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#114: So Fetch

October 3rd marks the much-beloved (if informal) holiday known as “Mean Girls Day”, based on a throwaway line from the cult film. While it’s remembered for its iconic jokes, Mean Girls isn’t just a great comedy — it also includes sharp social commentary on the intricacies of adolescent relationships. This week, we celebrate its hilarity and insights alike with five Mean Girls-themed prompts (which are pretty fetch, if we do say so ourselves).

This week's prompts

Start your story with the line, “You wanna do something fun?”

Adventure – 42 stories

Write about a clique that dominates your story’s social scene.

Middle School – 17 stories

Write about someone grappling with an insecurity.

Narrative – 37 stories

Write a story that involves sabotage.

Dark – 19 stories

Set your story at a talent show.

Christmas – 7 stories

Stories

“That Night” by Kayla Price

Submitted to Contest #114

"You wanna do something fun?" She heard the words replaying in her mind like a broken record in an abandoned house. Threatening and ominous. She never knew what could have happened that night, that so much could happen, and yet almost wanting it to. Katilin's day started out pretty normal. She had walked to the coffee shop across the street with her best friend Katie. They were ready to get senior year over with and graduate. They just wanted to be free and drink with their boyfriends, maybe make a little love. She had been with her boyfrie...

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“50-Meter Targets” by Omar Alvarez

Submitted to Contest #114

“You wanna do something fun?” Jess asked. Knowing her tone, Ed replied. “Not really.” “Will you please finish unpacking the office for me today?” “It’s not like I’m doing anything else, babe.” “I still like having manners, Sarge.” 1st Sergeant Edwin Lopez just retired fro...

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“You wanna have some fun?” by Karen Stinson

Submitted to Contest #114

“You wannt do something fun?” Wolfie asked with that mischievous twinkle in her eyes. Out of all four girls, Cindy Eglet, nicknamed Eagle, because she saw everything; Elise called Shakes after Shakespeare because she was a great story teller and could get them out of oodles of jams; Bella was called Bug because she was small and shy and could hide like a little bug, and Analise Wolfington, Wolfie, she was the one to find trouble. Together they had adventures, and tonight was Halloween . . . the perfect night for an adventure.&...

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“The Burning Fame of Jealousy” by Chelsea Minjarez

Submitted to Contest #114

“You wanna do something fun?” I turned my head toward Marina’s voice, my eyes still closed to the sunshine. “No. Like what?” I felt her roll closer, our sleeves brushing against each other and her book nudging against my ribs. “Let’s go to Kaz’s house and see if his dad will let him out early today.” My heart fluttered. “Kaz’s dad never lets him out before 5 PM, you know that.” “But maybe he will if we ask?” I opened my eyes to give her a pointed look. “You’re right,” she groaned, throwing an elbow over her eyes and nearly smacking my ...

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“You should take your meds” by Tanya Prosser

Submitted to Contest #114

CW: Mental health, mature language“You wanna do something fun?” she whispers to me in her sing song voice. It catches me off guard- it was just us in this little space, and we had sat silently for a long stretch by her standards. I had been fooling myself thinking that today would be any different. She would have to break the silence, uneasy with us just sitting idle. We were such different creatures.She smiles and talks to everyone, a social butterfly who lives for fun. Making jokes and keeping people laughing, with a natural...

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“Hang Ups (And Please Be Patient, I'll Get to the Story in a Minute)” by James Tweedie

Submitted to Contest #114

Have you ever played the word game called “Hangman?” To be honest, I don’t really care one way or the other if you have or you haven’t. It’s just that if you ever do play it, and you really want to stump the person you’re playing against, give them the word “phlegm.” You’ll win every time.“Phlegm” . . . and “mucus”—that’s another good one. Or you could try “mucous,” which is how you spell the word when it is an adjective instead of a noun. But wait, now that I think of it, most bodily fluid-type words would work . . .Thinking of bodily fluid...

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“Gray Matters” by Aiyana Henderson

Submitted to Contest #114

Darkness.The light had never comforted Carson.He knew that blasted Sun was trying to blind him. It should have died out like all of the other planets. Even though that was scientifically impossible to do on many levels, he wouldn’t be able to stop the Sun from rising and leaving no more that he could stop the press from harassing him.It made him really pissed off. Carson was more than pissed off. He was seeing red.That fateful day when his world changed forever. The news outlets wouldn’t let him get off easily, either. They had become so ent...

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“The Right Moves” by Dale Bird

Submitted to Contest #114

“I don’t use social media,” Henry lamented to his friend, planted at the adjacent bar stool, “I’ll have to wait until summer and maybe then I could join a club or somethi..” “Comon man it’s been over a year now. You never leave your house and the only club you’ll join is an online chess club. You can always delete the app if you don’t use it.” Miguel had had this same argument with Henry at least five times before over the past year, in the same dive bar, and in same round, worn leather seats that smelled like someone soaked them i...

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“Learning not to care.” by Charlie Brightwell

Submitted to Contest #114

You know when I was younger I used to love running. Like, playing tag, stuck in the mud, even bulldog. I loved the rush, the adrenaline. I wasn't the fastest child, but at that age who cares. All I cared about was having fun. I remember I used to come home, and my mum would always have a snack of some sort ready and waiting for me and my little sister. A chocolate spread sandwich with the crusts cut off, or maybe some biscuits. Her way of showing love was to make sure we were happy, and I was always happy with snacks. My favourite food ...

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“Persistent Dynamics” by Ginger Collins

Submitted to Contest #114

“I thought everyone played logic games on Friday night,” Lorie shrugged her shoulders with a smirk as she explained her personal journey to becoming an aerospace engineer. All six of the interns sitting around the conference table snickered with knowing glances when Ruby’s boss, Lorie, made this quip. What is a logic game, Ruby wondered. These interns are in high school...so how long has Lorie been playing them on Friday nights? Their hour with the interns ended. Ruby and Lorie passed the next crew of company leaders as they walked o...

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“Born Z” by Kelita Sim

Submitted to Contest #114

My name is Zeva. And I am reminded of it every day.*At the superstore, the cashier scans through my allowance and double-takes the chocolate that I put in a special request for. She bounces it up and down to feel its weight. It’s a 500g bar, barely weighing anything. It’s nothing compared to the others’ shopping, but it’s everything to me. My heart almost stops when she pushes my chocolate aside without scanning it and totals the rest of my bill.“That’ll be 42,” she says with a straight steady stare. Her face is hard, with dark eyebrows in a...

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“Disgustingly Beautiful” by Matthew Ruby

Submitted to Contest #114

Hideous? That’s what the stories say at least. Depicted with frog-like skin texture, matted hair and teeth black as death. Some say her fingernails are claws, others say her nails are short and filled with grime. People have told tales about her for an age-long. Tales that said her breath could rot an apple to its core. Tales that said her laugh cracked like whips against the ears. Every story told made its way around the world, making her feel small, alone and insecure. Her image was her curse. A person said to be so hideous her own ...

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“Small Comforts ” by Erica Vogel

Submitted to Contest #114

I was the kind of child who spent a lot of time in their head. Books were shrines wherein I could bear my suspicions about the world and then take something like knowledge for myself. They were always there, and always willing to take in a quiet, lonely kid. The local library was a well-trod landmark throughout my young life, from the time I could read. Beginning around age twelve, I’d go there for a few hours until my mother would pick me up after her workday ended. During this time, middle school, I’d suspected that the after-school book c...

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“Falling over my own feet” by Wren Laurel Frost

Submitted to Contest #114

I don’t feel like I……. This is the most frustrating sentence I have come across. I have heard it from others many, many times and have had to use it myself quite a few times. But still should I begin the sentence now, I still find myself in front of a wall. I don’t feel like I am the person for this job. A job I have never tried. I don’t think I will be able to do it. In response to something I had heard for the first time that day. I don’t think I will be a good fit. When I was job searching. They all prece...

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“You Have to Draw the Line” by Patricia Striar Rohner

Submitted to Contest #114

YOU HAVE TO DRAW THE LINE The Pitcher At twenty-eight, Maggie had three kids under three and a head full of distracted thoughts. She couldn't get over how much she had to do now that she had a new set of twins and a toddler. Her mother lived far away. Well, Maggie thought, she'd gotten a lot done today. She took the twins for their six month check-up; just shy of 15 pounds, they were a bit small but healthy. Teddy needed new shoes and he chose brown ones. She even got a h...

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Ended on 23:59 - Oct 08, 2021 EST

Won by Beth Jackson 🏆

Title: The Hallowed Ground

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