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Write a story told entirely through one chase scene.

Posted in Thriller and Suspense on Oct 26, 2022

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“Asking for It” by Lisa Hines

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Trigger warning: depictions of stalking and sexual assault       When they found her overturned cart, its contents burst open and seeping across the asphalt, one wheel was still spinning. It squeaked into the air like a wounded animal until a hand reached over and stilled it. The absence of its cry felt like pressure, a riddle pausing for an answer, the connections right there underneath all this confusion. Someone, later no one would remember who, pointed to the small red hatchback just across the lot. The dome...

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“Whispers of Fate” by Olumisin Tolulope Tinuoye

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Sam has only one immediate goal and is to outrun whoever her stalker is. She kept running barefooted, holding her bulging midsection. The thorns and blades of the shrubs, piercing and cutting the skin on her face as she ran, she felt the trickle of blood and salty sweat running down from her forehead down her nose to her open mouth as she ran gasping for breath, she has never experienced fear so potent that she could feel its bile taste at the back of her throat. She ran not just for her own life but for the pulsating heart inside her, ...

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“Shifting Gears” by Claire Broschinsky

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The familiar burn creeps into my quads but I keep pedaling. I shift gears on the uphill and glance over my shoulder, smirking as he noticeably slows in his pursuit. His on-road mountain bike is heavier steel or aluminum where mine is a carbon-framed beauty my parents bought me after my second mini-triathlon. When the road levels off again I stand straight-legged on one pedal and the other to stretch. This gives him just enough time to catch up so I sit and start pedaling again. ”Surrender?” I call over my shoulder. “Never,” he pants and lurc...

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“Cat and mouse” by Marcie C

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Cat and Mouse The green eyes of the cat glimmered in the kitchen. Her fur was almost completely black, with tiny, dainty white socks on three feet, and an oval white patch on her stomach. She blended into the shadow of the fridge, the only light in the room coming from the flashing digital numbers of the oven clock, the eerie glow matching her eyes perfectly. She answered to Tidge, although her full name was Tidgy-Cat McPusspuss. She had started her life as a stray, and was appreciative of everything her humans had given her, so accepted her...

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“The Commute” by W.S. Clyffesend

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Is he looking at me?  My eyes try to watch anything else. Signboards, other passengers, my reflection. Yet my attention was always brought back to the man standing skittishly at the back of the carriage. I’m imagining things, I must be. Maybe he’s just zoning out and his eyes just happen to be rested on me?  If you’re a fellow non-license holder, you’ll know that in the morning the subway can be packed. And not everyone has remembered to bathe. He looks ill, maybe he’s just really trying to focus on something else to avoid the ...

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“Hide and seek” by Lee Dohann

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Fritz realizes that his legs are starting to feel wobbly. His heart is pounding in his chest. He is breathing heavily now. He knows he cannot rest now, but the faint pain in his chest is forcing him to take a few seconds, and wait. He moves towards the green recycling bin, and kneels beside it. His frame is small enough, he knows that he will be invisible against this color. He must remain still for a few more seconds. An unexpected movement next to the garage startles him. He decides it is time to move again. He grabs the top slab of t...

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“The First is Last and the Last First” by Maria Lilith

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O God There is a man running through the marketplace. His silhouette cartoonish in its slouch even as he runs. Time seems to operate differently for him; moving sluggishly and yet he evades his pursuers. My wearied legs battle under the weight of my heart. I have been abandoned and betrayed. My one attempt at respite has ended in torment. Woe is me. The watchmen are gaining on him. Their faces pinched and pulled in effort. Heavy with weaponry and hate. Taking on the ghostly glow of the moonlight. My spirit grows tired of me. I have f...

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“Trouble for Rent” by Tim Benson

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Trouble for Rent Was it a coincidence or was the van that was following Wesley the same one that he’d loaded back at his rental shop? It was an old white Ford Econoline with a red driver’s side door, two men inside and following him three cars back in traffic. He was five blocks from the store and had made two turns to get on to the Loop and the van made the same moves. The late afternoon traffic was starting to thicken and keeping his eyes on the road helped him to stop imagining things. By the time he’d gotten to Jake’s house his only thou...

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“The Night Pursuit” by Robert Cartier

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The Night Pursuit by R.S. Cartier We think we know what happens between the time we close our eyes,  and the time we wake up in the morning.  We couldn’t have been more wrong. It was 10:59 pm on the timeclock at Ray’s Pizza, when an exhausted Dameer Jackson stared intently at its white analog numbers, timecard in hand, wondering why in his mind, more than sixty seconds had already passed. “Go ahead,” muttered the gruff voice of his boss, who also doubled as the diner’s cook, chef hat, and all. “Plus I know your train leaves th...

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“Uncontrolled Substance” by Hanne Christensen

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Chesterfield. What the hell is he doing in Chesterfield? Bridget swallows back some bile. She has a habit of becoming nauseous whenever she's nervous. The acidity makes her eyes water so she closes them. And sees fast food wrappers scattered on the floor. Most of the food is still in them, the ingredients simply mangled and rearranged by hands that are shaking much too hard. Bridget opens her eyes. Google maps is open on her computer screen. The flashing dot that is her husband remains on Chesterfield, a town that is about 20 minutes...

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“Voices” by Bhavya Nayak

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Freak, Slowpoke, Fatty, Nerd, Gross, Stupid, Bespectacled Idiot… Layla ran like there was no tomorrow, and perhaps there wasn't. When you were running for your life you did not remain optimistic enough, thinking that you would be lucky enough to see the sunrise the next day. Her feet slapping the tarmac and the soft pant of her breath was the only sound she registered. The familiar small-town surroundings flew past her or to be more accurate, it was her who was zooming past. She practically hurled herself at an elderly gentleman wh...

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“chase for the future” by Aurora De Boer

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Sprinting through the dark alley way, chest beating roughly beneath my flannelette shirt, billowing in the wind it wraps my chest tightly, feet pounding against the ground, as I dodge people and dash into the distance, bellowing voices as approaching feet carry me to run faster.“you can't run from us” they bellow suddenly a new voice occurs, “Aurora please”, I couldn’t handle it, I screamed. “you never really cared and I kept believing that you were good you killed her, you did it”, I was so confused as I kept running I couldn’t stop other w...

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“Irrational” by Samantha Ho

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The two men stepped out onto the footpath. Their sleek grey car sped away, around the corner and out of sight. It was a Thursday evening like any other, the time when the sun had just set, and dusk deepened into night. Jonathan strolled along the main road, glancing longingly once at the bar before turning away toward his house. His wife was waiting for him back at home. Turning into a smaller street, he bowed his head against the wind, buttoned his suit and crossed his arms as he walked. A sleek grey car passed him at an amble, keeping in...

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“Run For Your Life” by James Allred

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    His foot came down in the puddle, sending up a geyser of water and mud that splashed and spattered all over his clothes. Well it was no use worrying about keeping clean now. If he paused for a moment they would catch him.     His ears caught the sound of his pressures’ footfalls hastening after him. Were they gaining on him? He could not risk looking back, if he did not make it soon,  it would not matter how well he had run.     Now his feet pounded the pavement as his aching muscles prop...

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“Heartless” by Stephanie Gull

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Daniel could almost feel the eyes, stabbing daggers into his back, as he walked. The old fluorescent streetlight flitted in and out, matched the frantic pounding of his heart. The hazy fingernail of the sun, lethargic in its dip below the horizon, seemed to taunt him. The street would be dark soon and Daniel would be far enough from the streetlight that he would be sheltered in suffocating darkness. But soon was not now. And as long as there was light, Daniel could be seen. If he just kept going forward he would be okay. If he just kept ge...

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