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In my heart

Aisha H.

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The sunrise casts brilliant colours across the horizon, and the view really warms me from the inside. The Orange and Red come together to make an alluring landscape. My best friend, Cree, sits next to me on the luscious green grass, his knees tucked up towards his chin. I smile at him, and he smiles back through his drooping brown eyes. My back to the beautiful Maple tree from behind me, I continue to gaze at the fleeting colours smeared over the sky. Moments like these, I realize, are the ones I love the most. I care about Cree so much, and...

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Stitching Pinned Marrow

Molly Leasure

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(Author's note: this piece is experimental. Enjoy it as a story-length poem.)No one loves Caeshin Blithe more than I do. “Sunrise to sunset, or suh they say.”“For forever, not just a day."From sunrise to sunset, my love will never dwindle. But in the darkness of night, That’s when it’s most brittle.And so I became Mrs. Caeshin Blithe.Enjoying hollow love and midnight’s alone.It’s not much of a life.If only that naive little girl had known.“Nice, eh? The oranges, the reds.”“Certainly starts the morning ri—” “—Reminds me uh...

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sunrise, sunset

Natalie Strawbridge

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“Have you ever pulled an all-nighter?” Riley asked, turning over her shoulder to look at Emma. It was a strange question, Emma thought, considering they were sitting on a rocky outcrop watching the sun come up on the horizon. Riley sat on a precarious ledge, legs dangling into empty air, face tipped up to the rising sun, the sun Emma had woken up for at 5:30 AM, and she was already thinking about night?A few feet behind Riley, Emma sat with her legs safely tucked underneath her. The view was just as good from her vantage, if not better, beca...

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Mi Casa, Su Casa (the sequel to "Where There's Smoke There's Fire")

Philip Clayberg

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SUNNY: I wake up in an unfamiliar bed. My youngest daughter is lying next to me, still asleep. At first, I wonder how in the world we'd ended up here, and then I remember what happened yesterday. We're in Quentin and Cat's house. They're letting my children and I live here until our house is repaired and we can move back into it.Lying on my side, I look out the bedroom window. A tall leafless tree stands in the yard outside. Through its branches, I watch the sky slowly change colors. From black to light grey to pink, yellow, and orange, and ...

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Different Methods

Alex Meyer

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“It’s quiet today.” “It is.” The sun’s rays framed two silhouettes sitting next to the lake, their blanket spread beneath them and their picnic basket at their side. She reached over and passed him the pomegranate. He was always better at taking the seeds out, coaxing each individual morsel with a gentle touch. The plinking of the pomegranate seeds falling into the bowl was cradled by whispers of a peaceful breeze. “When is your flight?” His voice is carefully soft. “In three hours.” “I suppose you had better start getting ready then. I kn...

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Quarter Pounder

Zara H

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I don't even know what the big deal about sunrise is. The sky is all red and smudged, and the clouds look like curdled milk. Disgusting curdled milk. There's also a big yellow dot in the middle. And everybody seems to make such a big deal about it."Tracy." I turn and look at him, he starts to play with his fingers."Yeah?" I nod sarcastically."I didn't mean to," he says genuinely."Didn't mean to what? Tell me that you're getting married? To some brunette in all the way Greece? That you are taking a boat in two sunsets? That your parents from ...

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Falling Apart

Kate Winchester

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**Author’s note: This can be read as a stand- alone story, but if you read Falling Forward first, you’ll appreciate this one more. The sun was starting to wake and so was Jenny. She wiped the sleep from her eyes because she could no longer contain her excitement. Next to her, Ethan began to stir. “It’s too early, babe.” He said. “No it’s not. We have a long drive ahead. We should start moving." He grunted, but sat up in response. “I’ll go make some coffee.” She left the room and padded into the ki...

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Sand Witch Sandwich

Harken Void

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As the last stars faded from the sky, the sun broke over the horizon into a new day, and Grigori roared in pain. The sun’s rays touched his skin with the inevitability of daybreak; the light tore through his fur and flesh, unwrapping him like a greedy child, feverishly unwrapping a gift. The sun stripped Grigori of his werewolf form and left behind a human, innocent in his nakedness, yet burdened with guilt. He shook in the cold of the morning, surrounded by mists rising from the lake, spurred by the sun. “So, you finally came,” a fami...

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The Wedding That Started it All

AntMan 🐜

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My brother, Alexander, and I sat in the woods huddling close together for warmth. We watched the sun rise with all its colorful glory in silence, knowing that we might not see each other for a long time afterwards.Alex and I knew that the time was drawing nearer, and he would have to go soon, but still we sat, hugging each other not wanting to let go. I could tell he was stressed, by the tension and tightness in which he was moving.“What’s wrong, Elsie?” He looked at me with concerned eyes. That was his nickname for me.“Nothing”, I said, bec...

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Adventurin’

Dave Bolin

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Jed and Tanner took turns rolling the barrel down the road as the sun rose on the Tennessee hollow. Tanner’s turn usually lasted longer because Jed was talking. Tanner’s father said that Jed talked like he was being paid by the word. But Tanner didn’t mind too much; if Jed was talking, then he didn’t have to. And Jed was always talking. “I’m tellin’ ya, Tanner. This is gonna be the biggest thing you and me have ever done. They will be tellin’ our story to their grandbabies one day. You just wait and se...

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Aanya and Tamanna

Mel Shield

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Silhouetted by amber beams stretching with the waking January sun, the teeth of the world arose, jagged and uneven, out of the lifting blanket of night. Ablaze with radiant crown the mountains regained their majesty, decreeing a promise of grief to any unwary, or weary, traveller.Aanya, who had wandered half the night across the wintry mountainside, welcomed the delivering orb of warmth and light; her broad ursine head lifted in greeting. Shattered frost rained from her thick brown coat as she shook off the weighted memories of night.'Not mu...

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Fishing

Sandra Claros

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- Well, considering this gorgeous lake we are looking at , and also the fact that we are renting a hut in this resort belonging to the lake, , we have to go fishing . You see, due to our age, It may be our last fishing in our lives, so, in order to take a big advantage of it, we are going to the lake harbour before sunrise – I told my dear old friend, taking his dentures in and out of his mouth, making such an awful noise that I started to take my hat in the same rythm of the noise of the denture : in-and-out, in-and-out , in-and-out,...

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Your last wish

Heather Van Rensburg

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7 September 2020 It was perfect. Wrapped in our blankets against the early morning air, we watched the grey clouds slowly transform into shades of pinks and purples, and then brilliant red. The morning stillness was broken by the twittering of a flock of little finches, then a butterfly settled itself on your blanket for but a moment. The mist rising from the lake allowed us to gaze upon the sudden flash of orange without being blinded as the sun peeped over the horizon. You turned to me and smiled, a smile more dazzling than any sunrise, ...

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Loving the Moon

Sophia Thorne

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She came just before the sunrise.She sat quietly next to him, as quick and silent as a shadow, just as the sky erupted in a palette of blushing pink and yellow fires. He turned his head towards her, liking better the way her eyes reflected the view before them like two mirrors; and he watched as for a few seconds, a ball of fire rose within them."Hey," he murmured, tucking a dark strand behind her ear.A smile curled her lips, and she turned his way. "Hey," she answered, equally as quietly. Her hand came up to rest on his, feeling soft and sm...

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Sugar spectres

Raymond Lawson

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Sebastian and Marcel lie on a rooftop gazing at the the sunrise. Neither one of them slept from excitement. The rooftop they were on was an old castle they bought and transformed it into a luxurious bakery. A "haunted"castle in an abandoned neighborhood was a hard sell, but they bought it. The two had a plan. Sebastian and Marcel were aware that in today's world anything can be shipped. The locals had warned them about the reputation of the castle, but they did not heed the warning. Plus, curious tourists ventured to the bakery to experience...

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Start your story with two characters watching a sunrise and end it with one of them seeing the moon reflecting off a lake.

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✍️ 301 stories

In my heart

Stitching Pinned Marrow

sunrise, sunset

Mi Casa, Su Casa (the sequel to "Where There's Smoke There's Fire")

Different Methods

Quarter Pounder

Falling Apart

Sand Witch Sandwich

The Wedding That Started it All

Adventurin’

Aanya and Tamanna

Fishing

Your last wish

Loving the Moon

Sugar spectres

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