Write a story that involves sabotage.

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“The Sleeping Trickster” by Leslie Fry

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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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“Sisterhood” by Ckrista Smith

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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

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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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Write a story that involves sabotage.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 19 stories

“The Sleeping Trickster” by Leslie Fry

“Sisterhood” by Ckrista Smith

“Family Reunion” by Lesley Frost

“An Excuse” by Karen Lethlean

🌟 Similar prompts

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

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

Write about someone grappling with an insecurity.

Set your story at a talent show.

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