Write about someone giving or receiving a gift.

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“Sleeping Girl With Peaches” by Ann Martin

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SLEEPING GIRL WITH PEACHES A Story in Voice by Ann Martin Johanna I could feel it that afternoon. Could you feel it, Gabrielle, the brewing storm? That’s what they do, is it not? They brew, they brood and they break. So, no forgetting that afternoon. July, eighteen ninety eight. No forgetting for me, nor, I think, for you. I could feel it in the heat. In the hush. In my baby’s bubbling snore. I was afraid for my baby. He’d been so ill. Afraid for him and for so much more. This storm that was coming, I wasn’t sure when, but soon. It had ...

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“The Ungifting” by Ashley Cullen

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The speakers below the brightly lit stage announce Happy Birthday, the animatronic mouse opening and closing his mouth as the little girl looks on. A medley of oldies songs streams forth from behind the robot band. She watches the empty eyes of the enormous gorilla flit unnaturally back and forth as his hands hover above the blinking neon keyboard. She smiles as the cheerleader backup singer moves her head in time with the jerky movements of her pom-pom hands.She sits at the head of a paper-covered rectangular table, filled to bursting with ...

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“Lucky” by Nix ♞

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We get to the bar every day 'round 1 o'clock. Me and Lucky do. That's my dog. Don't worry, he doesn't drink. I do drinking's good for's both. Lucky just sits by me. Sometimes he lies down. Every now and 'gain, I lie down with him. 'Round 5 o'clock, I do. That's how I get. Roll over, sometimes. Play dead.Don't worry, he does drink something. I set a glass of water out, or Lena does. That's the bartender. She works every day except Tuesdays when she takes Max to his appointments. That's her sister's son's name, Max. He comes to the bar on Thur...

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“Tivona” by F.O. Morier

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What is the best gift I ever got? That´s easy: a book. Before books, I had a fascination with doors (and still have), and maybe in a way that´s why I love books so much because in a way they are doors to another world. As a child, I was mesmerized by a particular book I found in the attic of the house of an aunt. A sincerely fashionable widow and tossed away mistress of a devastatingly witty man. From time to time my grandmother would visit her. In secret of course. Mostly on rainy afternoons when not too many people would ventur...

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“BRO” by Ian Woodcock

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BRO PAGE 1 Wesley Brown called out to his brother from across the Street, ‘Yo Baby Bro! Don’t forget my birthday Saturday, and make it a decent present this year!’ he smirked at the girl on his arm. ‘Why did he call you Baby? Six feet is one hell of a tall baby Bobby.’ ‘It’s a family thing, I’m the youngest of five, Wes is the oldest, there’s three sisters between us.’ ‘What does he call them?’ ‘Judy, Sarah, Lucy.’ ...

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Write about someone giving or receiving a gift.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 50 stories

“Sleeping Girl With Peaches” by Ann Martin

“The Ungifting” by Ashley Cullen

“Lucky” by Nix ♞

“Tivona” by F.O. Morier

“BRO” by Ian Woodcock

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Start your story with someone saying “Thanks a lot” (sarcastically or sincerely).

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