Write about a character who feels like they're cut off from something.

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“Even Offline, the Clock Will Keep Ticking” by Jacob Hare

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Tick, tock, tick, tock Time keeps flying by, and I get no messages. It’s funny that people always promise things and never seem to deliver. Ever since I got home from camp, barely anyone has even tried to reach out to me, and I always have to reach out to them. It’s hard to admit, but it honestly bothers me how I have to initiate those conversations. If I do decide to wait for the other person, nothing ever comes. Then, there are just some people who never even respond in the first place. For example, Kieran told me that we’d keep ...

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“Disconnected ” by Millie Kemp

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My alarm goes off. I get up. I move with numb legs to the bathroom to get ready. I get dressed. I eat. All part of my daily routine. It’s the same, every day. I no longer feel anything. “Ugh, I’m going to be late again!” I said to my mom as I grabbed my waffle and my backpack on my way to the door. “Maia, you really need to start getting up earlier!” my mom yelled back to me, exasperated with my tardy attendance. I had been late the past four days and was about to be late yet again. “Yes, I remember from the last ten times you told me, th...

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“More Than a Race” by Kathy Philpott

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Kathy Philpott philpott.kathy@yahoo.com More Than a Race Victor walked the track for several hours, noticing any unusual curve or change that could affect his performance. The surface of the track is less smooth than last year. The tire grip will be affected. Given the weather conditions and his spot on the grid, the race will be complicated. Last year at this venue, the skies were clear, and the track had not been resurfaced. Of course, last year was the first year with Covid restrictions, so nothing felt familiar. This year, Victor's c...

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“FORSAKEN” by Joan Wright

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"WHORE! Tramp! Traitor!" Screamed Tina hysterically. The words echoed down the quiet street. Neighbors stared in paralyzed disbelief. The next sound was the slap that Tina fired at Judy's face. Judy gasped as the intensity of the slap knocked her off balance. Tina and Judy who had been best friends since third grade were at war. Well, at least Tina was at war. "Roger and I are going steady and everyone knows it, especially you." Raged Tina. "Please, let me explain, Begged Judy, holding her hand over her reddened cheek. You don't know the who...

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“The Tribulations of a Young Whelk Fisherman” by Benedict Pignatelli

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Tom had awoken early but refused to move. His ear-shattering twin-bell alarm clock had jerked him awake, inducing the minor heart attack he had come to accept first thing in the morning. Again whelks had followed Tom into his dreams; he could not remember the last time he had dreamt of anything else. They were like a taste lurking at the back of his throat that refused to disappear. He had accepted their residency in his mind. The apartment was so cold he could not face getting out of bed. During the night he had pulled off his woolly Aran...

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“Allana ” by Avery Nelson

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After I remember watching from my bedroom window as she walked away. I remember she was angry. I remember she wasn’t planning on coming back. She got her wish. Now I’m getting ready for her funeral. I’m wearing a black dress, black tights, black socks and shoes, black black black. Allana hated black, so I don’t know why we’re wearing it. It seems disrespectful that we aren’t wearing yellow or hot pink, or some other outrageous color she loves. Loved. “Mina, are you ready?” Mom calls up the stairs. “Just a minut...

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“Hatred, Misery and Suffering” by Linda Hackett

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CW: antisemitism/Nazi mention, Holocaust, gore, violence, death.Hatred, Misery and SufferingThe old man stood staring out of the window at the lengthening shadows with a smile of wistfulness on his face. He knew he was going to die soon but it couldn’t come soon enough for him. He very much doubted that people would believe the things he had done and seen throughout his lifetime. A life of torment and suffering, of agonizing decisions, nothing had ever been done on impulse. He had learnt from a very early age not to ...

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“The Cruise Ship That Never Ports” by Nancy Donovan

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As I stare out of my panoramic, floor-to-ceiling windows all I can see is the Atlantic Ocean. I hear the fierce, powerful waves that can take one's life in the riptides. I wanted this. I wanted the adventure of leaving my family, my friends & 20-year job to hop on a plane with only two suitcases, and my "forever" fiance to move to Puerto Rico.It has been two and a half years that we have lived here. I promised myself that I would never become bored. I was going to acclimate beautifully into a new culture. There was no doubt in my mind th...

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“Follow "Threw"” by Penni Warford

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It's been nineteen years since I lost my independence.Sixteen years since I got punched in the gut by a phone call. In 2002 I brought my granddaughter home from the neonatal ICU. She was 10 days old. For almost three years I took her to specialists at top hospitals in search of answers. The experts relentlessly poked and prodded, but a clear diagnosis eluded them. We ran the gauntlet called diagnostic odyssey, yet no one considered the possibility of a faulty gene, passed from mother to child, from my daughter to my granddaughter.I...

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Write about a character who feels like they're cut off from something.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 54 stories

“Even Offline, the Clock Will Keep Ticking” by Jacob Hare

“Disconnected ” by Millie Kemp

“More Than a Race” by Kathy Philpott

“FORSAKEN” by Joan Wright

“The Tribulations of a Young Whelk Fisherman” by Benedict Pignatelli

“Allana ” by Avery Nelson

“Hatred, Misery and Suffering” by Linda Hackett

“The Cruise Ship That Never Ports” by Nancy Donovan

“Follow "Threw"” by Penni Warford

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One moment your character is talking on the phone with a friend, and the next, the connection is lost. Write a story about what follows.

Set your story in a town disconnected from the rest of the world.

Start or end your story with a character scrolling (or doomscrolling) through social media.

Write a story where a device goes haywire.

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