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

Posted in Adults on Oct 26, 2022

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“Courtly Love” by Shannon Ethel

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Florence took her husband’s arm, trying for a serene look as the butler lead them through the pale hall. The fine Turkish carpet softened the sound of their footsteps and she found her eyes feasting on the fine colours and illustrious décor, so unlike their own humble abode in town. In particular, she took note of the suits of armour lining the entrance like guardians from another era. Her striped silk dress, which had felt perfectly fine in the streets of Norwich, now seemed rather drab and silly in London. Giles had already given h...

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“Ancient Dreams” by Zuriel Wurah

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JOELYS TRUJILLO FONTANEZ The fist struck my face. Again and again. As he did until there was nothing but blood clouding my vision, bruises dancing across my pale skin. Until I was nothing but a ragdoll. This isn’t abuse. Kai’s a difficult trainer after all. For two years, I begged him to teach me how to fight like he does. He only agreed this year. Thing is, though, he's an unforgiving snake. I’ve shown up late to his lessons over the last few months. And then, we exchanged some choice words. To sum it up, I said I was already good ...

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“Fighting Into Berlin” by Jacob Foxworthy

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Cricket Smockren Monday December 7th 1941 It has been a while since i have written on you. Two years to be exact. I wrote a goal in fact, To reach out. My Nana told me this I still don't understand it. Like come on Nana send me a message or something! To reach out to people? Maybe a certain someone? Ill never be sure. Dad said we have to go to Berlin but from all the newspapers I've stolen im reading the Nazi's are setting up there! I asked mom why we would have to go but she would not tell me nor would dad and yet i still want an answer...

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“Father's Battleground” by Jamela Faye

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"Idolize... Everybody has their idol. A person they look up to, a thing or maybe even an animal. Listening, following our idol's dream is what makes us who we are now... I used to be meek and shy. But now I seem to become more like a bad person. I sin more often and think of disgusting thoughts for my age. I usually call it maturity. It's strange but in my opinion, as my line that I always remember after waking up: Live and prove to them that your life is yours, not theirs..." *** Grandfather Owen was sitting peacefully on his rock...

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“Classic Lovers” by Morgan Douglas

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Inspired by the great inventors of the Victorian era and the dapper classic style of dress, Nickolas modeled his life after that period in history. From the way, he decorated his quaint room, to the hats he wore, and to his pursuit of scientific invention. From a young age, he read about all of the greats of that era and enjoyed the period drama movies and television shows that depicted the lifestyle of the time. When he was old enough to start wearing suits that he picked out from the local consignment shop, he would dress up for school eve...

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“Feel Free ” by Malu Belo

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It was pouring by the time we left the movies. The sky was that shade of dark and heavy, coarse green mixed with a whole lot of brown and black, how it gets after endless days of stifling heat. The type of rain one wants to welcome, since the previous afternoons have been spent running from air condition to air condition, trying to alleviate the race of sweat being performed from one's temples to one's cheek and awkwardly landing in places one is greatly embarrassed to think about. The type of rain that inconveniences people like us- relucta...

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“Parents in the Past” by Kathryn Jenkins

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"There is no way I am doing that!" I argued. Both my parents,  professors on King Arthur and all his many adventures,  sat across from me on the, waving a pamphlet that announced Joyful Falls's first annual theater production. Of course, the play that was chosen had to be the story of King Arthur. People might think that I don't wanna do the play because of stage fright, but truth be told the thing holding me back was my parent's obsession with this play. I knew that if they made me do this, they would be hounding me about it the e...

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“Meeting Louise” by Pamela Berglund

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The Clock Struck 11. I had been sitting there for hours upon hours reading my favorite author, Louisa May Alcott. Even though I knew the ending by heart it still did not help quote the tears. My sister entered the room and gave a smirky little laugh." I can't believe you are still crying over that silly book." I picked up the tissue that laid on the table before me and dabbed my eyes. No one really understood how I felt. How could they? I felt I had as I had been born in the wrong time and at the wrong place. I would have loved to have l...

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“Abigail” by C Alexis McGregor

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The invitation arrived in the post, the black font printed on heavy vellum paper. At once, I knew what I would find inside.  SOUR It Up With Cocktails! Come to imbibe and ingest. Saturday the 7th at 7 pm Abigail's Abode RSVP: AbigailHoyles_1@icloud.com A shudder of expectation and dread shivered down my spine.  *** When I arrived, Abigail's crimson front door stood open, held back by a quirky iron door stop shaped like a high-heeled shoe. I paused, catching my breath while painting on my party...

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“Hypocrisy” by Christine Hungerford

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Frankie turned and groaned, his shoulders slumping. Shutting his locker door after ensuring Michaela was out of the way (as her locker was immediately below), the preteen started asking Trey why he couldn’t just give up his obsession about the Revolutionary War. Yes, Frankie himself was obsessed with the 80’s and Michael Jackson, but this obsession was because of the awesomely cool music meant just to be rocked out to. Could Trey have picked a dorkier era?  Guess not. Frankie stifled a sigh and ripped his headphones off, forcing a smile...

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“Lost in the renaissance ” by Hajar Mjirih

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Daniel was a sixteen years old teenager living in Paris, who’s obsessed with The Italian renaissance, the era of the European rebirth, and he was always admiring Leonardo da Vinci because of his genius inventions and his artworks specifically The Mona Lisa, one of the most famous paintings in the history.One day, the school organized a tour to the Louvre museum; Daniel couldn’t hide his excitement, he went to the bed earlier so he wouldn't miss the Bus, but he kept on overthinking about the Mona Lisa so he slept at 3:00 am. The morning while...

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“Living the Diaries” by Matias Matias

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I suppose the third world is ideal for nostalgia. The buildings are the same though they have lost their colour, the energy they emit will never fade, I imagine, so long as the people hold their spirits high. Paco was a bastard child to a man he did not know. His mother did not care to mention his name either. But despite all the hate in her heart, the withered rose pressed between the pages of Pablo Neruda never lost its vibrant red, the same red of her naturally radiating lips. She would sit by the window facing the south and stare at the ...

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“Reincarnation” by Blane Britt

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Have you ever heard of the term reincarnation? Well let me tell you that reincarnation is the philosophical or religious belief that the non-physical essence of a living being starts a new life in a different physical form or body after biological death and transformation. It is also called rebirth or transmigration. Resurrection originally had the same meaning. It transformed into a similar process hypothesized by some religions that involves coming back to life in the same body. If you compare present times with the old times, you could se...

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“An Indian Life” by Felicity Edwards

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Bracelets chinking, Shirleen popped a slice of bread into the toaster. “Mum, why do we still have this kind of bread? Couldn’t we make some chapattis?” Bronwyn looked at her daughter as if she had just fallen out of the sky. With a puzzled frown, she said, “Shirleen, I don’t mind if you want to make chapattis, but we are a normal English family living in Dorset. Why would we be making chapattis instead of bread for toast?” She had to admit her daughter dressed more like an Indian girl every day. From the moment she got back from school, the ...

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“Brothers at Arms Length” by Zane Dickens

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"More of this, brother?" came the sudden voice behind him. Dellan started at the rough rasping voice of his brother. "Yes. And why not?" said Dellan The man moved with such quiet steps, Dellan swore his former profession before the cloth was one of the shadows. "It's eons passed," Archimus said. Dellan stuffed the pages he was studying under his own unfinished manuscript, as Archimus settled behind him at his own desk. He listened as his brother took a deep breath, inhaling the scents of his work, the ink, the paper and the ri...

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