Write a story that includes the phrase “This is all my fault.”

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“Doing My Best - Ramblings from a Conflicted Mind” by Keila Aartila

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Doing My Best - Ramblings From A Conflicted Mind“Did anyone ever tell you, you have a hyperactive sense of responsibility?” - Probably not an exact qoute, but one of my favorites from the Jesse Stone movies. It struck me. I don’t want to be a mind reader. In fact, I try very hard not to be, but - It’s all my fault. This is all my fault. Everything is all my fault. At least, that’s how I felt about everything and anything that ever happened. It’s not like anyone ran around, pointing fingers and saying, ”It’s all your fault!”I just k...

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“Blubby and Me” by Jim Firth

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CW: Mental health. Brief sexual references.I feel a little shaky about my first shift as a twilight stock replacer. It’s 3 a.m., and I’m in the staff room of Savers supermarket.‘Are there any questions?’ Mandy, the manager, asks the team.The teenage girl, who came in late, raises her hand. 'Is it true that Mr Blubby is coming to open the store?’‘Yes, I've already covered that. Let’s get to work, everyone.’Every member of staff sleepwalks out of the staffroom. Except me. Mandy apprehends me in the doorway. ‘Jeff, if you’d like to follow me to...

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“A Father's Sins” by Aurora Martin

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Volo looked on in shock as he took in his home. His youngest son, an adult in his twenties, was bawling into his elder sister’s hold. One of his granddaughters was looking through book after book, trying to figure out how to solve the problem. Volo could only swallow as tears threatened to fall from his face. He was immortal. His family was not. He had adopted his latest three children, but his granddaughter was of his blood. His youngest son was a twin. One who was missing his other half. The elder twin was gone. Had been gone for two years...

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“There Is Nothing To Fear But Fear Itself” by Kate Kilbee

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"I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul." Invictus The clinic loomed large in front of me, awash with the smell of antiseptic and bleach. I felt as if my feet were frozen to the ground as I drew to a halt, the magic vault in front of me, absolute discretion. Through the double glass doors I could see the corridor flowing ahead of me into the distance which got me moving again. Decision made, I left lighter than when I had arrived. ************************** Highfield House had been the most wonderful place to grow up in....

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“As the wind blows ” by Chelsea Rojas

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It was a rainy day in a small seaside town. The greyness of the sky seeping into the greyness of the water, the only thing separating them were the frothy white caps a top the cresting waves. Seagulls circled, cawing from above as if to warn the cars driving on the single road through town that if they stopped too long, this place would suck the life out of them. The town was just as grey as the elements surrounding them, a handful of faded whitewashed buildings scattered over some wet grey grass that hinted at the colour green. In the backg...

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“Wag the Dog” by Rux Ionescu

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Jemima towers over her family, she is their great rock and the earthquake. She seems like a piece from a different puzzle, walking around her family’s flat in East London, a black statue among the much paler, and smaller, rest of her family. You have the sense she should hunch down before passing through a doorway. But Jemima does not hunch down. Not since being an awkward middle-schooler, when she did hunch. But she stopped that when she broke a tray on Phat Phil’s head. No one else - not even her two teenage sons - are as tall or big-built...

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“I thought I missed you” by Michelle Giffoni

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I look at you through my memories, and my heart aches for you, but my feet planted in this ground, no longer know the path to get to you. When people ask me where I am from, I tell them the truth. The color of my skin and my accent reveal my secrets to the audience of the world. How would I be able to hide the scars that left my country within me? I was so little, I remember so little, but there are moments in time where these roots guide me. They control me. The last time I was, “home”, I was an eight year old girl. Not one sing...

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“The Harvest” by VJ Hamilton

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In the night, Lucia awakens and remembers how it used to be, those hot summer days in Tuscany when everyone at the villa stretched out for siesta. She gravitated to the boathouse, where she’d mosey into the murky shade with the sound of water slapping the hull. And soon there would be Guido, also seventeen, climbing out from the water, pushing back his dripping hair. “Come, slip into the water,” he’d say, trailing fingertips over the surface. “No, Ma worries when I swim alone.” “But you’ll be with me.” Shy smile. “Oh, a boy! That’s even wors...

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“Just Another Guy” by Conrado Maher

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“Want to come up?”, Renee asked as David parked his Toyota Prius in front of her apartment building. It had been their third date. Dinner and the ballet. They had a great time. David gripped the steering wheel and stared straight ahead. After a moment, he answered. “Maybe next time. I’ll call you next week”. “Okay”, she said. “Good night.” She walked out of the car, through the building’s double glass door, and looked back, feeling confused as David drove away. What had gone wrong? David met Renee playing co-ed volleyball in a Pittsb...

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“Conductive as Copper” by Max Russell

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My troubles began when a cleric sworn to protect me knocked on my door. Her name was Melody, and she arrived in full plate armor like a fabled knight. Over two kettles of tea, she explained that her order had sent her to protect someone known as a dragon heir. She’d heard about the dragon scales coating my back that had grown to wrap around my shoulders. It was hard to deny since I’d been showing them off for most of my life. The bluish-purple scales were tougher than most shields and had fended off everything from blades to ghoul bites ove...

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“To Be Continued” by Tyler Barela

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“This is all my fault,” Andrew whispered to himself. He curled into a ball while lying on his bed in his dark room. The police left six hours ago, and he had no tears left to cry. Instead, he waited in silence knowing that tomorrow would come, and with it, the deafening reality that when he woke up, his brother would still be gone. Regardless, he didn’t believe he could, nor did he want, to sleep. “I don’t want to dream about him,” he thought. If he told his dad, “This is all my fault,” his dad would say, “Nobody could’ve done anythi...

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“Monster, Killer, Crazy, Perfect” by Katherine Saltwell

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“Tuvo! Where the fuck are you?” Tuvo was sitting at his desk. He didn’t say anything, just kept reading his papers. He had work to do today. Meetings to plan, the stupid merchants wanted to raise the price for iron, but Tuvo needed that iron for guns, knives, utensils. Getting supplies for an entire army was so fucking hard on a budget. And the general expected him to have a contract ready in a few days. Like the general had ever done anything useful in his life. “Tuvo! I- oh.” Greyson stopped at the open door. She stalked into the office, s...

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“Matt Tron: Bounty Hunter” by Sabal Gallo Cloonan

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-Warning: This story has gore, abuse, murder, language, and the mention of guns. - Breathe. Just breathe; Matt told himself as he was about to finish his sets of weightlifting. His body was sore from the heavy lifting he had been doing for ten hours straight with no sleep. It had been two months since the incident that took his family from him happened. “Those damn Corrupts,” he said with a grunt. “But it was all my fault.” Corrupts were people you didn’t want to mess with, but with Matt’s luck, he had a tangle with them a couple of we...

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“The Long Lived Kiss” by Danielle Klisiewicz

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“ Brittney Starfrost, age 25 came in with a broken wrist.” I look up to see my doctor and find it’s Dalton. I quickly averted my eyes not wanting him to see my face. It doesn’t work because I can see he’s confused about what I’m doing back here. Before he can talk to me someone approaches my curtain. “ Brittney babe are you okay?” It’s my boyfriend Sam. He comes through the curtain and kisses me on the cheek. And then turns towards Dalton. “ Hi, I’m Sam, Brittney’s boyfriend. So what’s wrong with her?” Sam asks in a worried ...

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“An Encounter on the Roof ” by Eyza H

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“You know… if your hand keeps shaking like that, you’ll just drop the gun.” Justin gritted his teeth and held on to the cold gun in his hand – although it still seemed to tremble slightly. “Why did you do it?” The man standing a few meters from him wore dark brown pants with a white button up. His hands were in his pockets, and he leaned back comfortably, his back touching the railing of the roof lightly. The sun seemed to shine down upon his head in a way that his blond hair glowed into a halo, and his eye lashes cast ...

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Write a story that includes the phrase “This is all my fault.”

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✍️ 97 stories

“Doing My Best - Ramblings from a Conflicted Mind” by Keila Aartila

“Blubby and Me” by Jim Firth

“A Father's Sins” by Aurora Martin

“There Is Nothing To Fear But Fear Itself” by Kate Kilbee

“As the wind blows ” by Chelsea Rojas

“Wag the Dog” by Rux Ionescu

“I thought I missed you” by Michelle Giffoni

“The Harvest” by VJ Hamilton

“Just Another Guy” by Conrado Maher

“Conductive as Copper” by Max Russell

“To Be Continued” by Tyler Barela

“Monster, Killer, Crazy, Perfect” by Katherine Saltwell

“Matt Tron: Bounty Hunter” by Sabal Gallo Cloonan

“The Long Lived Kiss” by Danielle Klisiewicz

“An Encounter on the Roof ” by Eyza H

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Begin your story with somebody getting (or taking) the blame for something they didn’t do.

Write a story where a murder occurs — and the suspects are all pointing the finger at one another.

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Start your story with a character telling their best friend that their spouse is having an affair, only for their friend to “shoot the messenger”.

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