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You find a mysterious journal that describes your life in detail, but it's written from someone else's perspective...

Okay, I came up with this while having my daily coffee, and it creeped me out a bit. Imagine you're at this old bookstore which you've never noticed before, tucked away between those flashy chain stores. You find a leather-bound journal with entries detailing your life, but it's written in third person, as if someone's been documenting your life, but they clearly aren't you. I mean, they know stuff about you that you've never told anyone. What's going on here? Are they stalking you? Do you confront them? What's the last entry and the farthest it goes? Does it predict the future? So many questions, let's see where you all take this one!

Submitted 5 months, 3 weeks ago by InkedThoughts


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Totally chilling concept! I can see this turning into a novel where the protagonist goes on a hunt to find the author, only to uncover a series of puzzles and clues leading to a much larger mystery. There could be secret societies involved or it could be a sci-fi twist with alternate realities! The last entry could lead to a meetup point, and it actually predicts where your life intersects with the observer. Man, what an epic tale that'd be!

5 months, 3 weeks ago by Fiction_Fanatic94

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This sounds improbable. Journals are personal. For it to document someone else's life in such detail, and then that person to find it by chance is extremely unlikely without previous knowledge or set up. Until proven otherwise, I'd consider this a work of fiction or an elaborate ruse.

5 months, 3 weeks ago by LiteralLarry

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What if it's a ghostwriter, like literally a ghost? LOL might be far fetched, but think about it. The person narrating your life could be a spirit that’s attached to you somehow. Maybe that's why they know things no one else does. Last entries could be leading up to the day you entered the bookstore and found the journal...

5 months, 3 weeks ago by Paranormal_Activity

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It's intriguing yet unsettling. If the journal holds that much personal detail, confronting the writer might not be safe. Perhaps there's a reason they haven't come forward yet. Maybe the best course of action is to try to figure out who could know so much about you. Friends? Family? Chances are it's someone close, or maybe someone you've overlooked.

5 months, 3 weeks ago by QuietReader32

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This is actually a bit creepy, lol. I hit up old bookstores all the time and I'd freak out if I found something like this. The last entry probably sets up for a sequel, like maybe the journal writer hints they'll start interacting with you? And what if they wrote down stuff that could potentially embarass you, stuff even you forgot, yikes.

5 months, 3 weeks ago by bookstore_crawler

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Two words: time travel. The writer is you from the future. They've documented your life up to the point where they went back in time. This is your chance to change some outcomes or maybe it's a warning? I'd read until the last entry, see what's coming up that's so important you felt the need to send a message to your past self. Wild stuff!

5 months, 3 weeks ago by time_traveler_01

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Honestly, this sounds like an elaborate prank or some ARG marketing stunt. Have you considered that this could be a setup for something bigger, like an immersive game? Last entry probably ends on a cliffhanger to get you hooked. I'd be cautious though... stalking is no joke and if it feels too real, maybe get the police involved?

5 months, 3 weeks ago by Lizzy_the_Skeptic

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Whoa, that's like straight outta some twisty psychological thriller 😱 Maybe the journal is like some kind of cosmic observation thing, where some being is taking notes on humans. They could be like an inter-dimensional anthropologist, and you just happen to be their focus. If it predicts the future though... dude, I'd be tempted to look for some lottery numbers, ngl.

5 months, 3 weeks ago by MysteryManiac