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Write a story that starts with a character-revealing something unusual about themselves.

Posted in Character on Oct 26, 2022

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“Hawker Girl ” by Sze-Ning Chuah

Submitted to Contest #44

My name is Ai Leen. Yap Ai Leen. I grew up a hawker girl, helping my parents at our noodle stall.Mummy and Daddy sold their signature char kuey teow in a busy hawker centre downtown. They had other fried noodles too, but it was the char kuey teow that customers kept returning for. My childhood was filled with wonderful scents of stir-fried flat rice noodles tossed with eggs, cockles, fishcakes, prawns, bean sprouts and chives, all deliciously seasoned and spiced. Chilli available on request, of course. The hawker centre was open 7 days ...

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“Just one life” by Maria .

Submitted to Contest #44

Standing here on this roof I realize I have always known that my body wasn’t my own, that I was living someone else’s life. I was always aware of the fact that I shouldn’t be here on this earth. I tried everything to escape this endless cycle of rebirth but every time I died, I came back as someone new. And I remembered everything, all my past lives, especially my first one. I am aware of the fact that I’m only a consciousness being stuck to the human race. But I don’t want this. I don’t want to live on forever, hunting different bodies, liv...

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“BANNED FOR LIFE” by Katie Myers

Submitted to Contest #44

What else was I supposed to do?  Lara asked herself. She wrinkled her nose and shook her head, a habit she picked up after sneezing.  God, I hope no one saw me, she thought.   She had to get to the front of the line. She had been waiting for over 2 hours. Immediately, she hurdled over the turnstiles, following the maze of metal bars to the front of the line. It was her favorite ride at Adventure Park. Hers and everyone else’s, judging by the length of the line. She covered her nose and squeaked the tin...

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“I don't have a heart” by Briana Spring

Submitted to Contest #44

“I don’t have a heart,” I told the handsome stranger that had most generously offered to buy me a drink. He didn’t comment on my statement. Instead, he took a sip from his own drink; whiskey, neat. I would have called him pretentious if I had not often been told to refrain from being so judgmental. After he had swallowed it without showing any discomfort whatsoever at the burning alcohol making its way down his throat, he asked calmly, “What, you mean like you literally don’t have that organ or...?” I chuckled and answered, “N...

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“Basically, I'm the Spawn Satan” by Lauren Skemp

Submitted to Contest #44

I'm a demon. Are you expecting me to say "Sike!" because I've been waiting for that too. No really. My dad is Satan, lord of hell. And he is making me go to high school. High school. In the real world. Ok, so I pissed him off one too many times this millennium, big deal. Why does he think he can just send me to one of the worst places in the cosmos? And can I just say, Monday mornings are always my favorite. I really hope you can sense the sarcasm in that. I'm a teenager, the spawn of the devil, and in high school which automatically makes M...

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“VOICES IN JUNE” by Deborah Yakubu

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Three quick facts about me; my name is June, I am 17 years old and I don't like crowded places. Not because of a phobia but because it increases the chances of the voices in my head. Even now seated in class, I hear one or two which I won't bother you with. You see, the truth is, I can read minds. I know what you're thinking; I'm crazy, no pun intended. What I don't know is why I can. It started on my 13th birthday. I wish I could tell you I got struck by lightning, bitten by something or some other cool story that could offer some explana...

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“Sideways Heart” by Esther Andrews

Submitted to Contest #44

Sandra was born with a sideways heart. She lived 38 years of her life without any knowledge of that fact. Only after she’d endured frequent heart palpitations for months, did Sandra finally seek out a medical professional to ascertain her body wasn’t planning to kill her any time soon. Sandra waited for months before even considering scheduling a doctor’s appointment because, frankly, her life wasn’t ‘anything special.’ She went to work, she came home to her tiny studio apartment, and she took two weeks of vacation every year to go...

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“The Spy for the Cloud Kingdom” by Rachel Emily

Submitted to Contest #44

      It was a cool fall morning when I had to bid my mother farewell for longer than usual to go on my next mission. I am an agent for the international affairs of the crown of the clouds. Or as I like to say the IACC. I don't live in any ordinary world. I live in the world of magic. My mother fled the magical world for Earth. She was caught on her way out and the Queen of the Cloud Kingdom made her promise to have her child work for their kingdom. Which would be where I come in. I live in the Cloud Kingdom but...

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“Hidden” by Ella Jane

Submitted to Contest #44

We are not your normal siblings. I am Sasha and this is my brother Kale. We may share the same body but we don’t think alike. See my brother and I are joined at the shoulder. Parent #1 and #2 keep us hidden. They tell us that the world wont take us as we are. So living in the Blanton forest away from everyone, except our nanny Clair, is our normal.  “You are crazy Sasha! There is no way I am going on a hike again! I cant possibly deal with it. They are so boring!” Kale complained. “ I want to get out there before it rains...

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“Consequences” by Adrianna Smith

Submitted to Contest #44

They say, in life you make choices. Choices have consequences they say. But what ever happened to mine? Why did I never  face the consequences of my actions. Maybe this is my punishment. Maybe the paranoia and bitterness is my judgement. I write, but what for? It brings no clarity, it brings no end to my suffering, to my madness. I remember it perfectly well. I will write each detail as maybe it will be drawn from my brain so I may never remember this again.  It was a cold winter morning. The air was brittle and sharp, like shatter...

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“Girl Down” by Cheryl Ferguson

Submitted to Contest #44

“In this room all of my dreams become realities, and some of my realities become dreams.” Willy Wonka was the first to put my life into words. Unfortunately for me, the result was usually anything but a room that was fully edible.I had just jogged through a long, sloping S-shaped curve when I felt the ground shaking underneath me. I stopped and clutched the trunk of a nearby elm, waiting for the rumbling to end. That was the biggest tremor I had ever felt. I kneeled down in the path, trying to calm my nerves.“Help!&n...

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“A sketch ” by Tanisha Verma

Submitted to Contest #44

Nature was never a part of my soul until i passed my high school and tripped back to the Uttrakhand hills with my family . I was one of those kids who used to wonder that there is no need for us to go out on a religious expedition for holidays . But had no other way out apart from joining them.We left for uttrakhand packing our luggage all set in the train , we were 9. The 5 of us , the kids of the family , we were all together dinning and as usual like any other trip , ascended our births and slept.And here we were in haridwar , I...

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“Ants in a line” by Clover Diaz

Submitted to Contest #44

I have always had a soft spot for ants. Some think I am unusual in the way I think of them. The way they walk without argument in perfect synchronization. I envy them, so different from people. Clearing all obstructions from their path. People are harsh and can't work together without arguments. Sometimes I feel like a single ant, small and insignificant. I wouldn't mind being an ant if it meant I could have a colony. Deep in my heart I wish all people could change, but I know that some people just can't. For the way I see ants others do no...

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“Today, I Want to See the Ocean” by Haruko Otonashi

Submitted to Contest #44

Your name is Fujisaka Wasure. Age 27. Gender female. Do not panic if you realise you don’t remember your name.   It was unpleasant, to say the least, to wake up to this message scrawled upon my forearm, in terrible handwriting, in what looked like black permanent marker. My head was spinning, I searched my mind in a frenzy, only to come up blank.   That was right. I didn’t remember my name.   I pulled up the nightgown I was wearing. There was another message—an accompaniment to the first one.   ‘You forget everything wit...

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“A Legendary Fox” by Jason Heiser

Submitted to Contest #44

In Ancient Japan there is a legend of a race known as the Kitsune a mystical being capable of transforming themselves into humans. The legend states that these beings are tricksters possessing magical powers as well as one or more tails depending on their powers and should be avoided at all costs. That last spotting of one of these creatures was over a thousand years ago and times are changing. Thought to have gone extinct or into hiding it’s time for us to come back into the world and see if we can coexist with society. My name is Fred...

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