Write a story about someone who’s extremely impulsive — or extremely indecisive.

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“Plain sailing” by David Drew

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With his bulging eyes and greasy, straw-coloured hair, Ronald Hughes was in covert conversation with a small, asymmetrical man who wore large spectacles and had a browbeaten air.“I’m telling you, mate," he was saying, "the scheme can’t fail.”The two men sat in a dark corner of Montero’s tavern. The name of the small man was Oliver Bates, and he had never been to the pub before.“It’s like taking candy from a baby,” continued Hughes conspiratorially. “The surest way to five or six thousand pounds you’re gonna find. If you’re in, we can sp...

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“The Risky Mountain Baby” by Abigail Jarcho

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Two stocky adults and their lanky teenage daughter lay collapsed on the side of a mountain. They had reached the part of the bike path that became nearly vertical, and their creaky old rental bikes had finally given — one chain snapped, a fender had slipped off another and rolled back down the trail, and another had, somewhere along the way, lost an entire handlebar. Here they were again. The lanky daughter, 16-year-old Laila, could not help but reflect on their long journey to these circumstances; They had taken the hardest way up the mou...

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“The Inconclusive Dream” by Isabel Pizano

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Barcelona was a living city. All the old streets told stories and opportunities for pedestrians. The stems and herbs on the ground seemed to grow between stones to give a natural tone to the dusty streets and on "green pastures" cows passed slowly, sniffing on the ground, and horses trotting while showing off their mane. People joined the euforic state at their sides, enjoying the sun that illuminated their happy faces. Throughout the crowd, a boy hurried, his brown hair tied in a low pony-tail bouncing in time with his strides. Mauricio, wa...

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“Just Trying to Help” by Tim Benson

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“Just Trying to Help” The Tuesday crowd at Rocco’s was smaller than usual and Manny wondered why. While other bars relied on drink specials and gimmicks to attract customers Rocco’s simply gave the patrons good service and a good pour. There was a regular mix of young and old, blue collar and white. Maybe it was old school but it was also a comfortable place to hang out. He was just finishing his beer when a man came in and sat down on the barstool beside him. “Oh, I’m sorry, that seat is taken.” The man turned toward Manny. “Yeah, I just ...

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“I am selfish” by Kashaf Saeed

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A hut ! Yes it was a hut in the middle of the forest _ My favorite childhood place to go _ And still it's my favorite place ... MAYBE it was my only real HOME on this planet _ so, it happened on a Friday Evening when we packed our luggage to spend a weekend in Our Village _ It was just a weekend trip , Just like a usual one .. Those were ending days of June but weather was so nice , slight winds from the north were making the air chill_ I could see the shaking heads of delicate plants and leaves were making a melodic hust...

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“The Acquired Taste of Bitter” by Joshua Packard

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Her dark scowl while driving was fitting with the frozen desert which surrounded her car in all directions. Only one of two vehicles on an infinite highway that had so many times before been stained with loss, dread, and blood. After countless failed attempts signaling for him to pull over, she angrily cut in front of him, forcing themselves onto the bare roadside to confront one another. Immediately, she rushed out of her car with a pistol at the man’s head. “Out of the car, now!” She yelled, not giving any leeway. When the man did so...

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“The Balance Between In and Decisive” by Alexa. Link

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“Damnit Ethan, just pick a coffee!” Sean said. I had been standing in the line of a Starbucks for longer than I’d like to admit. “I swear you do this just to spite me,” He says under his breath. “I Know Sean but what if I get one I don’t like and I waste your money?” “You’re already wasting my time so just pick a coffee before I pick one for you.” “Well see that’s another thing because what if the tea is actually good too and I just-” “He’ll take some water and I’ll take a coffee with one cream and five sugars.” Sean cut me off to ...

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“Cabin in the Woods” by Charlie Ardiccioni

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I stare at the the cabin in the woods— my cabin in the woods— and then at the key in my hand. I look back at the cabin— my cabin— and just…stare for a while. I bought a freaking house. I, a person who works with computers and requires Internet to do said work for a living, bought a cabin in the freaking woods. Why!? I sigh, shaking my head as my brain reminds me of my decade long urge to runaway from everything, and enter the cabin. It’s cozier than I thought it would be considering the price. I enter the cabin— my cabin. Dust dances through...

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“Adventures of an Adrenaline Junkie” by Michael Massey

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Icy blue water reflected the intense sun of southeast Iceland, as Ryder Lee Matthews gasped for breath in a rapidly shrinking air pocket under the Fjaðrá River. His mother Ruth warned him that the lack of impulse control was going to kill him. Seems like it was the one thing she was right about. RIP Ryder Lee Matthews, RIP Ryder Lee Matthews. What a ridiculous wordplay to roll through his head while submerged here in some forgotten river in the middle of Iceland. Ryder could swear he could her voice and feel his Dad’s warm embrace while he w...

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“...” by A Mehendale

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“It’s my fault, isn’t it?” Daniel’s voice comes softly from the doorway, quiet and tentative. He stands there, looking into her room as though he can’t quite bring himself to enter, shoulders hunched and eyes downcast. He is taller than her, and has been for some years now, with thick muscled arms and a broad frame, but Jessica looks at him and all she can see is the little seven year old who would creep into her room during thunderstorms, or whenever he was woken by nightmares. Uncertain, hesitant, and always looking so very small. Her ba...

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“No room for regret ” by Mrudula Marathe

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Vanilla or Chocolate, seemingly inconsequential, but right now this is the biggest decision I’ve ever had to make. What if I choose one and don’t like it? What if I have to throw it away, I wouldn’t want to waste money. What if I take the last one and someone else wants it? “Come on man, there's a long line behind you and I don't have all day. Choose a donut and move it along.” I looked up to meet the seller's eyes, annoyance was etched in every line on his face. I looked down quickly. “You know what, I lost my appetite. You have a goo...

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“Lovers in Crime” by Naheemah Brutus

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It’s 4am in the morning and there’s a burning house in Portland, Oregon. It’s early Spring, 1980. Just a couple of runaways, a young Shag and a young Lisa holding hands and they walk away from their burning house. Lisa, is 17 years old, short light brown hair with hazel green eyes. Her boyfriend, Shag, is also 17 years old, long dark brown hair with light blue eyes. They leave the classic hood type of neighborhood with the green curvy streets. The two were leaving to make their way over to the docks in Portland to find a way to get on ...

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“Important Day” by Nicole Comis

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Today is an important day. “Today is the day I finally get a new job,” she tells herself. She has been working at the same boring job for 5 years now. Day in day out it is the same thing, over and over again. No thought, no variety. She always told herself that was for the best. She could not do a job where she had to make any decisions. That would be a disaster. But she could not keep holding herself back like that. After all, she had come such a long way from how she used to be. When she was younger, she could never decide on anyth...

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“A Magenta House” by Natalie Brundle

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Content warning: DeathIcarus – he with wings of wax and feathers, who flew too close to the sun, and came crashing down.My boy is wild.He is creative and hasty and brilliant. He has hands of sandpaper, rough and calloused from his years spent amongst the trees. He would swing from tendril branches, and I would hold my breath, enraptured as he landed with the ease of the squirrels beside him. There was little he did not attempt to climb as a child, nothing he believed he could not best. Our white stairwell quickly became pasted in chocol...

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“A tale from Tanga” by Kennedy Karanja

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Mfalme means King in Kiswahili. President Mark Pombe was the Mfalme of Tanga. His African name was Pombe - Swahili for that drink that makes people go blem for real.The "Padlock man", as he was famously referred to in some social circles, was known the world over for his idiosyncratic ideas and isolationist policies. His regime was insular, conservative, oppressive. He had minimal involvement abroad, he was a real "Moustache Pete" with his moral crusade on the restoration of traditional values and integrity in political and social life, and ...

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Write a story about someone who’s extremely impulsive — or extremely indecisive.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 105 stories

“Plain sailing” by David Drew

“The Risky Mountain Baby” by Abigail Jarcho

“The Inconclusive Dream” by Isabel Pizano

“Just Trying to Help” by Tim Benson

“I am selfish” by Kashaf Saeed

“The Acquired Taste of Bitter” by Joshua Packard

“The Balance Between In and Decisive” by Alexa. Link

“Cabin in the Woods” by Charlie Ardiccioni

“Adventures of an Adrenaline Junkie” by Michael Massey

“...” by A Mehendale

“No room for regret ” by Mrudula Marathe

“Lovers in Crime” by Naheemah Brutus

“Important Day” by Nicole Comis

“A Magenta House” by Natalie Brundle

“A tale from Tanga” by Kennedy Karanja

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Write about someone making a seemingly inconsequential decision, which goes on to have important consequences.

Write about someone finally making their own choices.

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