Write about a character who goes to — or purposefully avoids — their high school reunion.

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“A Changed Woman” by Claire Jennings

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I stepped out of the taxi and onto the pavement. My legs were shaking, but I knew that I had to do this. I had to face them all. I straightened myself up and took a deep breath. As I walked up to the door I could feel my confidence wavering, but I could hear my mum’s words still echoing in my ears. “You have to go Jess. You must show them that you have changed. You need them to know the adult that you have turned into, despite everything that happened” I knew that she was right. From the moment I had received the email about the school r...

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“The Reunion” by Frazer Shaw

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The last few years had not been kind for Tyler James. His near perfect life had come tumbling down when he told his father he was gay and he had been thrown out of the house. He had lived with a few boyfriends but these relationships had never worked out. All his belongings had been sold to make money for food and accommodation. Parting with his beloved guitar had been one of the hardest decisions he had ever made but survival came first. He was now living in his car and only managed to afford doing this as a friendly woman called Angel deli...

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“L'Internazionale” by Chris Jones

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On a Sunday evening in November in 2021, signs were put up by two tired men and a woman in blue overalls outside the gates of Granite High School in a town somewhere east of Seattle and west of New York. The two men and the woman who set up the signs crossed the parking lot and opened the front door of the school. In the entrance, which adjoined the cafeteria and was divided only by a glass wall with the office of the principal, there was a hand trolley with two kegs. They moved the kegs into the cafeteria, which was decorated with a number ...

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“"Untaken"” by Amable Dama

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It was early fall in the late 2000s. As a new girl in town moved in from California. She had graduated from the eighth grade. She was going to the ninth grade in a few weeks. Her and her mom just moved to Georgia. Because her mom got a new and better job. She had a dad that was back home back in California. As the days went by she slowly fell into depression. Her mom seemed very excited and tried to encourage her on meeting new people. She slowly gained fear and concerns about being bullied. Which she quietly experienced that back in Califor...

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“LOVE YOU MORE” by Mar Camen

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LOVE YOU MORE By Mar Camen On the first school day of September, in the year 1994, a short woman walks into a Canadian College. She has long dark hair and although her expression shows eagerness to learn, her wrinkles could not let her lie about her age. She is in her early forties. She is an immigrant to Canada. She left her country due to the increase violence that reigns in Mexico. Her name suits her physical appearance, Maria Lopez. She walks to her classroom. The path is wet, the grass is wet from last night rain, but it is a sunny d...

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“Reasons of Maturity” by Elizabeth Corbitt

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It’s been a long time since I was in high school. I’d like to say I have pleasant memories of the place, but the truth is I thought it was my personal hell. I know, I know; everyone says that, but I have my reasons. I was uprooted the summer of my senior year, leaving behind the city of 40,000 I had always known and transplanting me into a nowhere town with just shy of 4,000. Everyone in the senior class, all 62 of them, had known each other for their entire educational career and here I was, an outsider, dropped in as though I were an alien...

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“It's Not You, It's Me” by Loren Taratota, Esq.

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3:03 a.m.The phone rings. My first thought is to not answer it, because what good could possibly come from a phone call this early in the morning? Any phone call between the hours of 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. usually means someone’s dead. I bet it’s my father. I never did think he’d make it long enough to see me graduate college, and when by some miracle he did, I said he wouldn’t live to see me turn thirty. I’m twenty-eight. I could still be right. I shuffle out to the living room, switching on every light along the way. Who has the numb...

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“Unavoidable Events in One's Life ” by Sandeep Kaur

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I woke up to the alarm ringing in the background as usual and rubbing my eyes the first thing I check is my calendar. It became more of a habit over time rather than an obligation to start the day and get things going. My hands stilled on my eyes as they darted across the screen and read the event highlighted in blood-red colour. My heart skipped a beat and leaped out of the bed. Shit, shit, shit... the words ricocheted in my head. I have been dreading about the day for the past three weeks or maybe even before that and when the day has fina...

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“High school trauma” by Asia Wooten

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Anxiety pounded in her chest as she slowly walked into the place she once called hell. Her heels tapping against the wooden gym floor. The room filled with all of her class mates that she’s never spoken to before in her life.“Melissa over here!” A familiar voice yelled from a table in the corner of the room. Melissa turned her head slightly to see who summoned her. Her blunt cut brunette hair bounced so gently. Her tight red dress hugging every curve. “Melissa!” An old classmate walked up to Melissa with a slight frown. “So I’m guessing you ...

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“Such was Life” by Sara Blanch

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Lena anxiously twirled her ginger braid as she listened to her friend chatter on about how ‘great’ high school reunions were and how they were going to have ‘ so much fun and reconnect with old friends’. It was at times like this that she somewhat regretted having an incredibly extroverted best friend who saw the best in everyone and every situation...no matter the circumstances. If Claire would take her birhgtly coloured optimistic glasses off for half a second she would remember how high school really was...the reality of it. Altho...

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“Guilt” by Anati Azman

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“Julian are you in there?” Knocks on the door keeps banging outside. “How many times do I have to tell you? I’m not going!” I yelled. Soon after I hear the door creaks open slowly. The bed shifted to the heavier side while making a creaking sound. Warmly, a hand rests on my shoulder. I turn around to make a better look on her face. Worried and guilty, my twin that is. “Julian-” “No.” I say, cutting in before she could say another word. I don’t want to go. I don’t want to. My gaze turn towards the window by my bed. I can’t bear to look ...

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“What's the Problem?” by Jo Moore

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I don't know how long I had stood there just staring at my body. My eyes found every bump and every stretch mark. What is my problem? I pinched the fat around my belly and the butterflies started doing backflips. I should not be this nervous. Why does it matter what they think? My husband loves my body... Or so he says? I slam my hands on the counter, I have to stop this self destructive thinking. Nobody will ever want you with a body like that! Thunder thighs, thunder thighs, thunder thighs! I can't seem to get my thoughts to slow down. I p...

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“Her Nauseatingly Cliche, Nostalgically Pop Classic, Ironically True...Life Drama” by Angel Long

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"I'm so excited I could literally scream!" "Uh yeah, you kinda already are, actually." "Sorry but, yeah, excited! Why are you so blah? This is gonna be so much fun! Stop rolling your eyes." "Can't help myself. Fun? Look I understand you took too many hits to the head falling from pyramids... and behind the bleachers activities...but try and remember not all of us loved highschool huh?" "Okay one, fuck you, had you spent a little more time behind them maybe you would have fonder memories. Two, maybe you're just afraid Jason Ferguson will pull...

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“Transformation” by Russel Lad

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That would be $100.94 sir... Uh yeah got a little dosed off there ha-ha..., my name is Mark I am an ordinary man in an ordinary world filled with monsters with 3 eyes and 4 nipples... Oh wait scratch that out that is not what is happening right now wait why are we talking to ourselves again? We already went through this Sir? The cashier repeated, Sir that would be $100.94 please we have a long line today and it is mid-September so we have lots of customers to serve... Oh yeah just got a little dosed off there ...

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“Michael's dilemma” by Angela Sokolova

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“How do you run this washing machine, Maria?” - Michael asked, screaming from the laundry room. “I’m coming, darling, don’t touch!“- His wife called from the kitchen. Michael stood up and heard the bell on the mailbox, a sign that the mail had arrived. He headed there and unwittingly pressed one of the buttons on the washing machine, which turned it to 100 degrees. He reached into the box and pulled out a single letter, yellow in color and sealed with wax on the front, the seal of Lovgard High School. Michael sighed, and the next moment he...

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Write about a character who goes to — or purposefully avoids — their high school reunion.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 139 stories

“A Changed Woman” by Claire Jennings

“The Reunion” by Frazer Shaw

“L'Internazionale” by Chris Jones

“"Untaken"” by Amable Dama

“LOVE YOU MORE” by Mar Camen

“Reasons of Maturity” by Elizabeth Corbitt

“It's Not You, It's Me” by Loren Taratota, Esq.

“Unavoidable Events in One's Life ” by Sandeep Kaur

“High school trauma” by Asia Wooten

“Such was Life” by Sara Blanch

“Guilt” by Anati Azman

“What's the Problem?” by Jo Moore

“Her Nauseatingly Cliche, Nostalgically Pop Classic, Ironically True...Life Drama” by Angel Long

“Transformation” by Russel Lad

“Michael's dilemma” by Angela Sokolova

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Write about a character passing down their favorite childhood toy to a new generation.

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Write about a character who’s obsessed with an era they never lived through.

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