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Write about someone who purposefully causes a power outage.

Posted in Thriller and Suspense on Jun 13, 2021

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“The night there was almost no light” by Scott Wiser

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The night there was almost no lightMikey drove his car through a pole one day. He says he never saw it coming, claims there was no other way. But the truth is clear, his car is smashed and the pole fell flat, and the transformer nearby went blast. In fact, the entire town went dark, to the great joy of each and every bat, save for one house at the end of the street, whose lights stayed on, an improbable feat.Would it surprise everyone to know that Mikey and the owners of this house, the one at the end of the street were friend...

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“Call” by Anastasia Idulsa

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It was a quarter before midnight, but I could still hear the argument from the living room downstairs. Even under the blanket of my comforter and blazing music of my earplugs, I could still hear them.I could hear dishes crashing and screams. Banging and burning throats from all the shouting. I hear them and I feel the blood under my skin crawl, like a centipede tracing its way on a tree branch.I flinched at a loud break from outside my room. He's outside.I crawl hurriedly off my bed and slink under it, gripping my phone against my trembling ...

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“Gangadevipalli(The village on the banks of River Gang Devi)” by Damodar Sai

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In the night, the streets in the village of Gangadevipalli are so bright. Currently half the houses in the village doesn’t have lights switched on, as they are sleeping. And half the houses in the village are having lights switched on, as some people are watching TV shows, and some are farmers - doing early preparation for tomorrow’s work in the fields. It is 10 pm now, the power goes off. When the power goes off, the villagers of gangadeviapalli gets really scared and they rush and lock themselves in their homes until the next day morning 4...

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“Bliss of murder ” by Farheen Quadri

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"Come out, Come out wherever you are!", he sang, his laughter resonating in the enclosed room. The man seated in front of the handcuffed one sighed as a chill ran down his spine which he managed to hide with his frustration. "You find this funny?", the detective questioned, slamming down the yellow colored file on the wooden desk, the picture of a girl flying out, her face bloody and beaten up. He scoffed, a smirk adorning his innocent face. “What’s not funny about this? You should have seen…...

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“REVENGE IS SWEET” by Ugwu Tochukwu

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"Mr.Brad will you get up from your lazy butt and switch this thing on", my boss said, when he was only a meter away from it. "But sir you are very close", I said irritation rising in my voice. "Looks like someone wants to lose his job, and work as a waiter in a restaurant", my boss replied angrily. "Am I not talking to you? will you get up from there?", he said as I hesitated. This is what I had been going through ever since Mr.Robins became my boss. Working at the power holding company as an electric engineer had been my dream job from ch...

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“The Challenges of the Tower Room” by Genevieve Jones

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Prince Tod knew he was better than most people at most things. What Tod didn’t know was what he was agreeing to when he accepted his rival, Prince Blake’s challenge.Tod was always the first and usually the best. Problem solving occurred naturally to him while everyone else takes much longer to find a solution.Prince Tod agreed to confine himself in the tower room for and an indefinite amount of time. He will have to overpower a spell that's cast over the dwelling. The Challenges of the Tower Room is something every soldier in Prince Blake's...

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“Vegetables ” by Bethany Hall

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The 41st floor. I have always hated the 41st floor.  Even all those years ago, on that first trip up there, even then I hated it. It was all I could do back then to not let my anxiety get the best of me. Several times I thought of just turning around, of going back to my superiors and telling them I’d done it without ever having to set foot on the actual floor. I never got the time to work up the nerve.  In the midst of my moment of doubt, there was a groan in the cables and a ding as the elevator arrived at my destination. A sh...

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“Safe in the Darkness” by Mindy Peterman

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The sun set earlier these days, but the impending darkness had not deterred Ike from taking this particular after dinner walk. He was full, sated from his meal of a microwavable Salisbury steak and mashed potatoes. He bought the special rib-sticking combo especially for this evening, well aware he would need something more than his usual fare of canned soup and a buttered roll to sustain him.He walked at a moderate pace, enjoying the crisp pine scented air and the way the last amber rays of sunlight filtered through the trees before they win...

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“Mr. Joshua Jackson purposefully causes a power outage because the students were shouting and disturbing the entire neighbourhood.” by Prince Brempong

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Mr. Joshua Jackson purposefully causes a power outage because the students were shouting ànd disturbing the entire neighbourhood.A power outage is also termed mostly as a power cut or a power black out , power failure that is the loss of the electrical power network supply.In my home country Electricity crisis does occur regularly.There are faults of power stations damage to electric transmission distribution system.One Friday, whilst the students were watching movies in the dormitory , shouting and disturbing the entire neighbourhood a Lect...

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“Dubiously Good” by Alek Markov

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You are quite aware of the dubious morals your proceeding action requires and how concerning the fact that you have completely convinced yourself this of all possible things is the correct move. You, Ruax, have decided to single-handedly make your friends make up. How? Easy, you just go sabotage the backup generator by kicking it out of commission... Easier said than done. "Shit!" Yeah, apparently kicking a heavy object meant as a large backup batery for an entire household when nature decides to unleash fury upon human civilisations is not ...

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“Cold & Dark” by Trey Wermes

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This far North, you’d think I’d be grateful for the compound’s light and heat. You’d think its constantly running boilers and furnaces would be welcome, and that I would cherish my ability to stay inside during the long, dark winters. Of course, you’d think those things out of ignorance. The blissful ignorance of safety and not knowing what’s coming – what the compound is calling. To tell the truth, I don’t know much myself. A few first hand accounts, but mostly just the stories. Now, I know stories can be… exaggerated, but hearing them ...

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“No Electric? No Problem.” by Tracey Lalena Tabers

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No Electric? No Problem.  by Tracey Lalena Tabers “Give me that! Why did you take away my diamond sword! I HATE you”, screamed ten-year-old Jake to his younger brother Mason. Five-year-old Mason screamed back, “I hate you too! You always take my stuff and I’m tired of it”. Then the fighting ensued – there were kicks and slaps and even the occasional punch.   Madison came running into the room and pulled the plugs out of the wall. All the consoles went dead. Both brothers screamed at her telling her that they ...

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“When the Lights Come On” by Jacques Humanité

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Black and red glinted across the darkened town. Sirens wailed through the night quiet, and as more joined the fray, it was apparent that something terrible had happened.In the span of an hour, the small beams of flashlights broke through alley-mouths and glided along the outskirts of town like the workings of a bee-colony.François lit a cigarette. He was seated on a bench beneath a tree overlooking Vanquios. The warm smoke steadied his trembling fingers and calmed his heart. He leaned against the bench and closed his eyes. Even in the autumn...

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“The love that stole my insanity ” by Miah Mcclellan

Submitted to Contest #58

“I’m sorry Mike I don’t love you anymore.” Did I do something wrong? Was I too relax with my freedom? Those are the questions I asked my self as begain to realiz. She dumped me... Breathing became difficult as my brain grasped for strains of reality hopelessly putting them together. My now ex girlfriend was the most perfect person. After her choice to leave me I began to numbly walk through life. Work then home, That’s all I could do to keep from going to her. Days passed of starting idle at the television set. Chewing my thumb nail...

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“A poor understanding of physics” by Dave Podolske

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It seemed like a good idea at the time. My junior high derelict buddies John, Willie, and I used to hang around by the ravine where the train came through. In those days, the middle of the 1970s, there were no fences, and if someone got themselves hurt or killed that was their problem. The spool of cable was just sitting there at the edge of the construction site and we were all pretty sure they were done with it. A lot of our neighbors had made picnic tables out of the giant wooden spools left behind like that, it was understood that they...

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