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Microfiction Challenge: 'The Window'

What happened to Jill?

By Sean PatrickPublished 3 years ago 1 min read
Microfiction Challenge: 'The Window'
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"I didn't leave the window open, I would never, not in this neighborhood." Jill's final text message haunts me. She was angry after coming home to find a window open. I texted back to assure her that I also had not left the window open. I would never leave a window open under these circumstances. Just as I pressed send on my text, I felt a cold chill up my spine. If I didn't leave the window open and she didn't leave the window open...?

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Sean Patrick

Hello, my name is Sean Patrick He/Him, and I am a film critic and podcast host for the I Hate Critics Movie Review Podcast I am a voting member of the Critics Choice Association, the group behind the annual Critics Choice Awards.

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  • Mother Combs2 years ago

    💙

  • Loryne Andawey3 years ago

    Oohh, creepy mystery! I hate that spine tingly feeling - yikes! Well done!

  • I like how you ended the story with a question which gives an entire story in itself.

  • Mariann Carroll3 years ago

    The mystery, intriguing story

  • Paul Stewart3 years ago

    Awesome! love the plethora of unanswered questions I now have swimming around my mind!

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