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Write about a missing person nobody seems to know or remember.

Posted in Thriller and Suspense on Oct 26, 2022

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“Little Boy Jack And The Missing Mama” by Lisa Neuvelt

Submitted to Contest #117

Alex was getting ready for a long day at The Wagon Wheel restaurant where he worked.  He was setting up a table when he looked up to see a little boy standing there.  His clothes were dirty and his hair was wild and ungroomed. “Hey Buddy,” he said.  “We are not open yet.” The little boy just stood there.  Alex looked around to see if this little boy was with anyone. “Who are you with?” Alex asked.  “Where are your Mommy and Daddy?” Still the boy didn’t respond. Manny, the restaurant manager, came out from t...

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“New in Town” by K W

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Content Warning: Gore, themes of abuse I rounded the corner in a white Honda Civic. It wasn’t mine. I mean, I guess it was now. The corner had turning restrictions but only on weekdays in the mornings and afternoons for children walking home from school. It was well past 4:00 PM, so I made the turn on red. Main street was bustling. Food trucks lined the streets offering everything from tacos to lobster rolls. People gathered en masse for some of the trucks, while others seemed less popular. The barbecue wings were slaughtering the vegan o...

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“The Missing Jade” by Vanita Johnson

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I overheard my mother and Aunts talking about the missing Jade, so now I am wondering why this Jade is important. Could it be a valuable piece of jewelry in which someone stole it that belongs to a royal family? Well, I am curious all the time and must find out more about this Jade. The first step was to go to the library and research old history stories. The library was very quiet, I figure most people have technology gear or equipment inside the home and there is no need to visit. I asked the elderly lady sitting in the corner reading a ne...

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“Your Own Kind Of Hell” by Megan Tarbutton

Submitted to Contest #117

Trigger warning, talks about murder and hell. When my eyes opened, I was in the woods. This isn’t where I remember going to sleep. My head was pounding and there was burning in my side. What happened after I went to bed last night? I looked around to see if I could recognize anything around me. It was too dark to see anything around me. It was too dark to see anything significant. Everything just looked like a big mass of shadows. I looked down to my body just to make sure, for the most part, all of me was intact. I was still in my pajama...

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“Nowhere Man” by Adrian Majerle

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Landon Combs. I repeated the name to myself over and over. The name wasn’t familiar. In a small town like Hogsfeet, Alabama, everyone knew everyone’s business. The art club in town was about to shut down from lack of funds. There was a recent spotting of the real Bigfoot on the big mountain twelve miles north off AL-49. Pastor Jones’s son got slapped with a DUI a few days ago. Combs allegedly lived in a small apartment complex on the outskirts of town before he disappeared. The grainy monochrome picture in the newspaper didn’t help. Landon ...

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“Fragments” by Sarah C.

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“I know something you don’t know.”Margot whipped her head around, her golden curls bouncing behind the back of her black polyester witch cloak she bought at Halloween City for five dollars the day before. Her eyes darted frantically around the empty record store, the only movement coming from a few of the swaying vinyl albums hanging from the ceiling. “Who’s there?” She asked the darkness, placing the box of used CDs she was told to bring to Kyle Perry’s Halloween party later that night, on the counter.Margot was sure there was no one e...

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“The Conformer, The Failure, and The Victor” by Cora Olson

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Trigger warning: mention of sexual assault, death Rigor mortis had already set in by the time the officers arrived at her house. The old woman was frozen in a rocking chair, covered in bodily fluids and old, stained blankets. The cheap dentures she wore had fallen out and landed on the uncleaned carpet, catching dirt and debris along the way. "Heart attack?" Deputy Rojas asked. Sheriff Walker didn't speak, only a slight nod. He knew Mrs. Trent. "Someone should've been taking care of her, Rojas. I thought someone was, I would've sen...

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“The Soul Of Agnes” by Donald Patterson

Submitted to Contest #117

WARNING: THIS STORY COTAINS SOME MATERIAL THAT MAY BE HARMFUL OR TRUAMATIZING TO SOME READERS. PART 1: Why me? "Julian? Are you alright?" Parker asked, laying a calm hand on my shoulder. I continued to look out the cold window of the bus, not saying a word. "I'm sorry, man. I wish I could help more." He said, shrugging. The bus began to slow down, and Parker and I got up from our seats. The guys in the back whispered and pointed at me, and Blake threw his jacket at me, laughing. "Just ignore them," Parker said, throwing the jacket back and ...

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“Old Bones by a Yew ” by Kaia Meredith

Submitted to Contest #117

I like to think of my untimely demise as murder. If only because it made my story sound more epic. An unnatural culling told better than the story of a poor, unsuspecting fool struck down by a rogue arrow. Arrows, as far as I’m concerned, are not a naturally occurring phenomenon. Regardless, the tiny spear entered the left side of my head and exited the other. I can’t necessarily recall if I screamed in pain or if I futilely attempted to stop the bleeding. (These sudden lapses of memory have become rather common lately. I can’t help b...

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“What Happened to Mason Keating?” by Kellen Geneva

Submitted to Contest #117

A year has passed since the night twenty-three-year-old Mason Keating, older brother to seventeen-year-old Layla Keating, went into the woods on Halloween and never returned. Search teams canvased the surrounding trees to no avail. Foul play was not expected, and lack of a body has led to many speculations. If anyone has any information, they should contact the Sheriff’s office. Layla shoved the news clipping she had found at the gas station outside of town into her pocket. She now stood in the clearing in those woods where many liked to v...

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“The Little Skeleton” by Krys Parcher

Submitted to Contest #117

The October wind blew through the dark sky, howling like a dozen wolves to the moon, leaves swirling through the streets like cyclones. Frost begins to form, blanketing each blade of grass in icy crystals. Children crowd the sidewalks with pumpkin pails and pillow cases and wagons full to the brims with candy. Doorbells are ringing and the street echoes with “trick or treat” howls. Little fairies and princesses and superheroes and ghouls shivering as they make their way from house to house. A group of children are walking down Maple Meadow...

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“Saltery Cove Road” by Renee Mack

Submitted to Contest #117

The problem with living in Kodiak is that it is very easy to hide a body. Even if there were no bodies to be found, there’s no way to tell the difference. Our town, this beautiful emerald island, could be hiding countless mysteries. I hadn’t even considered this possibility until Granddad brought in the paper that morning. Normally, he reads the whole thing, front to back—save for the comic strips; he leaves those for me—but on that Monday morning, when Mom and Jessie had just left for work, he was staring at the front page with an expressio...

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“Cora Isaacs” by Lin Macredie

Submitted to Contest #117

*Trigger Warning* Disturbing subject matter (pregnancy) The spotlight drew enough attention without flashing lights to alarm folks. They were going forty in a sixty-five zone and people passed the cruiser like it had a flat in the Indy 500. The brake lights and screeching tires when people realized they’d bombed past the fuzz provided Deputy Blake and Deputy Taylor with needed entertainment. They’d made two passes for each side of the old highway and no girl with black hair, mid-twenties, or teens, depending on the caller, had turned up. ...

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“The Baseball Incident” by McKeon Gardella

Submitted to Contest #117

It was a perfect Saturday morning in the town of Melville for a youth baseball game. The game was between the Melville Raiders and the Townsend Barons at Kingsley field. The late Spring weather was warm and sunny. The only barometric atmospheric pressure was in the mind of the Raider’s twelve-year-old pitcher, Mitchell LeFlore. Mitchell stood on the pitching mound trying to throw strikes to the opposing Batter. “You got this sweetie!” Maureen LeFlore yelled from the stands to Mitchell. Mitchell was embarrassed by his Mom’s outburst but had ...

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“Missing a Long Time” by John Steckley

Submitted to Contest #117

Missing for a Long Time The phone rang. Tom, a young officer picked it up and tried to say, “Hello, Police Station Number Five” with as much authority as he could muster. It was his first week of work, and he wanted to sound as professional as he could.The reply was short and straight forward, which was a good thing, as the connection was weak. The male voice on the phone simply said, “Sarah is missing.”“How long has she been missing?”“I am not sure. We haven’t seen her for a while.”“Where did you last see her?”“On Fleetw...

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