Write about someone getting a job offer they never would have thought to apply for.

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“A Dream Crashed…” by Saliha Huda

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When he was in school, he always dreams that one day he will be a teacher of one of the well reputed institution of the country. He always noticed the teaching styles of his teachers and kept notes that how could he become a good teacher. He has to take good marks for achieving his dream. He always completed his homework and learned all his lessons by heart. He was a good student in school always achieving first position in class. Whenever he was free he was always enjoyed living in his imaginary world where he was a teacher. He putted al...

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“Paying the Morgue-age” by Doug Goodrich

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Aunt Florence looked great. Well, I should say, she looked great for a dead person. Her bright, gray hair was brushed straight down by her sides. It seemed to glisten under the Myer’s Funeral Home lights as I inched closer to the front. She wore a tidy pantsuit, tucked in on the sides, with her arms folded gently in front of her. I swear she looked better than I had seen her in years. Gone were the skin blemishes that made her look haunted and hollow. She looked at least fifteen years younger. Funny, how we can attempt to look the best we ca...

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“The Company ” by M. M.

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It was ten days before Christmas, the temps dropped and the sky was dark and uninviting as Kelly rushed out the door to go to work, her coffee canister in hand. She got into her car, an old Chevy that needed tons of work but she just couldnt afford it right now, her cashier job at Walmart didnt give her enough pay, she barely made ends meet. Her trailer also needed work, but sigh, that took some extra money too. "I know mom, the bills are piling in, i got my hours cut and i am doing the best i can." Kelly told Margaret, her mom who lived bac...

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“Ragz to Riches” by Sincerely Cezlie

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The cup landed on the floor with a huge bang, as the cappuccino splashed onto the black and white tiled floors, scattering shards of the cup. My hands shook and my eyes widened with fright. Eyes around me grew to the size of saucers and mouths dropped open. A Cup of Joy was not used to clumsy waitresses, this was a posh cafe where everyone was meant to be perfect at everything. “Ro!” screeched Mrs Alejandro, her fist balled up. She grabbed me by the wrist and dragged me behind the counter. She let go of my wrist revealing a pin...

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“Jardin d'hiver ” by DREW LANE

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This is a sequel to Maybe it's time and Sweeping Sun that you can find on my page.Clotie had rehearsed the call four times already. Now was the time to try - she took a deep breath and dialled the number."Hi, hello, hi. I was calling regarding the receptionist role.""We already have receptionists.""I know, I came for an interview three weeks ago and I haven't heard back from you. I was wondering -""And you're calling only now?" She laughed and hang up.Clotie sat on the misty edge of the fountain. Looking at the palm trees, ivy and ferns that...

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“Interrupt” by Alex Fim

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Sadie flipped her dark ponytail over her shoulder as she tipped an open bag of whole coffee beans over a paper filter on a scale. She tilted the bag back up intuitively, without watching, as the number on the scale ticked upward until the display read precisely 0.220. Her fingers flitted to the white tags to mark the date of the prepped beans. She wrote the date, placed the tag, then grabbed one of the filters, pouring it into the grinder. Sadie raised her voice over the hollow ting-and-shir of the beans hitting the burrs, “You know what the...

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“I am here to interview for a job” by Sambulo Kunene

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I spent so many years in college hoping to get over the blues. My parents were well off and I did not need to be in college. I had a trust fund and my future was secured. It only was with my friends begging me to join them that I started to realize that there was more to college than I previously thought. I met many good people and I wrote many good papers to justify my presence in higher education.I also surprised my parents because I became a very good student and took the surprise factor from them. They worried that I would become a drug ...

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“A Successful Joke ” by Hannah Phipps

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Let's be honest, it's been an interesting year in the jobs department. As a freelancer, even harder. With everyone stuck inside right now, my job has not only become a lot harder to complete, but it's been considerably harder to get any work at all, seen as not a lot is moving forward. I am sort of hoping with everyone being stuck alone with their thoughts, they will have started to think of all the people they don’t want back in their lives come the new world, which coincidentally, will provide me with a lot more job opportunities. But, as ...

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“Dream Job” by Monica Chaddick

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Janie knew that she would have to seek out a second job. She hated to do that, since she did have a full time job already and a family besides, but still…if she couldn’t pay the bills then she couldn’t pay the bills. She had discussed this with her husband. He didn’t want her to take a second job. Neither did her kids. Her co-workers at her full time job didn’t feel that she would have the time. All Janie knew was that, if no one else was going to step up, then...

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“A Mother Provides for her Child” by Elliot G

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CW: drug useI was broken. Hopeless. Pathetic. Desperate.I had never known my father, and my mother simply wasn’t there. Though she may have been physically present, she did not care for me and usually left me to my own devices. While as a kid I thought it was fun to be independent, that lingering yearning for affection--for love--remained very present and weighed down on me like an abandoned dog in the streets. I was fifteen when I first tried that horrendous drug; heroin. At first, like many, I had enjoyed the highs and thoug...

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“Invisable to Light” by Ruth Major

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Nobody seems to notice me for the most part, I tend to blend in the background. Even though I think I am a pretty cute raccoon girl. I have a power that often makes me seem like I am not there, and I can walk through walls if I concentrate enough. I am pretty lonely, people just don't pay attention to me much. Then, one day I met a tanuki who seemed very kind, and we became friends. She met a guy, but still saw me. I couldn't help but to feel a bit jealous, she had what I hoped for..someone noticing her. I never said anything about it though...

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“Doggone Good” by Ramona Scarborough

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Doggone Good Eddie tended to drift into whatever jobs were available to pay the rent. He never expected to become a professional at a job few people realized even existed. He stood in line again at the employment agency after he’d been given the sack by Pinkerton Security. His neighbors in the apartment building where he lived had a newborn who cried during the day while he was supposed to be sleeping. On the job, Eddie had just sat down for a couple of minutes and wouldn’t ...

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“The Skill of A Man” by Sunday Akinrelere

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Harris got home feeling excited. He could not hold his joy as he handed the slip in his hands to his poor mother. His mother did not hesitate to read what was printed on the slip. Out of excitement, she embraced her only son, Harris, and said some words of prayers.Harris had just been offered a provisional admission into the College to study a lucrative course.However, the challenge was finance.Harris' mother was a widow who could hardly afford two meals daily. Her concern was how her son, Harris, would go to the College and graduate with a ...

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“Golden Ticket?” by J.B. Dixon

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Daniel yawned as he entered the Café Bean for his shift. Sleep had been elusive to him the night before but he still had a job to do. Yawning again, he weaved through the few customers to the back room, hung up his coat, tied his apron then punched in. “Morning, Daniel.” Margot’s voice startled him. “Apologies, but you know you’re almost an hour early.” Brown eyes blinked. “You don’t start ‘til seven.” She pointed to the posted schedule, and the corresponding date showed that he was early. “Well, I’ll be.” “Tell you what: go ahead and ...

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“Pencil Pete” by Christopher Muldowney

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Pencil Pete led a life well-suited to his moniker. To speak of this now; however, would be akin to talking of truce and treaty before one began to reminisce on how it was the war itself began. So, with your pardon, let us rewind the clock by a good thirty-seven years to better comprehend the life that followed. His mother, a woman as stoic as the dead, had known practically since the moment of his conception that he would never be worthy of the royal bloodline he'd be born into. With her previous four children, the pregnancies has been as ea...

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Write about someone getting a job offer they never would have thought to apply for.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 94 stories

“A Dream Crashed…” by Saliha Huda

“Paying the Morgue-age” by Doug Goodrich

“The Company ” by M. M.

“Ragz to Riches” by Sincerely Cezlie

“Jardin d'hiver ” by DREW LANE

“Interrupt” by Alex Fim

“I am here to interview for a job” by Sambulo Kunene

“A Successful Joke ” by Hannah Phipps

“Dream Job” by Monica Chaddick

“A Mother Provides for her Child” by Elliot G

“Invisable to Light” by Ruth Major

“Doggone Good” by Ramona Scarborough

“The Skill of A Man” by Sunday Akinrelere

“Golden Ticket?” by J.B. Dixon

“Pencil Pete” by Christopher Muldowney

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Write a mystery where the detective realizes at the last moment that they have the wrong suspect.

Write a romance where your character falls in love with the last person they expected to.

Write about someone who gets an inheritance from a relative they’ve never heard of, but they’ll need to do something completely outside their comfort zone in order to collect it.

Write a science fiction story where all human behavior can be predicted — until your character does something the algorithm did not expect.

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