Write a story about a voyage on a boat.

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“When crows come calling” by J .

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Jacob was only twelve years old when he started to see the dream. As the third son of a decorated General, he had spent his childhood days within the campus of their city quarters. Yet, almost all nights, a vivid account of a river flowing across a dense forest would come as a dream to him. At first it was just the river. Then, gradually, after many nights, he could see for himself how vast it was. Twenty soccer fields, no, forty soccer fields wide! A stretch of dense woods along the banks came to him next. And finally, after months, h...

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“The Pain in Her Waves” by Angelia Marie Ford

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Everything was black. The world appeared to be so dark, yet it was far from empty. There was too much to burn before that happened. Every molecule of smoke and ash filled my nostrils, but it was the smell of fear that scared me the most. My lungs sputtered and convulsed as if they were also on fire, seething and searing pain. Then, numbness. Nothingness.Pain is what I still heard but could no longer feel. The sounds of flames crackling; and wood creaking and collapsing, interspersed with faint screaming floating through the air was nothin...

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“The Island of Mist” by Heather Duckett

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The sky was so dark it looked black as pitch. Millions of stars glistened and sparkled in the black landscape. Thick stray clouds masked out the moon, filling the sky with a gloomy silver light. The warm glow of the dimly lit lamps became the only lights to see by. The ocean stood motionless in the calm of the night. All of the crew were below deck sleeping. They were used to the sea rocking the ship and could sleep through it. Captain Scar stood quietly at the wheel steering the ship. He was the only one awake and enjoyed the solitude...

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“Purgatory on the Pacific” by Ryan Henrie

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“Timmy, put your mask on right this instant!” She held a book at her side, a plasti-wrapped novel she had bought in the gift shop earlier that day. It was hard to read with the soft rocking of the waves, anyway. “But I don't friggin’ wanna…” whined the nine-year-old. “Don’t you use those damn words in front of your mother, boy!” cautioned a man developing a beer-gut, features shrouded and voice slightly muffled by the air-tight enviro-mask he wore. “And I won’t have you endangering our family, eh?” Timmy grumbled a few indistingu...

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“Ocean Excursion” by Lynn Dewees

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Paul found himself, beer in hand, in a deck chair on the Lido deck. An extravagantly colorful awning overhead kept him out of the direct sunlight. The beer was heavenly. No one splashed in the pool, no passengers wandered the deck. He had the entire place to himself. He felt that he should be bothered by the revelation that he didn’t know how he got here, but he just sipped his beer. A dark cloud appeared then moved on. Paul found himself on the bridge. In front of him, a deck to ceiling window cut a 120 degree arc. Outside, the white ...

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“Rough Sailing ” by David Ader

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Nan looked toward the west again, where the clouds seemed to be growing an even darker shade of grey. The waves had picked up too, hitting the side of the small sailboat and splashing over the coaming as it slid down into the waves. “Don’t you think?” she asked. “No, I don’t think, and I wish to hell you’d let me handle this. Unless you want to be...

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“You Make Me Do Crazy Things” by Aoife Blu

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Jack dragged me out here for a weekend cruise on his cousin’s boat. I didn’t want to go at first and I still wish that I was somewhere else rather than the middle of the ocean, but he convinced me that it would give us time to bond and work on the issues that we’ve been having. I decided it wouldn’t hurt to talk things over with him if it’s just us for the weekend. There’s a lot I’ve been meaning to bring up. I even made myself a list of what I wanted us to talk about, but, of course, the cruise doesn’t consist of just us. Instead, his whole...

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“In The Same Boat” by Max Sher

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This cruise was supposed to be a break. A nice thing she was doing for herself to take her mind off everything, to go out and enjoy herself away from all her friends and family walking on eggshells around her. That was the theory, at least. In practice, Margaret was finding that brooding on a nice boat wasn’t that different from brooding in her living room, except that everything was rocking slightly and the air outside was a lot saltier.Still, she tried. As much as she wanted to just curl up under her blanket in her room, she forced herself...

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“Amara” by Gordon Smith

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Amara opened her eyes slowly. She wakes with that momentary feeling of forgetting where you are. It takes several blinks this morning, for her post-dream reality to set in. The 9 year old girl is dreery, and so it seems is her world. The unbearable heat, and humidity seem to sap her of energy more and more, as days pass. Amara is made fully conscious of her surroundings when the smells start to hit her. Her mother couldn't afford fancy accommodations for the long trip. Everyone shared one big room. "It's just ship rules" her mother w...

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“A Captain's Worst Fear” by Dennis Sigler

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“Aye Captain, there be a storm a com-en.” warned Angus Murphy. “I feel it in me bones.” Captain Marvin Dogbody glanced west towards the prevailing winds. A dark haze was forming on the distant horizon. He looked back at Angus. He trusted his first-mate and his aching bones. They were more accurate than his expensive German barometer. “Have the men reef the topsails, but leave the main and the jibs flying.” “Aye,...

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“Healing cruise” by F.O. Morier

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- Are you alright, miss? The steward startled her. - Are you all right? He repeated his question. She smiled, nodded, and wished he would go away. He did not leave. He stayed with her, with his overfriendly face in his immaculate white uniform. - Is this your first cruise? He asked. She nodded again. - I hope you´re not bored miss. She turned her head towards him and said: I suppose the sea is made for poetry, free verse ...

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“That Time On The Inner Tube” by Morgan Moir

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I hate riding on boats.Yeah, yeah, I know. It’s summertime. So that means the thing to do is either hang out BY the water, IN the water, or ON the water. Personally, I hate sweating & the wind messing up my hair, so none of those options really appeal to me too much. And they never have. However? I do thoroughly enjoy working on my tan, & even more so than that, drinking. And everybody knows if you’re out on the boat all day, drinking is not only expected, but encouraged. So here I am, on a boat. But at least I get to drink while I’m...

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“Champ” by Paul Brassard

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Shaking, Neala sat in the small canvas-covered boat, waist-deep in flopping mackerel and seawater. At the other end of the teeming curragh, her Da lay on his back, unconscious and bleeding, a torn piece of fishing net floating beside him. For three days now, Neala and her father had gotten up hours before the sun—and Mam—to secretly practice rowing and netting in the dark, for the spring mackerel run was happening soon. She had never done any real fishing with Da before today. In fact, she’d never even so much as set a foot in a working cu...

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“Journey to Atlantis” by Melinda Madrigal

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Thalia, an adventurer came upon an ancient scroll that tells of a world that was buried at the bottom of the ocean. Wow, my god this scroll tells of Atlantis. The Atlantis of myth and legend and I am going to be the one to finally discovery the ancient city. Thalia put the scroll in her backpack and left the cave of Crete. She walks happily back to her hotel to look at the scroll more intently. Thalia discovers the site of Atlantis is right where she always believed it was, in Andalusia west of the Mediterranean. Thalia is beyond hap...

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“Down the river” by Björn Rudolfsson

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Mitros stepped onto the boat which wobbled gently underfoot. The boatman pushed off the dock straight away, and Mitros stumbled before finding his balance. He was the only passenger tonight. He trod gingerly down the length of the boat. It felt quite stable, but he had always been a bit skittish when it came to boats. He didn’t quite trust them. It was a beautiful boat though, no matter what he thought about being on the water. Long and narrow with high prow and stern, like a larger version of one of those gondolas they had in Venice, made...

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Write a story about a voyage on a boat.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 42 stories

“When crows come calling” by J .

“The Pain in Her Waves” by Angelia Marie Ford

“The Island of Mist” by Heather Duckett

“Purgatory on the Pacific” by Ryan Henrie

“Ocean Excursion” by Lynn Dewees

“Rough Sailing ” by David Ader

“You Make Me Do Crazy Things” by Aoife Blu

“In The Same Boat” by Max Sher

“Amara” by Gordon Smith

“A Captain's Worst Fear” by Dennis Sigler

“Healing cruise” by F.O. Morier

“That Time On The Inner Tube” by Morgan Moir

“Champ” by Paul Brassard

“Journey to Atlantis” by Melinda Madrigal

“Down the river” by Björn Rudolfsson

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