Write about someone who returns as an adult to a place they last visited as a child.

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“Yesterday” by Juliet Hwang

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"Shall we go?" I smiled at her. Beautiful, blushing, dark-haired and brown-eyed. My beautiful bride. She smiled at me and I knew, that our decision was correct. Gazing ahead at the building, I stepped forward, her gloved hand on my arm. And we stepped together into the place we used to visit as children. "Why are you crying?" I peered down at the girl hiding in the benches. Red-eyed, her pigtails messy and huddled in a small corner, as far down as she could reach. I was annoyed - I was in charge of cleaning out the benches for talking back...

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“Recovering the Cabin Treasure” by Noelle Lee

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Sam took a slow deep breath and settled into the familiar worn driver’s seat, turning the engine over and letting it warm up a bit. She unclenched her jaw and adjusted her posture, aching to be present in the experience that was in front of her.Are you ready?She nodded toward the soft words, barely audible from the passenger’s seat. For a moment, she’d forgotten he was here, and she sank into that comfort with her fists griping the steering wheel.The drive was nothing like she remembered. As a kid riding in the backseat, the bumpy dirt roads...

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“A close encounter with ME” by Pearl Mabuela

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14:33. The song “take me back” is blasting through the earphones on the floor. As Jamie opened his eyes and attempted to get up from the floor, his body was giving in; it felt heavy, it felt as if he was out of control. He thought that he had died and that his suicide attempt was not even an attempt anymore. He looked around and convinced himself that he was having an out of body experience and that his mind was trying to make sense of the situation. He continued looking around and trying to regain full consciousness by focusing his eyes and...

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“The Stitches of the World” by Andrew Sinift

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Grandma never claimed the stream behind her house could make you live forever, but she did believe it would make you live longer than most. I am not sure even as a kid I fully believed her. But when we celebrated her 103rd birthday, those stories did not sound as grand as they once did. Of course, the claim of the miraculous potency of the dirty stream was mild compared to most of what she told me those summers of my early years. I cannot remember nearly half of it, but I recall something about the stream being one of the last “stitches of t...

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“The House of the Heart” by Corey Khalil

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August 3rd, 1759. The floorboards of the family barn screeched under Hosea’s sprinting feet. He loaded the cheap musket and focused on the white-coated fire blazing through his crops, with smoke stinging his eyes. A chunk of rotting wood had fallen out of place, and the barrel of Hosea’s musket rested snugly in the gap leaving enough room for him to watch the French army marching closer. Hosea fired a shot into the flames signaling the other countrymen into an offensive position. Heaps of black powder and bullets rai...

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“Covance” by Kimon Aylett

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Co•vance /’C ʊvañcë/] Adjective 1. A romance formed between two individuals during Covid-19 “Who said Covance was dead?” Noun 2. A person with romantic beliefs or attitudes. “He was a hopeless Covantic.” It was late afternoon. I felt uneasy. My body was stiff from sitting all day. I had missed my daily morning walk. Every day for the last five years, I had walked nothing under 5kms each morning. It was my ritual, and most of my body would deteriorate if I didn’t walk. I had been diagnosed with a rare kidney disorder five years ago. Cof...

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“Until We See Each Other Again” by Eric Whitten

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The small copse of trees and brush smelled of leaves, dirt and rain. Connor could barely fit into the space between the branches where he used to play as a child. The hidden place was still there, open and bare of any undergrowth, appearing almost exactly as it had twenty years before when he last visited the spot. He remembered the day when his family moved away to Chicago, and how angry and afraid he was to leave her behind. He was eleven years old at the time and had just met Fiadh, a beautiful red haired girl with fre...

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“The Mute Returns” by Derek Jamison

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As a child, I was diagnosed with selective mutism. This meant that I would only speak to certain people. This mainly consisted of my mom and sister whom I lived with along with my Grandma and one of my aunts. I didn’t speak to my other family members that I wouldn’t see as much or anyone at school. School was difficult as speaking is a big part of the curve. I would write answers down as wel...

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“Redstone Lake” by Emily Jay

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It was a late August afternoon, the sun blazing down on the gravel roads and the limbs of the pines rustling in the breeze. It had been years since Eleanor had driven these roads, but the route was etched into her memory. Left after the small town of Kirkfield, with the general store plastered in local advertisements where they used to go to rent movies. Jumanji. Weekend at Bernie’s. Keep driving past the summer camp with the big green gates on one side of the road, the dock with the ski boat and the canoes on the other. Straight on. ...

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“Tinted Glasses” by Chris High

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“As a kid, it looked …bigger, you know?”“Most things do, I guess. How old were you when you left anyway, thirteen, fourteen?”Billy thought a minute. “Just turned fifteen and, when I did, man, I thought my world was going to end. All my friends were here. Ian Bennett, Bogey Williams. We called him that because … well, I’m sure you can figure it out. Jesus, my Air Training Cadet unit … the ATC Flint Squadron. I’ve not thought about that in years.”“You were an air cadet?” Sally asked, smiling. "D’you have a uniform and everything? Little hat li...

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“Orange Blossoms” by Anastasia S.

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It’s been a while, hasn’t it? I find myself staring down a parking lot filled to the brim with the newest models that Hyundai could offer. God, there must’ve been hundreds, sitting right there, all neat in perfect rows. They were lined up in various shades of silver, black and occasionally red, each of them cleaned from the dust and raindrops and seagull shit. They were always clean, the cars inside car dealerships. They looked clean, smelled new, and shined in the sunlight. That’s because cars always had to be clean and shiny for them t...

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“With Faith” by Saketh Sitaraman

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With Faith June 14, 1998 “Ahhhh” It was a Monday morning. Chilly as always, on my porch step, while drinking a cup of my favorite strawberry smoothie. Minutes before however, I was sleeping, with the same dream, that I had been having for the past few days: At school. Alone. While everything was on fire. With nothing else than myself. Just me and faith. Which made sense, since my name, Vera Vlasova, means faith. Faith in myself. An odd dream some might say, but that dream was the only thing bringing me close to my family. Jul...

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“Once Bitten, No Longer Shy” by Janelle Hammonds

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A scream rings out, bodies quickly moving to make room for the petite blonde pushing her way through the crowded room, whispering questions echoing off the walls of the church, surprised the stained glass didn’t shatter. “You’re here, you’re really here,” Kat exclaims, her voice cutting through the chatter, pulling Taylor into a hug, squeezing her until Taylor pats Kat’s back, silently asking for a reprieve, part of her wishing she didn’t value her ability to breath just so that they could stay like that for a moment longer. She doesn’t blam...

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“A Very Fairy Past” by Cadence Wood

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I am one of the few who believes the stories of its existence. If that miraculous sounding place could exist, then surely other wondrous things could as well. I had built three fairy houses the week before and stored them in my adventure backpack. Today, I made two sandwiches and started on my adventure down the cobblestone road. The wishing well has always been beautiful. Half full of water, it stands in the middle of a flowering, spring meadow filled with daisies, daffodils, and many other arrays of colorful wildflowers. The meadow h...

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“Swim” by Jazmyn Edmonds

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Monica vowed she'd never return to Kraven Manor again. But with her freshman year at Virginia State quickly approaching, she was running out of time. The hairs on her neck spiked up as Monica drove through the estate's tall rusty gates, meanwhile, a wicked snowstorm possessed the gloomy sky. At that moment, she knew she was in for a dreadfully long night. As Monica hurried up the front steps, she was surprised to discover that while the rest of the house remained boarded up, the front door had been freshly painted. Before she could even...

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Write about someone who returns as an adult to a place they last visited as a child.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 237 stories

“Yesterday” by Juliet Hwang

“Recovering the Cabin Treasure” by Noelle Lee

“A close encounter with ME” by Pearl Mabuela

“The Stitches of the World” by Andrew Sinift

“The House of the Heart” by Corey Khalil

“Covance” by Kimon Aylett

“Until We See Each Other Again” by Eric Whitten

“The Mute Returns” by Derek Jamison

“Redstone Lake” by Emily Jay

“Tinted Glasses” by Chris High

“Orange Blossoms” by Anastasia S.

“With Faith” by Saketh Sitaraman

“Once Bitten, No Longer Shy” by Janelle Hammonds

“A Very Fairy Past” by Cadence Wood

“Swim” by Jazmyn Edmonds

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