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

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“Dead, Dead! Dead?” by Colin Devonshire

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“We’re sitting here like idiots. There must be something we can do?” Giles said. Elbows on knees, chin in palms, the same stance as his two best friends. Giles was the thinker of the three, if anyone could resolve this situation, it was Giles. “How long have we been sitting here? Seems like ages?” Roger asked. He relaxed, and stretched his back, remaining seated on the boulder. “We can’t wait here forever. Won’t someone come and get us?” John moaned, he yawned, stood and walked around the rocks. It was dark, not pitch black, but gloomy, and ...

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“Waterloo” by Randomly Arbitrary

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NOTE: All neighing, whinnying, and braying had been dutifully rendered into English and French by the writer of this story, who had been acquainted with the following events by way of an animal medium who had advertised herself on Facebook, which is hard to believe but not quite as hard not to, and by way of a military historian, who had helped to add context to these eventful visions. The writer wishes to thank the twain for their assistance in preventing the passage of yet another failing mark for this particular assignment. ___ “Je v...

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“Undetectable” by Amanda Fox

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Content warning: murder, death I watch with morbid interest as the man dies. The Queen is watching, too, though I can’t see her right now. That’s by design, of course. We must endeavor to keep our experiments a secret and our connection to one another more secret still. The poison is an overwhelming success this time and works exactly as intended. The wretched man dies quickly and quietly but with evident discomfort. He makes no observations of any strange tastes or smells from his food in the moments before...

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“When You've Got Friends Like Mine...” by Ed Friedman

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When You’ve Got Friends Like Mine… Austin is pissed. He is probably making more noise than necessary when shutting the cabinets, but his anger must go somewhere. Screwing on a smile he comes back to the living room where Delia and Mark are giggling like teenage girls. Austin imagines them doing the same thing fifteen years earlier. As he silently sips his lemonade, Austin thinks, “I don’t know why I agreed to do this. She’s, his friend. Why didn’t the two of them just get together. I suppose it’s my own fault. I have been a little bit...

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“A Division's Remainders” by Dimi Tra

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She heard the news of his death from social media. This was a pretty antisocial way to hear about something so direct and personal to her. She was not anticipating having any kind of emotional reaction to such news. On the contrary, she thought that she would have felt indifferent about his death. A “good riddance” feeling. If anyone knew what she had been through, they would not blame her...Yet, her momentary feeling was a very unexpected but distinct experience; She felt that something was poking her somewhere very deep, yet the only ...

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“A Genius Up in the Stars” by Alex Arias

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Yara sat in the cramped emergency pod, her muzzle twitching in the stale air. What an adventure, she thought. Her claws scratched at the metal as she stood on her two feet, her tail swinging out to balance herself. She wasn’t sure how much time had passed since she’d stowed away on the visiting ship, only that she was probably miles and miles away from home. “You don’t belong here,” a feminine voice said from nowhere. Yara looked up at the ceiling and around the curved structure of the pod, finding a small speaker built into the wall. ...

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“A Chance Encounter” by Victoria Gawler

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MelanieA grey day in a dreary northern city. The streets are crowded with shoppers, their heads bowed to the perpetual rain. If only the sun would shine a little, then maybe their spines would unfurl and their faces lift to the grandeur bequeathed them by the city fathers in long gone prosperity. Instead the grey faces rise no higher than street level, to shiny shop windows promising Christmas bargains. A slim figure is picking her way through the crowds. Like the flocks around her, she wears a coat, jeans, dark boots, but a discerning ...

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“Vice Versa” by Kaya Atkins

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ANGIE: The sun seeped down until hidden behind the horizon. I walked inside to turn the television on and switched to the news. The bottom headline read “CAUTION: New disease found in flies causes a ‘zombie’ like state. Spreads through bodily fluids. Wash your hands often, do not touch any part of the face.” I pause and rewound the television. After rereading what must have been ten times, the phone rang. It was my friend, Caroline. “What is going on?” I asked her as I picked up the phone. “That’s what I was calling you about. Ye...

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“Gina” by Kiki Abbi

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Oliver Today was the day. The day I would tell Gina how I felt. I was going to look in her bright blue eyes and everything was going to be perfect. I've longed for this day to come for the past 5 years. Gina has been one of my best friends since we were 8. The only problem about my magnificent plan was that Gina is currently unavailable. Noah Peters is the guy who actually has the gift of being her boyfriend. The stuck-up quarterback who spends half his day looking at himself in the mirror and the other talking about the amount of his...

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“Three Views of Life and Death” by Cliff McElrea

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Carol stepped out of her mom’s bedroom speaking in a low tone into her cell phone. She was in shear frustration when she got her brother’s voice mail. “Jan, I think mom is slipping away. She’s barely breathing. Please get here as fast as you can! The hospice lady is on her break and Connie won’t be here for another hour. I don’t know what to do!” Feeling all alone, not equipped to handle her mother’s death all by herself, her family’s circumstances kept playing in her mind. In a few days she was turning twenty-one, her sister was ...

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“A Boy Needs His Father” by Kimberly Hallman

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My customer service smile never leaves my face even as I feel my cell phone vibrating in my pocket for the fourth time. As I finish bagging up groceries for the fiftieth customer today, I subtly flag my manager, hoping he’s in a good enough mood to let me go on break a half-hour early. By the time I’m done ringing up the next customer in line, my manager is walking over. He looks annoyed, but not angry, so I take it to be a good sign. Before I can open my mouth to ask for my br...

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“I didn’t!” by Aimee K

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“How many times do I need to tell you? I didn’t kill her!”“Can you please remain calm Mrs Buck. You are a witness and a suspect in the case. All I am asking for is your cooperation. Can you describe what Mia was like?”“Well, Mia was such a wonderful child. She was pretty, she was smart, she was everything a parent would want. It was her nineteenth birthday yesterday. Her father, my husband, died two years ago and she hadn’t celebrated her birthday ever since. I advised her to throw a party this time. Her father used to throw such splendid pa...

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“Time Heals” by Sue Marsh

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Time Heals Suzanne Marsh The blast of a Colt .45 awakened Jed Thompson. The Second Rebellion was finally over except for men like Jed. Jed was the quickest draw this side of the Pecos. Texas back then was booming with men returning or hiding in Texas. Jed Thompson was just one of many gunslingers. He quickly pulled on his boots heading in the direction of sound of the Colt .45 something he could never mistaken; not since the war. His ears were finely attuned to s...

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“The Cracks in the Ice” by Phoenix Williamson

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Trigger Warning: Abusive relationship, mild profanity, death I don't know where I am. Oh. That's fine. I am hiding, after all. I'm hiding where no one can find me: Beneath the brush. In the trees. Under the lake. Above the sky. No one will find me. But I hear footsteps. They crunch over the frozen dirt. Atop dead leaves flaked with frost. Around barren trees. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. I want to yell, "go away!" but then I won't be hiding anymore. The moon is full and round. Its white light points at them. It seems to shout,...

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“Killer. Detective. Patient.” by Shiza Asfar

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Scarlett's POV: I stood between life and death. Beyond me stood the tall light monsters. My head was dizzy, filled with so many images that were fuzzy, and something slimy oozed out of my hands. That's Funny, I thought. I don't remember anything. Not even my name. That's when I heard the sirens. The only familiar sound I heard in the last ten minutes. It is the police! They are coming! I heard my own voice in my head as a distant echo. And suddenly, the reds and blues and yellows beyond me coalesced into focus. They were not light m...

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

Submissions are closed

✍️ 191 stories

“Dead, Dead! Dead?” by Colin Devonshire

“Waterloo” by Randomly Arbitrary

“Undetectable” by Amanda Fox

“When You've Got Friends Like Mine...” by Ed Friedman

“A Division's Remainders” by Dimi Tra

“A Genius Up in the Stars” by Alex Arias

“A Chance Encounter” by Victoria Gawler

“Vice Versa” by Kaya Atkins

“Gina” by Kiki Abbi

“Three Views of Life and Death” by Cliff McElrea

“A Boy Needs His Father” by Kimberly Hallman

“I didn’t!” by Aimee K

“Time Heals” by Sue Marsh

“The Cracks in the Ice” by Phoenix Williamson

“Killer. Detective. Patient.” by Shiza Asfar

🌟 Similar prompts

Write about a person trying to see something from another’s point of view.

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Write a story that switches between first person and third person point of view.

Write about a character who can suddenly see through another person's eyes — literally.

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