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“Pho's Scythe” by Raven B. Evolet

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Pho's eyes glistened with tears, her irises like frozen wheat pressed by glass."Mother, please!" she begged, her chiton swishing around her knees, the blush color the perfect match to her cheeks and the blossoms messily placed in her hair. " I wish to go have a walk in the flower fields, wouldn't that be nice?"Her mother gave her a cold stare in return, her basket overflowing with freshly harvested wheat." No, Pho. I don't want you going who knows where walking into danger!" she said shortly, placing her basket down, her scythe ready to chop...

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“Doorways” by Abi Jones

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The doorway stands before us, a doorway in the shape of a perfect circle. It is bright in the other place, I can practically smell the sun roasting the sand underneath and see the places where the heat waves shimmer. Even though I know what will happen next, I still put the car in reverse and try to drive backwards. To turn around and go back to the place we just left. It doesn’t work. “If only it was that easy,” Holly says. “We could get out of the car, walk around it,” I suggest. “Daisy, we both know that won’t work.” “It’s worth a shot,” ...

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“Kite Festival” by Kavita Rawat

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The children were flying kites high in the air. Their hands bleed as the thread made a cut into their hand this doesn't stop them to fly the kites. The energy of the children doesn't seem to lose as the day started to moving out welcoming the night. A sharp cut with the help of wind and tricks made the kite to swirls up in the air before falling down.The children ran behind the kite. It wasn't easy for them to have a kite. They ran into the green field, their height smaller than the grass.The kite settles on the tree the children came t...

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“Sick world” by Jeffrey Pope

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I haven’t been myself ever since that night when I came home and found my wife’s body, laying naked in a pool of her blood. I’d been a mess since then. As each night passes, I keep hearing the voices in my head asking me why am I still here, I should be dead. I tried to end my life, but the only reason I’m still alive is because I haven’t figured out the best way to do it. Every option I’d considered would leave me in severe pains before I finally die.Depression had me within it grasp. I found solace in the alcohols I drank and the drugs I a...

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“Road trip Gone Wrong” by Jacob Buckley

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Jake BuckleyRoad Trip Gone Wrong “Is everything packed up?” “Yeah we are good to go!”, I said as I slammed the trunk to my best friend’s white SUV. We were about to embark on a cross country road trip from Los Angeles, California to Miami, Florida. One of our best friends from high school was getting married, and thanks to Adam’s extreme fear of flying, an airplane was not an option for us. At first, I was very reluctant to agree to accompany him on this journey, a forty hour drive seemed a bit excessive f...

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“More of a Crash than a Landing” by Deborah Mercer

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Stella and Jo (whose full name was Jocasta, but didn’t feel compelled to point it out every time someone presumed it was Josephine or Joanne) had been going on holiday together for – oh, it must be eight years now. Ever since when they both came to lecture at the same university where they had “hit it off” more or less at once. They didn’t take every holiday together. Sometimes they went solo, sometimes they went with other people, but at least once a year they set off on one of what Jo called their “Joint Jaunts”. Theor...

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“The Rat's Seat” by Sue Marsh

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The Rat's SeatSuzanne MarshThe year 1963, Suzanne versus the nuns finally had its triumph. It took a while to devise the plan. Then it took a while to convince my best friend Judy that we wouldn't get into any trouble since no one would know who did it. Did what you may ask? Stuck a white Guinea Pig named Silverwood, added a tail, and left him on Sister Mary Regina's seat. It was perfectly planned and executed, or so we thought.Sister Mary Regina and I never hit it off so to speak. I didn't like her and she didn't like me. I found out why. D...

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“A midnight ordeal” by King Sacrificer

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“But I need to pee, Freddie.”“Run, you stupid fool!”Fred and Ben ran through the backdoor. Smelly dumpsters lined the wall behind the store. Fred jumped on a dumpster, scaled up the wall and leapt over it to the other side. Ben followed. His shoulders were stooped, hands tucked tightly in his pockets. Out of breath, they leaned on the wall for a moment, surrounded by thick grass at their feet.“I ain’t gonna last till home, man. It’s too cold.”“I don’t wanna get caught just because you couldn’t stop chugging Cola.” Fred was panting. “Pee your...

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“The Cave Adventure” by Randi W

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Ally parked her car in front of her friend Jane’s house, she pushed her hand on the horn twice. Adjusting her sunglasses, Ally took a large bite of chocolate as she waited for her friend to come out of the house. A few minutes passed and Jane came bursting out of the front door with arms filled to the brim with bags; Ally laughed as Jane finally managed to lock the door and make her way to Ally’s car. “What’s with the bags?” laughed Ally, “We’re only going to be gone for at mos...

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“The Sign of the Yellow Jack” by Kate Strong

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A brisk musky breeze invigorated with everything that bespoke the rolling blue sea fluttered the crisp pages of the logbook dangling from Captain Jones’s long, slender fingers. Lackadaisically, the young captain closed his eyes and leaned against the smooth rail of the quarterdeck, his chest rising as he inhaled a deep breath of the clean ocean air.“You have the last account done, Jones?” inquired Captain Tates who was stroking the glossy feathers of one of the parrots brought aboard from the Canary Islands.“Which one?” hummed Jones as his b...

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“Lifeless” by Lily Vee

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"Are you sure it's okay for kids to be going in a forest alone?" Kirishima began, looking at Bakugou, "hm?""Yeah I mean, with all those villains out there it could get pretty dangerous," Kaminari stated."That's exactly what I was thinking!""They'll be fine. They're not some babies.""The oldest in the group is like eight! I mean, that's pretty young to me.""They'll be fi-"BAM!"KISEKI NEEDS A HOSPITAL!" Radurī yelled, running in whilst her hand was on her cheek as Jay and Koti helped Kiseki walk."Guys I'm- argh. F-fine!""You're knee. IS SLICED...

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“A FOE” by SHYAMALA BHUVANACHANDRAN

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Priyanka came to know that her friend’s husband was admitted into Yashodha hospital for dialysis. Since the hospital was near her home at a walkable distance, she thought of visiting her. She bought some fruits and went to see her. At the hospital at every point she had to enquire and go further. She had to enquire and find out the floor number, room number, visitors’ timings, any do’s and don’ts’... She had to enquire where was the lift and get there. She came out of lift and looked for the room where her friend’s husband was admitted. Ther...

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“It Never Was” by Megan DeRouin

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It Never Was“The moral of every story is always the same. I know that all our college professors will disagree, but let’s all face the facts. The bad guy always loses, they always end up being overthrown or killed or worst of all they become the good guy.” Garrett said and I could hear something hit the wall.I just sighed, “Okay…what point are you trying to make?” I tucked my knees to my chest as I leaned back.I listened to Garrett shift behind me. “I’m saying that this isn’t over Amora, that this is the climax.”“I think you’ve been reading ...

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“The Mourning Cloak” by Joy Barton

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"Hannah? Hannah, it is 8:30, hurry up, now!"The rap tap tap on the bathroom door along with her mother's fervent voice, muffled on the other side, urged Hannah's hand to swat down on the toilet lever with irritation.The toilet gurgled and swirled, swallowing up the water enough to spew it back up again. Her stomach rumbled again as if to tease her, and she wretched. It was the dry heaves she hated the most. Two weeks of this, she thought through burrowed eyebrows as she searched her face in the mirror. Despite how pale she was, a pink glow b...

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“Road trip to Benin” by Zannie Samuel

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"Hurry! Hurry quickly before they see you." "My leg My leg" Francis whimpered, dragging an open mound of flesh behind him. Fresh blood poured out of his wound like an overflowing bath. The two boys crawled into the raggedy boot of an abandoned Peugeot. "Sorry sorry wait I'll let me tie the leg" Moses slid his sweat soaked shirt off and tied it around his comrades weeping flesh. Ra-ta-ta-Ra-ta-ta-ta! Gunshots eroded the night. Francis began to cry again. Moses hugged his friend so tight he felt his heart would bounce out of his back. They had...

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Write a story about friends who wind up on a misadventure.

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✍️ 99 stories

“Pho's Scythe” by Raven B. Evolet

“Doorways” by Abi Jones

“Kite Festival” by Kavita Rawat

“Sick world” by Jeffrey Pope

“Road trip Gone Wrong” by Jacob Buckley

“More of a Crash than a Landing” by Deborah Mercer

“The Rat's Seat” by Sue Marsh

“A midnight ordeal” by King Sacrificer

“The Cave Adventure” by Randi W

“The Sign of the Yellow Jack” by Kate Strong

“Lifeless” by Lily Vee

“A FOE” by SHYAMALA BHUVANACHANDRAN

“It Never Was” by Megan DeRouin

“The Mourning Cloak” by Joy Barton

“Road trip to Benin” by Zannie Samuel

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Write a story about two people who meet and become instant friends.

Write a story about one event from the different perspectives of multiple friends.

Write a story inspired by this quote from Ally Condie: "Growing apart doesn't change the fact that for a long time we grew side by side; our roots will always be tangled. I'm glad for that."

Write a story about someone turning to a friend in a time of need.

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