Homebeforedarkcontest Stories

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

Jane is a private individual until she runs into Amy who claims to be a missing person. Without a trace of a case in the police station she chooses to believe Amy. Upon discovering shocking information Jane must now face her dark traumatic memories she has repressed for so long to reveal the truth.

The truth hurts. We all know that much to be true. But can the truth do more than that?

The earlier years of a childhood are usually filled with bliss, bullies, and living out your days without a care. But for me, I was living each day as an outcast in fear of myself. This is my story of how I came to discover that liking boys was only the beginning of establishing my identity. My Submission to the #HomeBeforeDarkContest

Tarian Gilraen is put on trial for his father, Baron Aleron Gilraen's, crimes. He must convince The Council and Justiciar that he is innocent with a single piece of evidence; his father's journal.

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)

Have you ever known you were in danger, but found that no one believed you? How hard would you fight to be heard? PLEASE NOTE: This is a fiction story for the #HomeBeforeDarkContest. All events are fictitious and in no way depict actual occurrences.

Jacob's life is about to change forever. He has uncovered a secret that will rattle the stability of his home life. Will he stand up for what he believes in and speak his truth? Or will he let his fear and emotions stop him? Either way his parents have made their decision and it is up to Jacob to make one last push.

A conversation over Christmas dinner brings up some old family secrets.

Two brothers foster a secret. One is imprisoned for it, and the other is at fault. A Home Before Dark contest entry. Photo by Rendiansyah Nugroho on Unsplash.

A short story about truth, trauma, and finding love.

#homebeforedarkcontest entry A 500 word short story about standing up to the truth of death, loss, and abuse, and standing beside the person you love most of all. An emotionally abusive father and an opioid addicted brother, both absent for the death of her mother; a young woman must confront the truth that she has to do it alone and stand up to the reality of loss in her own way.

"I'm just a mere doctor, who wanted to change the world," Dr. Kazimin. (A taste of Dr. Kazimin; a hidden story) This story is for a contest, however, it was also a way for me to express an event that happened in the main story of The Infinity Cypher. Hope you enjoyed it.

I wrote this for the HomeBeforeDark Challenge, prior to realizing you have to be 18 years old to submit...🤦🏽‍♀️. I changed it since I no longer had to worry about the 500 word limit.

This book is a bunch of my stories! I know how hard it is to ACTUALLY write stories. So if you have a story idea that you want to have written down as a story but you don't actually want to write it, I'll write it for you. More details later! Bye!

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Two Teenagers, One Life, Two Worlds, One Love beyond all. A Unforgettable Story. *All Rights Reserved, Do Not Copy*

In school there are various ways of getting someone's attention just as well as it's various ways of ignoring someone. Everyday they made school nasty like a rotten apple. These three girls, Courtney, Maya and Tiffany were like the main female crew of our high school. They were pretty, rude, and supposedly intellectual. Kiara and Alyssa wasn't aware of the day in school they were about to have fulled with bullying and nasty comments.

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