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#86: Springtime Flowers

March 21st may be considered the first day of Spring by many, but Mother Nature doesn't always agree. Depending on where you live, the daffodils could be showing their sunny faces or still hibernating under frozen soil.

For me, it’s usually a mix. Here you can be wearing shorts one day and shoveling snow the next, but one thing is consistent: as soon as the weather warms up, I’m bursting outside to gulp down that fresh air and watch the world come back to life. This week, regardless of what the weather actually holds, let’s celebrate the season of rebirth and renewal. After all, in our imaginations the sun can always be shining and the birds can always be chirping!

This week's prompts

Set your story at a park during a spring festival.

Spring – 82 stories

Write about a character coming out of a long hibernation (either literal or metaphorical).

Spring – 158 stories

Write a fairy tale about someone who can communicate with woodland creatures.

Kids – 167 stories

Start your story with one character pointing out the first sign of spring to another.

Spring – 106 stories

Write a story where flowers play a central role.

Spring – 278 stories

Stories

“Spring Survival” by Raymond Ogilvie

Submitted to Contest #86

Sequel to “Winter Awakening” Through the window, yellow blooms reached up from the snow. They were Grandma’s favorite. Grandpa Charles sat in his rocking chair, reading a book by the fireplace. Aviva grabbed a bright pink snow jacket from the coat hooks near the door. She was going to pick the flowers to give to Grandpa. Ever since Grandma disappeared he seemed sad, the flowers might make him feel happy. Cold air gusted at her face. Stars still sparkled in the morning sky. “Aviva, shut the door and don’t go out!” Grandpa yelled. The do...

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“Springtime Magic ” by Miriam Brinckley

Submitted to Contest #86

"Louisa!" "Sorry Mother." Fifteen-year-old Louisa sat by the window, pins and needles in her lap. She turned, finding her mother sitting in the chair opposite of her, glaring at her, over her pointed nose. "I don't understand why you still amuse yourself with daydreams and fantasies,' her mother grumbled. "Oh Mother," Louisa cried. "If you only believe, then will you able to hear the trees sing and the wind dance. Sometimes even the woodland creatures will crawl out and tell the most wonderful tells." "I see there is no use getting through t...

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“The Enchanted Forest” by London Barnett

Submitted to Contest #86

I was walking down the hallway when the bell rang, school was out! FINALLY, I had been waiting for hours! I was EXHAUSTED yet; I was excited to go back into the woods like I do every day. Today was special though, I was even more excited today! I ran to the back of the school where mother usually picks me up. I was bound to fly right out of that car! we got stuck in traffic yet finally she had made it home! I rushed into the house and threw down my bag, I then asked mama if I could go in the forest. She told me to be back by dinner. As I ent...

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“Fever Dream” by Mya Nowacinski

Submitted to Contest #86

With a violent cough, I wake myself up from my sick slumber. I sit upright in my leather recliner, and realize that my COVID-19 test results should be emailed to me by now. Stretching in my green-plaid pajamas, I pop my fatigued joints and let out what sounds like an aggressive yawn mixed with a sigh of exhaustion. With great hesitation, I put my password in the phone, and stop on my home screen to think about how nervous I am about these results. My migraines, loss of smell, and constant fatigue imply that my test wi...

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“The Woodland Child” by Jenna Kinsey

Submitted to Contest #86

When you go into the forest you think that everything is against you. That when a snake bites you that they are doing it on purpose or when a bee stings you it doesn't like you. How would you react if someone trampled on your home, or stepped on you, or even bothered you while you were minding your own business. That is how the animals all react to us, they wont mind us unless we mess with them. How do I know this you ask, well when all they do is talk to you, you don't really have a choice. I discovered my gift by accident, when I steepe...

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“Sophia Now Sees” by Idk Idk

Submitted to Contest #86

Sophia was laying down on her bed, packed tightly with two pestiferous twin brothers. She pushes them away from each other as they are in deep sleep. Her hands start to get sweaty, she is anxious because she might wake them up. Sophia pushes the brown, rusty blanket and gets up, distracted by the beautiful trees. She takes her mind off of her brothers. Sophia looks outside and lets her sigh come out, and then, she lets her cry come out. Her blue eyes blur as she leans forward on her window. Her eyes shimmer as she takes deep bre...

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“Cordie The Woodland Charmer” by Julie Roten

Submitted to Contest #86

The first time she heard the voices she thought she had accidently gotten into PawPaw’s home brew at suppertime on accident. She had gone for a walk after they ate some of MawMaw’s fried chicken and mashed potatoes, something she was famous for around these parts. Corduroy, or Cordie as everyone called her, was helping them gather some wood up, but they could tell she wanted to go exploring. So, MawMaw told her to take a walk down the path behind the cabin for a bit. She was walking along the edge of the path looking at the spring flowe...

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“Gaya” by Poonam Desai

Submitted to Contest #86

I stood at the door, as a wolf crept towards me. It stared at me, as if sizing me up. It barked and the sound echoed in my head, "Who are you?" I tilted my head, scared of the weird event. Just then my father walked up behind me. I looked up into his smiling eyes, and back at the wolf, but it was gone. Dad and I walked back inside and settled for breakfast. I poured some milk over my cereal and dropped a question before my dad, "Dad can people hear animals?" I chomped on my cereal, as I waited to hear his reply. "Yeah, we do hear them bark a...

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“Forest of the Sorceress” by Joshua McLean

Submitted to Contest #86

Long hair and a bushy tail tipped in green vanished under thick roots, scattering fallen branches and splashing across a stream. Lena Wulfrun followed, her hands outstretched as if she could grasp the cat at any moment.The dead wintry odor had given way to the fresh scent of spring, wafting into her nostrils as her hands brushed away low branches and her feet crunched on dried leaves.She rounded a wide tree, but the cat was gone. Her cheeks ached from laughter and her legs were sore from a barrage of small cuts. In her hurry, she had ignored...

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“The Beginning” by Nalinie Harrinanan

Submitted to Contest #86

It was 10:30 pm. I finally decided that it was time. The house was quiet. All that I could hear was my father’s soft snores. Still, I needed to be careful. My father was a light sleeper. Granted I detested having to sneak out. Especially as it was to learn to manage the abilities, my mother and her family passed down to me. Under normal circumstances, this would have been something to be proud of, but this was not normal circumstances. Therefore, there was no other choice. Just today, I almost set fire to the park, while there were children ...

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“The start of all promises.” by Shereen Rana

Submitted to Contest #86

A field of endless waves of flowers- pink, orange, red of death, blue. Specks of hell knows what fluttered in and out of vision. Phoenix could barely feel himself. Over all these delirious stings of flushed out calls. A deep voice, broken, cracking at the edges, distorted the scene in a disorienting flurry. He tried, tried to ground himself, in vain! Had he any feet anymore? So he listened. “Endless times I’ve tried to reach you, and I do, but you might as well be deaf and blind! Don’t you know, understand, what you’re forsaking-” He soared ...

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“The Art of Fairy Doors” by Jen Thilman

Submitted to Contest #86

Not caring about the looks she got in her bright rainbow-colored outfit, Suzie beamed as she skipped through downtown like a five-year-old, dropping flower petals in her wake. She didn’t care if people stared; this was Ann Arbor where you see strange people on the streets all the time. A progressive college town with a strong art community, Suzie fell in love with it when she moved here to go to school, and never left. It was her kind of town, where she could be free from the small town BS she came from and be the artist she wanted to be. ...

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“The Mind's Eye” by Carlo Sarrosa

Submitted to Contest #86

“Haaaaaaaaa!” The sounds came out of the girl’s mouth in a perfect melody, echoing through the wooded areas around her. Her hands went over her lips in surprise; was that her voice? Tentatively, she opened her mouth, and tried again. “Haaaaaaaaaaaa!” It was louder now, and yes, she could feel her throat moving with it! The wind carried it loud and clear, and she could almost imagine the woods singing it back to her. Wait, no.. The woods really were singing it back! She spun around, and heard her melodies repeated back in ever increasin...

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“Litariana Meadow” by Serena S

Submitted to Contest #86

“Hello little bunny rabbit,” I whisper as I inch toward a little bunny sitting in a grassy clearing. It’s fur is the color of hot chocolate, it’s tail is the pure white whipped cream that sits on top. I am going hiking with my parents in a beautiful redwood forest where the trees are alive with movement. I love to see all the animals of the forest. I could sit in one spot for hours on end just watching them. The bunny’s ears and nose twitch as it tries to figure out whether I am a friend or foe. I am just about to be close enough...

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“PROTECTOR” by Paula Furlong

Submitted to Contest #86

“Artemis? Ye ready to go?” Shannon hollered in her country drawl.“Let’s go, kid. We’re always wait’n for ye.” said fourteen teen-year-old Connor.“Just meet us at the market, love,” Shannon gathered the baskets. She handed one to her son as they exited the cottage. “Mind ye attitude, please. The girl needs to settle. This is a big change for her. How d’you feel if me and your pap had died.”“I wouldn’t be rude to ye. Bad-tempered she is too.” Connor groaned.“Artemis is just a babe compared to you, now isn’t she? All I ask is that ya try ...

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Ended on 23:59 - Mar 26, 2021 EST

Won by Scott Skinner 🏆

Title: Flowering Walrus

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