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

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“The Second Stabbing of Edmund I” by Lily Kingston

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“Considering how terrible all the other props at this medieval fair are…” Grey knelt down beside a corpse with a striking resemblance to Edmund I. “This one is pretty good. Look, the pool of blood is so realistic. What is this… jam?” He stuck a finger in it and tasted it. “Tastes irony. You think they added iron supplements to make it more realistic?” His younger sister, Violet, dropped her bushel of apples. Half of them rolled into the blood, as she screamed, “That’s not a prop, Grey. That’s George. He’s been stabbed.” Grey jumped back fr...

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“Asian Shrine ” by An Echo

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Highschool is amazing. Wrong! Its a shit hole, where they trampe your hopes and dreams. Demons apparently rule the place because they are rich or hot or if their lucky, they are both. So if you think highschool is okay, chances are you are one of them. Even at that, you're still crazy. And No. I'm not overreacting. I'm reacting just fine.Yet, everyone is trying to fit in. Spending hours each week day in front of your mirror, deciding on what to wear. There are more important things than that people.I was born too many centuries too late. It'...

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“The Wise and the Mighty” by Arthur Tiberio

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There was once a time, to be sure, when the occult and the impractical held greater import in the daily affairs of men. And though the texts of the time have fallen into disuse and the old ways forgotten out of convenience, it shares with all things unfashionable the fringe interest of the unmentionable outliers of society. And so did the marvelously leathered works of such minds as Athereos and Yllgread, who was the Star of Winter Dawns, fall into the undeserving hands of frail recluses, never to see the sun again. In such a day, in the ...

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“Dearest Henrietta” by David G.

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Harold Cranston held the molded plastic figurine and ran the pad of his index finger along its delicate contours. The brim of the Union cap, the ammunition satchel, the bayoneted rifle. Though he was alone, Harold spoke aloud. “Private First Class Hartigan Smith, I presume.” In the mid-afternoon light streaming through his now-grown son’s commandeered second floor bedroom window, floating particles of dust glowed a soft yellow. The wooden stool Harold sat on creaked as he shifted his weight and reached for the mounted magnifying glass and sw...

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“The Revolutions” by Imogen Bird

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2663 Mr Dean knew that Kane was passing notes again, as he was purposefully trying not to hide it. Kane seemed to have decided to teach his own lesson within Mr Dean's class, one where Mr Dean was the sole pupil and was to be enlightened that even if he confiscated his xCube, Kane still wasn't going to pay attention. Mr Dean thought about how much he wanted to throw Kane out of the window. "The first revolution that started the human race's journey to where we are today began in the late eighteenth century. The Industrial Revolution is r...

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“Setting The Cruise Control To The Speed Of Social Cohesion” by Joshua Scott Hotchkin Wordpress.dungherder.com

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It is only two days into the six week road trip and Toni is already having some reservations about her choice of co-pilot. She had the option of making this journey on her own, but she couldn't leave Ashlyn alone after the bitter divorce she had just been through. That is what best friends are for. Yet the obsessive nature of her companion has made the first thousand miles of their long journey a bit straining. "Seriously, Ashlyn, I love you - but if I hear any more eighties music I am probably going to lose my shit and drive us off a brid...

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“Nineteen is Prime” by Kathleen March

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Authors’s Note: This story is part of the Lavinia series, which is set in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia. Many of the related stories or chapters can be found elsewhere on this site. *** Pilar and Lavinia were talking as they walked past the old Derby Café in the direction of the Porta de Mazarelos. They discovered that both were intrigued by the nineteenth century. This common passion - because it is more of a passion than simply feeling intrigued - had come up in their conversation for a simple reason. They had just passed...

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“The Good Times” by Jeremy Johnson

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It is not easy existing as I do, I am royalty living amongst the wretched peasants and I struggle each day to reconcile my accursed situation. In the past seventy years, I have suffered as a commoner, toiling in the mud each day under the oppressive thumb of the industrial giant that rules this world. I have reluctantly succumbed to the status quo of this time and I am ashamed of myself for it. At the start of each day, I would wake and prepare for the mind-numbing activities this contemporary society has declared necessa...

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“100% Cacao” by Kristine Murdock

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Khaki-wacky, off the cob, mud, joe, lettuce… The words seemed to pop off the screen to Ally, and she received them with a certain thrill. Jive-bomber, floy floy, gammon, hen fruit… A juvenile giggle escaped her bright red lips, just painted, as she said in surprise to the emptiness around her, “A middle school boy must have thought of that…” Then, cocking her head slightly to the right and scrunching her eyebrows tightly, she corrected herself. “No, probably a highschool boy that didn’t have a girlfriend and still laughed about fart...

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“The Vision” by Onur Yürür

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It was a hard jolt for me. I wasn’t expecting them to come home and take my wife away like that. Now, I don’t mean that our police was somewhat unjust or somewhat something: Of course what she did was hugely illegal! But I can’t convince myself about the prison. Wouldn’t a warning be enough? Our state knows the best, nevertheless. Who am I to judge? I don’t want to think about it too much. I keep my eyes on the road. But these red lights keep a man waiting a lot. It’s always this boredom that lets the blind devil within loose, isn’t it? ...

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“Unquestionable Belief” by Brandon Rich

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“Good morning everyone.” Mr. Johnstone walked into the room with a smile and the air of someone who held an exciting secret to spill. All around him, a flurry of tablets and smartphones darted beneath desks as thirty-odd teenage students silenced the buzz of media clips and sports highlights from playing out loud. Several of them slouched low into their seats, discreetly pushing wireless headphones into their ears as they did. From the back of the room, Trev thumbed listlessly through his phone, trying to scroll his way through whatever hist...

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“A Suitor for Angeline” by Rachel Macmorran

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Angeline cursed the fate that required her to seek employment. Through no fault of her own, her parents had discontinued her allowance when she was only eighteen, and she had not yet found a suitable husband. In the three wretched years since then, she began to despair she never would, and dreaded the prospect of becoming an old maid. She took work briefly as a governess, hoping to make beneficial social connections, but found the children to be overly excitable, loud, and even profane. They refused to treat her with the proper respect, and ...

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“Blast To The Past!” by Sheila Carpenter

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A child was born on October 2nd, 1998. She was named Monay. She had a pretty good childhood, I must say. She loved to draw and she loved to play. She loved taking trips and sightseeing on beautiful days. In her teens, Monay went to many places and saw many things. She had many childhood friends and good childhood memories. She kept in touch with her buddies for a while, but her interests began to drift. She wanted so much to live in the past, but the tables had started to shift. In Monay's eyes, her friends grew up too fast; they got marri...

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“Paradise Screwed.” by Len Mooring

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Paradise Screwed. “What little I know of it, Voldu, it would have been an era I would have loved. Diverse people mostly getting on with each other. In the broad sense, I mean. They would have squabbled, but that’s what family’s should do. Anyway, I’m sure I would have loved it. Peace and harmony is all very well, but we don’t step out of line at all, in fact, I don’t think I could. I’m sorry they’re gone. I, we, could have done something.” “It wasn’t an era, really, Seebu, it was a civilisation of sorts. It didn’t las...

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“The Austen Era” by Renata Vaideanu

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I've always liked reading, not that I had another choice. Both of my parents are literature teachers and I have been surrounded by books my entire life. After hours and hours of listening to my parents' speeches about how can literature influence a kid’s life, I finally gave it a shot. The first few authors, Tolstoy, Stendhal, Flaubert, or Dostoevsky weren’t really “the one”, so I started looking into British literature, and these she was – Jane Austen. It was a love-hate relationship, at first at least, but after “Sense and Sensibility”, I ...

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

Submissions are closed

✍️ 100 stories

“The Second Stabbing of Edmund I” by Lily Kingston

“Asian Shrine ” by An Echo

“The Wise and the Mighty” by Arthur Tiberio

“Dearest Henrietta” by David G.

“The Revolutions” by Imogen Bird

“Setting The Cruise Control To The Speed Of Social Cohesion” by Joshua Scott Hotchkin Wordpress.dungherder.com

“Nineteen is Prime” by Kathleen March

“The Good Times” by Jeremy Johnson

“100% Cacao” by Kristine Murdock

“The Vision” by Onur Yürür

“Unquestionable Belief” by Brandon Rich

“A Suitor for Angeline” by Rachel Macmorran

“Blast To The Past!” by Sheila Carpenter

“Paradise Screwed.” by Len Mooring

“The Austen Era” by Renata Vaideanu

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

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

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Write about a character discovering something new about their past that changes how they remember an important moment.

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