Write a story titled 'Paradise Lost'.

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“Paradise Lost” by Lady Kay

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It took Zuri three years to plan her escape. Three years of working two full-time jobs, sticking to a strict monthly budget, coming up with creative excuses to avoid expensive social outings and group dinners with people who insisted on splitting the bill every time, and upcycling her wardrobe. Zuri couldn't remember the last time she bought a new pair of shoes - she preferred low-heeled mules but envied women who could confidently trot around in stilettos - or a dress just because she felt like it or because she needed yet another sat...

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“Painful Paradise of loss” by Celine Guerro

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Painful Paradise of loss To experience pain is to be someone who loved something or someone so much that it now hurts that they are gone that you won't feel them ever again in your life until you pass on from this life or this world. When we grow we make bonds with the people in our lives whether that person has been in our lives for only a few days to those who have been with us for a lot longer like our mothers our fathers our aunts and uncles those people are who we make our foundations with they are the pillars that are supposed to help ...

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“Paradise Lost” by Yu F

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“I am very very scared right now.” I whispered to myself. Standing on the rooftop, I looked over the edge. 200 feet beneath, a hundred cars stopped and moved. Engine noises rang from a distance. People walked on the sidewalk. No one looked up. Then I took a step forward. For half a heartbeat I thought I would fall to my inevitable death. Then my harness grabbed me by my waist. I hung onto the safety ropes against the glass wall. Just another regular day at work, I thought. I breathed out deep, and started cleaning windows. A couple pigeons f...

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“Paradise Lost” by Ruby Burgin

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He came for her in the early hours of the morning. Samsam Bujang parked his brand new ‘98 Range Rover Discovery on the border of the montane forest in the heart of Borneo, releasing his grip on the stirring wheel to clench and unclench his fingers repeatedly. He did not stop until the ache had passed and the crunching and clicking of his knuckles had ceased. Samsam eyed the rainforest for a moment, assessing his target, watching the mist roll through the thick trees and swarm his Discovery. He opened the car door and planted his ...

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“Paradise Lost” by Aleksandra Ludoski

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*The story touches on sensitive themes such as betrayal, addiction, self harm, despair, and emotional turmoil.* " For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more". ( Hebrews 8:12)Monday( 2:30 PM, Circle II)Once more,I awaken bathed in sweat, ensnared by a dream of you. The guide through infernal circles, where I've lost track of my place, yet know I'm astray. A familiar number summons, its voice wrenching my gut 180 degrees. As the phone rings incessantly, I steel myself against the inevitable confrontation, kno...

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“Paradise Lost” by Gregg Voss

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Sensitive content: Language. There was the world, an amorphous form of fallen humanity traveling a great and wide highway careening toward hell. But there were also those who were enlightened, those who had found the truth and built their dwelling on that granite cornerstone. Because of that, disaster would not venture near their tent. There was room for all in the kingdom, Pops had drilled into my head with count...

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“Paradise Lost” by Sarah Morris

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Jenny wasn’t afraid of monsters anymore; she was seven after all. Well, she was almost seven, and that was too old to fear what might be lurking under the bed. Her nightlight shone across the floor, illuminating toys she hadn’t remembered to put away and the cardboard boxes that were only half full. The glow cast long, dark shadows along the bare walls of her bedroom, like fingers that were reaching out to grab her. The longer she stared, the closer they seemed to come.But she was a big girl. Mama said so.Jenny wasn’t afraid of monsters in t...

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“Paradise Lost” by Ben Mangles

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Despite my position, my name will have little meaning once the dust has settled. Though I do not apologize for my actions, nor the actions of my colleagues, I am in no small part responsible for the state of my home. A once studious and proud land now likely lost to the sands of time. Although I wish in its final moments I could regale you with the magnificent achievements and rich culture we have fostered over the centuries, it is more pressing that you know how this beautiful seaside cove sank beneath the wave. I was born to a well-off co...

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“Paradise Lost” by Yashvi Trivedi

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On my way to work one morning I noticed the freshly bloomed flowers on the trees by the footpath. I felt sorrow, as if my mind was rejuvenated by the change in the weather but my heart was still hopeless. I stretched my arm with the help of my lean and tall figure. I gently stroked the red petal of the new blossom and wished for it to stroke me back. If I was younger, I would have plucked it and made it mine. ‘But maybe, a beauty like this is supposed to be admired from afar’ I thought giving credit to my wiser age. Forcing a smile and fill...

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“Paradise Lost: Rehab Camp” by Nathaniel Gardener

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“Patients of Hortonhouse, I welcome you with the widest, deepest, and most open of arms, hearts, and such, to this, our flagship rehabilitation ranch.”At the time I thought that he meant it. The doctor’s grin was beef burger broad. “It is my firm belief that functioning in the modern world strictly follows a sense of independence in the intra-psychic world.” Something, something, camp to make you ...

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“Paradise Lost” by Joe Holek

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Marv Kelly was in the Southwest National Park on the island of Tasmania searching for a ghost. The scientific community thought he was a dreamer, wandering after something that had gone extinct nearly one-hundred years ago. The view of his peers did not deter Marv, he was sure the beast still roamed the island. Two years ago, Marv heard a bark in the park. It was a piercing sound making the hairs on his head and neck stand on end. It was a call from a beast who was no more, the bark came from a thylacine. Marv went to the park religiously, ...

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“Paradise Lost” by Susan Lamphier

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Millie shifted in her wheel chair, and rolled over the slider threshold onto her little porch. Her porch was shared with the woman next door, with a small fence between the two. Millie's half of the porch had a pole with two bird feeders and a hanging flower basket. Around her, several filled suet cages hung from the railing. There is just room left for her wheelchair and a small side table. Time has not been kind to Millie, but she was of an age where she knew her days are numbered. She struggled with her health, but her birds were her sanc...

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“Paradise Lost” by Marina Savva

Submitted to Contest #248

Many of you, as children, would look out of the window at night before you went to bed. You would wonder how the man in the moon was doing; wonder if he was real. Many of you who believed would then wonder why he spent all his days watching you through his telescope; you were scared. And at that I grew heavier, more sombre. For I knew this little man and he was not quite so small. He was a man like any other who, watching you all through his hole in the sky, saw you all living in a big paradise which he felt he’d lost out on. A long, long ti...

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“Paradise - Lost” by Noted Moments

Submitted to Contest #248

John woke up to the sound of birds chirping and sunlight peeking through the windows of his beautiful home. He looked around, taking in the sleek, modern design and the lush greenery outside. But something felt off. He couldn't quite put his finger on it, which made him feel uneasy. As he got out of bed, he noticed a stranger sitting near the wall, wearing a warm smile. "Good morning, John!" the stranger said. "Welcome to Paradise!" John's confusion deepened. "Who are you? And where am I?" The stranger handed him a small package. "I am o...

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“Paradise Lost” by Rachel Shailer

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Aggie sat in her favourite armchair, sipping a cup of tea that had just been boiled. She gazed out the window, watching the world go by on another ordinary day. Her apartment was her tiny paradise, filled with her most profound treasures, favourite trinkets, and secret memories. Her paradise contained the postcard that Harry had bought her on their first trip together in the corner of the room. He had seen it in a little tourist shop and bought it for her for the silly joke on the front. The picture was of two hand-drawn seagulls, with one ...

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Write a story titled 'Paradise Lost'.

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✍️ 70 stories

“Paradise Lost” by Lady Kay

“Painful Paradise of loss” by Celine Guerro

“Paradise Lost” by Yu F

“Paradise Lost” by Ruby Burgin

“Paradise Lost” by Aleksandra Ludoski

“Paradise Lost” by Gregg Voss

“Paradise Lost” by Sarah Morris

“Paradise Lost” by Ben Mangles

“Paradise Lost” by Yashvi Trivedi

“Paradise Lost: Rehab Camp” by Nathaniel Gardener

“Paradise Lost” by Joe Holek

“Paradise Lost” by Susan Lamphier

“Paradise Lost” by Marina Savva

“Paradise - Lost” by Noted Moments

“Paradise Lost” by Rachel Shailer

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