Write a story that spans exactly a year and takes place in a single room.

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“May Flowers” by A Mehendale

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The girl stood in the corner of the room, twitching. Soft hands wrung together, nails biting reddened palms.Her build was slight: thin arms and a gaunt face. Thick, flaring fabric engulfed her slim frame, a delicate pink that left her pale complexion washed out and sallow.Every inch of her shook with nerves. Her butterfly gaze flitted about the room, from wall to window and door to floor, afraid to rest anywhere for too long. Her body too, would not relax: one moment her spine as straight as a flagpole, the next a rigid curve of faux-ease. S...

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“Cheating the System” by Andrew Fruchtman

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He always thought of himself as clever. He had an odd sense of humor that leaned towards the dark but it amused him, if not always others, and that was, after all, what was really important wasn’t it? He would write the occasional story and poem and feel satisfied at a particular turn of phrase or description. His wife loved getting handwritten poems on special occasions and he felt he was doing his part to stick it to Hallmark and their overpriced cards. The blog began simply to give him a place to vent and rant at the irrational, the polit...

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“Escape The Tripling Fate 3.65” by Kim F.

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March 15, 1999I heard sirens blazing. Something made me go into a daze, like I was watching a building go up into flames. April 15, 2020I now question whether I will make it out alive.. Will I? Because really I am starting to question if this is a true fairy tale divine.February 28, 2020I woke up. It felt strange. It was like the whole world decided that today, it would cave. I had walked out into the living room, my feet cold on the hard tile. I was watching as my father cried when he saw the madness that was going on. The madness that...

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“These four walls...” by Namadhila Akuupa

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"Roses are red, violets are blue.Everything is falling apart and I'm here, stuck with you." Sutton wrote in her little black leather notebook which she kept on the little brown table that stood at the corner of the room. A room she shared with her boyfriend, Charles.The year is 2020, February 12th and there's been a little gossip or rather some ''birds chirping'' in and out of town about a virus spreading, quite deadly if you ask me. There have been reported cases of infected patients however, no data as to where this virus is coming from or...

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“I'm a Watcher.” by Hana Mallory

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(trigger warning, mentions suicide)I don’t have a name. Not anymore. Who would give me a new one? I’m a watcher, so I don’t have a name. No one even knows I’m here. I just sit here, watching the room. That’s all, I’m a watcher. One good thing about being a watcher is that I am full of stories. Wanna hear a story? I guess if you didn’t want to hear a story you wouldn’t be here. Why else? Not because of my personality, not because I’m exciting, not because you have heard of me, no. Because I can tell you amusing stories. That is the reaso...

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“Crimson Eden” by Maria Moore

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I spot an email from a company I’ve never heard of. My curiosity gets me; I click it open. It’s an invitation for 10 people to stay one year, in a hollowdeck-type bunker, which consists of only one room. It stated $10,000 would be awarded, at the conclusion, of the program. However, leaving the program, at any time, before completion, even with one minute remaining, the money was forfeited.I second guessed myself, but I opt for calling the number listed. I reminded myself, of the bills that were coming due soon and the bills that were ...

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“One Year One Room One Me” by Kathy Landes

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One year one room one me The room is a rectangle with two 10 feet long walls and two 15 feet length walls. There is one window about 7 feet up from the floor on one wall and a sky light right in the middle of the ceiling. There is a door that that has been locked for what seems like forever. I have a twin-size bed, a night table, a small lamp on the night table, 5 changes of clothes, a sink and a toilet like those in a prison cell, one cup a area rug, 12 books, 12 notebooks, 2 pens, and 1 pair of moccasins slippers....

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“The Grief Calendar” by Favour Ahuchaogu

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January. He went back to the room he used to share with her after he had been discharged and the police had taken his statement. He got away with a minor wound on his forehead that was covered with a plaster. The curtains were drawn and the lights turned off the way it always was whenever they were leaving the house. It would remain like that for a long time. The harmattan breeze couldn't get in but the dust crept in from places unseen and left a thick haze on the picture on the desk. He threw a pillow at it and it fell facedown. The v...

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“Our Everything Room” by Emine Beasley

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Preface: This story is semi autobiographical based on true events. I sit here in a room that has seen so much, a room that has become so many things to us in just one year. Our Everything Room. The fresh spring air flows in, the song of birds flowing with it, entwining in the serene blue waters of life. I’ve been saving my cherry blossom soy candle for a special occasion, and I believe finally telling my story is the time. The semi new scent brings back memories of realised fairy-tales and my mind wanders to images I hope I will never fo...

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“The year of the pandemic” by Paloma Torres-Slavik

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This is a story about MY(a 10-year-old girl) feelings of the pandemic in a Journal-type style. Of course, I added the only one room thing. March (12th to be exact) So, this is scary, I spent almost a month joking about the pandemic, thinking, "It's on the other side of the world, people wouldn't be stupid enough to go over there and come back..." , carelessly. And now, BOOM, someone went to Italy, came back and people are dropping like flies. I'm stuck, at home, in this one room, this prison cell, with my sister and parents and the...

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“Her Colours” by Pamela Marvel

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Mid-February 2020, I slipped on the bathroom tiles and broke my ankle. I honestly believed that it was the most painful thing ever. It was all I could talk about for weeks. "The most painful thing ever," I grumbled, looking at my face from the reflection of my phone's screen. I lightly touched my right cheek which was swollen from impact. "No pain can be worse than this." My sister scoffed. She was on the reading table painting, and she looked up from the sheet to answer me. "You'd be surpri...

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“Like Mother Like Daughter” by Adelina Hill

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They would be seventeen today. My twin daughters. Seventeen whole years in a world I knew they are safe in. It was the best decision for them after all. I sat on my cushioned stool, a leg tucked under me staring out the window as the sunlight shined in on me warming my skin. I blinked and soaked up the heat like a reptile taking a sun bath. "So, this how you're going to spend this day again?" Sable leans against my doorway . The door was closed before for a reason. Privacy didn't exist for me. It never had. I couldn't complain. I wasn't...

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“A blank room with no body inside.” by Carli Veltri

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The room was as blank as it was yesterday morning, hopefully I woke up in the morning. The single lightbulb swung back and forth in the middle of the room, somehow feeding light into every inch of the cage. There are no windows, no doors, nothing to connect me to the outside world but a landline. The room was a perfect square. A desk with a mirror, a bookshelf and a small icebox were the only other things in the room besides this bedrock mattress. Every item sat in a corner, the bed, desk, bookshelf and icebox. The desk was at my feet, f...

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“Room 414 of Addell's Hotel” by Mary Evans

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This is the story of room 414 in Addell's Hotel. It's on the fourth floor with a view of the cracked parking lot. The window sits above a dusty radiator and is framed by two thick brown curtains. There's an old orange armchair with grease stains on it. It's frayed on the armrests and it's little wooden feet are chipped, eaten away by years in this room.The bed is creaky and has one decorative pillow. It's orange, but a darker orange than the armchair. Above the old headboard (it's been cutting into the faded striped wallpaper, but most peopl...

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“Escape” by Jercy DG

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I woke up one day, surrounded by four walls with creepy things on its wall.I tried to remember how I ended up here, but-- I can't. I looked upon the frames on the wall, and I saw a family portrait that is giving me a creepy vibes. Suddenly, the light became dimmed thus, I am hearing laughs around me. I don't know where does those voices coming from but all that I want to do now is to-- escape. "Help, help me!" I shouted on top of my lungs, hoping that someone could hear me.--I was about to stood up, when I felt a heavy thing on my leg.My lef...

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Write a story that spans exactly a year and takes place in a single room.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 210 stories

“May Flowers” by A Mehendale

“Cheating the System” by Andrew Fruchtman

“Escape The Tripling Fate 3.65” by Kim F.

“These four walls...” by Namadhila Akuupa

“I'm a Watcher.” by Hana Mallory

“Crimson Eden” by Maria Moore

“One Year One Room One Me” by Kathy Landes

“The Grief Calendar” by Favour Ahuchaogu

“Our Everything Room” by Emine Beasley

“The year of the pandemic” by Paloma Torres-Slavik

“Her Colours” by Pamela Marvel

“Like Mother Like Daughter” by Adelina Hill

“A blank room with no body inside.” by Carli Veltri

“Room 414 of Addell's Hotel” by Mary Evans

“Escape” by Jercy DG

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