Write a story that includes the line “We’re just too different.”

Posted in Angst on Jan 27, 2023

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“Sour Hopes and Expectations” by Vania Mason

"We're just too different." These four words were on repeat in my head. I wish I could understand what's so different about us. Love makes us all the same. Or am I wrong? I couldn't sleep that night, words overcrowding my mind. Blurring every thought I had. How could I let go? You're as cold as your touch. Stale voice that echoes every time you're not charged enough. Charged enough with the thrill that awakens every bit of you. But you don't want to share those with me. You'd rather s...

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“We Are a Burning City” by Teddy Karelefsky

We Are a Burning City “Follow that car!” I yell, slamming the taxi door behind me. Without hesitation the driver hits the pedal. Sweat pools on my brow as we speed past a blur of gray people and black cars. Keeping my focus on the beat-up, red Toyota she drives, we chase her around the corner. The hard turn slams me to the side of the taxi. We speed up, running three red lights, and screech ...

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“Deep Shallows” by Polly Orr

The trip was going sideways. It started normally. Your average hallucinogenic haven. By the third Saturday of each month, I typically need to retreat to that haven to purge the nine-to-five, nine-to-five, nine-to-five drudgery. The little hippy girl down the road made me two heart-shaped chocolates that I took with me to the woods. She sold them for twenty bucks a pop but would drop down to ten if you brought something s...

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“Different Part Deux” by Colleen Ireland

“That’s not what I mean.” “Of course it is. We’re saying the exact same thing, just in different ways.” Sabrina scowled. “No. I’m saying we’re two different people, and you’re saying we’re just too different. It’s not the same.” James laughed out loud, not because he thought it was funny, this Friday afternoon exchange with his girlfriend on a city sidewalk, but because it’...

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“Opposites Attract Nothing but Pain” by C.C. Knight

In the corner of my eye, I catch dark wavy hair and an all too familiar smile, with the dimples and hazel eyes to match. And somehow my heart goes into overdrive, beating out of my chest but at the same time feels as if it has stopped altogether. There is only one person who never fails to elicit such a visceral reaction out of me and that would be Jason Davis. Some people fall in love with the wrong pe...

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“What the Heart Wants, Wants the Heart Too” by Vincent Paiement Désilets

The woman had left quite an impression on me with her uncanny eating habits. But the most attractive feature in anyone is passion—intense, unrestrained passion. In this dull, mechanical world, when someone still has a spark in the eye, that light is contagious. What was she so enthusiastic about? Meat. Someone who can find excitement in the mundane is always a keeper. Since we’d met, on our first date,...

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“Of Magnets and Men” by Kathy Trevelyan

Of Magnets and Men We did have some good times. At the beginning. The problem was that I convinced myself we were still having them when everything had demonstrably gone to shit. I’d feel frustration bubbling up, irritation fuelling my itchy discontent. Then I’d look into those deep, calm brown eyes, and I’d think I was ‘being silly,’ imagining things.’ I’d agree with him ...

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“"Has He Hurt You?" ” by Malaika Shaikh

The 90 degree heat of this August day was getting to my head. Sweat rolled down my face in little beads, I wiped it away with the back of my hand. I was in a parking lot of traffic, cars honked, people were yelling from their windows, some woman had even gotten out of her car and was leaning against the driver side door. Clearly the heat wasn’t doing much to the people around me, as a tee...

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“Tourists” by Telaina Eriksen

Tourists Alicia knew she should have broken up with Darren before their trip to Hawaii, and the fact that she was standing at the edge of a Native burial ground, in the middle of the night, telling Darren to come back to the hotel property line, really reinforced that she should have followed her instincts. She heard Darren’s drunken laugh as he turned on his phone’s flashlight to see the map he’...

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“Rise” by Sherri Moorer

Terra tilted her head to the canopy of stars over the glade. A cool wind blew from the trees surrounding her, covering the area with the energy of the earth and stars. She stretched her arms overhead, the silver bond around her wrists sparking in the full moonlight. Your energy is mine. “This tribunal is called to order,” Alinta said from her throne on the north end of the circle. Her dark for...

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“In the Wake of World” by Emily Williams

I saw you. A large duffle bag was slung over your shoulder, your sister’s hand tightly in your own. Your back was turned to me, but I knew it was you. I recognized the tattoo on your forearm you’d gotten after we graduated high school. You had called me after your appointment and showed me the intricate symbol that was now embedded into your flesh. I loved it. I got my first one soon after and you were there, just as you promised. The world was much simpler than before all of the fighting and the chaos. The last time I’d seen ...

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“Lucky Girl” by Kasey Fisher

I poured my cup of coffee, mindlessly scrolling through my phone, another week gone with nothing to do. I put my head in my hands and sighed dramatically. “You ok, Mrs. Collins?” Marta, the housekeeper, asked as she dusted the nine thousand dollar grandfather clock. Nine grand on a clock. Reason number three hundred and twenty-seven we were opposites. “Yes, Marta, I’m...

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“Feathers and Fur” by Murray Burns

Feathers and FurThis is a tale,Of forbidden love,Condemned by all creatures,And doomed from above.Noah understood. It wasn’t just man that should not be alone. All of God’s creatures crave companionship. Life is constructed in pairs.The farm was a veritable smorgasbord of livestock- cows, horses, pigs, and chickens. A small army of cats patrolled the area in search of rats, mice, ground squirrels, and other undes...

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“Carl's Cuts” by Wendy Rogers

“quack, quack, quack, quack….” Carl groaned and turned over, rubbing his eyes. He touched the snooze button on his phone. 5:30, he didn’t have much of a commute. The barber shop was just downstairs, but he wanted to be ready for the day. He got up slowly, steadying his feet on the floor. He walked over to the window, and moved the curtains aside, no sun today, only grey rain drops on the glass. He felt a soft, light touch on his calf. Looking down, there was Phoenix, the calico that had shown up on his doorstep over a year ago...

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“My Neighbor The Cat” by Denese Wright

My Neighbor The Cat is a short story about a stray cat and the impact she had on the lives of two people, who were also trying to make it out of the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic hardship alive and with their sanity. While leaning my head against the back of the sofa one day, a stray cat walked into my living room and meowed at me. I was unpleasantl...

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Write a story that includes the line “We’re just too different.”

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✍️ 69 stories

“Sour Hopes and Expectations” by Vania Mason

“We Are a Burning City” by Teddy Karelefsky

“Deep Shallows” by Polly Orr

“Different Part Deux” by Colleen Ireland

“Opposites Attract Nothing but Pain” by C.C. Knight

“What the Heart Wants, Wants the Heart Too” by Vincent Paiement Désilets

“Of Magnets and Men” by Kathy Trevelyan

“"Has He Hurt You?" ” by Malaika Shaikh

“Tourists” by Telaina Eriksen

“Rise” by Sherri Moorer

“In the Wake of World” by Emily Williams

“Lucky Girl” by Kasey Fisher

“Feathers and Fur” by Murray Burns

“Carl's Cuts” by Wendy Rogers

“My Neighbor The Cat” by Denese Wright

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