Write a story that starts with someone returning from a trip.

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“Cyberdrive” by Jason Heiser

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It was Sunday afternoon around four pm when the alarm on my phone went off; it was time to return to reality. I had been having fun as the time that had passed very quickly I had just spent about eight hours indulging in some of my favorite fantasies. I had been experimenting with Cyberdrive a virtual reality device designed to let the user experience various computer games, movies or custom scenarios in a three dimensional setting. This was my first time using the software after...

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“From Future Past” by A. Tahsin

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Fingernails dug into the bedsheets and a sigh raked through her body as her eyes flung open. She watched her chest heaving and her wonderous wide eyes sparkled with remembrance. Her pale cheeks slowly turned pink and a soft smile was carved onto her face. Susan, what a dream that was! The apparition of herself spoke from above. But I do not believe that was a dream at all, she spoke to herself when her soul returned to her body.At that moment her young maid walked in, completely unaware that her lady was awake, she hummed a soft tune putting...

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“HOMECOMING KING” by Andrew Grell

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HOMECOMING KINGBy Andrew Paul Grell The Farrier shop was still there. Hiram saw the tools through the open gate, each tool in its own place. Antique tack adorned the walls. Obviously, the farrier was new, a woman at that. Good on her. Keep the horses calmer. She looked a bit like Carter, the old farrier. She waved and smiled when she noticed the potential stranger staring into her shop. Hiram waved back and wondered if he had gone to P.S. 7 with her. She didn’t seem to know the short-ish man in road-worn clothes.Hira...

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“Far Off” by Clarke Wainikka

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The years fly by. Piling up behind me and reminding me that home is always far off. For many of the years, I didn’t think I would ever return. I’m standing at the doorstep of the house that built me and the family that reworked me, but my eyes have run dry. All I had done for the last seven and a half years was cry. Now, I had nothing left.My mother comes to the door, standing beyond the screen with a cigarette in one hand and a half-eaten hamburger in the other. She smiles. Laughs. She can’t believe it. The daughter she had cast away, frank...

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“The Reunion” by Alana Lawlor

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I staggered after Lucy, even though she was the one wearing heels. She marched quickly and with purpose, her shoes click-clacking on the cold linoleum. In my defense, I was carrying some supplies for the caterers. I was too nervous to sit around, so I asked if I could help them. At this moment, I was struggling to maintain my grip on a large box filled with champagne glasses, craning my neck to the side to make sure I didn’t trip.“I spoke to Jeff, I told him to take Grandpa straight into the family area. He’ll get annoyed if he has to keep m...

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“I Continued to Wait” by Nghia Nguyen

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Normally, there would be the presence of one person and one person only, or should I say one entity only, who possess the possibility to liberate a 70 years old man from his aspiration of infinite prospect in the middle of the daylight’s twin of unfortunate. It is Mr. Reaper. However, I perceive another decade before I had the pleasure to be visited by him during my chain of redemption. The actual reason that woke me up during the midnight of September 21st was excitement. I was overly thrilled for standing in front of the brink of reunion. ...

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“Honest Abe” by Daniel Kleba

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It was a beautiful, sunny day in Budapest and as the 747 dropped like a brick through another blast of turbulence A.J. regretted ever leaving. He could see the bright lights of JFK Airport mocking him from the ground, the end was near, one way or another. The plane descended through the sky like an overfed seagull and the luggage compartment above him looked very untrustworthy. He clutched his backpack tight to his chest and stared into his knees, willing the pilot to at least make it quick. No messing around with hospital stays or life savi...

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“THE ORPHAN MAN” by Aboki Tabena

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In the dream of the night, when he had returned to rest from his long journey of string playing, he saw the children in the Universe’s street, full of tears, having no food, and were without cloths. Then he suddenly saw that their tears rose as mist to the sky of the Lord-man, forming a dark cloud that descended as rain, making them smile, having hope to live again.He was born to raise the children of the Universe’s street, he lives in nature’s valley by a silver-like brook, where he often has and sees the vision of life.The Lord-man had giv...

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“Andreas the Mighty ” by Ethan Jarmush

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1It has been five days and there is still no sign of the Andreas. The only visibility in the blackness of night are the torches lit atop the castle walls. The lookouts in the tower strain their eyes hoping to see any movement in the shadows. “Commander,” The archer grunt said softly. “Is this all really necessary? How could any man survive for five days out there?”“If any man can do it,” The Commander says. “It’s Andreas.” The Commander’s near seven foot frame allows his voice to occupy all the space around him. Even spoken softly,...

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“The Evidence” by Elizabeth Donohue

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You know when you walk through an airport and no one is there to greet you but your eyes swivel about constantly looking because you just might run into someone you know…I grab my navy and grey backpack off the conveyor belt and heft it over my shoulder. Making a beeline for the exit and towards the taxi stand, at first, I don’t hear my name being called.“Maximus Clearwater, Maximus Clearwater, please make yourself known to the nearest security officer.”The voice becomes more insistent. I walk towards the parting automatic glass doors but tw...

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“Something's Different” by A.J. Brown

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The first thing he noticed when the front door opened was Rebecca looked extremely tan. He supposed it shouldn’t have surprised him since she had just been in Florida for the week but even when they had done things together outside and at the beach in the past she normally didn’t get noticeably tan. That was unless she had and he just hadn’t noticed because she was with him as opposed to going away with her friends for a week.The second thing he noticed immediately when she looked at him was that something seemed different about he...

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“The Night that Their Lives” by Rashmi Parashar

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THE TRIP“That was a horrible day and then that was………” blabbered Sainaman in the flight. I shut him up and said that don’t squeak so loud. “Well ok” replied Sai. Hope we would find Hardik there, I murmured. Aryan sitting before me, just pinched me and said “That was a horrible day but we would say it THE TRIP to forget everything about it.” “Nice name” I said. The flight landed and we came out with our small luggage. It was long journey from airport to our home. We sat down in the cab and waited for the driver to start it. I was peeking my h...

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“The phone book” by Daniele Frau

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FramesDoors seem to be just another part of walls, bricks of glass. You'd imagine bombs dropping over your head, leaving then only a door, protecting the air from the air. No, there wasn't a war, not anymore. Just bombs of records and shots of thoughts dropping down from the ground of memories. The phone book was finally open, the fingers desperately searching for the last three numbers still intact, the eyes tired jumping from one page to another. He thought he'd call the first number, written with a dark blue ink, the pen he used when he ...

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“ Hart of Africa” by Fedorca Paula

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“Thank God I’m home. What a hellish trip. Hello? Henry? You home?”“Laura? Is that you? Where have you been? I thought you hadleft me. It’s been a month since you went to Angola to help your aunt.”“I know Henry, I am truly sorry; I’ve literally thought I would never be able to come back.”“I’m so glad you’re back home with me.”“Me too, darling. I love you so much. I’ve missed you”.“Henry, darling, if it’s not too much to ask, could you give me half an hour to shower and change into something more comfortable? Then I will tell you the...

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“Trip of Recovery” by Julyssa Hernandez

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As I finally entered my home town I was met with a sigh of relief. So much had changed in the last couple of years, but my home stayed the same. No matter where I went and no matter how drastically I changed I had a place I could return to. As I walked through the old town memories of the things I had done in my youth flowed through me. When I had finally made it to my home, I got nervous. I had been gone for so long on my trip that they might have forgotten about me. I began to pace back in forth in my worried state of mind. Would they...

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Write a story that starts with someone returning from a trip.

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✍️ 111 stories

“Cyberdrive” by Jason Heiser

“From Future Past” by A. Tahsin

“HOMECOMING KING” by Andrew Grell

“Far Off” by Clarke Wainikka

“The Reunion” by Alana Lawlor

“I Continued to Wait” by Nghia Nguyen

“Honest Abe” by Daniel Kleba

“THE ORPHAN MAN” by Aboki Tabena

“Andreas the Mighty ” by Ethan Jarmush

“The Evidence” by Elizabeth Donohue

“Something's Different” by A.J. Brown

“The Night that Their Lives” by Rashmi Parashar

“The phone book” by Daniele Frau

“ Hart of Africa” by Fedorca Paula

“Trip of Recovery” by Julyssa Hernandez

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Write a story that starts with two characters saying goodbye.

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