STORY STARTER

Submitted by Robin Marlowe

Write a story in which the protagonist starts to see cracks in their reality. Force the reader to ask: are they uncovering an illusion, or falling for a delusion?

If our senses can be fooled, then how do we know that our world is real?

Delusion

I looked out the window, sure my senses had been fooled.

Fear fueled my imagination, and I didn’t dare to glance at the window again. I wasn’t about to take my chances.

What if it was all a dream? What if my brain made the whole thing up?

I might never know, if I never look. But what if my fear and my mind are the ones making the whole thing up. That is the scary thing about delusion.

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KNK

Horses, history, fantasy are my favorite things. Instead of writing stories, I tend to write introductions to my stories.