Collaborative Fiction Tree
Competition Time! Each contribution adds to an ever growing narrative Tree. Jump in at any moment and help shape the story's destiny. When each Tree is fully grown, it will be published on our website with all contributions credited.Then we will start the entire thing again!
Each month, strongest branches will be sent a notebook, free of charge.
Julia carried the mirror to the garden bin and buried it under black bags and broken plates. That night her daughter asked why the crying lady was trapped in the dark again. From upstairs came the soft sound of tapping glass.
Catch Up: Recent Events
Julia has been growing increasingly suspicious that there is something living inside her daughter’s plastic dressing table.
Add Your Voice to the Story
All contributions are reviewed before appearing in the timeline. Keep the tone dramatic and character driven.
Strongest Branches will receive a free notebook once a month. Good Luck!
If we did not chose your scene, do not be disheartened and submit again!
Julia hid the mirror in the kitchen cupboard before bed. Near dawn she heard her daughter giggling upstairs. When she opened the bedroom door the mirror sat back on the floor and tiny wet fingerprints covered the glass.
Rain tapped softly against the windows as Julia passed the dark hallway. In the toy mirror beside the dollhouse she saw her daughter asleep on the sofa and something pale crouched behind her with blinking eyes.
Julia picked the toy mirror off the bedroom carpet and froze when the reflection smiled a second too late. Her daughter kept drawing on the walls behind her while the face in the plastic glass watched only Julia.