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“It's time to meet your cousin!” by Elena Ivachtchenko

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My mom came back from her sister's funeral. I expected her to be heartbroken. To be sad at least. She had the opposite opinion. She came happy, smiling, telling me about my cousin, aunt, and uncle and how much fun they had together. She showed me a picture of all of them standing close to each other, smiling at a person with a camera in front of them. "You look so much alike with your cousin. Can't understand why though? Can it be because you have the same name?" my mother was sharing her observations with me. I...

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“Silent Tears: A Child's Journey” by Patrick Wilson

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Careless words. They can change the course of a life. As a 10-year-old boy, I would tell neighbors, family friends, and teachers stories about what was happening at home. With all the turmoil at home, I didn’t know how to handle my emotions. When I shared my stories with others it eased my anxiety. In a house filled with four siblings, I felt alone. I was always the one who was teased for being overly sensitive. One day, in school I finally shared too much. My mom had been drinking too much the night before and taught me what I thought was ...

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“The Silence Between Us” by Katherina Sokolova-Rudakova

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Moonlight spilled across my face like liquid silver as I settled into the stranger's car, it's cold glow a silent witness to the rebellion I dared to undertake. The night in Eunice, a small, sleepy town in Louisiana, wrapped around me like a cloak, concealing my sins and disobedience. The shadows became my confidants, whispering secrets only I could hear, the greatest of which was my carefully plotted escape. No one from my family could ever know where I was headed, nor could they ever condone it. My thoughts were interrupted as the door bes...

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“Destiny” by Anne Tali

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“Welcome to Hell” was all that was visible as I drove past the rundown sign on the edge of what was the tiniest of desert towns. I grew up in a town just like it, and the thought of going back made my stomach clench in more pain than I already was in. The rest of the words on the sign were illegible, covered in red graffiti that bled like a fresh wound. The last twenty-four hours were a blur and although I didn’t have too much to be thankful for right now, I was grateful I didn’t remember the horrid details of when he ended things. I r...

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“Eclipse” by Vickie Riggan

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EclipseBrooke Aspen was not happy, but she tried to smile and make the best of her circumstances as she stowed her bag in the overhead compartment and took her window seat on the flight to Dallas. “Dallas,” she thought to herself with a groan. Of all the places to visit and things to see on her bucket list not one was even remotely near Texas. OK, well, maybe Johnson Space Center in Houston. Real science. That’s what she had been hired for, Brooke thought. She had been handed this assignment last minute wh...

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“Whispers of Heaven” by Hannah U.

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I always wondered what it would be like to have my birth parents love me ever since I found out that I was adopted. Most days, my younger self would sit, lost in revery, in my childhood bedroom built on perfidious intentions. I had this bay window seat in my room growing up that I would always sit on to think, willing my thoughts to take me away from my reality. The window overlooked the old church cemetery that my adoptive father would make me go into every Sunday to pay my respects to deceased priests and diocese members that ca...

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“The Purchase That Didn't Go So Well” by Mono Liso

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A long line is up there with one of the last things a person would want to see after making an 1100 mile 14 day trek through most of the world’s most unflattering wonders like barren deserts and villages taken over by predatory salesmen. That certainly wasn’t what our protagonist of the story, a 42 year old pushing out of shape man, wanted to see, coming up on top of the largest and most treacherous hill since 45 minutes ago. Upon laying eyes on the snake of people in front of him, Dr. Amadeus R Beckentower was brought to his knees into the ...

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“ Go tell it to the dolphins.” by Jolanta Polk

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It was my first trip to Brazil. The flight from Rio to Manaus in the little twin-engine Cessna Skylight seemed to last forever, and the constant turbulence made me feel queasy.I flipped through an old in-flight magazine promoting the Sugar Loaf while sipping lukewarm whisky, but my thoughts were drawn to the dossier the newspaper had put together on Manaus Mayor Inacio Oliveira. I was to interview him and find out the truth about his alleged involvement in a corruption scandal.Oliveira, an ambitious businessman and takeover tycoon,...

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“Getting sucked in by Berlin” by For.They.Poetry Alexa Von Tschirnhaus

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It all started when my cousin told me that she wanted to come to Berlin in May of this year, to visit her boyfriend. At that moment the company I was working for was not doing well financially, and not just my job depending on that but also my house (because I was living in a place provided by them in Lisbon), plus, I spent all of March being sick and going to the hospital, so I was surrounded but a lot of uncertainty while trying to recover my health. But good news arrived in the middle of this chaos. I received my resident card which...

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“New Belongings” by Dawn Harwood

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“Jennifer, hurry you’re going to miss your flight!” Mom shouted up.Mom, I thought and let those words sink in. I was nineteen and my Mom was my rock, best friend and confidant. It made this trip hard. We talked and talked till the early hours sharing our thoughts, she understood, she always did. Yet I know she feared losing me and however much I tried to reassure her and no matter how much she professed her understanding, there was that look of doubt and uncertainty which pained me no end.I ran down the stairs with my luggage almost toppling...

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“Never Forgotten” by Sally Busby

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Never Forgotten Athens Airport 1993 Aleks is already winded, running as fast as he can with a garment bag and carry on weighing him down! A repeat mantra going through his head I will make it I will make it .. His flight was late leaving Kennedy. It’s early April. Spring, but exceptionally cold in New York, they were delayed over an hour on the tarmac, the weather creating a domino set of delays. Athens by comparison is a furnace, by the time Aleks makes it through security, his shirt is completely soaked stick...

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“Nobody Else but You” by Jenny Franquiz

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All moments become more anxious; would I fear her at all. I mustprepare to catch my plane flight from Los Angeles California toRome Italy at 11:00pm. I have some time for myself and look nice.I have never been anywhere, I was making some breakfast waffles,orange juice, and milk with cereal. My problem is I don't know howto get women very shy, and hands shake around women, I have an introverted personality. She would not like my appearance at all.I am looking at myself in this mirror, in a black suit or casual clothes with ties or grey s...

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“Heaven or Hell” by Kendra Calhoun

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What should I bring with me? This was not the first time I asked myself or a fellow companion this same question. I answered this question countless times when I was alive. Was the weather warm, would I need clothes for the gym and what about my bathing suit? Should I bring it in case there was a pool at the hotel? I spent hours picking out the right outfits to make sure I had everything that I needed, if not more then I needed. Better to have that extra shirt in case we decided to have a casual dinner instead of only having formal dinner at...

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“A journey to home.” by Ruya Florence

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“Remind me—how did we end up here again?”Sara Khan closed her phone, looking lost towards the road sign which seemed to be pointing out in any direction but the right one. Sabine Hansen groaned from where she had lain sprawled in the grass, “we’re so lost” she seemed to mutter under her breath, swinging dramatically her arm over her head. The exhaustion was deep into her voice; echoing the strain of walk they had endured. Elyse Blackwood, who was drinking water turned to look towards her, “I think it all started when we decided that ve...

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“The Call” by Kit Davidsen

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It started as an echo, less than a whisper, static in the back of my mind. But no matter how quiet, consistency is hard to ignore. This quiet farmland with nary a sound stood no chance of providing solace. No herds or flocks. No birds or insects. Just quiet. The last visitor was ages ago, so long I can’t remember their face, their name, their voice. Even my own voice had begun to fail me; my sight turning black; my limbs growing heavy. As I contemplated, a large gust blew through the farmhouse, accompanied by a cold chill; dust scattering e...

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Write about someone who’s traveling to a place they’ve never been to meet someone they’ve never met.

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✍️ 90 stories

“It's time to meet your cousin!” by Elena Ivachtchenko

“Silent Tears: A Child's Journey” by Patrick Wilson

“The Silence Between Us” by Katherina Sokolova-Rudakova

“Destiny” by Anne Tali

“Eclipse” by Vickie Riggan

“Whispers of Heaven” by Hannah U.

“The Purchase That Didn't Go So Well” by Mono Liso

“ Go tell it to the dolphins.” by Jolanta Polk

“Getting sucked in by Berlin” by For.They.Poetry Alexa Von Tschirnhaus

“New Belongings” by Dawn Harwood

“Never Forgotten” by Sally Busby

“Nobody Else but You” by Jenny Franquiz

“Heaven or Hell” by Kendra Calhoun

“A journey to home.” by Ruya Florence

“The Call” by Kit Davidsen

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