Write a story about a character who fails to understand something until they have the full context.

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“The Call” by Rajesh Patel

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It was a great day. I had just finished my last day of work before I go on vacation for a month. This year, I decided to take my vacation during the month of November. Why? Maybe because I am a Scorpio. Maybe because I enjoy Halloween (my vacation starts on October 29th), maybe because I love the fall weather, or maybe because, it is the time of the year that covers Halloween, Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and the beginning of the holiday season. Simply put, all of the above maybe… My girlfriend, Jennifer, wanted us to get costumes for a s...

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“The Queen who Fell Off” by Vanit Shah

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(WARNING: Depression, Violent Themes) - Mother brought home the magnetic chess set for my 13th birthday. I squealed with delight when she unwrapped the metallic board with its 32 polished pieces, a miniature army that was mine to command. And then she got started in earnest. Coming home at 7pm every evening, bleary-eyed and disheveled after her grueling shifts at the knitting factory, she would immediately light up upon coming to my room, seeing me sitting dutifully on the bed with the chess board all set up. The worry lines would disappe...

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“BAGS OF LIFE” by Philip Phiri

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Birds tweeting in the forest, the sounds of the angry waters falling hard are heard from were Johnnie is seated weeping, dressed only in a cloth big enough to cover his silent flute. “Why!!!!” He exclaimed as he cried while screaming looking to the skies. “It’s not fair, she was only a little girl.” He screamed as his veins from his neck almost bust, causing the veins on his barrel-chested, beefy, thick flaccid, improbable massive, hairy golden fit body to made more visible as he yells to the sky. Then powerlessly he falls on his kneels hold...

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“Avarice ” by Jess A. Smith

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“Why do you hoard?” “Why do you waste?” The echoes of these rasping growling horrendously pointed questions roll round and round in my head. My chest hurts from the weight of it all. The pushing and the heaving and the howling! Will it ever end? “Why do you hoard?” “Why do you waste?” It’s all too much to bear. And yet the boulders roll on and on and on... **** Time, rather, the passing of it; is an illusion. We feel it in life; with every breath we take into our lungs-we consume it. We breathe in and out with greed, ravenous for more and bl...

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“Chance Meeting ” by Thompson Emate

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Scott Hill is an IT software expert who works with Oasis Corporation. He is intelligent, smart and a member of the management team of Oasis Corporation, a corporation that designs high profile softwares, some of which are confidential and can only be assessed by top members of the management team. Scott Hill takes pride in his high cognitive skills which gives him an edge over other software experts and web programmers. Raised by a father who is a military officer and a mother who is an engineer, he had been taught to be calculative in...

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“JACK DEWITT: ATROCITIES UPON MOUNT SINAI ” by Bobby Davis

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Detective DeWitt (Abridged) Chapter 1 The Atrocities Upon Mount Sinai "Last night, I dreamt of Kathmandu again. Also obsidian shores and sanguine onyx piers. Of bioluminescent beings, and blasphemous altars to Moloch Baal. The rum usually takes me there, or the whiskey. Some drink to remember, I drink to forget. Often, my investigations have led me to places many don't believe in yet. Perhaps it's better that way. But now, I prefer my vacations at the bottom of a glass. A lot safer. And about the best a private eye can get, e...

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“Forex beginner.” by Thimoteus Hamalwa

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what it is? ,”A black market or a rumored trade that does not exist at all” asking. He hears forex from strangers and they said it is the biggest market in the world but this was a joke to him. He only knew off physical trades But he did not know of such invisible market. Is this guy normal anyways? yes he is. There is always a beginning to anything. Hence knowledge is acquired and knowledge is the power to understanding. He had a smartphone though he never believed the information he got from google because it was still a scam to him. His...

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“This is the feminisim we mean. ” by Gina Gin

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I cringe anytime I remember that period in my life. Life hadn't always been this good, I still remember Mbuotidem the onyibo miss road as I sometimes called him because of his seemingly European facial features. He was short, had a slightly bulging tummy, a reddish complexion and the coldest grey eyes I had ever seen. I didn't have any friends during that period as I was very quiet and even shy. But today if you were to watch me in the market supplying foodstuffs you would think I was a bossy no nonsense type of woman. Whatever the reason or...

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“Caterpillars Tale” by Joe Swanson

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“You are telling me that I got it wrong.” “No, not that you got it wrong, it’s just that you didn’t get it right?” “You lost me. I didn’t get it wrong, but I didn’t get it right. Where does that leave me then. Which way is the needle tending to point if you don’t mind saying.” It is difficult at times talking to someone who has made up their mind about something, and you are attempting to change it. I’ve attempted to use logic, coercion, diplomacy, everything but outright force to get him to see that you can’t always do t...

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“The Aristocrats and the Beasts” by Stephanie O'Brien

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“Warning. Weapons fire detected. Entering stealth mode.” The ship’s lights dimmed, and Sabriyya’s hands tightened on the joystick, ready to use the nearby gas giant as a gravity sling if necessary. “Identify weapons signature,” she instructed, silently praying it wasn’t someone hostile to the Alliance. “Identifying…” A few tense seconds passed, and the xenologist inhaled sharply as blue and purple lasers flashed in the distance. “Two weapon signatures identified,” the computer finally announced. “One AnXilaxis Predator-class vessel, an...

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“The Sign” by Phyllis Kennedy

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Hilda had really restrained herself for some time, and agitation was starting to creep in. Without warning, all her past experiences came flashing back. She tried to distract herself but that didn't work. For some reason, a thought that everyone at Meet cafe was staring at her uneasy demeanor gripped her. She tried to be calm but that only lasted a few seconds. It was too much, she had to check her watch. “3: 35 !” She exclaimed out loud. A few people stared at her but she ignored them, they were supposed to mind their own busine...

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“The Letter Obsession” by Laurel Mathis

Submitted to Contest #101

Rain. Snow. It didn’t matter.Every morning around 8 a.m., Mrs. Keats emerged from her front door, strolled the length of her asphalt driveway, opened her black metal mailbox, and retrieved her mail. Every evening around 7 p.m., Carl noticed she returned to her mailbox and placed at least one letter in her mailbox and put its flag up to signal the postal worker.Over the past ten years that Carl lived next-door, he appreciated her dedication, giving her a wave each time he witnessed this marvel while getting in his car to leave or returning ho...

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“Survival” by Rosemary Blackthorn

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Survival By: Suzie Park She coughed and opened her eyes. Wasn’t she dead? The light blinded her and she squinted them so that they could adjust to the brightness. She was inside a base camp of their military base when she was killed. They were under attack. But right now, she isn't in the hospital. It was a place with green grass and clear air. Very different from where she was previously. Her name was Yoon Seung-ah, a nutritionist at the korean military base. They were sent to a danger...

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“Pink Suede Shoes” by Neghemi Micah

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It was her pink suede shoes I remember the most during the mandatory family barbecue. It stood out in the sea of painted toenails and awkward feet marked barefooted on the hot concrete ground. Each time it stayed in one position. In the corner of Auntie Mary and Uncle Stuart. It kind of lingered between them, listening to their conversations but the ends pointed right through their middle. During the fireworks, the shoes would twitch as if its spirit was flying with the sparks in the sky. Then at 8:15 sharp, it would stand and walk right int...

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“The New Year Incident” by John Dansk

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“10, 9, 8, 7….”“It’s not you, it’s me. I’ve changed”“6, 5, 4…..”“I still love you, just not in the same way”“3, 2, 1……”“I’m leaving you”“HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!”00:14 January 1st 2016Fifteen minutes ago, I was in love.Now? I don’t know what this is. Love Limbo? I’m a relationship refugee. I was securely docked as Captain of the good ship Boyfriend at the harbour of content and happiness and now I’ve been cast off into the murky but familiar ocean of rejection and loneliness, torpedoed by the enemy submarine named Cruel and Heartless. Like all suc...

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Write a story about a character who fails to understand something until they have the full context.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 75 stories

“The Call” by Rajesh Patel

“The Queen who Fell Off” by Vanit Shah

“BAGS OF LIFE” by Philip Phiri

“Avarice ” by Jess A. Smith

“Chance Meeting ” by Thompson Emate

“JACK DEWITT: ATROCITIES UPON MOUNT SINAI ” by Bobby Davis

“Forex beginner.” by Thimoteus Hamalwa

“This is the feminisim we mean. ” by Gina Gin

“Caterpillars Tale” by Joe Swanson

“The Aristocrats and the Beasts” by Stephanie O'Brien

“The Sign” by Phyllis Kennedy

“The Letter Obsession” by Laurel Mathis

“Survival” by Rosemary Blackthorn

“Pink Suede Shoes” by Neghemi Micah

“The New Year Incident” by John Dansk

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