Unmasking the Watcher: Shocking Revelations and Top Winners from WritersWeekly.com’s Summer 2026 Short Story Showdown
COMMON THEMES SUBMITTED
Here are our notes about common themes that emerged with this topic:
- Lots of lots of characters were in witness protection programs.
- We lost count of how many murderers were watching their intended victims.
- And, of course, lots of ex-lovers and ex-spouses were stalking their lost loves!
- In several stories, the person watching was a dead loved one.
- There were also lots of kidnapped children in the stories.
- A few stories had a pet being the watcher.
- Oddly (but humorously), in a few stories, the character “watching” someone else worked for the Home Owner’s Association! Those were funny!!
As with all contests, some common themes come back again and again, no matter what the topic is.
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