Write about someone whose job is to help people leave their old lives behind.

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“The Godmother” by C Britt

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"Ahem." The green-skinned sprite sticks his head through the doorway. "Ms. Fata?""I asked not to be disturbed this morning." Her quill keeps scrawling notes across the paper, seemingly of its own accord."Ma'am, please?" The assistant's timid voice drifts across the room.Finally, she looks up at the sprite's wide purple eyes and lets out a sigh. "What is it, Makezzy?"He gives her a strained smile. "Lord Tremaine asked to speak with you. Says it's urgent."She raises an eyebrow at the boy. "Lord Tremaine did not want my help in life. Why would ...

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“Old Life for a New One” by Chris Buono

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The dive bar is cold inside and smells of cheap liquor embedded into ancient floorboards and stale cigarettes of years past. The barflies all carry dour looks on their faces, dressed in cheap apparel. No one looks at me as I, a young man of twenty-three, nervously walk toward the back. They may as well be trapped in here- their own purgatory of drunken loneliness. My footsteps almost echo off the stained wood and brick wal...

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“Just a social visit” by Merel Cooijmans

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1251 words ‘Kelly.’ She looked up from her desk. ‘Could you come in for a minute?’ Her supervisor asked. Kelly stood up from her chair and walked over to Nick’s office. He sat behind a small desk that was overflowing with papers and had a computer in the middle. ‘Sit.’ He said to her. Kelly sat down in a plastic chair across from him. He sighted and leaned forward. ‘Kelly.’ He said seriously. ‘I have a job for you.’ Kelly smiled. She knew what he was going to say, she have had this conversation before. She was at the top of her agency an...

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“Behind closed doors ” by DREW LANE

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Janice fixed her scarf with hairpins, behind her ears and across her temples, to make a hairband. She adjusted the bun at the top of her neck and hid the remaining of her camomile strands under the silk patterns - without metamorphosis, she struggled to slip into her evening role.She rolled down the iron curtain of her dry-cleaning shop and switched the sign on the door to “Closed”. Her hand glued to the top of her headscarf, and her long pleated dress floating in the wind, she rushed down to the bar at the corner of the littered street. Che...

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“Leaving Baybridge” by A.L. Shilling

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Cassie sat in the plastic chair and looked around at the group in the circle. The man next to her smelled of fish; the woman across from her twitched nervously and ate her fingernails then spit the pieces into the middle of the circle; the woman two seats away on Cassie’s left rocked back and forth rhythmically, driving Cassie nuts.Cassie knew they were all here for the same end result: to create a new life for themselves, but this was going to be a tough crowd. Cassie had led these groups for three months now, and each new group that came t...

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“Our Little Treasure Cove” by Carolyn Bayne

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Life on the island was a pure one, simple and complete. Dr Small lived with his wife Joanna on one of these islands in the Caribbean. It was business as usual to them as well as a way of life, generating great amounts of income, but this was no ordinary resort for those to get away, and it wasn't a holiday, it was something more or less to recharge the human body back to normality. The island was situated in the middle of the Caribbean sea on the Atlantic side, it was very self sufficient, with its' own airport, medical centre, restaurant ...

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“The Trajectory of Your Destiny” by Cassie Poormokhtar

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“Hi, welcome to my video! If you’re watching this, you’re taking the first step toward your new life. Congratulations! This is a scary, but highly exciting time in your life. And I’ll be here to guide you through the process.” Smiling so wide his too-white teeth caused a small glare from camera light, an overly tan man with a sleek haircut and a tank top stared at me through the screen. He faded into a white screen. A title card appeared: New Year, New You: A New Way to Experience Life! Instru...

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“Debt-ends” by Ifan Fin

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“The dwarfs can turn lead into gold… (…)‘You can’t turn something into something else,’ said Corporal Nobbs. ‘The Alchemists have been trying it for years.’‘They can gen’rally turn a house into a hole in the ground,’ said Sergeant Colon.‘That’s what I’m talking about,’ said Corporal Nobbs.” (”The Truth”, Terry Pratchett)***Neal suffered from severe neurosis for several years ever since his father had been mugged and beaten to death by some complete strangers. Yet in his mind maybe for a couple of last months everything seemed okayish. T...

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“Stand up” by Aaina Aleszezyk

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“Listen, I’m sorry. Last night I was inebriated,” Said Joss to his injured wife. Though he did not look guilty as such, but his wife was inclined to forgive him. Marabi looked at him and fell in love again. His auburn hair and eyes reminded her of sunset and of their long romantic walks on the beach. Maybe, after all, it was a mistake. Maybe he’ll never repeat his mistake. Maybe he still loves her. But at least once in her life she wants to be sure, she wants to get rid of maybes. She walked over to him and threw her arms around him. H...

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“Can You Help Me” by Gemma Clarke

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I was in a delirious state of mind when my phone rang. It was the state that only a very drunk or very lonely, aged, and rather confused mind could get into easily. I was neither but still found myself in this state whenever Miriam had left me for too long. Somewhere in my dark oblivious state the therapist in me still dragged my unwilling mind to a somewhat conscious state while I got unsteadily to my feet picked up the phone and answered it. I drew back quickly and winced as my front desk assist...

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“Simply The Rules” by You'd Think A Writer Would Have A More Creative Name .

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1919 wordsRated PG; gun violence, bloodI roll my pen back and forth along my desk to stop the annoying buzz of silence in my office. The shimmering crystals inside it jostle. They were taken from the first star ever created. You can get them in bulk at the gift shop downstairs. It takes away the mystique, doesn’t it? You can just pop down two floors, grab one of these babies, and now you own part of a star. Humans would go crazy for just a glimpse at it. Not that they can touch it. Their fingers would explode.“729*8, your new patient is...

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“A Better Man” by David Brown

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On the semi-terraformed planet of Mars, a middle-aged man enters the Red Rover Casino via an oversized pair of sliding translucent carbyne main entry doors. The traffic noise from the protected electric vehicle and pedestrian path briefly mingles with the ding-dong ringing of electronic slots and the metallic jingle of token payouts before the doors glide shut behind him to latch with a buzz. Ever since the invention of the Liberty Bell slot machine in 1895, the basic function of these mechanical monstrosities has remained essentially unchan...

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“A One Way Ticket on the Neo Kosmo (A Neo Kosmo Story)” by Josh C

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Roland stepped forward, shouting into the throng of people trundling past as he stood beneath the kaleidoscope of neon shop lights that filled the Central London Shopping Centre. “Step right up! New opportunities, new horizons, a whole new life awaits! 34 days until the Neo Kosmo departs to Lamperi Gi, the first habitable exoplanet, and spaces are available!” A few faces turned from amidst the sea of people. Roland smiled, scanning for anyone who looked to be just inside 30 years old. Younger people had too many living relatives. O...

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“The In-Between” by Linda Jenny Lambert

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He skated backwards, pulling me along. The blades bit into the ice. Crusp, crusp, like an ongoing song to which our souls had to dance. We lost ourselves in that moment until he twirled me around my center. One of his skates caught on my wings and we fell. I think it's called head over heels. “This is not what I had planned.” I clawed through the thin layer of flaked ice in search of my halo. Oh feathers, it was all hazy now. To little avail, I tried polishing it with my sleeve, then put it back on my head as it was. “What did ...

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“Mini-Me” by Lavinia Hughes

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MINI-ME By Lavinia M. Hughes Loretta Draper arrived home after a punishing commute of icy roads, witnessed accidents, and detours to a kitchen of chaos. The table was covered with the ruins of a pasta supper, tomato sauce dripped down the front of her white stove, and the sink was filled with greasy meatball pans. The poor cat, Missy Draper, was staring forlornly at her empty dish and mewing piteously. Coats festooned the backs of the kitchen chairs, and shoes were indecorously sprinkled throughout the floo...

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Write about someone whose job is to help people leave their old lives behind.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 246 stories

“The Godmother” by C Britt

“Old Life for a New One” by Chris Buono

“Just a social visit” by Merel Cooijmans

“Behind closed doors ” by DREW LANE

“Leaving Baybridge” by A.L. Shilling

“Our Little Treasure Cove” by Carolyn Bayne

“The Trajectory of Your Destiny” by Cassie Poormokhtar

“Debt-ends” by Ifan Fin

“Stand up” by Aaina Aleszezyk

“Can You Help Me” by Gemma Clarke

“Simply The Rules” by You'd Think A Writer Would Have A More Creative Name .

“A Better Man” by David Brown

“A One Way Ticket on the Neo Kosmo (A Neo Kosmo Story)” by Josh C

“The In-Between” by Linda Jenny Lambert

“Mini-Me” by Lavinia Hughes

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Write about someone who has finally managed to succeed at a long-standing New Year’s resolution.

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Write about someone who doesn’t remember their past — and doesn’t want to.

Write about two characters who each want to change the same thing, but resolve to go about it in very different ways.

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