Set your story on a day when the sun never sets.

Posted in Dark on Oct 25, 2022

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“What Can You Do?” by Juliet Pittman

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It was a day like any other slow, quiet, and calm. Time seemed to creep slower and slower each day. This day seemed to be peculiar I had to admit, then it dawned on me, time changed. No wonder I feel sleepier than normal, I lost an hour. All good life will go on I guess. Time to start my day at 8:00 AM instead of 9:00 AM; I really could have used the extra hour of sleep. As I was making my way downstairs I was hit harshly with the deep unpleasant burning sensation of sunlight in my face due to someone forgetting to close the curtains in the ...

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“Prisoners of the glass cloche” by Jorjah Drysdale

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The reflected light from the cheap glass face of my watch strikes my eyes, staining my vision shades of purple and grey as I check for the time. The hand shifts to 12: 72. A sudden dry taste burdens my mouth and chokes my breath into an airy cough. I sip the last of the water struggling at the bottom of my flask. Living inside the glass cloche dome sets our world ablaze with the light which never surrenders and the ever thick atmosphere. The fat drops of built up condensation on the surface above spontaneously fall to instantly die upon impa...

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“Day Trip” by Caleb Fitting

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“How does your ship keep up with the Sun if you never leave Earth’s atmosphere?” Cade immediately regretted his question. Within the thin line of people who stood in front of the carnival stage, faces turned and eyes cut in his direction. That he liked. The loud, angry, and in some cases elderly, adults acting like two-year-olds were about to witness Cade’s smooth intellect. It was what was happening on stage that made Cade want to walk away. The older man on the platform lifted the tiny, multi-colored hat he held and placed it on the tip ...

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“the shadow men” by Jolie Ma

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The sky is bright, it has to be. Whenever the ball of flame falls under the mountains an arsenal of bright lamps switch on, if they don’t… The shadow people have been tormenting us long before I was born but not infinitely, nothing goes infinitely. The reason behind our infinite day is that since we refused shelter to a witch when she was being burnt by the sun on she cursed us by ensuring we have to keep the light on and would suffer the pain of the sun, always. Wherever the smallest patch of darkness touches the shadow people will gather,...

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“The Day That Never Existed” by Teona Tas

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Mr. Light woke up at 8 in his hotel room 411 as always. He immediately got up, gently washed his face, combed his hair and got dressed. He was feeling enthusiastic to see his fiance. He was such a romantic lover that the women who saw the way he looked at his fiance would wish that he was their lover. He was skipping down the stairs before he got a small cup of coffee to finish at once to be able to leave for his romantic date as early as possible. Before leaving the hotel, he checked up on his room key which wa...

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“A Little Tale Overheard In the Hospital” by Nick Cevennes

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Josh Whitham, glazed, corners of his waterlogged coat stained with sticky dust, collar turned inside out and hair unkempt, stared at the rusting, swollen, quivering, nervous, bewildered thing sitting in the west corner of the warehouse. The thing that once symbolized fineness and the last glow of youth twenty years ago was now as hoary and old as himself. Most of all, he didn't know if he had the courage to plunge into its icy jaws again, now he was going to do this alone. He wondered whether it would be an exit to liberation or a coffin to ...

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“A Matter of Degrees” by Bob Faszczewski

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A Matter of Degrees Residents of the Northern Hemisphere normally welcomed the chance to throw off their layers of winter clothing and romp with as little attire as possible in the world’s lakes and oceans. They didn’t realize, however, that the sun they so fervently wished for, now could become the instrument of their destruction. As Mother Nature began to close the curtain on 2300 she decided to play a cruel joke on humanity by having the sun shine continuously–24 hours a day. Medical personnel working in emergency rooms across mos...

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“The Fall of Phaeton” by VJ Hamilton

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Pete never knew his dad lived in a palace. Like, a real palace, a magnificent shining palace of opalescent stone within sight of Mount Olympus, a palace with a grand hall that he would have to walk across one day. Luckily he was wearing his Dodgers’ cap and the long bill protected his eyes from the worst of the glare as he made his way inside. A palace attendant came running forward, saying, “Tut-tut, no hats in the presence of His Royal Highness King Helios.” Pete shrugged the attendant away and said, “I’m his long-lost son—Dad won’t mind...

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“All in a Dream” by John Steckley

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All in a Dream Dreams that Came True Harry wouldn’t describe himself as a superstitious person, or as being particularly quirky in nature. But there was this one thing. He believed that his dreams gave him hints and predictions about his future. Once, a dream told him when he was looking for a job, that he should buy the local paper that morning. Sure enough, when he did so he found under “jobs” the one he would apply for and ultimately get. His now deceased mother had been worried for a long time about his job prospec...

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“Aftermath of the De-rotation” by Jonathan Passmore

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Disclaimer: This story contains sensitive information not suitable for all ages. Topics of violence, abuse, gore, and other suggestive themes are presented. Reader's discretion is advised. “Look, I already know what you’re going to say.” “They have to be connected. At the very least there’s a correlation between them. I mean she’s the ninth one in two weeks. Has the same mark between her eyes as the others and bullet wounds from a fully automatic, military grade. But she’s all cut up too, like they were holding a grudge or something. Wow i...

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“The Letter from Project D” by Mitchell Awisus

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“Project D” has been active for the last 150 years. Of course, this measurement of time references when this letter was written. Keep in mind, it could be many years before this writing is ever found. After three failed attempts at configuring a device which would keep the sun shining twenty four hours a day, 365 days a year, the science finally got it right. When I was younger, my classmates would joke stating the reason the government named the operation “Project D,” was to make sure we were all getting enough vitamin D in our lives, which...

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Set your story on a day when the sun never sets.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 26 stories

“What Can You Do?” by Juliet Pittman

“Prisoners of the glass cloche” by Jorjah Drysdale

“Day Trip” by Caleb Fitting

“the shadow men” by Jolie Ma

“The Day That Never Existed” by Teona Tas

“A Little Tale Overheard In the Hospital” by Nick Cevennes

“A Matter of Degrees” by Bob Faszczewski

“The Fall of Phaeton” by VJ Hamilton

“All in a Dream” by John Steckley

“Aftermath of the De-rotation” by Jonathan Passmore

“The Letter from Project D” by Mitchell Awisus

🌟 Similar prompts

Write a story about an afternoon picnic gone wrong.

Write about a character who doesn’t want to go to sleep.

End your story with someone saying: “What a day.”

Write about light returning to a place that has been deprived of it for a long time, literally or figuratively.

Contest #138

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