Write a story told entirely through one chase scene.

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“Feather and Gold” by Ljubica Jevremovic

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The harsh wind broke through all sides. Capturing the sounds of the night, it permeated fear through veins. Pushing the dead leaves, it picked up some parts and performed the last dance of death with them. The echoes of the sneakers were reminiscent of a terrifying shooting. It spread far and wide, over branches and thick grass. The blades of grass cut the wind, letting out the blood-curdling whistle. The forest swayed, each tree trampling its rival. They struggled with dominance, launching their bodies as close to the road as possible....

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“You Owe Me” by Chris Buono

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“Come here, Jimmy! I just want to talk to ya!” Carmine “Big C” Lucchese hollered in his Bronx accent. It sounded more like I wanna twalk ta ya! “Big C! I swear I didn’t steal from nobody,” James “Jimmy Ugatz” Carbone called over his shoulder in an equally thick accent. He started running. “You dirty little-,” Carmine grunted through gritting teet...

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“Bullet County, U.S.A. ” by Nikita Linivenko

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Berlin Alexanderplatz lay open on the table, his cup of coffee next to it, in the café across the street from the police station. It wasn’t even a street, so much as a strip of badly graveled road that the low, one-story building stood on the other side of. In desert country, people raced around on quad bikes, more fit for the terrain, dune and hardpan, and he had seen a few teenagers racing around in the past few hours. He finished what was left and slipped the novel in his jacket, then went out to the road, waited around a few moments unti...

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“Runaway Dreams” by Farah Javed

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Sarah Williams didn't get a second to stay dazed and lie on the sidewalk. Her arm was throbbing from the impact with the concrete and thought she may have broken a rib. One thing's for sure, she was going to have a gnarly bruise in the morning. But there were bigger concerns. Realizing what happened, she started to chase him. Sarah pursued this man who was almost a foot taller than her, with a wider stride. She knew that it would be impossible to catch up, but if westerns had taught her anything, it's that the bad guy always loses. &...

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“Cycle Chase Number One” by Spencer Rubin

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The last aid station wasn’t worth stopping. Jackson wanted to podium, that’s all that mattered to him. He was chugging along, spinning his wheels as fast as was functional, with only ten kilometers left in the course. Breathing heavily with calculated precision and matching each rotation of his pedals with an inhale or an exhale. His calves were tight, tingling, and uncomfortably from the past two hours of hard, relentless motion - up and down over and over - moving his bicycle precisely at the rate he’d practiced during the previous months ...

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“Danny’s in a Hole” by Russell Waterman

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You’ve really done it this time, Danny. Just look at the hole you’ve dug for yourself, or should I say fallen into? Trapped like the bug you are. Mama tried to warn you about those who mean to harm you. “They’d just as soon as have you for dinner then look at you—literally,” She’d say. But you had to play the rebellious youth, didn’t you, Danny? Acting tough and forging your own way. You wanted to see what all the hullabaloo was about regarding conical pits. It turns out you’re just another punk kid who tempted fate and lost, getting too clo...

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“Geminus ” by Rachel Ryan

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I cannot hear anything save the furious pounding of my heart, perfectly in sync with every footfall upon the muddied path. The trees flash by me in a blur of greens and moss-covered trunks; my lungs struggle to inhale the wet, musty air as I push them far beyond their limit. If I were to think too hard on it, the pain would be overwhelming; the fire in my muscles and chest, the damp seeping into my bones. Yet the blur of my panic is overridden by instinct, and my adrenaline, and I somehow find the strength to press on, to keep moving, becaus...

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“chasing death” by Binyamin Jackman

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First jobs always make me nervous. But this specific one made me more nervous than most. I was asked, on the first day of my career as a flying fighter, to stop a bunch of gangsters from escaping the police. For some reason, they chose the hardest criminals to stop on my first day. Very nice of them. But I really had no right to complain. I understand why they would not want me to succeed. Flying over the city, I looked down, trying to spot a Toyota, in which the criminals, at least according to the report I was given, escaped. Of course, th...

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“Milo and Nate” by Charlie Murphy

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“Why did you have to go and piss off Kate’s dad?” I asked.“I was hungry!” Nate replied.“So, you ate his cheesecake and called him a fat cheapskate?”“Hey, it's not my fault he buys from Walmart.”“Yeah, but you didn't have to insult him!”“It was worth it.”“You're such a jerk! I don’t know why I hang out with you.”“Cuz you love me.”I sighed. “Come back here, you bastards!” Mr. Cunningham exclaimed.“Kiss our asses, fatty!”“Did your parents drop you on your head when you were a baby?”“No.” Nate paused. “I mean I don’t think they ...

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“"Your Mom" and Other Things You Shouldn't Tell Strange Angry Giants” by Isabelle Jones

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There had been a number of split-second decisions that Alex had made over the years. Some of them had even turned out well for him. But as a whole he'd come to the conclusion that he needed to stop making them because he usually regretted it. "Stupid," he huffed, pumping his legs harder as he heard an echo of his own feet pounding at unforgiving pavement. The sound was getting louder and louder the more he ran, his tail gaining on him in a way he hadn't expected. His lungs were beginning to burn and his heart hammered against his chest. It ...

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“Hunt for the rising sun” by RABI CHATTERJEE

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Imagine a scene where a person is being chased by someone/something but it’s not visible. The person who is being chased is running and running, gasping, shouting, “Hello, help me, hello. Why can’t I see anyone? Hello”. Then he stumbles on a rock. Now it’s another place, a bedroom. Suddenly, he wakes up on his bed. The person who was being chased is woken now. He was dreaming. It was kind of a nightmare to him. He is perspiring, gasping. It is 11 in the morning. The person speaks as he is speaking to the audience, “Life has been chasing me f...

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“Chasing Rubies ” by Rema Teller

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I could see myself again, the other version. The fake one. It was standing over my bed staring at me, it's eyes filled with worry. I watched as it turned it's head and crept towards the corridor. I followed it. It was turned away from me blocking the front door. I could tell by the way their shoulders were moving they were crying. They were always smiling, never crying. Why were they crying now? I crept closer to them but they opened the front door to run away. -----I ran after them but I found that the door didn't lead to my own street...

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“Fair Play or Vengeance” by Gilbert Were

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“Come on. Drive” I called out to the driver as soon as I jumped into the back of the pick-up. A policewoman aimed an AK at me from the court’s main entrance but missed, thanks to my driver’s acumen, instead finding the target’s alternative, the pick-up’s left-wing mirror. Every then court associate seemed to be occupied with the dying man, so when the driver slowed down to launch into the highway, I jumped down and joined him behind the dashboard. His name was Issa, he was part of my father’s gang. The only one that had given himself up in m...

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“Black Panamera” by Robin Owens

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2:53pm This HOV lane is about to end, and Adam is not going to make it out. Main-lane traffic is crawling up ahead. He is going to try to squeeze in between the cars like a pastry slipping into a toaster, but it’s not going to work. And if it’s not going to work for Adam, it won’t work for me because I’m right behind him. I have already calculated the time we have left before the exit based on our speed and distance. The exit is in 2.1 miles. I’m keeping up with his speed of 95 MPH. In 2.1--now 2 miles flat, we will both be forced to exit ...

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“Bank Vaults and Fairy Lights” by Rinsha P

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Fairy lights. They really are quite pretty, aren’t they? Like fireflies trapped in tiny bottles. Except the lights, for one, don’t blink and moreover, are probably 100 times more luminescent than the light that comes a firefly. Probably being the key word. Robert quickly made a mental note to do more research on bioluminescence later. Right now, he had a case to tackle, though he, like everyone else in the room knew that it was nothing more than a waste of time and effort. If only they had a real-life Sherlock Holmes. Someone who could deduc...

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Write a story told entirely through one chase scene.

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✍️ 143 stories

“Feather and Gold” by Ljubica Jevremovic

“You Owe Me” by Chris Buono

“Bullet County, U.S.A. ” by Nikita Linivenko

“Runaway Dreams” by Farah Javed

“Cycle Chase Number One” by Spencer Rubin

“Danny’s in a Hole” by Russell Waterman

“Geminus ” by Rachel Ryan

“chasing death” by Binyamin Jackman

“Milo and Nate” by Charlie Murphy

“"Your Mom" and Other Things You Shouldn't Tell Strange Angry Giants” by Isabelle Jones

“Hunt for the rising sun” by RABI CHATTERJEE

“Chasing Rubies ” by Rema Teller

“Fair Play or Vengeance” by Gilbert Were

“Black Panamera” by Robin Owens

“Bank Vaults and Fairy Lights” by Rinsha P

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Write a story about a proposal.

Write a story about an argument that seems to be about one thing, but is actually about another.

Write a story about a person experiencing pre-performance jitters.

Write a story about a summer afternoon spent in a treehouse.

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