Write a story about someone finding acceptance.

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“Indoor Cat” by Sam Colleran

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In the months following the loss of his father, Richard began to obsess over death. He certainly wouldn't have described his behavior as such; cautious, maybe, with a greater awareness as to the fragility of life, but not obsessive. He bought a motorcycle helmet to wear in his car and started citing statistics about annual automotive fatalities. He kept his kitchen knives locked in a drawer because he heard a story once about a woman who had committed suicide while sleepwalking. His friends became concerned, but he blew them off with a casua...

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“The Courageous Act of Accepting the Inexplainable” by Madeline Stevens

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Trigger Warning: Suicide, Substance Abuse, Mental Health.I died three times that day. The first was when my mother told me she had relapsed; the same drugs she used to go on a year long bender eight years ago. The second was when my husband told me he wanted a divorce. And the third was when I brought the pistol to my temple, and pulled the trigger. There's nothing much to dying. There was a moment of blinding pain, then I was ripped from my body. The actual feeling of being ripped from my body was similar to the twists and tu...

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“JUST THOMAS” by Bill Davis

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JUST THOMAS Thomas Mahern wasn’t a perfectionist, by any stretch of the imagination. His grades in school were always in the lower B range, any academic awards that he received could be counted on one hand, and he certainly hadn’t made the honor society. His pursuit of mediocrity continued into his professional life where, although he had pursued a medical career, he stopped way short of trying to be a doctor and instead attended school for an associate’s degree with medical technician certification. There was only one thing that drove him t...

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“Make a Wish” by Angie Lucas

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Her long hair, mostly gray now, is pulled up into a ponytail that swings back and forth as she runs. Rose has no particular destination and the whole of this mild March afternoon to get there. Her daughters, both grown and convinced they now know better than her, would sigh and tell her she’s too old to simply go for a run. But sixty-eight isn’t that old, Rose tells herself. And it’s far from her biggest problem at the moment. Plus, running is what she’s always turned to, whenever the stress of life got to be too much. The fresh air, the dis...

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“The Jumping Chair” by Amy Hinerman

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The Jumping ChairA.J. Hughes The tears kept coming as I tried to fall asleep. As much as I strained to stop, blowing my nose and wiping my eyes, there was no beating down the quakes of sorrow. I was thinking about how Dad used to get up during the night. He used that time for his true passion—writing. He was so quiet in the wee hours of the morning, but sometimes, he would get hungry. When he cooked a piece of cod in the toaster oven, its odor would wake me. For those few ...

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“Real Actual Words” by Ashlyn Riddle

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SESSION ONE Dr. McKinney has too round of a face, Vada decides. His smile is a touch too wide, his teeth a touch too white. Both sides of his face have dimples. His eyes are the bright, hypnotizing blue that sirens must envy. Vada watches him sit at the metal table, his hands clasped in front of him. A wedding ring adorns his finger. It’s simple and gold and glints in the harsh light of the room, as if accompanied by a billboard with the words, NOTICE ME! It makes up for the fact that the rest of him is perpetually unremarkable; h...

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“A Different Kind Of View” by Prodigy Mouse

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The air hung heavy on the platform, thick with the metallic tang of exhaust fumes & the greasy aroma of stale hot dogs from a nearby vendor. Neon signs advertising fast food flickered erratically, casting the bustling crowd in a strobing light show that made Hannah’s stomach churnHer friends, a vibrant collage against the grimy backdrop, chatted excitedly. Hannah tried to focus, to join in the conversation, but a growing unease gnawed at her. She clutched her backpack straps, the familiar pressure a grounding force amidst the growing sen...

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“journey to self-acceptance” by VICTORIA HALTON

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In the labyrinthine streets of Whimsicality, where every shadow seemed to harbor a secret and every word danced on the tip of a tongue, lived Jack. Jack was a man of few words but countless thoughts, perpetually standing on the cusp of understanding an inside joke—the punchline of which was his very existence. Whimsicality was no ordinary town. It was a place spun from the threads of linguistic creativity, where metaphors bloomed in gardens and similes whispered from the wings of butterflies. The townsfolk conversed in puns, and double enten...

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“Top 5 Pick” by Joey Madden

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"Projected top 5 pick in the NBA draft." All my life I have strived for this. My dream, and it was all coming to fruition. Teams salivated over my skillset. A 38-inch vertical, an elite three-point stroke, and quick feet laterally, I was something of a dream prospect. All those years I spent playing basketball with my father. Waking up early for practice. Standing around waiting for a game on the local courts, well, at least I used to. Now when I show up, everybody clears the court. This isn't football, nobody is wearing a helmet on the cou...

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“All the Craters of the Moon” by Kirk Nelson

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Arthur Church wasn’t really sure what he thought about death as he sat next to his mother’s deathbed, clenching and unclenching his hands.“Arthur?” his sister touched his shoulder. “Are you okay?”He jerked and then looked up at her. “I’m fine.”She looked down at his hands, fumbling about as if the fingers had decided to wrestle themselves. She mistook it for fretting over their dying mother rather than his dread of being in a situation that required conversation and a display of empathy. He folded his arms giving his nervous hands a place to...

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“Dirty Lens” by Diane Sintich

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“GET UP.”My eyes slammed open to the hulking silhouette of my father looming over me, my big brother’s hand in his vice grip. I held my breath as he recklessly dragged us from my room, tripping down the stairs, skidding on the foyer. With sleep in my eyes I searched for my mother, craning my neck, desperately seeking her out as the pale morning light threatened to escape through the kitchen blinds. He whipped us around to the second set of stairs, the tops of my feet burning against the berber carpeting as they scraped the steps, our bodies ...

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“Enslaved Freedom: Echoes of a lost world ” by Afia Mubasshira MOMI

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The rhythmic singing of crickets used to lull me to sleep; perhaps now even that music is banned. I used to sleep in pitch-black darkness, and now it's everywhere, but I can’t sleep. I stay awake almost all night, dive into my memory lane, and think about the past, where there was life. I sit on the couch, torn and old, that once greeted guests with its shiny velvet at parties. I took the book from the side table again. The book's original cover was stripped away, replaced by a crudely handwritten label, 'N...

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“Fake Plastic Tree” by Nekesa Sepiwe

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In those times when we try to hold onto a relationship long past their usefulness, we become like archeologists digging through old ruins, unearthing treasures which held some value at one time, a ring, a sentiment, a look… toys… clothing, or anything symbolizing a once thriving source of significance. Sometimes we get lucky and find the treasure once lost to us; we bring these riches to the light and hold them even tighter. Yet, there are times in our excavations, no matter how deep we go into the core of our being, we come up empty ha...

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“The Evasive I - Anomalies and Miscalculations” by G.S Rodson

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We never anticipated the difficulties we would face in encountering the Human race. Of course, we had been monitoring them for many of their Earthen centuries. They were first discovered in CY4545 of the Alobian calendar, which we tend to use for systems so far out from our own Morgon Prime System. We landed on their only moon, Luna, in that time and set up a base of operations. Initially it was to be a fuelling station and mining colony to enable further exploration into the deeper reaches of the universe. Their planet was unattractive to u...

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“Why Are You Here?” by Kristy Schnabel

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Week 1:As Neal entered the room, she said, "Please sit wherever you are most comfortable. The chair or the sofa." He chose the chair. "Why are you here?"Neal responded with an attitude. "You tell me." "That's not my role. Answer the question, please.""The City put me on leave.""For…""They say I need," he made air quotes, 'anger management.' I had a bad moment."She got up and walked to the desk. She grabbed an envelope with the return address 'City of Springfield, Department of Human Resources.' According to this, you threw coffee a...

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Write a story about someone finding acceptance.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 98 stories

“Indoor Cat” by Sam Colleran

“The Courageous Act of Accepting the Inexplainable” by Madeline Stevens

“JUST THOMAS” by Bill Davis

“Make a Wish” by Angie Lucas

“The Jumping Chair” by Amy Hinerman

“Real Actual Words” by Ashlyn Riddle

“A Different Kind Of View” by Prodigy Mouse

“journey to self-acceptance” by VICTORIA HALTON

“Top 5 Pick” by Joey Madden

“All the Craters of the Moon” by Kirk Nelson

“Dirty Lens” by Diane Sintich

“Enslaved Freedom: Echoes of a lost world ” by Afia Mubasshira MOMI

“Fake Plastic Tree” by Nekesa Sepiwe

“The Evasive I - Anomalies and Miscalculations” by G.S Rodson

“Why Are You Here?” by Kristy Schnabel

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