Write a story involving a character who cannot return home.

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“Trapped” by Reet Miglani

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“God I barely got any sleep last night, can’t believe its morning already, and ouch, why is this mattress so uncomfortable?! I knew I should have gone with the other one, curse you Dylan for tricking-““AAAHHHHHHHHH”9 hours ago“Karen, change the news exclusive, remove the story of the fire, instead add the exclusive about the people who disappeared, all the details are in here, it was David Williams, a known photographer, Brian Matthews and Emma Smith from the police ranch, both detectives, Ashley Brown, an interior designer, and Elenour Jone...

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“Lost in Time” by Shrutika Tiwari

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Misery; that's all what memories mean for me anymore. Only last night I was breathing in her fragrance- a lovely shade of chocolate her hair was and her eyes blue and bewitching. Then like every other morning I woke up again, only to realize I don't exist for her anymore. I sigh as I navigate through the wilderness trying to follow the hidden trail I use regularly to go looking for water. I chew the remnants of a raw fish I caught the previous morning.Fire is a luxury; scratch that- everything I took granted on Terra is a luxury here, be it ...

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“It's all fun and Games untill. ” by Retired Slv

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“Old Pulteney is my name; I’m no angel and have caused my fair share of trouble, the accident broke both my legs and I was in a coma for three months. A friend introduced me to this meeting and my life has been a roller coaster of events. I served time for driving under the influence numerous times. See, I’ve not always been like this.” He adjusted his posture in the wheelchair and bent forward supporting his torso comfortably on the side arm as he begun to tell his life story. He was now an old man in his third nursing home having been kick...

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“Contact Us For Customer Service Support” by M. Ong

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By the time Tom was done with work on an average Tuesday, the sun had already set. Despite the departure of the fiery star in the sky, the heat from the day radiated from the ground and warmed the soles of his feet. Hauling his things over his shoulder, he walked to his crappy lone Toyota. Even though he had come early to work, he was forced to stay late into the night finishing up some market research to cater to the Krid demographic. Tom was never a very opinionated person. He didn’t really care for many things. Even when the news o...

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“Blinding darkness” by M. A. Shepherd

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Her fingers sank into the damp dirt as she held up the earth over her head, her arms quivering, sweat tracing a path up her face, her legs flailing uselessly towards the endless stretches of indigo sky below her. Finally, Lia couldn’t hold on anymore and allowed her muscles to release, feeling the wind ruffle her hair and the short rush of adrenaline pump through her veins as she let herself fall backwards.She landed in the soft lawn and lay there with her eyes closed, blades of grass tickling her bare arms and calves as the warm sunlight ca...

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“A moon tale” by Emma Harris

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I knew becoming an astronaut was the worse job I could ever have chosen to become. I have just found out that I must be the lucky one to go up to the moon this year. I sit on the ship. I am utterly terrified. I took many attempts to escape the moons pull, and now I think I am finally free the moon is going to pull me back again. I don't have any friends or family. My co-workers think they are dead. But sadly, no my friends and family live somewhere completely different, and it is a place I thought I would never see again. The rocket is takin...

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“Mira” by Reem Ben Salah

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I hurried down the dark alley as raindrops started tickling my bare arms. The apartment I shared with three other girls was not that far away, but one can never be safe in this area of Istanbul.The raindrops became thicker and faster so I raised the piece of stitched cloth I called jacket to cover my head. Suddenly, lighting flashed through the dark sky. A few seconds later, the loud growl of thunder sent a shiver down my spine. I finally reached the building. Our apartment was on the third floor. During times like these, the elec...

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“Moments of weakness” by Tawana Mhlanga

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"The pain will finally stop." Goose bumps erupt all over my skin as the cold winter breeze coming in through the bathroom window seeps through the thin linen fibers of my worn out jacket. My teeth rattle frantically within my mouth and my heart weighs heavy within my chest. I rub my hands together in a feeble attempt to seek warmth but stop almost immediately and stumble backwards with a choked sob as the sticky blood on my fingers makes its presence known. "Just do it" I never meant to hurt her. She was never meant to be there. Why di...

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“Red Sky at Morning” by A Mehendale

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Red wakes up that morning - like he does most mornings - with screams ringing in his ears and the bitter taste of smoke faint on his tongue.He stares unblinking at the ceiling, like he does most mornings, taking a moment to simply be and breathe, to fill his lungs with cold air that does not choke him.And then, like he does most mornings, he shrugs off his bed covers, twisted together and clammy with sweat, and makes his way to the open window, to determine by how many hours he has beaten the sun’s rise.Today the moon is paling, low in the s...

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“homecoming.” by Rebeca Sage

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Stephen Artemis ran, his feet thumping on the ground underneath him. The cool midnight breeze cooling off his warm, rosy cheeks. “Have fun trying to get back home in time to stop us from restoring our one true advantage.” The portal was just two feet away from him; he willed it to work with every cell in his body. “Magic is indestructible, we could fight the humans back with it. But the cost is much too great.” He knew it wouldn’t work, but that didn’t stop him from trying, despite the fact he had to run into a tree trunk at ev...

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“The War Between Hope and Death” by Skylar Brooks

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( This story is about two young boys in World War 1 fighting for the British Army. I know it's not perfect and I tried my best to make everything accurate. It is a little long I got carried away. Trigger Warning because it does discuss darker things. I hope you enjoy! )I was a young boy, too young. My name was James. I had just had my 16th birthday when we had gotten news from father that a war had begun. My father was too old and frail to go fight for our country I knew I had to be the one to set up. The day I left my mum cried harder than ...

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“The Prince and the Crimelord ” by Mikayla Ross

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He really did hate the slums. The foul street urchins wandering the streets, clutching onto his clothing, begging for his money. Street brawls breaking out on every corner, creating pools of blood everywhere he stepped. Though most of all, Alexian hated the smell, the stench of dead things, and uncleansed bodies reeked around him. Yet there he was, trekking through Osagia’s slums. The putrid smell infiltrating his nostrils, making him gag. He didn’t want to be there and there was really no good reason for him to be there other than the fact...

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“Someday” by Ilika Motani

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“Home is where the heart is.” ~ Gaius Plinius Secundus It was time to turn around and head back. After three long days of the radar’s inactive beeping, Spencer was tired of waiting. If he’d had it his way, he’d have left two days ago. But he was under strict orders to stay. Clarkson supposedly had some ‘gut instinct’ that there was someone stranded there. And while Spencer knew full well that Clarkson’s ‘gut instinct’ was bogus, he also knew that the same nasally voice that nagged out orders at him through his earpiece could issue the co...

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“Heart's Desire” by Katie Drake

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Heart’s Desire “You wish to obtain the Key To The Heart?” Lady Diane questioned, standing behind her desk in the spacious study of her estate. “After all, why not? The Key should be ours. A treasure of that value is of no use in the hands of that recluse,” the portly Baron seated on a nearby settee concluded. His statement was cheered on by the echo of agreements of the fellow noblemen and noblewomen of the land. Diane placed her hands flat against the rough surface of the desk. “You cannot acquire the Key. It does not belong to you,...

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“Chosen Fate” by Jessica Yehl

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I had always thought I stayed out of obligation. The farm seemed older than the land it was built on. The screech of the rusted hinges of the barn sounded just as natural to me as the crickets did in the field. If the question had ever been asked, I would have said that the wood of the barn had started rotting before the first nail was hammered in. Folks had always said we were lucky, a farm had everything you ever needed for a family to survive: a garden to sew for food, animals to harvest for meat, shelter from the worst of storms, and...

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Write a story involving a character who cannot return home.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 320 stories

“Trapped” by Reet Miglani

“Lost in Time” by Shrutika Tiwari

“It's all fun and Games untill. ” by Retired Slv

“Contact Us For Customer Service Support” by M. Ong

“Blinding darkness” by M. A. Shepherd

“A moon tale” by Emma Harris

“Mira” by Reem Ben Salah

“Moments of weakness” by Tawana Mhlanga

“Red Sky at Morning” by A Mehendale

“homecoming.” by Rebeca Sage

“The War Between Hope and Death” by Skylar Brooks

“The Prince and the Crimelord ” by Mikayla Ross

“Someday” by Ilika Motani

“Heart's Desire” by Katie Drake

“Chosen Fate” by Jessica Yehl

🌟 Similar prompts

Write about a family with a long-standing tradition, whose members all have conflicting origin stories for it.

Start your story with a character having a premonition, but no one believes them.

Write about someone who’s desperately trying to change their luck.

Set your story on (or in) a winding river.

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