Write about two people striking up an unlikely friendship.

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“A friend inParis” by Erin M

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A pleasant morning as I walk through the streets of Paris comforted by my red Chuck Taylor's, I venture out smelling of coffee brewing, croissants finding its way through the alleys with pungency. As the Parisians open up shop with the sounds of yelling, trucks blasting by and the sliding doors opening for a day of profitable ownership. The weather is calm with the possibility of sunshine peering out of the billowy clouds spreading a positive light for all. I strolled by the recently burned and charred Notre Dame church that shook and sadd...

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“Pisces” by Jamie Dead

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Devon is two years older than me but our birthdays are three days apart, so she tells people we’re twins. She paid a guy online exactly $333 to read our birth charts and said twins are represented by the sun and moon, and ours just happened to be in the same signs despite the age difference. “Me and you, respectively,” she said and wouldn’t answer my question about how we were going to pay the electric bill. “That’s just like you, Virgo Moon. Always worried about something.”Devon's violent when she’s angry. I read in an online forum that kid...

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“A Very Unlikely Friendship” by Valerie Preston

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I will be the first to admit that I was born with the proverbial ‘silver spoon’ in my mouth. I’m not a snob though. I know that a lot of people believe that if you are rich, have a well-paying job in a good company then you must be a bit snobbish. I just think of myself as extremely lucky to be born into the family I was, and really, I had no say whatsoever about which mother and father I would belong to. I enjoy being well paid, although I work long hours, and I prefer quality food to cheap meals, oh yes and I do like my luxuries as in my ...

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“The Aftermath” by Richard T

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'John was twenty-two. Michael? He was twenty-four.' Marilyn paused. She tilted her head back, only a little. Her eyes moved out of focus and took a sudden interest in her brow. After a few seconds, she returned to Lucille and confirmed to her that yes, that was probably correct.‘This was before you two met, right?’ asked Lucille.‘Well technically John and I were already introduced, he was different back then.’‘Different, how?’‘Well, I don’t know if you would remember, but he was a bit of a child, he liked to make suggestive remarks, and he w...

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“Rachel's Speedy Delivery ” by Sarah Wonder

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It was dark out when I descended from my grandmother's front porch steps onto the cold frozen ground. I quickly walked down the driveway and took one last look at the house I grew up in. I know that inside that dreary cabin my grandmother stirred in bed, worried about my welfare. She wanted me to go to college and continue down the path of a child prodigy, but that's not who I want to be. I don't want to be the kid genius who graduated at fifteen, and I don't want to attend a school where everyone is older than me. I never had frien...

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“The Other Woman” by Aryann Roloff

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Genevieve was known for her paranoid personality finding coincidences in her everyday life and the majority of them were not very logical. She had a problem with overthinking and jumping to conclusions so when she approached and began confronting her fiance Silas of being unfaithful he was quick to use this to his advantage. “I know,” she said to him confidently yet calmly, “Gen, what are you going on about now?” he replied in his well-practiced condescending tone. She looked patiently at him. She remembers reading somewhere that holding eye...

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“Where the sun rises” by Saskia Carter

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Harper forced herself to smile. Just one for the camera, she thought. Just one to send to mom. But as she angled the phone closer, her smile faltered. What was the point? To pretend that she was fine? That today wasn’t the worst day of every year ever since—That dad wasn’t gone?Tears welled in Harper’s eyes. She still took the photo, puffy eyes and windswept hair be damned. Drama queen, mom would say. Harper sent it to her anyway and stuffed the phone back into her pocket.With a heavy sigh, she turned her gaze towards the vast expanse of the...

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“A strange soulmate.” by Farah Durrani

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It was a hot summer day. I was getting ready to finish some errand. Working in my mind, to end certain toxic energies working around me and move on to take a new direction in life as life comes for once and you have to live once. Patiently and silently consuming the unwanted burden for so long, while kept telling myself, I am done being empathetic and silent anymore. The sufferings needed to end. I must find a new door to a new world.Sitting in my car, heading in the drive line, not focused on what was going around. The very same moment, I s...

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“A Friends Gift ” by Milan Rafaelov

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Throughout the humid night, pearls of sweat formed on my forehead as I lay in bed, clad only in boxers and a damp towel wrapped around me. Panting like a dog, I struggled to find comfort in my restless sleep. The morning slowly unfolded, and as the blueness of dawn brightened, a young lamb’s cry pierced through the warm air. A familiar sound I encountered every morning. Tending to the lamb was one of my daily chores and like a ritual, her bleating greets me every day. My parents warned me about naming the sheep but I needed something to call...

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“Unlikely Bed Fellows” by Scott Taylor

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Unlikely Bed Fellows “My, it’s rather warm today. I know you don’t know this, but I am sitting in the shade, so don’t worry about sunscreen.” The breeze made the tops of the trees close to where my parents were buried sway.. After everything that had happened, it seemed like a good idea to talk things out. Mom and Dad had turned into excellent listeners. I was a freshman in college. My parents were coming to visit. Topping the hill on a two-lane road, a black Cadillac was facing them at full speed. He told the first responder the story. Bef...

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“home again?” by Mercy Haub

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TW: mentions of an eating disorder and mental health struggles This poem is about how I met someone randomly online who I surprisingly grew very close to after going through the pandemic and cancer treatment as a high schooler, among other personal traumas. She got me to write again. The outside used to scare me. I hated how my skin folded and puckered, The red that perpetually sat on my cheeks, The loudness of my voice And the emptiness of its creation. I hated that others saw me, But I begged for their gaze. I hated every mirror And goin...

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“Met a Morphosis” by Katy Dream

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Molly sighed as she leaned her head up against the elevator wall just as the door was just getting ready to close. It had been an exhausting and exceptionally long day closing out the year and she could already envision the bubble bath and glass of wine waiting at home. She was mentally and physically drained.Just when she thought she was to have the elevator to herself, a briefcase poked in through the gap blocking the closing doors. Well, there goes that. Oh no. It can’t be! Can this day get any worse? Molly thought. Her favorite...

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“For the Love of Reading” by Miss String

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Indistinguishable chatter and car engines hummed throughout the busy streets of a city. In the center of the chaos, a young lady hastily weaved her way through clusters of people. The sun lit her auburn hair, which was carefully fixed into low buns. She swiftly raised a hand to brush away wisps of bangs that were covering her hazel eyes. As her destination neared, the girl’s pace only increased. She was not in any particular rush—there was at least fifteen minutes to spare until she would be officially late—but the grueling anticipation of t...

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“Greastest Man I Ever Met” by Kathleen Hair

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After passing the Army Basic Training course and the Advanced Individual Training course, I was sent off to my first duty station. My family had consequently sold my car when I was in basic, citing the reason as “you weren’t using it”.So, I found myself in need of a car again. I knew when I bought this old stick-shift Honda Accord that it was a project car. I figured that it would be a learning opportunity for me to hone in on my southern engineering skills. For those who don't know this is a trait where a person is known to improvise a quic...

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“My Favourite Seat” by Kiara Matthews

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Like any other day, here I was in my favourite seat. It was creaky and almost broken, but it was mine. We all had our spots. The football was on the large television to my right and here sitting around me were the people I saw most days. ‘Another round on me!’ I yell while burping on the last of my ice-cold beer. Within five minutes I turn around and notice Devon at the bar bringing over a tray of six pints. To my surprise I notice an elderly woman I have never seen here before at the one bar stool that hasn’t yet been damaged...

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Write about two people striking up an unlikely friendship.

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✍️ 95 stories

“A friend inParis” by Erin M

“Pisces” by Jamie Dead

“A Very Unlikely Friendship” by Valerie Preston

“The Aftermath” by Richard T

“Rachel's Speedy Delivery ” by Sarah Wonder

“The Other Woman” by Aryann Roloff

“Where the sun rises” by Saskia Carter

“A strange soulmate.” by Farah Durrani

“A Friends Gift ” by Milan Rafaelov

“Unlikely Bed Fellows” by Scott Taylor

“home again?” by Mercy Haub

“Met a Morphosis” by Katy Dream

“For the Love of Reading” by Miss String

“Greastest Man I Ever Met” by Kathleen Hair

“My Favourite Seat” by Kiara Matthews

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Write a story about two friends who find themselves competing for something: a job, a prize, a love interest, etc.

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