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Write a story about someone cleaning out their attic. They find an old piece of clothing, and inside of its pocket is an old keepsake.

Posted in Adults on Oct 26, 2022

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✍️ 52 stories

“Heart Treasures” by Kim Keolla

Submitted to Contest #18

It was early spring. The weather was warm and pleasant. The birds were singing and the fresh green leaves were stirring. The clouds were shifting into different shapes, painting the light blue sky in a beautiful scenery. People were working hard on the fields, taking care of their horses and farms, others looking after their children, and some hanging out with their closest people.   There were people like Coleen though, once that were spending their day resting indoors. Coleen was laying in her cozy bed, relaxing as the heate...

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“The Quarter” by Jared Smithofjared@yahoo.com

Submitted to Contest #18

Arthur stared at himself in the mirror, amazed that his leather jacket still fit. Residue of the years streaked caramel strands in the deep clay color. His fingers pinched the patinated bronze zipper. It slid just as smoothly as it had the day he had bought it. He looked on, reading the lines in his face, stories written in his wrinkles, and a gray, thinning scalp. His breath fogged the mirror, shoulders slumped. An ache in his chest bid him, urged him to reconsider. Arthur shook his head and waved his hand at the thoughts that swarmed like ...

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“The Buttonholer” by Ellyn Quiggle

Submitted to Contest #18

I fumbled through Grandma's old sweaters, recounting all the time we spent in her cramped mildewy sewing room, her teaching me, and later, our working on projects together into the wee hours. A few short shifts materialized, clunky a-line sweaters, with huge round plastic buttons from the 1930's; it was a wonder they were still there. Sadness went through me like a wave, as I embraced them, which were like sagging flags heralding grandma’s life of hard work and suffering during the Depression, then World War II. Would she be displeased if I ...

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“Clean-up” by Book Worm

Submitted to Contest #18

Sunday mornings have always been cleaning up days for her. Unlike other couples who sleep on till noon on weekends after partying until the wee hours of the morning or staying up to watch a movie, she would wake up at 2 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday mornings to shut the door so that he could leave at an unearthly hour for work to avoid the early morning rush in the local trains. Unlike others who work five days a week and sleep till late on weekends, he worked only on weekends. ‘So that one of us is always home to look after the chil...

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“The Value in a Pocket” by Lauren Wilkinson

Submitted to Contest #18

I have always been interested in exploring my heritage. I have never missed an opportunity to dig around old junk in the attic or garage, even with some mysterious lung disease lingering around the corner. I had this opportunity a few weeks ago to explore my deceased grandparent's garage attic. Not knowing what I would find, I was extremely excited. My brother and I climbed up on a very questionable ladder, watched our step on rotted floorboards, and avoided the tetanus a few inches from the soon to be treasures. On a nail, I found what was ...

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“"Leaping Leiper!" Original blueprints of "Glen Elm." Modified to more cents able search” by Matthew Harris

Submitted to Contest #18

Poetic preface:Thy childhood home(Tempus fugit doth not healhollowed grief only death will seal.)Synonymous with fragile hulkanchored off shoreher frail exterior, no longer bows with sternweight beckoning with yenat suffering being weather beatensince about nineteen tenembodying painstaking craftsmanshipway back when...effort to build enduring domicileruled as blueprint for den,not necessarily of thieves,but extraordinary rich n hard folkfancying quilt and penpredecessors of barbie and their kenerected by strong strapping young men.Since feb...

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“Grand ole dreams” by Judy McIntosh

Submitted to Contest #18

Jenna strummed the final chord of her song. She had written it years ago and it was still her favorite. She nodded at the polite clapping, then leaned her guitar against the couch."Thanks to everyone for coming to bid farewell to my mother. she is in a better place now I believe."She wove her way around a few mourners into the kitchen. She took a small sandwich from the tray set out and went to her room.It was a beautiful autumn day. The trees were vibrant in the fall foliage and there was a pleasant chill in the air.Outside her window on th...

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“Pocket” by Jake Creghton

Submitted to Contest #18

The story of my life has been one of drugs. Most people spend about eight hours a day working, another 1 hour or so commuting, 8 sleeping and what’s left goes to their hobbies and family, the things that help define a person. I’ve spent the past 6 years of my life devoting my time to finding, using and trying to afford the drugs that I thought of as my entire life. My family had distanced themselves from me years ago, and who could blame them after all I did.  The lying and thieving that had all gotten so reckless. It started small, poc...

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“Jacket Mystery” by Scott Jackson

Submitted to Contest #18

Growing up I loved to visit my grandparents. My family lived 10 hours by car away from them so our visits usually involved a holiday like Thanksgiving or Christmas. I really did not like the fact we lived so far away when I was young but now realize the distance and limited frequency made the visits all the more special. I did not understand why my cousins who lived just blocks from my grandparents never seemed excited to be at their house. But do now. It was commonplace for them and not seen as a special occasion. It was just another day ov...

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“Went to bed as Jim, woke up as Liam” by Janhavi J

Submitted to Contest #18

Went to bed as Jim, woke up as Liam Darkness. All around me darkness. My mind is awake yet I can't open my eyes. As I slowly force open my eyes a headache grew within me steadily and painfully with each muscle that moved in my eye. As the light starts to fill my senses I soon find myself in the midst of unfamiliar people. Right in front of me was a woman who looked as though she was in her thirties, yet her worried creased eyes make her look a bit older. For some odd reason I feel a strong attraction to her. Is it wrong that I feel like marr...

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“ Grandmother's Attic” by Taylor Weborg

Submitted to Contest #18

There was a quaint antique thrift store across the street from my house which was located on the corners of Quinn and Fremont. The store itself was run by an elderly widow in her late 80’s. She was a small, frail woman with paper-thin skin and round, sapphire blue eyes. Her spectacles hung around her neck on a golden chain, and her feet shuffled whenever she walked. The first time I stepped foot in the store, I was greeted by the sound of a small bell over the door, signaling my arrival. The second thing that greeted me was the smell of must...

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“I Love You” by London Pheonix

Submitted to Contest #18

In the Muller home, there was a big attic. The ceiling was low, and the windows had thick panes; the walls and floors were of heavy timber and deeply cluttered with objects collected throughout the years.As spring arrived, Tom decided to finally clean it out.In most homes, the attic is a place to store junk and forget about it. And that's exactly what happened in the case of his grandmother's dusty old attic. So, what did Tom decide to do? He made a decision at 3 A.M the night before to skip school without telling anyone and pull out brooms,...

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“Dang Dumbo” by Kathleen R.

Submitted to Contest #18

I found you. It may have taken this long, but I never doubted you’d show up again. When you left, feelings of panic, concern, and disbelief consumed my mind, as I desperately attempted to pinpoint where you were. Although my faith to find you didn’t waiver, I struggled as more and more time went by, replaying the days leading to your departure, filling notebooks with every clue that pointed towards finding you. Finally, as days turned into months and months into years, my fears of losing the essence of your image arose and like a child, I re...

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“Pocket of Secrets” by Kendra Shaw

Submitted to Contest #18

Particles of dust floated through the sunbeams that penetrated the attic window slats. Levi watched them for a while before returning to his task of sorting through his Grandparent's attic. He didn't want to be there on such a gorgeous day, he could have been boating with his friends and hitting on Joy. Levi's parents had passed when he was little, his Mother from cancer, his Father killed in prison. His Father's parents had raised him, but they were now gone as well, so the task fell solely on his shoulders. Levi focused on the boxes in fro...

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“MEMOIR OF LOVE” by Unknown User

Submitted to Contest #18

MARIANNE HINTON SURVEYED the mess as she swung open the attic door.It had to have been at least a year since she had last been here, and she was astounded as to how much crap she had accumulated in that time. As she ascended the sliding ladder to her own wonderland of junk, she wondered where she was going to start. It had to be emptied to make room for her sister’s storage boxes. Sophie had finally walked out on that lousy bastard she had been living with, and Marianne had offered to let her stay with her until she found her own apartm...

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