September Challenge - "When she woke up, there were 17 voicemails from a stranger."

After celebrating the end of a long work project, Amirah's drunken, spontaneous encounter with a charming man at a nightclub leaves her with a contact saved as "Dreamy eyes." But when she wakes up at 3:00 AM to a phone log full of unplayed voice messages, the celebration curdles into terror. The messages are growing possessive, the breathing is growing louder, and the unknown caller seems to know everything she did. As the suspense mounts and the banging starts at her door, Amirah finds herself facing a chilling, inescapable question: How far will a stranger go to make her his?

Clara has been plagued by a stranger for months. This stranger leaves her messages, calls, and voicemails. As the stranger comes closer to home, she is made to wonder if it really a stranger at all.

Two friends in a bar talking about the third absend one, who seems to get an exiting life, after she had 17 voice messages of a stranger on her phone. What exactly happened and who could this stranger be? Did the friends found out, what happened, or did it turned out into something else.

To save her family, she performed a ritual of desperation. The man who answered offered her the world. The contract is a single page. The price isn't in ink. And the signature... is her surrender.

When Maddie wakes up to 17 voicemails from a stranger, she thinks it’s just a mix-up. But every heartbeat counts—especially when a door closes.

A private detective investigates possible infidelity and learns that humans aren't the only ones who cheat.

Arleen Decker was a 27 year old waitress at the local diner in a small sleepy town where everyone knew everyone and no new face goes unnoticed. There were always travelers passing through but mostly everyone that was a part of this small town had grown up here. Arleen moved to Lemore, Arkansas a few years ago. She no longer felt like an outsider. She lived with a roommate, another waitress that she worked with. No family followed her. She woke up one evening as the sun was going down with her ears ringing and phone buzzing deafened vibrations. She fumbles for her phone and tries to pick up but doesn't answer it in time. "Where am I?" She asks herself as she puts a hand to her head. "Ow." Dried blood on her head and hand made her heart jump and she starts to gather herself and make a way back to town. Whichever way town is.

Zoe wakes to 17 voicemail messages, which she believes are from a stranger. After listening to the first message, she realizes it's from someone she met at a high school graduation party years ago—Ty Connor. That brief encounter sparked a moment of impossible familiarity neither could forget.

A recluse from the world receives a call she truly thought she could ignore. Turns out none of us are safe.