Homebeforedarkcontest Stories

My aunt didn't know she sleepwalks. Based on a true story. #HomeBeforeDark Contest

She was my best friend, but could I ruin my life to protect hers?

Limited to 500 Words Taught to be dismissive of those less fortunate from a young age, born into a rich family with influence across Europe, Divus one day discovers that all is not as it seems. He uncovers from a letter that all that is his actually belongs to his indentured servant, Filia. Now, he must decide whether or not he will conceal the truth and enable his lavish lifestyle, or bring justice to the innocent slave girl and offer her information that will grant her authority over the manor.

Dave was a normal man. An average man, who led an average life, and had average concerns. He was eating his lunch at a nice little diner across the street from work when it happened. This average man with an average life would have his whole world flipped into chaos for exactly two minutes.

Adam is anxious about the mail getting to his house. He seems to be hiding something. What could he be hiding?

This is the journal of Ezra Keen. He has something to say. And hopefully, it will set him free. This work is for the Home Before Dark writing contest - that in mind this entire writing is completely fictional and is not based on true events. Let me know what you think in the comments below!

Detective Wiles figures out the truth about the death of Uncle Morty.

Mackie is 15 years old. She doesn't have a mother and no one knows where she came from. The man whom Mackie lives with says that he's her brother but when he is murdered and no one can explain his death Mackie has to find the killer. Before they kill her.

The Truth

A Short Story | Truth Behind Lies When you've been friends with someone for so long and you think that there's nothing you don't know about them. They've been in your life for so long, there's no doubt they'd give their life for you. But what happens when fate twists? The one person you looked towards for support, was now the person you feared. All the little signs I missed. Moments in my life that I could never take back. I should have known, should have been more observant. This is my punishment and the only thing I could do was run after finding out who she really was.

Young middle schooler, Justin Valdez, finds a girl feeling down when she gets bullied for being her normal self. Maybe this could be an opportunity to cheer her up and make a new friend in the process. Neither of them realize how much that moment would change their lives forever. Cover made by @sixty6ix

This is a short story about a young girl who was not believed in and pushed around but rose up and blew every body's mind!

What happened to when your married, your man off to fight the war, you find out he coming home, your girls thought it be a good idea to go out and celebrate. Only for you to wake up next to a man you don't know but seem like he has a lot of money on his hands.... Oh yea both of you are naked..... what you do? What you do when you are pissed? Your guy friends thought be a good Idea to go out and get a one night stand then shove the girl out the door the next day. But what happened when you get drunk then meet a girl fall in love with her. Only for you to wake up and she not there, not to mention your naked... not only are you crazy rich but you has your heart stolen. Would you want it back? (More coming)

Bro Code #1 : Always have your Bro's Back. No matter what... #HomeBeforeDarkContest submission.

A tale of standing up for the truth. This time, I didn't need to stand up for the truth to protect or help anyone else. I had to stand up for my own truth, even if that truth would upsend my entire life.

When 17 year old Iris obsession with her camera exposes the secrets of those closest to her, will she let doing the right thing end life as she knows it. Told through the lens of her camera this is one journey for the truth you won't be able to look away from

Forced to drop everything to care for her sister after her parents go missing, Olivia Conrad unveils her parents' double life while working as a bounty hunter.

What would you do if you saw a man receive a life sentence for a crime he didn't commit? *** After witnessing the racially biased trial of a man framed as her friend's murderer, pre-law student Johanna Danvers decides to take justice into her own hands. In pursuit of the truth, Johanna struggles to navigate through a web of lies and manipulation around the botched case. After a decade of work, she finds evidence that could save a man's life and writes a letter to him on the day of his new trial. *** #homeafterdark contest entry that exposes very real flaws of America's criminal justice system.

Little princess from The Alva Kingdom suddenly missing. The kingdom family and their people, can't hide their saddened to acknowledge about that. Nobody knows and see, where their little princess go and with whom. Darkness come to this kingdom for so long.