Micro-Stories & Narrative Fragments
✍️ MICRO-STORY & NARRATIVE FRAGMENT
Title: “Window 313”
Form: Microfiction | Narrative snapshot
Word Count: 148
Genre: Sci-fi drama | Psychological vignette
Mood: Quiet tension, isolation, unresolved awe
Format: Flash narrative — designed for pairing with visual art or interactive fiction
🧠 Narrative Snapshot
“Window 313” is a standalone fragment—part of a larger thought experiment about memory, obsession, and the surreal nature of routine.
It began as a visual prompt: a man staring out of the same window for 3,762 days—until something finally stares back.
🖋️ Micro-Story: Window 313
I was assigned Window 313 on my first cycle.
It faces a starless horizon. Dust winds drift past at intervals too perfect to be natural. I log what I see. I never miss a log. Seventeen years, 241 days.
This morning, the wind froze mid-drift. The dust held its pose in midair—like time was holding its breath. And there, outside the glass... was a face.
Not human. But not alien, either.
It didn’t blink. I didn’t breathe.
Then it reached forward, as if tracing the outline of the window. As if tracing me. And though the glass separated us, I swear I felt heat on my skin. Familiar heat.
It left no trace. Nothing registered on the sensors.
But I didn't log the dust today.
I logged the face.
And I waited.
🔍 Creative Notes
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Originally written in response to the visual prompt “fogged glass with a faint face behind it”
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Intentionally ambiguous ending for reader interpretation
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Designed for expansion into a slow-burn sci-fi series, or inclusion in an interactive journal-based experience
🎨 Possible Uses
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Voiceover monologue with eerie ambient audio
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Opening sequence to a short film or digital novel
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Pairing with cinematic concept art (fogged glass, dim control room, surreal wind)
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Interactive fiction scene with limited player input: just watch, log, and wait
🎯 Tags
#KashmirovsStudio #MicroStory #NarrativeFragment #ShortFiction #SciFiVignette #CreativeWriting #ConceptSeed #FlashFiction #EmotiveProse #AIWritingPrompt #NarrativeAtmosphere #VisualStorytelling #PsychologicalSciFi
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