Write about someone welcoming a stranger into their home.

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“The Path From the Past to the Future” by Akra Carras

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The room was large. Everything in it was large. Lavish furniture surrounded me, paintings hung on bright colored wallpaper, tall green plants reached toward the sun at windows, through which a rosy sunset light was cast over the room. It’d been so long since I had been in this room, in this house. Nothing had changed but the owners. Each settee stood in the same place. Some of the paintings had been replaced, family portraits interchanged with colorful landscapes and still lifes. Nothing had changed, and yet everything had changed.&n...

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“A Place to Call Home” by Rainne Mallard

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Perhaps it was a little selfish of her to feel so happy on such an occasion. After all, she had taken care of Adam for a little over a year now at the church orphanage, but seeing Adam, a boy who was so independent yet so bright, before a couple who were to be his foster parents—yes, there was no doubt that Sister Anne would miss Adam, but even this was superseded by the joy she felt for Adam right now. “Adam, I know this may be a little hard to take in, but the Brunsons have graciously decided to take you in!” exclaimed Sister Anne. The...

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“What He Became” by Dede K.

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Last week, a stranger entered my home. They ate all of my food and left. Earlier this week, they entered my home and used my bathroom, but didn’t flush. The smell took over my well-kept house. They took my television and antique furniture before they left. Yesterday, I woke up to the sun shining. I slept on my mattress, which was now on the floor. Who steals a bed frame? Maybe today I’ll contact the police. I grabbed my coffee mug and turned on my coffee machine. Hey, my coffee machine is still here. I made my coffee and took a...

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“The Guest” by Erin F

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Estevan leaned back into the seat of his Uber, feeling mostly confident that the driver had understood the Airbnb address he had given. Already a month into his study abroad program in Mendoza, Argentina, he had expected to be much more conversational in Spanish than he currently was. As he watched the unfamiliar streets of Buenos Aires flash by his window he suspected that his driver was in fact fluent in English, but let him stumble along in Spanish anyway as punishment for using his very Latin name. Estevan had only recently started using...

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“When the blame dies” by Shaga Nesh

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Tigger warning: miscarriage The room was dark when I quietly twisted the lock. This room had seen days, where my eyes were filled with nothing but tears and agony and nights weren’t much better. My heart ached thinking about those nights and days. It was a miracle that we survived, somehow, we passed through. It took three days to change the theme of the room, just three days. The color changed, the bed changed, but not the anticipation. My body ached and my lids barely stayed open as I laid in the bed which was too small for my frame. The b...

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“The Uninvited Guest” by Milena Furtado

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He was bedraggled and unkempt, and looked like he had not eaten a good meal in a long time. His cheeks were sunken and gaunt, and he stooped as though it cost him an effort to stand upright. He had not shaved and was sporting a beard that looked to be weeks old. His clothes were old and frayed and inadequate to protect him from the cold weather outside. When Marie Grant answered the door bell, she was surprised to see the stranger standing at her door. Hesitantly, he began to speak,”I was wondering if you could give me shelter for the night”...

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“Big Bright Smiling Eyes” by Bushra Shams

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Big bright smiling eyes- Reminds me of my maid's very old husband who loved me as a child when I was about 3 years old, barely ready to take admission in school. The maid and her husband were like family to us because they were an old couple and didn't have any other family as their son left them long ago. Even after she left working at our place we still kept supporting them financially and emotionally so we never lost contact. My mother has always been a working woman and my father used to work abroad, they used to leave me with the old la...

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“Insight” by Rachael Mungai

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“This is a weapon Jesse and you are not using it only on yourself but also your family, your children are in agony because of you. Nothing matters to you anymore, is there? Please take a second and think what you are doing to all of us. This is not a new world for me but it is for these three.”“Whatever you say won’t change the fact that there is a person out there who won’t stop knocking until you open the damn door.”“And then what? What are we going to offer them? I can swing that door open and smile widely at whoever is out there but...

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“Midnight Visitor” by Olivia Hill

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“I’ll be heading out now Mr Clark,” Tim called from the front of the shop. “Please call me Walter, son. Say hi to your mother for me, I’ll see you next weekend.” Tim smiled back before zipping up his jacket and disappearing out into the rain. Walter listened as the door chime gradually faded. He would most likely go without speaking to another person until he saw Tim the following Saturday. He had managed to run the bookstore alone for the last 30 years, so didn’t really need extra help. But it was nice to have the company. It was...

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“369 Miles” by Farah Attia

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After 10 hours of excruciating labor, Mao Tak took her newborn home. Home was a sprawling house, all done up in white to make it look even more spacious, more intimidating. The first hour back, Mao was in a daze. The fancy white house came with an equally fancy set of servants, one of them being Mao’s own nursemaid Laurie Fields. Mrs. Fields was over the moon about the new baby. She excelled at running the Tak household, but her true passion lay in nurturing children, which she had done for not only Mao, but Mao’s mother as well. Once Mr...

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“A Stranger in my Bed” by Brooke Miller

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Angie looked at the wet, bedraggled stranger standing on her porch, the snow coming hard and fast behind him. “Ma’am, I’m sorry to have bothered you but my truck broke down a mile or so back. Can I please use your phone?” Angie studied the shivering man before her and stepped aside. “Come on in, you’ll freeze if you staying out here much longer.” He gave her a grateful smile before coming in, careful to knock his shoes off on the mat before entering the small house. She gestured over to the small living room, a roaring fire going. “I shoul...

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Write about someone welcoming a stranger into their home.

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✍️ 161 stories

“The Path From the Past to the Future” by Akra Carras

“A Place to Call Home” by Rainne Mallard

“What He Became” by Dede K.

“The Guest” by Erin F

“When the blame dies” by Shaga Nesh

“The Uninvited Guest” by Milena Furtado

“Big Bright Smiling Eyes” by Bushra Shams

“Insight” by Rachael Mungai

“Midnight Visitor” by Olivia Hill

“369 Miles” by Farah Attia

“A Stranger in my Bed” by Brooke Miller

🌟 Similar prompts

Write a story about strangers becoming friends, or friends becoming strangers.

Start your story with the arrival of a strange visitor in a small town.

Start your story in an empty guest room.

Write about a character who has to rely on the hospitality of strangers.

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