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Write a story from the point of view of three different characters.

Posted in Character on Oct 26, 2022

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“Swat Team” by Dede K.

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The awful beasts were out to get me. I’ve never felt so excited to live in such plush accommodations and so scared of my surroundings at the same time. A plastic cave often surrounded me. I think someone was trying to save me. Her hand was much softer, and her voice was sweeter than her tall, masculine prisoner.  “Honey, open the door.” I worked so hard to get the fly out. We had too many in our house. It appeared that they built a nest. I absolutely hate bugs. “Jeremy, open the door, I caught a fly!” Scooting my feet across the floor...

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“Tres Mujeres” by Maria Avisal

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Dr. Chang – 6:18pm, Wednesday evening The click of my office door opening startled me, although not as much as I startled the kind-eyed man who had come to empty my trash and turn my light off.  “Hey doc I’m sorry, didn’t think anyone was in here,” he purred while backing out of the doorway. “Oh no, it’s ok, I didn’t mean to scare you,” I answered, smiling. After a moment of basking in the warm glow of automatically being called “doc” after years of being called “the nurse” or, worse, “the Asian girl”, or worse still by one m...

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“Mary Lou” by Daniel Norton

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Mary Lou Weston is an easy going, perky, lively, well liked, smart, athletic and funny middle schooler. She is of average size for her age, dirty blonde hair she likes to wear in a ponytail. She reads and is never seen without a book close by. Lovs telling jokes, hates wearing a dress for any reason, adores both her parents but has mixed feelings for her older brother. This could be because she is a better athelete than him and he always seems threatened. She swims like a dolphin, plays volleyball and soccar. But she really lov...

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“Unfulfilled ambitions” by NK Hatendi

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The minute I heard about their plans to live with their daughters abroad, I knew I would soon be unemployed. I dreaded returning home and finding means to support my family in the rural areas, my sibling with school fees and my welfare. Since I was fifteen, I had been a housemaid for my father's younger brother and his wife, Baba and Mai, virtually a surrogate daughter. Martha had migrated to South Africa, with the elder one Ivy, now in the UK. None of them would ever come back, although they came separately on their annual visits before Cov...

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“Mmmmm” by The ABC Author

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You really shouldn’t have; I can’t believe this! You have to at least let me share some of the bill, Eric,” John said as he tried to contain his excitement. After all, it wasn’t every day that he got to eat at the finest restaurant in the city, maybe even the world. “How did you even get a reservation? This place is booked until next month!”“Nonsense John. I swear, if you even think about reaching for the check I’m going to have Sarah divorce you. It’s not every day my son in law becomes the VP of his firm. You’ve earned this, son.”“Come on ...

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“The Feud” by Divyanshi Jain

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Have you felt the pain of betrayal? No, not the usual heartbreak one. Betrayal when you have given up your life for them. I have experienced it. It pierces your soul like a slow knife.You can feel the dagger going slowly deep inside making a room for itself. I have seen my family crumbling down. I have seen my dear ones going away for the cause. Now all I get to know it's all waste Gupta's and Choudhary's were two very powerful and rich families of Sitamgarh. As expected, they were rivals. They couldn't stand each other at all. A...

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“Triple B” by Ciara Schipper

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“Bailey?” “Hey, Bailey?” “Bailey, wake up!” I jolt awake at the sudden intrusion of my peaceful sleep. The morning sun hurts my eyes when I try to open them. Groaning at the effort, I turn onto my other side and cocoon myself in the warm blankets. I’m about halfway back to sleep when that annoying voice pesters me again. “I swear to God, Bailey. If you do not get your ass up in the next few seconds, I’m going to tickle you.” At the imminent threat, I hastily push up from my spot on the bed and stare at my so-called best friend. “You wouldn’t...

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“Meat On The Bone” by Bob E

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1.    Isabelle I’m hungry.         I’m hungry and I’m cold and the floor is hard beneath me. The air is thick and static. It smells so bad. What is that smell?         I don’t want to know. 2.    Alfred I leaned back in the chair and rubbed my stomach. Gave it a gentle slap. I could have done with a little more time to sleep, but otherwise, I felt pretty good. I closed my eyes against the whiteness of the light and ...

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“Dreams Need To Be Followed” by Premdevishiluv Jain

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Dreams Need To Be Followed Harper, Harper Shauk had a flood of tears as soon as he closed his room’s door. How could his parents argue over his future without asking him? His mother wanted him to become a lawyer, his father wanted him to become a professional athlete, but no one got to realise about his whims, he wanted to be an artist inspired by Picasso, Van Gogh and others. After crying silently for two minutes nonstop Harper stopped and went to bed still dressed. He couldn’t sleep today was the first day for going to this art club at ...

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“Beatrice from Downey Street” by Meghan Proulx

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The gloomy drizzle that kept her neighbors tucked inside, sniffling by their fireplaces, was the same gloomy drizzle that put Beatrice in the mood for a long walk.  Approaching her closet like an old friend, she carefully plucked out a sweater that would do nicely for the occasion. It was an exceptionally chunky sweater with a high neckline cut like a tea cozy. She shrugged it on and slipped into a faded pair of gingham pants that looked just like the pants she wore yesterday.  Holding on tightly to the frilly cuffs of her sweater,...

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“Love, Again” by J. J. Crown

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Every person that Hoz knew had warned him not to marry Nila. Even Hoz himself, though stubbornly optimistic, was well aware of the reputation of his betrothed. But for the sake of love, he set that reputation aside and chose to love her anyway. Hoz shook the dust from his tunic and pushed open the door to their townhouse, rolling his head on his neck, loosening the muscles after a hard day's labour. The household depended on him, and he savoured each ache and pain, letting it fill his heart as an act of love towards his wife. This is for N...

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“Unspoken Words” by Maria Esther Vilar Alvarez

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I. I didn’t know what was happening. Adults came and went and the house was always open to guests. Food was constantly on the table and drinks were served whenever anyone entered our abode. I actually liked that because unseen I could crawl under the table and eat to my heart’s content because no one would notice, for the adults were too busy among themselves to perceive what I was doing. Unless they did see me and then it was the pitiful stares and the caresses. Why was I being pitied? Then they would whisper because that is what they see...

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“Chaos” by Calliope Byrd

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PART 1 – TRAGIC            To be tragic was to discover one was never meant for anything except death. To be tragic was to leave a world before anything with a false sense of importance could be achieved. To be tragic was to be a hero with a life left unfinished, a life left frozen in a sheen of ashes, and I could never understand its appeal.            Other warriors craved it like their next breath. Within their puffed-up...

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“What A Mess” by Allisyn Burke

Submitted to Contest #105

Sawyer looked at the remains in front of him. The eviscerated corpse more a mass of meat and tissue than an actual body. He had seen worse in his time. But this definitely had a spot in his top ten. He turned away from the body in favor of looking at the rest of the scene. The idyllic park was once a serene and safe place to visit. Dog walkers and early morning joggers would come out here while they filled the afternoon with the noise and chatter of picnicking families and young couples. It was the Town’s go-to spot to relax and have fun. A ...

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“One Man's Trash” by Lisa Lacey

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Snaggletooth clambered up the side of the stone well. It’s lip stood a full foot above his head. The rocks were slippery with moss and the occasional gooey red mushroom. He stood barefoot on the edge and brushed the pine needles and dirt off his shirt and trousers. They might appear well worn and mismatched, stitched together from discarded clothing, but he kept them clean. The brownie grinned, his lips the color of tree bark. They stretched tight over a mouth full of bright white shards set in uneven rows and at odd angles. A mop of curly...

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