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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

“Somnolence” by Taylor F

Submitted to Contest #114

“Another F?” The smack of the test papers hitting the desk followed. I didn’t have to look over my shoulder to know Dad’s disappointment. “Where’d you get that?” I mumbled out, the large, circled, red “F” glaring at me. “Look, kiddo.” He gently pulled me by the shoulder, twisting my desk chair around, and knelt down in front of me. “You didn’t have to hide this from me. I’m here to help you.” His eyes looked sad. I bit at my short thumbnail. “I know you are, Dad,” I said, turning back toward my open textbook. “I’m fine.” I st...

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“Uptight & Light” by William Crawford

Submitted to Contest #114

Today was like any other day, I was going to Rivertown High School, and my first class happened to be homeroom. Here was where I started the day, with the teacher writing important notes on the whiteboard and calling out our names. “Tracy Donald,” he said. “Here” “Jack Diamond” There was a silence, so this student was marked absent. “Jacklyn Evergreen” “Here” The teacher continued to call out the other students’ names until ... “John McDougall” “H-here” That was me who responded after hearing my name called out. I was always known ...

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“Something is going on” by Ruth Zschoche

Submitted to Contest #114

CW: sexually suggestive language, mild domestic violenceThe baby was making noises off and on. Marie heard it dimly, half awake. She moved to sit up and then fell back with a thump. Cassy was talking, babbling softly. Not crying. She would go back to sleep.A black wave hit Marie’s face and crested over her brow, pulling her back into sleep.***She heard a cry in the distance as she sat at the table. Yellow and hard plastic. School tables outside in the quad for lunch. Cement floor. Gray trays with plates and cardboard milk. It was pizza day. ...

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“The Sleeping Trickster” by Leslie Fry

Submitted to Contest #114

All my senses come back instantaneously. My hairs on my arms perk up and a shiver goes down my spine when I notice strange puckered up lips leave mine, “uh what was that ?! Did that guy just kiss me?!” As I think this, the stranger whose lips are covered in lipstick smiles at me and I see some spinach stuck in his teeth. “Um, who are you?!” I asked the stranger. “I am the noble prince who saved your life and plans to marry you if you agree.” “Wait, You expect me to marry you when I've only met you a minute ago?” “I don’t unders...

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“Trick Or Treat Revenge” by Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #114

You wanna do something fun? I look at my best friend Violet. She nods. Tomorrow is Halloween, I have something wicked planned. It's not just any prank, but revenge. My name is Autumn, me and my best friend Violet have been tormented by the most vicious, backstabbing girls I have ever known. They are known as the Fab 5. The Fab 5 Camila, Natalie, Jade, Ashley and Taylor rule South high with an iron fist, all the guys like them, the girls are little pets following them around, for us we hate them. We've known the head witch Camila since ...

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“Meramec” by Evynlee McDougal

Submitted to Contest #114

“You wanna do something fun?” I looked up at Janie, red, slick hands wiping the jean windshield that was my narrow thighs. I could see the heave in my chest, feel the bones rattling in my neck. Her eyes were bright and crazed, and standing up at this moment felt like lifting a car. Still, I stood. “Something fun, huh? More fun than this?” I gestured to my torso. The broken skin mixed with torn fabric and blood reminded me of the inside of a strawberry danish. Talk about taking a bite out of life. I could sense her resolve, an...

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“Second Best” by Sue Brown

Submitted to Contest #114

I was five years old when I became my parents’ second favourite child. And this came as a complete shock to me. I had been loved and cherished for five years, I was the centre of their world. The arrival of this squalling, red faced interloper turned my world upside down. Where I once had my mother’s full attention, now she was always busy. I was told to be quiet, don't disturb the baby. The baby! My brother, Michael, the longed for son and heir. I got that message from the very beginning. I wa...

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“Someone who understands” by Dionisia Lampadariou

Submitted to Contest #114

TW: loss of a loved one Just like its residents, the corporate glass building had a talent for grabbing attention and fulfilling needs: it was now reflecting the scarlet sky, spreading the beauty of a second, misplaced sunset in the buzzing city. Still, in the heart of November, the red and orange palette offered merely an elusive hint of warmth. Mimicking the couple of executives standing near the bus stop, he had covered himself head-to-toe, leaving only his eyes exposed to the cold. He was shivering underneath, but the avenue...

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“Sisterhood” by Ckrista Smith

Submitted to Contest #114

Mary picked up the TV remote and snapped off the History Channel special she had been watching and got up from brown suede sofa. The house was silent. She raked her fingers through her thin reddish-orange, flat, short hair and pushed the bridge of her thick, black plastic-framed glasses up her large nose. She left the living room and walked down the hallway that led to the rear of the house and the sun that trickled through the sky roof reflected off her picked-at blue-sparkled fingernails. &nb...

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“Family Reunion” by Lesley Frost

Submitted to Contest #114

1,515 words Lesley Frost lesleyfrost0@gmail.com FAMILY REUNION. I steel myself as I walk into my aunt’s house for another family reunion. As I suspected, there’s no sign of my brother. How dos he always weasel out of these affairs? Everyone else is here in their usual tidy, little groups. Right, here I go. First, a big smile all round and then a quick slide through the hugs and beery kisses from the uncles. Dad is in the middle of them, as usual, probably expounding on the latest soccer match. Oh Lord, he’s wea...

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“An Excuse” by Karen Lethlean

Submitted to Contest #114

An ExcuseSitting around amid paraphernalia of a marriage she finds a wedding photograph. Only ten years ago, they looked so young. Beth’s brown hair blown dry to satin. Thin arms, a light satin gown, spaghetti straps, and a heart shaped pennant mid neck. Feelings of floating, harmlessly, chatting to wedding guests. Curt would be the one. How did things went so wrong. They bore wide grins, other guests smiled, filled photographs which captured a perfect world, right down to matching clothes and shoes.‘So, you thought it possible to cheat beca...

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“Breast Cancer Journey” by Shawna Du

Submitted to Contest #114

Watching my hair fall out in clumps wasn't the worst part of getting cancer nor was the surgery that took my left boob. It was the aftermath. I wondered if losing a breast meant that I wasn't a real woman anymore. Would my husband still find me attractive? Thankfully, I didn't have to worry about that for long. My Honey was great and a few days after my surgery he even admitted to having sexy dreams about me. And get this, in his dreams, I was wearing negligee but I had a mastectomy. I was shocked by this heartfelt confession, but he expla...

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“Life Goes On” by Caroline Warui

Submitted to Contest #114

She had been bent over the bonnet of her car for ten minutes, her back facing the storefront where he was standing. Her slim legs draped in tights, an inverted v-shape, disappearing into a blue denim dress shirt.He knew her. Ariana. She was in one of his classes. She sat in the front row almost two meters away from him and had said nothing to him the whole semester. Barely even acknowledged he existed.He always felt slightly nervous when near good-looking girls, because of his stutter. With Ariana's flawless oval face, framed by jet black cu...

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“Ruby's Partners” by Brian Janko

Submitted to Contest #114

Ruby never thought she would love dancing, but she was going to the dance studios, nightclubs, and restaurants more and more. She was going out three or four times a week now. The dancing was Latin and very physical. That was no problem because she worked out and was in good shape. But moving her body to the music while counting the beats and working with a partner — all this was new to her, and she sometimes felt inadequate. Ruby wanted to meet someone, too, but thinking about that made her sad because her relationships always seemed t...

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“The untalented Mr. Bertie” by Zoe V

Submitted to Contest #114

Albert Davis was without a doubt the most peculiar 8-year-old to have ever graced the halls of this school with his presence. Let me tell you why. For one, little Bertie was an avid reader, ever with his nose in a book – quite literally for he was fairly myopic – whatever the setting. In every conversation he would always fervently argue the existence of dinosaurs in the past, no matter how many times everyone would tell him there was no need to and that their existence was scientific fact. He really loved small hats, he believed they added ...

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Ended on 23:59 - Oct 08, 2021 EST

Won by Beth Jackson 🏆

Title: The Hallowed Ground

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