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#68: Meet in the Middle

If there’s one thing we know, it’s that the internet loves to argue. Perhaps one of the stranger fights I’ve seen is what constitutes a “sandwich” — you’d think the definition would be universal… and you’d be very wrong.

But whether you classify hot dogs, pitas, and burritos as sandwiches or not, one thing we can agree on is this: no matter how similar the components, there’s endless variety to be found when you combine the ingredients in different ways.

With that in mind, this week we’re celebrating the infinite diversity of fillings. To do so, we’re going to provide you with the beginning and ending of your story — and it will be up to you to fill these two slices of literary bread with whatever you can imagine!

This week's prompts

Start your story with two characters watching a sunrise and end it with one of them seeing the moon reflecting off a lake.

Adults – 301 stories

Start your story with someone admitting a secret and end it with someone telling a lie.

Dramatic – 180 stories

Start your story with someone robbing a bank and end it with two people driving on an interstate.

Dramatic – 86 stories

Start your story with the line, “This was supposed to be the happiest day of their lives,” and end it with, “By then it was too late.”

Sad – 132 stories

Start your story with the line, “It had been twenty-four years since she’d last seen it, but the place looked exactly the same,” and end it with, “[…] and that was all that mattered.”

Adults – 178 stories

Stories

“You and Me” by Sarah Verrastro

Submitted to Contest #68

The sky smiled down at you and I, that beautiful June morning. Colors painted the sky in my mind's eye, that beautiful June morning. “It’s you and me,” I say. “Always you and me.”A week blows by, in the blink of an eye, and now it is July. You and I, licking our fingers dry from a birthday cake, blue as the sky. Ten candles blown out one by one, for each year we have done.“It’s you and me,” I say. “Always you and me.”Christmas lights up the sky, twinkling way up high. Snow floats down from the blue, blue heavens, while the bows on the w...

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“Dawn To Dark” by Will Soulsby-McCreath

Submitted to Contest #68

Siegfried sat just inside the woodland, at the top of a small hill, not high enough to be seen over the treetops, but just high enough to spot the mountains to the east. It hadn’t taken much to sneak out of the castle, Siegfried was well practiced at it after all, and sneaking out before the pink tinges of dawn even touched the eastern mountains guaranteed very few people to run into. Beside him, the swan waited, her eyes fixed on the mountains and the top towers of the castle below them. Pink, orange, and gold exploded from between the ...

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“Love needs approval” by Mosami Trivedi

Submitted to Contest #68

Blankets of mist, floating in breeze, cuckoos still sleeping, nothing much come to life, except the irresistible nature, the sea which is wearing blue and golden hue is coming to them and going away. Nature is never boring like us humans, it's large and huge, mending everything in perfect thread. Asha is sitting 6 feet away from Sulay. Their deal not to cross this proximity, like if they do so, the world will crush them And they knew it is true. Sulay was watching the golden dawn spreading through sunrise. And Asha was watching Sulay his fai...

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“Two Poets” by Rick Bramhall

Submitted to Contest #68

The two poets watched as the morning sunrise struggled into dawn. One was young, the other near the end of his life. The soft rose-pink light colored both their faces, the one like a smooth, blank palette, the other interrupted with aged canyons of shadow. "What, is it sunset already?" the older one wondered out loud. "No, Master," replied his young friend. "It is dawn." They sat gently rocking in a simple boat on the lake. If you listened carefully, you could hear the miniature waves lap against the cobbled shore. Shore birds, having ant...

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“Water Under The Bridge” by Cheryl Fulks

Submitted to Contest #68

Water Under The BridgeMy Darling the sun shines brightly in your eyes as the sun rises out of the water. I want to spend every sunrise looking into them. From the first day you came into my life, I have cherished every moment. The reflection on the water takes me back to Bora Bora where we spent our honeymoon. The days and nights were magical with the turquoise lagoons and clear deep blue waters where we scuba dived along the coral reef and hiked Mount Otemanu. You, my dear, worried about the volcano erupting. I reme...

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“A Bad Houseguest” by Crys De

Submitted to Contest #68

Thea and Billy were outside Thea's house sitting in Muskoka chairs, drinking orange juice , overlooking the lake watching the sun come up. Billy was her friends ex boyfriend, her friend Leanne had just broken up with him. Leanne had asked Thea to let him stay with her as she had a large house and he had no place to stay. Leanne was not known for staying in relationships for long periods of time, she was always about what was coming next. So it annoyed Thea that Leanne had Billy move in with her knowing that she would break up with h...

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“Feelings of Lovers” by Judith Buskohl

Submitted to Contest #68

The air around the twosome was snapping with passion and the romance seemed to be fresh, alive with feelings that want to come to the surface. Arms were entwined around the other’s body as they held the body hard against their body. Eyes and lips only inches apart as their lips itched to be firmly planted against the other person’s lips. Feeling were hot and trying to bubbly over as the sun was setting on their romance episode. Sasha tangled her hand in Craig’s hair and felt the softness of its texture inching its w...

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“When would morning come?” by Seeker C

Submitted to Contest #68

We sat on the beach and watched a glorious sunrise. The sand was slightly damp from a shower of rain earlier that morning. As the sun rose higher and higher in the sky we promised to stay in touch. Jenna and I had been friends for several decades. We had picked up the same ragged bunny in kindergarten and refused to give it to the other. The compromise had been to play together. I wanted bunny to make tea and Jenna wanted bunny to go climb a mountain. As we grew up we always wanted different things and somehow that was how we remained friend...

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“A Few Hours” by Claire Elizabeth

Submitted to Contest #68

Jessica pulled her sweater tighter around her shoulders. The fabric was warm and soft but it didn’t satisfy her urge to hug her sister. They stood next to each other in the early morning fog, silently watching as a warm glow started to light the sky. The lake soothed Jessica, telling her it would be okay. “My socks are wet.” Olivia broke the silence first. Jessica cracked a small smile and looked down at their feet. The fresh dew that coated the grass had soaked through her socks too. “Mine too.” Jessica felt tears start to f...

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“Vietnam War. (R18)” by A BK

Submitted to Contest #68

2 young men watch the sunrise. The day was beautiful while birds take their flight for today's share of food. The one with the moustache looked other with the Glasses. Their expressions were bright as the day after they said farewell to their family and head for Vietnam. "Big brother James, thanks for coming along with me," Young Sargent said to his colleague brother. "Do not worry, we will win this war!" James replied to Thomas boldly. James Hoover didn't sign for Vietnam recruit. However, Youngman demanded to come along with his young brot...

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“Reflection” by Frq Frk

Submitted to Contest #68

“Beautiful!!!” He exclaimed looking at the beauty of sunrise.“yeah, looks like more important than the damn sleep” the other one obeyed with him."Haha, you said my inner word" he hadn't turned to see and continued "do you come here daily?""No, only when you come" other guy replied“Why?" he turned around. "Why do you look like me?” Both said at once looking to each other.“who are you?” Again, both said but one with emotions included in his words and other calm. The calm guy fell into thoughts when the other guy shrugged his shoulders.“Ah...

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“Half-blood Salvino” by Ricky Mae Sutphen

Submitted to Contest #68

The sunrise shone a glorious florid orange on the horizon. The warmest hue upon a rainbow that brings gentle passion to those who see it. Reminding people of a new day that will allow them to start a new. For Tanis and Laura, the sunrise meant another day of torment for both of them. Currently seated on the lush green grass at the palace garden. Both watching the golden petals stretch and illuminate in the blue sky. Tanis looked at Laura, who was currently admiring the view in front of her and saw the same blue color on his wife’s ...

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“Sunrise Sands” by Emily Range

Submitted to Contest #68

My vision was engulfed with the colors of the waking sky, the November wind beating against my wool blanket. Though the weather was harsh, I could never resist falling in love over and over with the sky lakeside every morning. I saw him sitting on the sand barely ten feet away, another person who couldn't help but watch the sunrise on the water's edge even if the weather begged you not to. I watched the sparkle of color in his eyes, big and brown. I couldn't dare let this opportunity slip through my fingers. Studying his details and walking ...

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“Voices Of The Depth ” by Little Ghost

Submitted to Contest #68

That sunrise was dark. It was cold, the sky wasn’t blue, the birds didn’t sing, behind the mountains, the sun rays were fading and mixing with the huge grey clouds. As I watched the clouds moving with the wind, I said to Helen “something’s coming today”. She just looked at me and smiled.We entered her house, it was warm inside. We both sat on the big couch, and she turned on the TV. The news are the same from two weeks; missing people. Helen started, “a new person will be missing today”. I didn’t understand, I asked why, she answered “a...

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“The Sunrise Ruby” by Alex E

Submitted to Contest #68

Rumi the world famous Persian writer says "There’s nothing left of me. I’m like a ruby held up to the sunrise. Is it still a stone, or a world made of redness? It has no resistance to sunlight." It has red color stone on my finger, faceted surface, which is geometric cut with gold mounting it. You've guessed it; it's my Sunrise Ruby Ring! Rarely have i reminded red eye person more of the toenails of a Persian Seagal. His legs are as flawless as an exemplary, charming nails, which has been writing accidentally in a dull sunrise sky. Naturall...

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Title: Silence

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