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Write about a character who can suddenly see through another person's eyes — literally.

Posted in Adventure on Oct 26, 2022

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Confidence

Submitted to Contest #105

I didn't like Kevin. He was very slow, in every way. He wasn't that smart. His reaction speed was terrible. He could only move at about two feet per second, and that's when he was running. He was like a sloth. This bothered me even more than if I was just someone who knew him. That's because I was his teacher. My story begins on an average Tuesday. I was asking Kevin a math question. Math was especially painful. Normal kids take a time to do it. Kevin took about 10 minutes.  "Who knows what nine times eight is?" I said. I look...

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The Runaways

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BREAKING NEWS: two teenagers are reported missing when parents found the manor house empty after the children were left alone so the parents could go to a ‘fancy’ dinner. I jerk upright the book I was reading flying out of my hands. kids missing? The hell? Since when did kids go missing? Our world is so peaceful there is no crime, everything is perfect. Well… except for me. The Tv continues to buzz BREAKING NEWS: the names of the teens are Julian and Isabelle Hallowood, Authorities suspect kidnapping. My eyes well up with tears I know them...

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a broken mirror

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March 7th, 2018 8:52 a.m. (Lana)  The best and worst summer/fall of my entire life had started with a passing glance. I had left my favorite hole in the wall coffee place, my iced maple latte in hand, when I saw her. She had long silver hair that had gentle waves spilling over her shoulders and down her back, she was probably a couple inches shorter than me, and she had the most beautiful hazel-green eyes. As she had breezed by me on the sidewalk we made and held eye contact and for those few seconds I swear I had never wanted to reac...

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White Mirror

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The following is an extract of my upcoming book White Mirror (work in progress). Chapter 1 My name is Connor. Connor White. I’m an ordinary student who has a hard time. Well, at least it was like that my whole life until a few years ago. My parents travel a lot and look for new jobs, so I usually change my school once a year. This means stress. A lot of stress. But it slowly went away because of a new “thing”. A new ability, power, or something that I don’t know what to call. I discovered that I can read the minds of other people at...

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Lost In Your Eyes

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The people of Penkot had heard about the lake Laguna and the miracles which the lake performed on people. People came there for the remedy to their problems. Some said it cured them of their skin disease and others said that it had improved their life. However, there were some conditions for the miracle to happen. Two of them were-- First; the person had to chant the right mantra. Second, the person had to sacrifice something to get the favor or boon. On the lake, the dock looked like a speck of matchsticks. The mountains, which seemed to ha...

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Maggie's Sunglasses

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Maggie was a sweet quiet polite girl. She liked to read and spent most of her time alone curled up with her favorite book. An innocent enough hobby, but it seemed to dominate Maggie's err, umm 'social life'. This bothered her parents.            The truth was that there was absolutely nothing wrong with Maggie. Right now she was just fed up with people, especially those of her own age. Unfortunately, her parents had little insight into this so they worried greatly that the...

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Being a Grown-up

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Being seven years old stinks! This evening I was supposed to go to the soccer club pizza party, but I’m grounded for failing a test in school and trying to lie about it. I wouldn’t have been able to go anyways just for failing the test but I still didn’t want to miss it if I could help it!  Wendy Green was going to wear her new JoJo Siwa watch and Taylor Gates was bringing her Glitter Girl doll in a new outfit, and I have to miss seeing them! And it’ll be so embarrassing to explain why I couldn’t go! Mom and Dad are out on a date t...

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The Sea Serpent and the Village

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You had a bad day at the café, and right now, all you wanted to do is read at your favorite library a few walks away from your house. As soon as you walk past the library’s towering doors, the smell of bibliosmia greets you and the books on the shelves seemed to give a warm welcome. You take random books one by one from their shelves, and in your impatience to rid yourself of the day’s stress you fail to notice the miniature tower that began to form. Soon, the weight of the books became too much for you to carry, and you drop them all on the...

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Fickle Finger of Fate

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“Just say no.” If only I had taken the warning more seriously, I’d be in college now. That’s what people say looking back, if only I had known, if I could go back, if only… I loved him like a brother, I utterly trusted him, I knew him better than anyone … at least that’s what I thought.  I met Carl the summer between fourth and fifth grade. My family moved into the house next to where he had always lived. Our mothers were becoming acquainted over the fence when he invited me to jump on his trampoline. I was a year older than him, b...

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Penetrating Keratoplasty

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The hospital smells of some kind of cleaner and metal. I can hear people moving outside the small room the nurse left me in. Well, I think it's a small room. It felt small when I was stumbling around in search of pants. The scrubs that she had given me to wear are itchy and uncomfortable. I shift in the seat, the cold of the metal chair seeping through the thin fabric. There's a steady beeping coming from somewhere to my left‌—‌the nurse told me it was a heart monitor before she left. I try to swallow the filmy paste forming on my tongue but...

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Eyes are the window to the crime.

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 Being a medium sucks. If I had any choice in the matter, I would be as mundane as possible, a whole foods manager, or maybe a pool cleaner. Granted, if I had a choice, but my "gift" seems to have a mind of its own. Or an eye of its own. But that's getting ahead of ourselves.Plus, I'm a little too busy at the moment to wallow. I may not love being a medium, but that doesn't mean I don't work hard, so I need to concentrate. From what I can see of my surroundings I'm in a dingy motel at the edge of town. I can barely see th...

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Time and Hope goes hand in hand

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There was once a boy I loved. He wasn’t handsome, nor was he tall. He didn’t have hazel or amber eyes full of passion, He didn’t know how to flirt, nor did he even try to. He wasn’t the perfect guy everyone wanted. He was just ... a boy. A boy who brought trouble. He was cast away and rarely mentioned by those around him because he reminded them of their mortality. He made them feel like they are inadequate and he sometimes was mistaken as the culprit who took away their loved and close ones. Silly little beings, the real culprits behind tha...

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BEAUTIFUL

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Once again I felt the cool tap water rumble round my face as I tried washing only-God-knows-what, off it. I raised my head and took another look at the mirror in my bathroom. I exhaled deeply in displeasure. I drew out a fake grin at my reflection but I was hit with disappointment. I hated my dentition. It had faded yellowish color on it and it wasn’t straight but crooked. Many in school would always comment on how beautiful my grin is but I never saw it and I doubt I ever would. That’s why I resolved to only smiling even in the most joyous ...

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Through her eyes and heart

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It's a hot summer, but I'm trying to enjoy it. I know this will be the last one, no matter how hard I try to deny it. I'm waiting for a miracle. I don't even know why I'm waiting for her, but I'm waiting. Ultimately, destiny is not a matter of chance, but a matter of choice. It is not something to be expected, it is something to be done. It is not about luck, it is about everyone's choice. How stupid! It is natural for doctors to give false hopes through pompous quotes. If it were a choice, then I would choose to start a family in the next f...

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The Retina

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  Thomas rapidly opened the doors to his room, screaming out loudly. ,,Mom where did you put my red shirt? I can’t find it, so obviously you had to put it somewhere!’’ His mother is in the kitchen at this time preparing food for the family. He can clearly hear the sound of glass plates being placed on the table and the smell… the smell that makes everyone hungry - chips coming along with fried chicken. Thomas screamed again. ,,Vanessa are you deaf? Where is my red shirt!’’ ,,Calm down Thomas, its all gonna be okay, we will ...

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