STORY STARTER
Submitted by Sage_Heart
“Only a call away!”
Write a story using this line.
A soul for success
Rare are those who believe me when I say I met the devil.
Inexistent are those who believe he asked for my soul.
Yet both are true.
It was after my first casting. I wanted to be an actress—I still do. I was on my bedroom floor, knees pressing into the carpet, praying to God that I’d get the role.
But it wasn’t God who appeared.
A shadow stepped into the room, faceless, shifting, as if it weren’t really there. At first, I thought it was a trick of the light. Then it spoke.
"I can make all your dreams come true," it rasped. "Fame. Glory. Adoration. I will make you the greatest star the world has ever known. All I ask is one thing..."
A chill curled down my spine.
My soul. He wanted my soul.
My passion was strong, but my faith was stronger. I said no.
The next day, I found out I didn’t get the role.
In fact, I’ve never gotten one since.
"Alright then," he had said, voice soft like a lullaby laced with venom. "If you ever change your mind, I am only a call away."
I didn’t answer him then.
But tonight, as I sat alone in my cold apartment, ten rejection emails deep and my dream crumbling like ash between my fingers, the tears came.
And with them, the words I swore I’d never say.
"I changed my mind," I whispered.
And the room went still.