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Got a sec? No Not really… Urgent?KindaYesDefinitely In mtg Email?Feels safer on signal Jeez FineOr phone? Cant Mtg???LEAVEWut mtg Can’t Steve is here Pickering all staffScene of the crime Not…[...]
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From a false truth to a lie the path is blurred: in search of the truth for the manager of a property
This is a story that draws on an authentic experience.It is a story that hides a fraud and a false belief but let us start from the beginning. The story…[...]
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Here there is the answer to a question: how a platinum blonde influencer bought herself a hair salon without working?
Marcela Castoro Pérez, a beautiful platinum blonde influencer with thousands of views on Instagram due to simple viral videos shot with a boy with walking support due to walking problems…[...]
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Margie McGill: The Second Case
I stalk the outside of the building. I have spent days upon days tracking footprints—digital and physical—to arrive here. This is it. This is where I’ll find him. It’s an…[...]
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Smith and Wesson
That scorching sun wasn’t lying. It made every blistering moment of my torment feel intentional. I looked up at it, squinting like always. That made me frown and wonder if…[...]
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FALLEN ANGEL
The shutters, clattering against the bedroom window, wake him though he struggles to recognise his surroundings; vaguely recalling the faceless whore he’d picked up in a bar in Teotihuacan. Instinctively,…[...]
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The Detective who solves nothing
Brackmere is a town that lives by the sea and the market. Its cobbled square bustles with fishmongers, bakers, and gossiping matrons, while gulls wheel overhead, shrieking like heralds of…[...]
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It’s About Your Father.
My phone rattled its shrapnel hammer, waking me like a shot to the heart. I was vertical and lifting the cold receiver well before the fog of sleep had even…[...]
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Neon Point
Detective Inspector Carl Kay sat in a metal room, with metal walls and a metal chair beneath him. Various hums and groans of thingy-ma-bobs and whatcha-ma-call its surrounded him. He…[...]
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An Inventory of Friendly People
NOTE: Trigger warning of suggested sexual abuse. The rain is falling hard as the cab pulls to the curb, the driver careful not to splash his next fare. The man…[...]
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Echoes of a Home
The newlyweds stood before the decrepit farmhouse that was now their new home. Rather than seeing the worn, weathered, and tottering facade, they saw potential for what it could hold.…[...]
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The Extraordinary Scam
By Lee Kendrick In London's Victoria station the posh ceremony began with a brass band playing, as dignitaries standing on a red carpet prepared to launch the… 'Around The World'train…[...]
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Farce on the Orient Express
I check the time on my fake Rolex, having to hold my hand steady so I can read the numbers clearly. 12:07, as best I can work out on the…[...]
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The Badger Is Generally a Solitary Creature
They called him Badger, but the name didn’t suit him. He was six and a half feet tall, had a pale, flat face, spoke in hushed tones, and moved slowly,…[...]
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The Black Widow
Mia hovered over the sleeping man. Finally resting, his pain erased by the cocktail of medications in his IV drip. She checked his vitals. Weak, but steady. His heart fluttering…[...]
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Pages From the Year I Lost You
I love you. Dear Diar, Day 1 It seems so strange to say, and so distant to think about, that graduation has already happened, and I'm planning the next steps…[...]
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Save a Seat For Me
Content Warning: This story contains sensitive content relating to mental health and physical violence (off the page). Please prioritise your own wellbeing before reading. Hi Dad, It’s been a while.…[...]
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I’m Hungry
“Tell me where you’re taking me, Adam.”Cassie laughed as she stepped out the front door into the warm afternoon sun. Gravel crunched under their shoes as they headed toward the…[...]
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End of the Line?
Jack looked at his motorcycle and sadly shook his head, the local cops all know him and his bike, he needs something more discrete to vanish from the law. With…[...]
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An Untold Story of Personal Horror
It was the evening of 23 December 2000. Two nights before Christmas. Sydney was warm and alive. Oxford Street shimmered under neon light, shop windows glowing, last-minute shoppers drifting past…[...]
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Crooks, Monks and Bad Thai Food
Have you ever been handcuffed before? The sharp, taunting sound of the click that makes your stomach drop. The coldness of the metal, biting lightly into your skin if you…[...]
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The 4:20 to County Jail
by Raymundo AKA "Ray Ray" Reyes. This story contains themes of drug abuse and criminality. This story is meant to satisfy all 5 prompts for the week. Robb Thomas awakes…[...]
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Number Five
As the white ball goes around the Roulette Table Gus is watching for a black 5 to be the destination of the white ball.Red number 22 the dealer calls out…[...]
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Every fourth word
CW: References to murder. To our patrons: If the morning suits you, early callers now can pause awhile and read what follows in this week’s paper: several free currant buns…[...]
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A Bloody Sky
“Hands in the air. Put your f#cking hands up!” The barrel of the man’s pistol swung towards my head. “You!” My heart slammed into the wall of my chest as…[...]
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It’s not my problem
.What should I do in the final stages?It's psychologically difficult to take on historical responsibility.Moses did the same—in anger—when his people worshiped the golden calf.Where's my black Bersa Thunder, the…[...]
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Minimal Hitter
Wading gently through white foam on the shore, Mairin relaxed her toes as they were slowly engulfed by the sand. The golden sun rays gleamed off the white-capped waves. She…[...]
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Edith Jenk enjoys a teapot steeped in thrills
Edith Jenk learned to be unseen long before anyone thought to watch her.By seventy-five, she had become so profoundly ordinary that people edited her out of their memories while she…[...]
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The Expiration of a Scavenger
The Averly Alley Artz hosted its annual Independent Creators’ Gala—a night where painters, poets, musicians, writers, and every flavour of tortured creative crawled out of their damp studios to display…[...]
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The Hanging Tannery
7:45 a.m.The curtain is drawn, and death lurks behind, a merciless shadow hungry for his victim. I wonder if the shadow knows of the helpless souls attached to this one…[...]
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Till Death, Say I do
Maren picked up her phone and dialed Knox again. No answer! She started to dial again when her best friend Reney took her phone away. “Girl, he is with Toby;…[...]
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Till Arrest Do Us Part
“I object!” A redhead leaps to his feet, hand raised as if he expects to be called on by the priest who, for reasons I’ll never understand, customarily asks for…[...]
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Coded Minutes
Doris opens the drawer, and her eyes flick to the customer on the other side of the metal cage. She’s out of loose twenties, and a banded stack lies in…[...]
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The Grand Event at Redbury
Redbury Hotel, nestled in the remote hills of Northern India, welcomed people of each and every sort. They even went so far as to keep five rooms dedicated to the…[...]
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To a Worse Person
It felt like her lungs were on fire, but she couldn’t stop or slow down. Sylvia escaped through the forest. The men who had invaded her home were shouting orders…[...]
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The Experience
Preface:Author get to experience only what you see in the movie. Chapter One: The Author Lois tried to calm her nervous by pulling out a cigarette from her jacket pocket.Noticing…[...]
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The Disruptors 1.2
The energy of the room vibrated around him while laughter, clinking glassware, and small performances played out like an orchestra he and his wife had composed together over decades. At…[...]
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Empty Insides
On the fifth of march, as the late snow was crying from the sky into the suburbs of Tulip's Hollow, Michael Phillips woke up to discover that his liver had…[...]
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One Complaint Per Customer
ONE COMPLAINT PER CUSTOMER by Alessandro TRIGGERS: THIS STORY CONTAINS IMAGERY OF SUICIDE, MENTAL HEALTH AND DARK PSYCHOLOGY. What an asshole. Before this new idiot police Sergeant arrived (after a…[...]
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Doin’ Time
***Sensitive Material: Contains mental health issues, some sexual content, and violence*** She stared mindlessly out the window. What was she supposed to do now? “Med rounds!” a shrill voice pierced…[...]
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Consequences
I was working as a jack of all trades at the local Homeless shelter. The place started life as a motel, but gave in to economics, and took guaranteed county…[...]
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The Front Door
“Oh, I see my bag. Yeah, I’ll text you when I’m in the car.” Julia hung up the phone and put it in her trench coat pocket as she maneuvered…[...]
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The Power of Rain
My mother used to tell me that in a city like Starlight, a rainy day could either force people to show their true colors or signal that something bad was…[...]
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The Disruptors 1.3
Her phone vibrated.Unknown Number: There you are.Something brushed lightly against her shoulder.When Jess turned, Victoria was already standing beside her.Not across the room. Right beside her. The tightness started in…[...]
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Das Blaue Maedchen
Note — this story contains sensitive content including the mention of suicide and description of blood. On the left-hand side of a wooden desk sat a miniature replica of the…[...]
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Plum Red Musings
The restaurant had its lights dimmed down to simulate candles, an overall clatter of metal on porcelain, a spicy garlic scent, the distant hiss of sizzling, live music—piano not a…[...]
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Covering the Ugly
Frederick Bond walked briskly down the sidewalk heading for the pharmacy. It was unseasonably warm in Chicago for mid-October, and his fine wool topcoat was unbuttoned and swung freely as…[...]
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Every fourth word
CW: References to murder. To our patrons: If the morning suits you, early callers now can pause awhile and read what follows in this week’s paper: several free currant buns…[...]
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Auto Delete
Got a sec? No Not really… Urgent?KindaYesDefinitely In mtg Email?Feels safer on signal Jeez FineOr phone? Cant Mtg???LEAVEWut mtg Can’t Steve is here Pickering all staffScene of the crime Not…[...]
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The Bear Necessities of Contract Law
Goldilocks Lockwood v. Bear FamilySmall Claims Court, Woodland DistrictCase No. 2024-SC-0847Transcript of the Plaintiff's Opening Statement THE COURT: Ms. Lockwood, you may proceed with your statement.MS. LOCKWOOD: Thank you, Your…[...]
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Speaking of Superpowers
Speaking Of SuperpowersFor now, I am going to ignore the fact that I am not great at learning languages. It is exceedingly difficult for me. But I am going to…[...]
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I’m the Guy Who Rejected June McCarroll’s Proposal to Add White Lines in the Center of Roads to Stop People From Crashing Into Each Other All the Time
Based on the true story of June McCarroll. It may be hard to imagine now, but there was a time before lines were painted on the roads. A time when…[...]
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Family secrets
Lies! Always lies! Why couldn’t the family share the truth about its own Who’s Who, including the embarrassing sprout lopped off the family tree. Bastards did not fit into its…[...]
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One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Yen
(For Reedsy’s Prompts, March 27, 2026)Contest 347 - Write a story about a character who believes something that isn’t true. “You should be in prison!” I told him straight, no…[...]
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The Cost of Being Good
Before she knew what tension was, she knew how it sounded. It lived in the house like a hum—low and constant—threading through the flicker of the television her father watched…[...]
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Never Been Kissed
What is it to have been kissed?I have never been kissedAnd I never knew why.But I am now saving itFor later on in lifeI hear it is all in the…[...]
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Heartbeat of Labor
Possible TW: birth trauma The sound of a heartbeat filled the room before I ever understood what it meant to lose it.Not a literal sound—not something my ears could actually…[...]
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Wife and Mother
TW: Contains themes of sexual violence and religious reinterpretation Wife The way that the rainstorm can turn sideways and knock me off my feet is the way that he came…[...]
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Chain Reaction
My little sister and I dash across the grass, the sunlight like a warm shower mingling with the cold spray from the sprinkler. Tiny rainbows come and go. We’re laughing,…[...]
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A human body sitting on the floor of a dark room
,Gazing at the moonlight reflecting off the furniture,And pondering life and deathAnd survival,On consciousnessAnd what makes us who we areWithout ever reaching an answerWithout ever getting up Why is it…[...]
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The Cuts Continue
My mother watched the road, then me, then back again. She didn’t reach for my hand. She knew I didn't want to be touched when I was dealing with Sam’s…[...]
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Humanity: Is It Me or You?
CW: Emotional distress UmmHumanityIs It Me or You? Is it me or you?Remind me. Is there something wrong with me?I’m going to admit it now.I’m not gonna hide behind the…[...]
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Never Left Unsaid
I don’t believe in the idea that heaven is a place that we go to after we die. For instance, I don’t believe that in this moment, my mom is…[...]
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A Grandad’s Confession To His Grandson, 1888, London, England
Here in my hand, lad, lies the letter of admission of my guilt for some very grave crimes that stumped law enforcement and scared the prostitutes of the impoverished White…[...]
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Draft Messages
My father was not a sentimental man. I want to say that first because it matters. He was the kind of person who showed up and fixed things and left.…[...]
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The Reflection
El looked in the mirror, but nothing stood out. Good; she was ready for work. The day was pleasant enough, and El always enjoyed watching eagles and the other birds…[...]
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You Can’t Outsource Compassion
“You Can’t Outsource Compassion” Jen Wasyliw My thoughts are jumping around like grasshoppers–-springing away a split second before I capture a sane one. But, I guess that’s to be expected…[...]
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“The Girl Nobody Came Back For”
Envy Leeown learned how to measure time by abandonment. Not in minutes. Not in hours. But in how long it took for hope to start hurting. She was ten the…[...]
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“Where the World Still Breathes”
The world didn’t end all at once. It exhaled itself to death. First the oceans pulled back like they were tired of touching land. Then the skies turned a permanent…[...]
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“Pretty Things Don’t Bleed”
Today is April 31st and……… They always said pretty girls got saved. Nobody ever told them what happened when pretty girls did the saving. By the time Enyla Cross walked…[...]
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I am just like you
CW: Substance abuse, sexual assault I am Just Like YouShort Story by Paula Badder…I spend time with loved ones, I go to work to my full time office job where…[...]
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Alone on the Brooklyn Bridge
The year was 2017, sometime in the fall. I had just moved to the City for work at a prestigious agency Deutsch, which turned out to be a total shitshow.…[...]
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For the Love of Mankind
Billy lay in the wet grass and watched the wood and canvas aircraft circle in the sky above the fjord. It was a warm day, the sun beamed down on…[...]
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Dog Night Out
When I was 19 my mother bought me that book Smart Women, Foolish Choices after I broke up with my first really serious boyfriend. I think it was her subtle…[...]
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Summer Dreams
The extreme temperature of my first memorable summer was unusually humid for our area of Indiana, driving the heat index up into almost the 100’s. There hadn’t been much rain…[...]
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It’s not my fault
Write a story from the point POV of a monster, infected creature or lone traveller. IT’S NOT MY FAULT “ that I was born this way, and I don’t like…[...]
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Go Get Charlie
You’ve seen those machines where there are a lot of enticing toys spread underneath this giant silver four prong claw. When you stuff some coins into the slot, the claw…[...]
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April 31-Doomsday
Today is April 31. That’s weird to say! There’s never been an April 31 in history! Well, until today. I don’t know what time it is today or what day…[...]
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Misunderstood
The bell rang, and Room 12 settled into its usual hum—pencils scratching, chairs shifting, quiet whispers floating like dust in sunlight. In the back corner sat Eli, small for his…[...]
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The comically six worst online dates I’ve ever been on
#350 Comic Relief – Virginia Albert – 4//10/2026This week’s prompt: Write a story with the goal of making your reader laughThe comically six worst online dates I’ve ever been on…[...]
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This Happens all the Time
This Happens All the Time The four of us stared at the monstrous void where a 1200-foot, 20-story, 100,000-ton floating buffet had stood. Charlie bent over to whisper, “Maybe they…[...]
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Hindsight Is Hilarity
Note: While this story is intended to be a coming of age story with humor, mature themes are discussed in this story that do not include profanity or explicit language.…[...]
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A fake accountant in the fog of Ferrara
A lady with long wavy blond hair that fell just below her shoulders and a flashy baylage A lady with long wavy blond hair that fell just below her shoulders…[...]
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The Warning Triangle
The loud crackle from my little red Mini car sounded electrical. I was on my own and although I didn’t exactly panic, I came close. I saw a driveway on…[...]
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A Four-Year Old’s Story
Theres things I don unnerstand. I mean, like, I get Im a kid, but geez, I can’t wait to get growed up soon and peopled would take me more serious…[...]
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Starzy Przestępca
Stary Przestępca never expected to live to be 200 years old. He took a gap year in college, putzed his way to a business degree and moved back into his…[...]
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If these walls could speak
Susan Cochrane Drawing up at the vantage point overlooking the valley Lisa stepped out of her car and scanned the spread of vineyards descending towards the river below until her…[...]
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