Write a story about a character experiencing anxiety.

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“Rise of Azrael” by Jason Yeboah

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-Nova -Azrael -Aspen -Phoenix -Hydra -Eon -Raven “Now that you have all finished signing the document, accommodations have been prepared,” said the squire. “Very well,” replied Eon. I knew creating you would serve me well. Eon was an excellent creator. He was the master of time. He could see the future and the past, but he didn’t often because it drained him of his energy. He was the one who had the idea of a treaty. “Well, is that everything?,” asked Phoenix. The gods had just finished signing a treaty t...

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“Box of Ashes” by Amanda Smith

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Sam Burns heard there would be snow, but that was the last thing on his mind this December. The radio was whispering quietly in the background, forecasting a storm for Chicago, but being states away ignored the radio cast. Sam was currently busy, enraptured by the cardboard box that lay half open on his dining room table, a Newport dangling haphazardly from the fingers of his left hand to hear much of anything. A part of him knew if he moved an inch it would jump off on its own regard and start telling him the latest. It seemed an outright ...

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“Ambrose' nose glows...by Walt” by Walt Landers

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Well, it's that night again, Santa was thinking. He was studying his grooming in the bathroom mirror, little scissors in hand. Then he leaned close to the mirror to trim his eyebrows a little. He didn't like it when his eyebrows got too long. He wiped his hands on the towel and stepped out. "I guess I'm as ready as I'm going to get, Agnes. Can you help me with my coat?" Agnes Claus took the red coat off the hanger and stood holding it. Santa leaned left to push his arm through, then had his...

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“The Mystery Painter” by Desiree Leeper

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He painted the walls layered in a thin sheen of cold water droplets, I sat behind him just beyond the line of light coming from the towering street lamp, masked in the dead of the night while his artwork glowed beneath his paint stained knuckles. Tilting my head slightly to my right a strand of my dark hair fell across my face and I stared not at the beauty of his creation, but rather the mysterious wonder and intent of those curved lines and bright colors he used to convey his developing message. Of all of the people i’ve watched to make a ...

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“The Good Doctor” by Vaibhav Sharma

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Anxiety is like an orange penguin.If I tell you to sit in a corner and not think about an orange penguin, that would be all that you will think about.Same with anxiety—the more you don’t want to think about it, the faster it envelopes you. Which is why I was sitting in the waiting area of Dr. Harvey Brown, MSc, MBACP. I had spent the last night perched at the end of my bed, still dressed from work. I had had minor panic attacks earlier, but always ignored them with the excuse of being overworked. But after last night, it couldn’t be pushed a...

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“The Contest” by Unknown User

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Difficult to try and collect my thoughts, In sheer panic, I panted. It was cold, dark, and with how my head throbbed, I wondered if the dark could be blindness.The last thing I remembered was walking through the airport. I went to collect on airline tickets I had won. The contest was dinner with my actor hero, John! It seemed fate to me, so I entered a month ago.Why would this happen? It seemed so legit. Why now? I felt my head throb more intensely as I fought back tears, the massive lump in my throat was choking me, I knew where I was, I kn...

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“Sizzle” by Ruby Grove

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SIZZLE Heat sizzled from the old parking lot. Empty stores stretching on both sides had made the lot worthless. Grass and weeds grew unimpeded between the cracks and along the sides but it provided a short cut home for Sarah. The old air conditioner at the dry cleaners where Sarah worked rattled its way to death earlier in the day. The lunch-sized brown paper bag looked pretty substantial as Sarah approached it. It lay neatly on its side. It hadn’t...

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“An Unexpected Encounter ” by Shannon Meyers

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Elias emerged from the rubble, coughing as he wiped the blood from his brow. He looked around. He had passed out and it seemed as if the demons had left some time ago. He cried out but there was no reply. He searched around under the rubble and called for his mother but all he could find was an outstretched hand with a familiar ring on the pointer finger. He paused to retch until everything inside had left. He woke up in the forest. He could not remember how he’d gotten there but his mother’s ring was clutched in one hand while a b...

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“Subtle Waves” by Viktoria Anasteen

Submitted to Contest #20

She was taken back to the time she first learnt to swim, how she dipped her small toes in to test the waters. Her parents waited in the pool itself, urging her to come forth into the unknown which, accord to their words, said she could stand in it and not drown. She could only imaging that her small body would have frozen and questioned her parents, but nevertheless, her trust in them would trample that questioning. It was very strange that she had such a vivid memory of that moment from very long ago, about 7 years ago, a memory which she c...

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“ THE CURE by MARTIN EASTLAND” by Unknown User

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It was his skill they coveted, above all else. He had been revered, being likened to a surgeon cutting out a cancer. Michael Rivers was the best contract killer in the nation, and his career as a Marine Gunnery Sgt. ensured that position. He had taken some of the most unenviable assignments with frightening precision, cementing his legend among the Chicago underworld as he waded through the countless corpses he had created. Crooked Senators, rival narcotics overlords, predators (for a considerably smaller, more affordabl...

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“A Stranger Side of Me” by Jen Ponig

Submitted to Contest #20

When I woke up this morning, it was still dark outside. I had stayed up late studying for finals. It was close to 2am when I went to bed. I felt as though I hardly slept at all. Mom was in the kitchen preparing coffee, and making a lot of noise doing it. I pushed the kitchen door open and found mom, in her robe and slippers, talking to a stranger in baggy pajamas. The stranger was emptying a sachet of Nescafé 3 in 1 into my hot chocolate mug. My first thought was about the mug. Why would mom let this stranger use my mug? On second thought, I...

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“The Struggle ” by Kylie Arnett

Submitted to Contest #20

Everything is getting bigger and bigger, while I'm getting smaller and smaller, being at the mall is too much. My breathing is picking up. I try to count like I've been told, "one..two..three". Eyes, they are all looking at me, "no four..five..six". Laughter echoing my mind, they're laughing at me. I'm making a scene, "seven..eight..nine". Too many people to many faces, I have to escape. I look for the exits there are none. My skin is starting to crawl, seeing all of these different faces. Why are they staring, what is wrong? A door I finall...

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“The Quiet Buzzing” by Evan Wang

Submitted to Contest #20

My phone’s alarm went off on the dresser right next to my bed. It slowly aroused me from an unrestful slumber. I woke up feeling stressed as my mind ran through a list of what has to be done today. I’m a student at a high school and everyday leaves me tired and tension filled. My body was still in the same position I woke up in. For a second it felt like everything that I ever loved about school turned into monstrous beings. Friends turned into shadows, classes turned into prison cells, laughs turned into an irritating buzzing sound. I shook...

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“How to Get Out of Your Own Head” by Sierra Milliron

Submitted to Contest #20

I can't do it . . .I can't do it . . .I can't do it . . .That was the only thing she could think as she stared down the hallway. This must be what tunnel vision felt like. All woozy and dizzy like the walls were closing in. Unbearable tears oozed from her eyes and her short nails left half-moon dents on her palms. Suffocating. Paralyzing. The breath of her own indecision puffing down the back of her neck, cold enough to raise goosebumps. But the eyes that pierced her from every direction were the worst. She could hear the mumbles. "What is w...

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“It's All in Your Head” by Courtney Dickson

Submitted to Contest #20

I open my eyes to the high-pitched sound of my alarm going off and my heart rate spikes. I sit up in my bed and take 3 deep breaths in through my nose and out through my mouth. I make my way to the bathroom and turn the hot water on in the shower, brushing my teeth while I wait for the water to heat up. The tips of my fingers are tingling but I think nothing of it as I rinse my mouth and step into the warm embrace of the shower. I tilt my head back to wet my hair and as the water covers my ears all sound is drowned out except for the loud t...

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Write a story about a character experiencing anxiety.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 83 stories

“Rise of Azrael” by Jason Yeboah

“Box of Ashes” by Amanda Smith

“Ambrose' nose glows...by Walt” by Walt Landers

“The Mystery Painter” by Desiree Leeper

“The Good Doctor” by Vaibhav Sharma

“The Contest” by Unknown User

“Sizzle” by Ruby Grove

“An Unexpected Encounter ” by Shannon Meyers

“Subtle Waves” by Viktoria Anasteen

“ THE CURE by MARTIN EASTLAND” by Unknown User

“A Stranger Side of Me” by Jen Ponig

“The Struggle ” by Kylie Arnett

“The Quiet Buzzing” by Evan Wang

“How to Get Out of Your Own Head” by Sierra Milliron

“It's All in Your Head” by Courtney Dickson

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Write a story about a character who starts out as a pessimist and ends as an optimist. (Or vice versa.)

Write a story about a character who would be described above all else as "logical."

Write a story about a day in the life of a mother.

Write a story about a character experiencing independence for the first time.

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