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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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“Sunflower” by Nicole Bringuela

Submitted to Contest #112

Intimidating presence, blinding brightness, and scorching passion—if someone posed such qualities, they would certainly be compared to the blazing ball of fire that sat at the center of the universe. Maybe that was what her parents hoped for when they named her “Sun”; for people to look at her and be in constant awe. However, Sun, 29, freelance writer, was far from being such a figure.It had been a week since gray clouds enveloped the skies, and it had been far longer since Sun made contact with her family and friends. Living alone in anothe...

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“Shelburne” by Emerson Lindsey

Submitted to Contest #112

The ripples on the lake moved towards my charred feet resting on the edge of the tide, offering relief from the biting sting of the flames. As each concurrent ripple smoothed out onto the stone beach, my mind slowly began to process the night’s events. My shaking hand reached into the contents of my shirt pocket, pulling out a loose Pall Mall. My finger stuttering, I attempted to light the long tobacco stick as a single drop of rain fell and extinguished the flame. I dropped it to the ground. My gaze rose upwards as I saw a single drop multi...

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“Geography of the World ” by George Georgerfrost@gmail.com

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Content warning: trafficking, underage exploitationThe rain fell on him as he watched her drive away feeling like Humphrey Bogart on the runway in Casablanca As he watches Ingrid Bergman fly out of his life. There is a geography Of the world Just like he told her when they first met. There is a certain order of how things should be and everything has a place they belong.Rain has a way of washing out the stains left behind when there has been a disruption in the order of things.  She told him about her world, but he never under...

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“When There Were No Clouds” by Paola Villacis

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The first rain of the season arrived. Well, the first in two decades. We’d prepared for this one. It had been 20 years, 10 days, and 13 hours since the final drop of rain had touched a roof in the country.  The Last Clouds. That’s what they called the grayish cover in the sky that did its final tour over twenty years back. Temperatures were far too high for our earth to handle, and soon scientists warned we would be without clouds by the end of the summer. I did not exist back then, and I only arrived after disaster had struck. Four y...

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“Only One Decision” by Del Gibson

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ONLY ONE DECISION by Del Gibson The gun feels heavy in my hand, it shakes as I tread softly towards our bedroom. People have asked me along the way, how did I make it through? I say it was a choice. Put it this way, if you had to decide between losing your memories or going blind, which one would you choose? Or which child would you save if the house was on fire? Or better still, if your husband tried to kill you, who would you tell? You can’t tell a soul because no one would believe you. No one would ever believe a woman over the chief...

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“I Swear I Didn't” by Shelby Schwartz

Submitted to Contest #112

Prequel to "This is Worse":I've caused pain before, but not like this. I've done things I can't undo. I have caused other pain, but never damaged someone so much that they can't come back from it. This is worse. I wasn't even in the room. I was at the other end of the house and I come back to this. There she is laying on the hardwood floor. She is face down, her auburn hair flowing over her, and blood pooling around her. I heard her fall from my bedroom where I was laying down. Resting after a long day at my new job. She never even screamed....

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“Reconciliation” by Yvonne Clarke

Submitted to Contest #112

The sky today is cerulean blue, the clouds forming a Daliesque surrealism of floating feathers, drooping eyes and melting moons. The intoxicating smell of the sea wafts around me: salt, seaweed, ozone, reminding me of happy childhood memories in our cottage with its deck leading straight down from the cliffs to a little-known sandy cove. Every day after breakfast I and my brother would race down the rudimentary rocky steps, fishing nets aloft, and spend the mornings catching crabs and tiny fish trapped in the rockpools by the receding tide...

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“A lucky Encounter” by Crystal Bell

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The alarm buzzed and I immediately rolled over and mashed the snooze button. Eyes half open, I lie there and tried to mentally motivate myself for another day of school. From the living room, I could hear a weather man announcing the current 65 degrees, and that today had promised to be sunny and gorgeous. When I finally woke up, I vowed to put an end to his gorgeous and sunny career for being so traitors. One look out my window showed a tor-rential downpour, and a vail of fog prevented me from seeing the house across the street. It turned o...

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“Not Yet in the Ground ” by A. Smoak

Submitted to Contest #112

The world is dry. Every morning, the sun rises a few hours after I do. The room is still dark when I kneel by the bed and perform my daily prayer. I prefer to pray in the dark, when I can see no rips in my dress, no scratches on my skin. Just me and God. My father told me that it takes a lot of hubris to think this way. Told me that God doesn’t care about what state my dress is in or whether or not I’m worse for the wear - as long as I am pure of heart like everyone else. In the darkness of that early dawn, when I can’t see th...

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“The Secret Is In The Meadow” by Noelle C. Lee

Submitted to Contest #112

Blowing tall grass covers the meadow. The grass is willowy and always on the move. She spies the meadow from afar and dreams of blowing through it with the wind. Parked at her window with thoughts of freedom dancing through her mind in such speed that she can see multiple scenes at once. She jumps, sprints, cartwheels, all with open arms through the meadow feeling the sun and wind whilst she welcomes the rain covering her in droplets. She opens her mouth and closes her eyes and inhales deeply worshipping the sensations. The meadow served as ...

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“Ebbing Embers” by Leela Ramesh

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                            Ebbing Embers It was a family of thirteen, parents and eleven children. Out of those eleven, two were stepchildren for the lady of the house. With nine children of her own, the two from her husband’s first marriage irked her like a stye in the eye. The elder one a girl and the younger one a boy was a constant reminder that her husband had slept with another woman before her. B...

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“Black Balloon” by J. J. Fauria

Submitted to Contest #112

PROLOGUE: On a chilly gusty evening, underneath a blood moon, a lone, old and worn Good Year Tire rolls into the Welldun City Veteran’s cemetery. It settles against a burgundy granite tombstone that happened to be the final resting spot of a long piece of red ribbon. ONE WEEK LATER: “Mrs. Griswold, if you can’t keep up your mortgage payments, then we will have to take the house?” “I understand, but my husband just died and I never worked. I stayed home, raised our kids and took care of the house this whole time. I don’t have any ex...

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“A Meat Lover's Pizza” by Tanner Burke

Submitted to Contest #112

Man, that rain is really coming down. Probably pretty dangerous to drive in that. I hope the pizza guy isn’t having problems getting home. It would be a real shame if he got hurt or something. I mean, I already have my pizza, but I’d still be pretty bummed. Or maybe I’d never find out. I eat the first slice. This has to be the best one yet. Meat Lover’s Pizza, a large. I didn’t get an extra large because that would be absurd for just me, but I am rewarding myself. I lost five pounds this week, 5% of my total goal. Lots of miserable walks i...

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“Depths of Darkness” by Chris Gonzales-Aden

Submitted to Contest #112

The doors slammed shut in time with the feeling of dread dropping even deeper into Morgan's stomach. She skidded to a stop just before nearly colliding with a random high schooler. She glanced at him, not even thinking about him, which in another time, maybe a few hours ago, Morgan's dread (which technically wouldn't have existed those few hours ago) would've been replaced with confusion. Normally Morgan had a very good eye for things that are out of place. If she'd been in a better mental state, she might have noticed that she'd never seen ...

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“Hatchet Man” by Andrea Moya

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Hatchet Man By Andrea Moya Rob felt the weight of the small axe in his hand and waited. It was a slow afternoon at work. Several reservations came in, the bells above the door jangling each time they were pushed open. Outside it was raining, chilly gusts of air burst through the entrance each time a group arrived. The girls at the front desk greeted guests with smiles and paperwork. He watched from a distance as they went over the rules. The visitors grinned nervously, some overwhelmed by the noise coming from the cages behind him, the ince...

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