accent that I loved.“How are you doing today?” Hani boomed at Mom. One of my many annoyances was that every person who worked here raised their voice with every interaction, even though there was nothing wrong with Mom’s hearing. Occupational habit, I imagine. Mom gazed at her and smiled, but didn’t answer. She rarely talked anymore. “Hani, how was you...

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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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“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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“Hearts” by Celia Plaue

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I feel my body shake as I approach the altar, like every bone in my body is simultaneously breaking, and so is my heart. Every step I take makes me cry a little bit more inside. I step very slowly, taking my time. Slow and steady wins the race, but I don’t feel like much of a winner right now. I gulp as I become alarmingly close to the altar, where all eyes will follow me. I endure my whole body turning to jelly, any little thing could break me into a million pieces. I slump back, cowering to everyone who is waiting for me to speak. The trem...

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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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“Sorrow” by Ashwin Noveau

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It is in every corner and crevice you'll ever see, it is hidden in the pits of despair you'll eventually end in. You'll find it in every breathless sob you'll see and in every notion of history. Maybe not at first, maybe not at all, maybe never, but if you're a little bit like her the moment you see it might come sooner than later. The truth is, when she began seeing it, there wasn't a moment she couldn't not acknowledge it. Even from the corner of her eye, no matter where no matter when. It began unsuspectingly, almost unnoticed, a...

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“"Hello, Mr. Valentine..." ” by Isabella Melendez

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(What is the story...) I sprawled across my bed in an attempt to wake my nerves for the day ahead of me. I do my morning routine, I make my way towards the front door, but something catches my eye. I see a small object, it was reflective and caught some of the light coming from my small lamp on the desk that I normally use when I work late until dawn. What is it? I don't remember... But at the same time... I do... The room seems more eerie than I had meant to leave it this morning as I head to my office, I am still sh...

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“Times Up” by Kelsey Marie

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The clock on the mantel struck 4:50 A.M. His eyes fixated on the clock as he clenched his blood soaked chest. Frantically he begins to scan the oddly disheveled room. He started leaving bloodied fingerprints against the hall wall leading out of the entrance way. "Not again," the man muttered. He began to slowly shuffle his feet. There's no sign of his wife, or children. The house is eerily quiet, and seemingly empty. A loud clicking could be heard pacing the wooden floors. Click. Click. Click. Click. Holding his breath he slowly makes his wa...

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“What do you see?” by Gillian Mwale

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I’ve always liked music. You see, there is something about the way each beat is timed and each note sung that makes me come alive. I find that I cannot help but sway or tap to the rhythm as it plays. It doesn't really matter to me if I hum along off-key or if I bob my head a little too hard in the process. All as long as I can feel each beat of the drum as it comes. “Hey!” My mini dance party comes to a sudden end as I look up to lock eyes with a horrified face. “What are you doing?” She shouts, attempting to be heard over the sound in my ...

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“haunted prey” by Lisa S.

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“Shut up, you lying bitch!”, he muttered, his hand flying to his forehead, tapping his chest, then falling to his side and rushing up again at his forehead. He repeated the motion compulsively, tap, tap, silence, tap, tap, silence, as he stumbled through the deserted dark street, his irregular steps echoing off the bare brick walls engulfing him. They were still behind him. He could hear their panting breathes and see their pitch-black figures scurrying to hide in the shadows whenever he threw a look over his shoulder. “They’re going to get...

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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

“Mirror” by Udita Parasar

“The fate of Angie's confidence ” by REFILWE MATHUMO

“The devil ruined my life ” by TomfliXA Ng’ang’a

“Apophenia at 11:11” by Girish Kumar

“The Velvet Handbag” by Tabetha Wilson

“My First Purse” by Luella Schmidt

“Four and forty-five” by Mads Sherion

“A smile” by Shreya Biswal

“Hearts” by Celia Plaue

“THE TURQUOISE MEDALLION” by Mara Masolini

“Sorrow” by Ashwin Noveau

“"Hello, Mr. Valentine..." ” by Isabella Melendez

“Times Up” by Kelsey Marie

“What do you see?” by Gillian Mwale

“haunted prey” by Lisa S.

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