Write a story about two neighbors talking from their yards, windows, balconies, etc.

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“The Balcony Experiment ” by Eve Naden

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My friends, they think I’m a barrel. Rolling down a hill, or a canyon, speeding up, accelerating. Absorbing a gown of muddied leaves. Rolling into a river with my eyes clamped shut, failing to open until I’m facing the brow of a waterfall. Ready to tumble. Part of me was grateful that, due to the lockdown order, I was trapped in the one blind-spot for phone signal in the entire village. I’d rushed – or rolled as my friends would have said – into a cadre of routines. Washing the floors every Sunday, ordering a curry every Saturd...

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“Summer Ending” by Courtney Haynes

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There was a special kind of peace that came with living in Newcastle, Colorado. I loved the song the wind played, a lullaby blowing upon my face as I perused the pages of my latest romance novel. I loved the magnificent backdrop of mountains large enough to swallow me and my problems up whole. I liked the long green silence of the fields and the therapeutic shade of the air. I loved the entire panoramic view from the perch of my country home balcony.I loved all the scenery with the exception of one noticeable eyesore: a man, half-naked in th...

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“Our Time of Life” by Heather Laaman

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“That woman better not start with me,” Maureen grumbled as she made her way onto her balcony, glass in hand. Today was her seventy-third birthday, and she was going to celebrate with an Old fashioned. She anticipated some sniffs of disapproval from her neighbor’s balcony, but baiting Peggy was part of the fun. A week ago Maureen had had a beer with her lunch at her little patio table and Peggy had asked if it wasn’t a little early for that sort of thing. She had looked so far down her nose, Maureen wondered if ...

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“Spring Waltz” by Ananya Roy 🥳🌸

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Abeer (he loved dragging it long) and I, we used to be good friends back in our childhood days but as ages rolled by and my career-oriented goals came to a sharp focus I fell back, in our friendship. He went ahead, without me. I wouldn’t blame him for that but somewhere deep down there I had felt a tad bit sad, no bitterness though, it was a mixture of sadness and guilt that the vacuum had originated from. We still go to the same school though, we’re still neighbors, the only thing that has changed is that I don’t see Abeer as the same frien...

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“The New Normal” by Beechie Bean

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There has been a stay at home order for 7 months now. Technically, it’s more than just a stay at home order. It’s a “if you walk outside your door you will be shot to death” order. The government is just trying to say it nicely. A new plague is going around. It’s worse than any other virus in history. Way worse. It started at the beginning of December when the weather was cold and windy, but people still went out. It’s now July and the air is burning hot except in the evenings, with no one around except bodies. We call it Deathstroke. It a ...

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“Alone” by Gloria Salazar

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"Are you kidding me?" Jacob yelled across his front lawn at the elderly man swinging on the porch opposite him. The man wore a worn-out sweater that had obviously been knitted just for him, some time ago. It was loose in all the right places and tight where it needed to be."No," the man laughed, "when I was your age gasoline was only twenty-five cents a gallon.""I wish I was alive back then," Jacob called out as he finished his cup of morning coffee. "Be right back." He told the man."Sure," the old man looked into his own half-empty coffee c...

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“Matilda, Pretrina And The Neighbourhood Party” by MaureenJ Poutoa

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Matilda, Petrina, And The Neighbourhood PartyIt was April the 14th 2020 and it had been announced on one of the social media sites that they were suggesting ways to enjoy having some time with your neighbours, in Lockdown time. Of course there were some ways which made it quite apparent to everyone. Matilda really liked her neighbour Pretrina and decided to talk to her about the neighbourhood party. The theme was that everyone took a chair and put it by their letterbox and with a bottle of their favourite wine and some...

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“My Annoying Neighbor” by Saranglogy R

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"Ahhh what a morning!"I stretched my arms, and widely grinned by looking at the other side of the bed where my friend was sleeping.Her bedsheets were on the ground, pillows not under her head, her half leg on the floor, and her remaining body on the bed."Hmm, work from home is stress I guess," I mumbled myself and looked outside. I could see through the window that it was early morning."Why not take a walk?" I grinned by the idea that popped in my head and got down from my bed to visit my favorite place.The backyard.I and my friend Lily, who...

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“The Bitch Next Door” by Rachel MacLean

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It was another lazy day. Heather and I sunbathed in our small garden, everyone in the flat above us had left so we had it all to ourselves.‘You know I actually think the pink would look better than the purple.’ Heather sat beside me. She was working on a tapestry, her latest piece, that she hoped would be accepted at the next exhibition when lockdown was over. ‘What do you think?’ she asked, raising her head to look at me.I shrugged, ‘the pink?’She nodded, pulling the purple thread from her needle. I collapsed onto the blanket we were sittin...

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“Quarantine secret” by Britt Michielsen

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It's been going on since 5 a.m. this morning. He has been screaming swear words at her, and she has been crying out to stop. This happens practically every day now. Screaming, crying, screeching, thumping against the wall, and sometimes I even hear glass breaking. I can't believe she keeps doing it. I can't believe she stays with that asshole.'She', of course, has a name. Jaycee. She is the most beautiful girl I have ever seen in my life. She moved into the apartment next to mine a few months ago, and it's always been like this. Ever since J...

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“A Bud Light at the End of the Tunnel” by Matt Strempel

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The letter—crisp white paper with officious black text, apart from the jarring red ‘PENALTY’ on the top right corner of the page—sat in stark contrast to Chuck’s weathered, wrinkled hands.“Staring at it isn’t going to help,” said Chuck’s wife, Rosemary.Chuck humphed. Typical of cantankerous old men, Chuck Habberfield humphed a lot. Even more since the nation-wide lockdown. Now he barely uttered a word as the weeks in isolation dragged on.Before, his weekly routine had been a repetitive, yet satisfying schedule of activities. When he was...

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“" THE CONVERSATION "” by Vickie Culbertson

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The warmth of the sun felt good on my face, as I leaned into our backyard fence. My neighbor came walking up her driveway, wearing a pulling the trash can under the carport. Madison walks towards me as I ask her, " How are you surviving his stay at home order. I re-adjust my homemade mask as she relates how her week at home with four kids has been going. Each of us pull up a plastic outdoor chair; mine blue, hers green. This begins our first conversation to become one of many to chat or actually vent our shared frustrations. Madison, sighs a...

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“The Climb to the Window” by Mackenzie Steinman

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Dear Diary, Today is the first day of my confinement. April 18, 1943 is officially the worst day ever. Not because of the war, not because of the death caused by the war, but the fact that I have been quarantined. Yes, you heard me, quarantined. A word that can send shivers up anyone’s back. Now, you may ask, why am I quarantined? Well, the answer is quite simple—I have an infamous case of the oh-so-dreadful Scar...

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“Mentor” by Kavita Rawat

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"Breaking news" the news anchor announced. "The prime minister had extended the lockdown till 3 May"."He had also appealed to everyone to stay in their homes"." The prime minister personally requested everyone to stay in their homes to come out only when it is necessary". And then Netflix was surfing on the T.V."Suchit yaar, I was watching the news?" I said irritatingly."The news anchor will repeat the same lockdown news for about an hour". He said."And what do you are watching on Netflix? There is no show left to watch". I said as we had li...

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“Six Feet Away” by Victoria Bogatz

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I’m in love. Jonas Sistheim is his name. I had better explain. Jonas was-- is-- my first boyfriend. And I had a little problem when I decided I liked him. He was my best friend’s brother. Isabella, my best friend, has known me since kindergarten. We argue a bunch and do everything together. I never really noticed her brother. He was just always there. Until this year. He was suddenly cute and I wanted him to notice me. Except I didn’t, because what about Izzy? What would she think? Also, would Jonas even glance at me? I ha...

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Write a story about two neighbors talking from their yards, windows, balconies, etc.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 196 stories

“The Balcony Experiment ” by Eve Naden

“Summer Ending” by Courtney Haynes

“Our Time of Life” by Heather Laaman

“Spring Waltz” by Ananya Roy 🥳🌸

“The New Normal” by Beechie Bean

“Alone” by Gloria Salazar

“Matilda, Pretrina And The Neighbourhood Party” by MaureenJ Poutoa

“My Annoying Neighbor” by Saranglogy R

“The Bitch Next Door” by Rachel MacLean

“Quarantine secret” by Britt Michielsen

“A Bud Light at the End of the Tunnel” by Matt Strempel

“" THE CONVERSATION "” by Vickie Culbertson

“The Climb to the Window” by Mackenzie Steinman

“Mentor” by Kavita Rawat

“Six Feet Away” by Victoria Bogatz

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