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End your story with a character standing in the rain.

Posted in Angst on Oct 25, 2022

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“The Last Dinner” by Dhruv Srivastava

Submitted to Contest #112

Her heart beat so rapidly it was folly to try and measure it against her watch, though she tried, tapping her foot on the ground in a similarly frenzied pace. The ambient, romantic lighting of the restaurant was so juxtaposed to her state of mind that some part of her felt like laughing, but most of her thoughts were bent on keeping herself from sweating through her red dress. She’d worn this dress the first time she’d been at this restaurant, when she was nervous for a much different reason. Glancing at her watch again, she realized he was ...

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“It Never Rains ” by John K Adams

Submitted to Contest #112

Panic didn’t come easily to Jason. He prided himself on having rational, dispassionate responses to any happenstance.But the deluge soaked him to the bone before he could loosen the Velcro strap on his umbrella. A minute before, he’d mumbled a complaint about the humidity. Now he waded through an ankle deep surge, dodging floating logs. Lacking dry shelter provoked extreme anxiety in him. He didn’t want the current to carry him off.‘The news forecast a chance of rain… I’ll take that bet,’ he thought. Seeking any place to dry off, his vision ...

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“Capitol Meteorology: The Cumulonimbus Experience” by Elizabeth Fenley

Submitted to Contest #112

“Capitol Meteorology: The Cumulonimbus Experience” by Elizabeth Fenley It was raining in the Science Quadrant. It never rained in the Science Quadrant. It was only supposed to rain in the Agricultural Quadrant. Looking out the window of the breakroom, Dr. Felicia Hughes shook her head in confusion—then immediately reached up to ensure she hadn’t loosened the braided bun she pulled her long, brown, wavy hair tightly into when she worked in the lab. She peered through the thick sheet of heavy rain under grey skies. She c...

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“Girl in the rain ” by Alexander Carolan

Submitted to Contest #112

My clothes were drenched as I strutted through the heavy downpour. My car had broken down a few miles back, and the signal on my phone was dead. I had finally made the decision to walk the rest of the way home, despite the storm warning that had fuzzed through on the radio before my engine gave up. Thunder shook in the dark clouds above, sending rumbles through the earth, whilst white streaks of lightning tore cracks in the sky. My muscles shivered against the high winds and cold rain, and I crossed my arms, looking down at my feet, struggli...

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“Weeping Heavens” by Saptarshi Mukherjee

Submitted to Contest #112

[CW : Strong language, domestic violence]Be careful what you wish for, they say.Well said.In his search for eternal peace and quiet he had wound up here,the five feet by five feet room of solitary confinement. The only opening on the rear wall of his cell, what passed for a window here, opened into an alley within the prison compound not more than two feet wide. The alley was as confined as him, by his cell on one side and a gray wall on the other, seeming like a cliff for all the renditions of the word.Everything stood still in his cell. Th...

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“With Every Passing Season of Rain” by Sarbjeet Kaur

Submitted to Contest #112

The rainy season came too early that year. It disrupted my “railroad life” as my mother called it when she was drunk and upset, which is also when she thinks she’s the most clever. I hung up on her and continued to walk to work. When you’re already half soaked, there’s not much point in seeking shelter.Naturally, my shoes weren’t meant for the rain and my day became clouded with the uncomforting sensation of damp socks. I left a squeak behind with every footstep and my world was altered by my water-smudged glasses. Who needed a raincoat when...

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“Two Strangers, One rainy night” by Victoria Clapton

Submitted to Contest #112

On a rainy night in the winter of 1996, a woman with a yellow coat and velvet dress with a green umbrella kept walking in the pouring rain. The sky gazed at the glorious mess of her colors and the trees witnessed the depressing sadness in her eyes. 3 miles and a few yards away, a man in a black tuxedo with a black tie and an incredibly white shirt with a dead phone was struggling in the pouring rain, trying to fix his broken car in the middle of the bridge. In a few hours there, both lives are going to change in a way that seems almost magic...

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“Oath Keeper” by Tim Butler

Submitted to Contest #112

Oath keeper Bobby Knight was the sheriff in the small northern New England township where he had lived for the past forty-five years. It was a small, peaceful community. The area of New England where it sat on hill above a river valley below was truly a place of great natural beauty. Life there was good. It was easy, and routine, in a comforting way. One day early in the morning a nuclear bomb was detonated above the atmosphere which caused an electromagnetic pulse. Since the EMP attack had thrown most of the nation into darkness. most...

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“A Kind of Magic” by Kiara Hernandez

Submitted to Contest #112

Dark gray clouds hung low in the sky, erasing every pink trace of dawn in sight. Maude trudged across the back quad of her university’s campus, clumps of wet dirt and grass clinging to her boots with every step. She looked forward to the rainy day ahead, it meant the old university library would be empty. No rogue students trying to enchant objects to fly or making out in the library’s love divination aisles. An act that was painfully cliche. As she approached the building she couldn’t help but stop and take it all in. Maude had been at...

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“A Rainy Night in Maryland” by Tina G

Submitted to Contest #112

It was a Saturday in early October when I met him. A night I will never forget because little did I know that soon my life was about to change forever. The very first time I saw him was on a video at his cousin's house. He was playing the drums and I instantly felt butterflies in my belly. This man was fine! He was living in New York at the time. Yep, the big city, and there I was, drooling in Maryland. After watching the video of him I knew that I had to forget about him. I knew we would never meet. I did not see his cousin that often anywa...

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“Shared heart” by Trina Episode

Submitted to Contest #112

Tessa’s POV I smooth out my deep red dress and exhale. I look up into the mirror and assure myself everything will be fine. Today’s the day. I’m telling my best friend of 13 years that I have feelings for him. Yep, totally not panicking or anything. I grab my phone and wallet and make my way out the door and to his house. AJ and I met 13 years ago when he and his family moved in next door. From the second we saw each other, there was an instant connection. The kind of connection I find difficult to describe. It’s like he and I share two ...

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“Singing in the Rain” by Lisa Neuvelt

Submitted to Contest #112

“Singing in the rain, singing in the rain. I’m just singing in the rain.” Kelly could still hear her little girl singing on the front porch.“Mommy, if I play in the rain, do I still have to take a bath?” she asked, jumping in a big mud puddle. If Kelly closed her eyes she could still see her daughter covered from head to toe in mud.It’s been almost a year since Kelly’s ex-husband took off with their little girl, Maddie-Rose.Maddie-Rose loved the rain. She loved the rain even more than she loved the sunshine.If it was rain...

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“Seeds” by Penni Warford

⭐️ Shortlisted for Contest #112

CW: fire, natural disasterSeeds “What the hell am I supposed to do with these?” I gaze at a packet of zinnia seeds that were tucked in with the supplies I just picked up from the Red Cross. “Masks, gloves, goggles – seeds? Seriously?!” I squeeze my eyes shut as I hold onto the scream that is forming in my throat. I stuff the seed packet into my back pocket.It’s the first time I’ve seen what’s left of our property. James and I wanted to drive up in one car, but one of us had to grab the hazmat stuff while the other dropped the girls...

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“The Perfect Moment” by Mackenzie Allen

Submitted to Contest #112

Waking up unready for today- James and I have plans, a full day of fun, but that's not what I'm worried about. Today is the day, I've decided, I'm going to tell James I'm in love with him. Today we're going to watch The Suicide Squad, then probably get ice cream the way we always do after movies, then to the new arcade by his house. I've been waiting for the perfect place or the perfect time to tell him and I just know I'll find it today. I have to. I threw on the outfit I'd planned last night and dropped downstairs for some breakfast, he wa...

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“The Cruel Game” by Kenzie Strong

Submitted to Contest #112

¨ ¨It's true love, don't throw it away", I pleaded to my close friend of five years. His name is Mason, he is considered very handsome and a well loved boy at my high school. The girls drooled as he walked by, guys wanted to fight him to show how they were better in every single way they could. He was tall with slightly tanned skin. He has dark freckles that decorate his body in a flavorful way and he has green eyes to highlight his deep, thick eyelashes. He also had big, dark brown curls that framed his face perfectly. He was almost like th...

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