Winner (Short Story) - July, 2024
A Fictional Reality! (3rd Position- 6th International Writing Competition) by AFIQ SYAZWAN BIN S SHUHAIMI - Malaysia
Nobody knew where they were as they mysteriously disappeared while playing hide and seek. On a lovely evening, Dylan and his sister, Diana, had just moved to their new house. They were playing around together when they suddenly bumped into Amanda, a girl who lived nearby. "Hello there. Are you guys new here? Wow! Your house is huge. Can I go in with you?” she exclaimed excitedly. "Umm, who are you?” Diana asked curiously. Amanda introduced herself.
"Oh, Amanda. So you want to see our house? But our parents are not home”, Dylan hesitated. Amanda insisted them to let her in. They finally gave in.
Amanda who was very talkative, couldn't stop talking while they were wandering around the house. They stopped at a room. "What is inside this room?” Amanda questioned while pointing to the room. "We don't know either. We have never entered this room. Our parents warned us to not do so,” Dylan explained. "But your parents did not say that to me,” Amanda didn’t seem to be bothered by Dylan's explanation and persistently pressured them to go inside . Dylan and Diana were flabbergasted and finally gave in. "You guys want to play hide and seek?” Amanda asked and started counting. Dylan hid inside the nearest wardrobe, followed by Diana...
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