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Sat on the roof, city sprawled out in front of her, Sorrel swigged from her drink and pulled at her last cigarette, chucking it into the daybreak light. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, readying herself to go back inside and deal with the body #continuethestory

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This was the first time she'd done anything illegal. The passenger's seat was still warm from the last person, their criminal desires radiating into the cheap fabric, mingling with her own. She fiddled with the money in her pocket... #continuethestory

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🎭 Stuck

💬 It was peak rush hour and they'd already been stuck inside the carriage for over two hours. People were starting to get thirsty, and panic was slowly beginning to work its way through the crowd. Finally an announcement from the speaker...

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🎭 A voyage

💬 As Sophie left the plane, she felt the heat engulf her and, with it, her entire body relaxed. She needed this more now than ever. It had been planned for months, but everything had changed since. There was still a niggling feeling that she couldn’t quite shake…

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🎭 Across the way

💬 He felt like a diplomat – smooth and sleek. Across the way, through the painted cage and the white sulphur, a young woman stares into the window. She's screaming. He leans, hoping to catch a moment of it. Has she seen herself? #continuethestory

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🎭 Trouble sleeping?

💬 He hated the birdsong most, the final confirmation of another sleepless night. He turned to his wife, the envy of her sleeping breath overrunning him. Scrolling through his phone, a message from a stranger appeared: “Trouble sleeping?” #continuethestory

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🎭 The presumption

💬 “The problem with Catholic funerals is they go on so long you’re not even sad anymore,” whispered Mark. Linda pretended not to hear him, keeping her eyes on the priest. “This whole thing is a sham anyway. There’s no way Jim’s dead." #continuethestory

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🎭 Grave mistakes

💬 Leo sneezed as they went into the graveyard. “You always do that, must be allergic to death”, said Mike. They found the grave eventually, dimming the lights on their torches and plunging their shovels into the earth until metal hit wood. #continuethestory

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🎭 The observatory

💬 It was a crystal clear night that Don and Amy has chosen to drive up the long, winding road to the remote, disused observatory. They were still in the honeymoon phase of their relationship, giddy like kids every time they saw each other. #continuethestory

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🎭 Someone else’s war

💬 Josie and Zeb had spent the night reading scripts in Club Elvis, drinking whisky until they were drowning in it. The papers said that war was coming but nobody believed it. So, when the shelling started, Zeb blamed the hangover. #continuethestory

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🎭 Behind the cloud

💬 The fighter jet was so loud the whole village had craned up to see it hurtle past, expecting to see it disappear over the horizon. So, when it went through a single cloud in an otherwise spotless blue sky, it was bound to spark questions. #continuethestory

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🎭 Metamorphosis

💬 The girl often dreamed of turning into one of the butterflies. She missed her father deeply. Staring into the enclosure made her feel closer to him as if he too was watching them flirt and flutter. There was shouting downstairs, as ever. #continuethestory

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🎭 Unexpected offerings

💬 As the only taxidermist for miles, Liam was used to odd requests. But when the little girl came into his shop, a two-headed mouse in the bowl of her hand, one head dead, the other still breathing, just, he didn’t know what to think…#continuethestory

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🎭 Mystery box

💬 She opened the door to find a red box there, a gold ribbon draped to the side. She bent down to pick it up, but it was like lifting a truck. She tried again, still no luck. She got her fingernails under the lid, but that was no use either. #continuethestory

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🎭 Today's theme: At the pool

💬 "They put too much chlorine in again last night”, Louise grumbled to herself, while getting increasingly anxious that her six-year-old son, Adam, was dangerously near the edge of the pool. A loud whistle suddenly rang out…

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🎭 Today's theme: Rush hour

💬 Late again, Giacomo darted out of the house in a frenzy. The sense of having forgotten something quite important was instantly replaced by a deep, sinking feeling that stopped him dead in his tracks...