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A mystery dreamer
#WritcoStoryPrompt36
Write a short story that uses atleast two of the given situations:
1. An old, locked box in the attic.
2. A winding staircase that goes nowhere.
3. A broken mirror.
4. An old desk with a locked drawer.
I have a nightmare, that involved several things. Everytime , I am forced to go down a winding staircase that seems to go nowhere. But everytime, I end up in the basement with dimply lit corridors with several rooms . All the rooms are closed. I had the keys for few of the rooms for reasons unknown. I seems to know which key would go to which room. I would enter 1-3 rooms at a time. But sometimes the dream is interrupted before I reach the basement or the rooms After this dream recurred several hundred to thousands times. I found few odd things about the things I found in the room.
Room in the last corner in the right has a attic. The attic had a odd looking box. The box seemed to be locked. It was not possible to get the box down. For reasons unknown, I felt the need to exit the room within 3-5 minutes of being there. It was as if I would be struck there,if I stayed longer.
The room that was opposite to this room has no keyhole,but felt like answer to some mystery lay there. The two rooms to this room had a broken mirror, which had no reflection. But it gave creeps that some days, I would see the reflection got struck in the mirror. But for after sometime, it would feel silly.
The first room in the left from the staircase that is in the same side as the room with broken mirror has a old desk with a locked drawer. Sometimes, the mirror seems to fit more apt in this room than in the room found at the end of the corridor. But changing the mirrors place, may seems to broke the connection with the place.
The dream was mostly the same recurrence of events. Everytime it felt like the place was deserted. But once I felt there is someone in that place, as I was about to enter the fourth room. Instinctively, I entered the room with the broken...
Write a short story that uses atleast two of the given situations:
1. An old, locked box in the attic.
2. A winding staircase that goes nowhere.
3. A broken mirror.
4. An old desk with a locked drawer.
I have a nightmare, that involved several things. Everytime , I am forced to go down a winding staircase that seems to go nowhere. But everytime, I end up in the basement with dimply lit corridors with several rooms . All the rooms are closed. I had the keys for few of the rooms for reasons unknown. I seems to know which key would go to which room. I would enter 1-3 rooms at a time. But sometimes the dream is interrupted before I reach the basement or the rooms After this dream recurred several hundred to thousands times. I found few odd things about the things I found in the room.
Room in the last corner in the right has a attic. The attic had a odd looking box. The box seemed to be locked. It was not possible to get the box down. For reasons unknown, I felt the need to exit the room within 3-5 minutes of being there. It was as if I would be struck there,if I stayed longer.
The room that was opposite to this room has no keyhole,but felt like answer to some mystery lay there. The two rooms to this room had a broken mirror, which had no reflection. But it gave creeps that some days, I would see the reflection got struck in the mirror. But for after sometime, it would feel silly.
The first room in the left from the staircase that is in the same side as the room with broken mirror has a old desk with a locked drawer. Sometimes, the mirror seems to fit more apt in this room than in the room found at the end of the corridor. But changing the mirrors place, may seems to broke the connection with the place.
The dream was mostly the same recurrence of events. Everytime it felt like the place was deserted. But once I felt there is someone in that place, as I was about to enter the fourth room. Instinctively, I entered the room with the broken...
