The Story Vault

Discover original short stories that surprise, provoke, and strike straight to the heart.
Each tale offers a twist or moment that stays with you long after the last word.

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E for Enthrall

Prompt – This year, your character resolves to publish her novel.  She sends it to an agent, who almost immediately finds a potential publisher.  The problem? The novel’s protagonist is recognizably based your character’s best friend, and the novel is based on the friend’s secret love affair.  When the book comes out, everyone in their […]

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D for Drive

Prompt: This year, your character resolves to get his driver’s license.  A week after he does, he is driving on a lonely road when a pedestrian suddenly walks in front of the car. Your character hits the person, then panics and drives off.  Now, he’s tormented by guilt. Has he killed someone?  He can’t find

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C for Cab Ride

Prompt: Your character gets on a taxi and tells the driver to take him/her to the airport. But the driver has his/her own ideas about where they are headed… Rebecca was very much annoyed. It was Valentine’s Day and yet, Jack had not called her even once. They had an argument two days back and

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B for Beyond

Beautiful Scenery flying by, she was lost in her thoughts. All of her life was flashing by along with the scenery in front of eyes. She was enjoying both the shows. “What is such a lovely lady doing sitting alone here?” The voice startled her out of her reverie and she looked at the handsome

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A for Anomaly

Anomaly! That was what everyone used to say her issue was. There was some anomaly in her. When she was a child, she thought it to be a fancy word and used to like it. As she grew up, she realized it is just a fancy word of saying she is different from others in

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Strangers!

Imagine you’re looking through a collection of short stories. One of the titles catches your interest. That’s the story you want to read first. What might the title be? Invent a title that would make you want to read the story. Now, write a story to go with that title… Rebecca kept looking at the

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