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Write a story that takes place in a waiting room.

Posted in Thriller and Suspense on Oct 26, 2022

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“The Amazing Adventures Of....Chicken Suzi! Chicken Suzi And The Long Wait+The Mystery Of Mr. Pig” by Andrew Sasenaraine

Submitted to Contest #49

Meet Chicken Suzi. She is a chicken nugget that loves to go on adventures. Chicken Suzi had been counting down the days till today. Today she was going to a book signing. You would not only get your book signed, but you would also get to meet the author, Mr. Pig. He had written Chicken Suzi's favorite book of all time. She had read it so many times as a little chicken nugget. It was called Goodnight Little Piggy. Chicken Suzi was aware that lots of animals would be going to the signing, but maybe if Chicken Suzi got there very early she woul...

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“Number 52 Please” by Babylon Jasmine

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“Number 27 please” I looked down automatically. I knew my number wasn’t 27. I knew it was 52, almost twice 27. Every time that voice came over the speaker, announcing a new number, I still couldn’t help but look down to see if that number had somehow, magically, made it’s way onto my slip of paper. It hadn’t this time, just as it hadn’t the previous five times that I had heard a number and looked down. I looked around. I wanted to see number 27 get up and go through the door, but nobody did. There definitely weren’t enough people in the ...

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“waiting on Thursday” by Harps Mclean

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"Mr. Meckett.  Mr. Meckett?"  The emergency room nurse is finally calling your name.  "Right here."   You raised your hand and spoke quietly.  "That's me.  I'm not ready yet, though.  Can you move me down the list and take care of somebody else?  Maybe that person with an ear in their pocket?"  It's too early.  There is no reason for the medical professionals to know you'd been awake all night thinking about it.    The receptionist doesn't need to know your alarm went off at midni...

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“Sketch” by Jhumki R Vincent

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My hangout was all set to be gloomy with the preconceived notion of having to spend the early evening in a badly lit and unclean waiting room of a railway station. These ‘refugee halts’ did not have much seating capacity; one such experience, about 5 years ago, had me standing in the waiting lobby for almost 2 hours before I managed a chair for myself; the regular commuters under such crises helped themselves by spreading newspaper or bed covers on the floor, almost setting up a feast for a picnic. The littered room infested with rodents for...

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“The Heart is an Imperfect Creature” by Priyam Saharia

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The worst place to find out that your wife is having an extra-marital affair is in a hospital waiting room—while she is dying inside. David wished Shelly had deleted those voice messages on her phone. Despite being married for twelve years, he knew there were parts of her that were always elusive, that he could never read. But he had never imagined that she could have an affair behind his back. How little we know the people we think we know. “She has serious brain injuries. At this point, we cannot say if she is going to pull through,” the ...

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“cry me a river” by Vivian Henry

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CRY ME A RIVER I awoke with a faint cry as was the norm, my body all tensed up as I waited for a stomach refill from the best pacifier known to man. One second. Two seconds. Three seconds. Could it be? I stretched out my arms in a bid to grab onto something, anything. I got nothing. My eyelids flew open. The white washed walls with its four-legged creatures of various sizes and colours sent a strong signal to my brain. I sat up. A quick scan of my surroundings confirmed my thoughts. Nene’s gone. Again. My gaze flew to the door and sure enoug...

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“Time's up” by Millie Spence

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The waiting room was a cold, clinical place. The sounds of doctors shouting and the faint beeping of medical equipment was all that broke the tense silence between the people in the room. No one dared say a word in fear that they might alter the outcome. Finnley was tapping anxiously on the arm of the uncomfortable, plastic chair he had been sitting on for hours. The ticking clock served only to make him more stressed and uncomfortable than he already is. He wanted to strike up a conversation between him and Xander’s parents, maybe about the...

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“Five Down, Ten More to Go” by Carina Morrison

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People tend to trust their most treasured things in the hands of others, even when they know it has no hope. Especially things like the lives of the people you would give your own life for. Yet here I sat, the cold air laying stale and heavy around me, like a blanket that's been dragged in the mud and is still sopping wet. I pulled my own cotton blanket tighter to my chin and leaned against the peeling paint on the wall. The sound of the coffee machine hummed on and off, keeping it at the lukewarm temperature that reminded you exactly where ...

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“The Glass Room Mystery” by Gordon K

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The two children awoke suddenly with a jolt and when their eyes adjusted they realised they were alone and not at home, they were in a glass room. The children were twins and only at the age of six, but they were no fools and soon realised things were very wrong. Through a combination of fear and confusion at how they had gotten there they decided to do nothing and they sat and waited for a very long time. Most kids probably would have been curious, and decide to go on an adventure like always seems to be the case in movies from the eighties...

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“Shattered Hope” by Jayne Morgan

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Faye sat twisting a damp tissue. Every now and then she would dab at her eyes with the soggy tissue before twisting it again, wringing it between her hands as if trying to squeeze out the dampness.  After a few minutes the tissue would start to fall apart and Faye would throw what was left of it into the bin beside her, and grab another tissue from the box on a small coffee table in front of her. Opposite her, on the other side of the coffee table, sat an older man. After watching her for several minutes he stood up and t...

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“Waiting room blossom” by Arie Mercer

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Tick tock- tick tock- 'Does that clock ever stop ticking?' ' I've been waiting here for along time...' I thought as I coughed up another petal. 'Why did I ever fall in love with her' My thoughts were getting scarier 'what if i died from this?' I coughed several petals this time. I took out my phone and opened the camera... the flowers were getting worse. "hanahaki disease; a disease, where the victim of an unrequited or one-sided love begins to vomit, or cough the petals or flowers of the flowering plant growing inside their lungs; if left u...

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“A goodbye” by Rebecca Andrews

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Dear Sarah,            I hope you'll excuse me if this letter is not a polished piece of prose. I don't have much time, and I want to get through everything before I leave on my journey. I know this isn't the way we thought we would say goodbye, but there is nothing I can do to change it now. I have no choice. This is not a journey I can get out of. I see from the clock on the wall that it is just coming up to 7am now, and I'm told that I will have to go at 8am sharp. I don't suppose I c...

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“Waiting For Goldo” by Dilan Abdah

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That clock. You would think for a shrink’s office she wouldn’t put such a loud ticker. My anxiety kicks in and I try recalling the breathing exercises she gave me, but all I could muster was holding my breath, blowing out before I pass, then holding it again. Another patient just came and sat opposite. Must be for the other office. Husband-and-wife team. I wonder if they get therapy. I sit cross-legged to hide my leg shake, but the flurry of my heel is relieving to me. I change legs, right over left and grab a magazine from the table between...

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“A Monster” by Rema Teller

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Mark arrived at the emergency reception but he didn’t have a burn, scratch or break anywhere to be seen. A few people in the waiting room watched him as he spoke quietly to the receptionist. With a soft smile, she pointed him over the waiting room seats. He was walking fine, not as if injured, but he moved over to the seats with a strange sway—like a ventriloquist’s dummy—as if his weak body was being held up by an invisible force.He looked dishevelled, his mousy hair a greasy mop, his eyes red as if he hadn’t slept in weeks. He hadn’t. Not ...

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“The Doctor's Waiting Room” by Ann Rapp

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Inside Jeannie’s head there was a tiny but muscular Japanese Taiko drummer like those she had seen on television last night, who was pounding on her skull to be let out. Jeannie’s face was pale and drawn beneath the dark sunglasses, not a match for her smoothly coiffed hair and smart business suit. And she kept the sunglasses on inside the doctor’s waiting room to keep out bright light, which made a migraine much worse. Jeannie had taken a couple of over the counter headache pills which were supposed to help migraine, but they hadn’t and now...

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