Write a story about an adventure in a small town.

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“As Expected” by Simon Constantine

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What, precisely, did Joseph expect? Aubrey Little, Wife to Joseph Little, teased her husband over breakfast one bright Saturday morning (eggs, biscuits, and enough gravy to all but entirely mask the grit of egg shells which crunched like sand with every bite). What Joseph expected, “precisely,” was a distraction. Quirky, amusing, and if he was being honest with himself, ultimately sad and disappointing when all was said and done. That was one of the downsides of being the numbers 506 and 507 to cap off the previous town population ...

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“Fog” by Nathaniel Beardsley

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Years later, when Jeff thought back to the summer of 1958, the first thing he would remember was the fog. Every morning and every night, great white sheets of it rolled in from the ocean, smothering the town in a misty blanket so thick a person standing five feet in front of you would all but disappear. The fog always seemed to be saying something, as if by flowing over the rooftops, towers, and church steeples it was speaking some alien language that no human would ever understand. Jeff included. Some twelve miles off the coast of Rho...

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“Chapel Trail Summer” by Catherine Kennedy

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Iowa, 1963 I never really liked school, but at least it was something to do. Summers in my small town, Chapel Trail, could get pretty boring.I mean, how many times in a row can you go swimming or bike riding? There was nowhere to go fishing nearby. Plus, some of my friends left town for the whole summer since their parents worked for the college. See, the town had this college with a gigantic church on campus and there were farms around the edges of the town.Some of my other friends lived out in the country and didn’t get to town much...

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Write a story about an adventure in a small town.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 63 stories

“As Expected” by Simon Constantine

“Fog” by Nathaniel Beardsley

“Chapel Trail Summer” by Catherine Kennedy

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Write a story about an adventure on the water.

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