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

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“A Mouthful of Ashes” by Arushi Handa

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Kamla lowered her wooden stool onto the bathroom floor, and squatted down, even though her knees ached in protest. Today was one of the bad days. All the joints in her body had seemingly swollen to twice their size overnight. The dull, throbbing ache in her fingers turned to searing pain as she took her clothes out of the steel bucket in front of her. Gritting her teeth and invoking Rama’s name, she rubbed them with a soap bar. In any other part of Delhi, this greasy, yellow bar would be a relic. But in her apartment, where everything includ...

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“Balcony Bro Talk” by Sze-Ning Chuah

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Mike’s off-key singing from upstairs had been going on for a week now. Mike and I are neighbours in an apartment block. We know of and are on cordial “hi and bye” terms with each other, though we have not had much opportunity to hang out due to work commitments. I work irregular hours, sometimes sleeping in the day in preparation for night shifts. As far as I know, Mike works a regular office schedule. It never used to bother me that Mike has a regular habit of belting out show tunes and movie soundtracks, as more often than not I ...

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“Above it all.” by Shaun Calvert

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George took a sip of his tea. Its familiar flavour and warmth filled him with a sense of calm and tranquillity. As calm and tranquil as one can feel during a riot that is. He looked over his balcony at the angry throng of people below.“Evening George, quite the ruckus tonight”, called a voice. On the balcony opposite sat his neighbour Ray.“Quite, they’ve been at it for 15 minutes now!”,“Should we, you know”, Ray gestured vaguely, “do something?” George looked the violence below as one man was perforated by the business end of a pitchfor...

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“At the Bottom of the Garden ” by Mia Bond

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The world was full of people that barely tolerated Benjamin James Reynolds. He spoke over people, he was clever and not humble about it. He took things apart without permission and he had an answer for everything. He never, ever said sorry. Benjamin James Reynolds was 11 and he was already the most infuriating person imaginable. He sat muttering to himself. Nimble little fingers twisted wires together, the harsh metal strands scratched his fingertips, but Benjamin didn’t notice. He was almost finished. A dismantled radio sat before him,...

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“All for Lucy” by 𝕔𝕛 𝕒𝕝𝕖𝕩𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣

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Henry was tired. The kind of bone-deep weariness that came from long nights and even longer days. Prison could do that to a person. He had been there for a long time. Almost twelve years. But not a single one of those four thousand days had passed where he regretted what he had done. He got mail now and then from Elena, his ex-wife, telling him that life was still going on in his absence. She, herself, had retired early, and his daughter, Lucy, had remarried two years ago. From Elena’s letter, the husband seemed nice enough. He was a sa...

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“The Lonely Loss of What They Once Knew” by Alex Santana

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“Frank! Frank! Frank! Frank! Frank! Frank!” Joe yelled to his neighbor over the synthetic fence. Frank sighed and turned the water pressure of his hose higher, hoping to drown out his pesky neighbor. “Not in the mood today, Joe.” Frank yelled boredly. “Tryna get some chores done, and you know that you’ll distract me.” Joe and Frank had lived next door to each other for years and had yet to meet. It was only by chance they knew each other’s name. By some twist of fate, they have never gotten the mail at the same time, left the house at ...

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“A Facelss Voice” by Karin Morley

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“Hey, are you there?” Roger called out, hopefully. Wishing he would go away, not in the mood to deal with him, I say nothing. Roger knows I am home as I am always home. We both know that if I don’t answer, he will ask again, every 15 minutes, until I relent.“Yes, I’m here.”Before the government made everyone stop working and stay home all day, Roger and I had never spoken. When transience, a once deplorable quality in a person, became rampant in my neighborhood, I quit trying to get to know my neighbors. It wasn’t worth it to get ...

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“Cherry Pie” by Alyse M

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I admire my pie sitting on the window with pride. I’m probably the only person who still cools her baking by the window, but it was how my mother taught me when I was a little girl and if I had a daughter of my own, it would have been how I taught her. I sigh, saddened at the thought. It had been decades since I gave up the idea ever starting a family of my own, but the absence still stung like a fresh wound. When I was little, I wore my mother’s wedding veil and pranced around with a white bed sheet pinned around me. I treated my dolls as t...

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“Window by Window” by Dextyr Adams

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The longer you look out a window, the more you see. That much only stands to reason. The longer you look, the more things you notice. He had been staring out of the window for a very, very long time. Probably since he was born. His mom liked to tell a story about when she first brought him home from the hospital. She said that his eyes never left the sky - as if he was captivated by what he saw. There was no sky anymore. At least none like what he would have known as a child. Mom said they used to live in the country but something, something...

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“Daisies in the Field ” by Lori Symonsbergen

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Every time I go outside my neighbors magically appear from nowhere. I can look outside the back and front windows and see not a neighbor in sight and try to make a mad dash to my car to make my grand escape. However, when I go out the door and I am almost to my car a neighbor magically appears. I think that all of my neighbors have cameras that broadcast all of the neighborhood activity on a 65-inch 4K Ultra HD LED Smart TV. This is so they can sit in their favorite chair and watch the neighborhood activity of who is coming and who...

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“Jinx and Molly” by Sam Fisher

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Henry usually spent Wednesday afternoons in the garden. Watering, weeding, scraping the little worms of moss from between the patio slabs. But given the current circumstances, Henry could be found pottering around the garden on most afternoons, reveling in the fresh air and sunshine that the uncharacteristically warm spring had brought. Jinx the cat would stare down at him from her perch on the top of the fence, meowing every so often for a bit of attention and a quick chin scratch. Henry had seen the messages on the news urging people ...

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“The Window sill book club” by Emerson Van Essen

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2017“Hey! Daniella!” I was waiting for Daniella to open her circular window when my Siberian husky came whimpering in. “Oh Luna, what now? Did Mr. Hank catch you pooping on his lawn again? I thought I told you not to do that.” Luna put her well-groomed fuzzy hair on my lap, and licked my fingers. I was guessing that was a yes. I looked up to not only see Mr. Hank picking up dog poop but also to my delight Daniella waving her hand at me. I opened up my window, poked out my head, and informed her that my parents weren't home. “Oh goo...

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“The neighbor with the handheld lawn mower” by Hannah Reitz

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Abigail woke up to the sound of a machine whirring loudly. She rubbed the sleep out of her eyes, the sound getting louder and louder. The young adult looked at the clock on her nightstand, it was 8:00 am. Abigail groaned, covering her head with a pillow to try to block out the noise and fall back asleep. Who needs to mow their lawn so early? She thought, annoyed at being woken up. Giving up, Abigail slowly got out of bed and got dressed. Well, as dressed as one gets when they’re in quarantine, which is basically just changing out...

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“Twilight” by A Battenfield

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The incomprehensible words danced on the screen, separating into floating black squiggles as my eyes began to cross. I blinked quickly to refocus on the words. Would my students ever stop trying to impress me with graduate-school-sized words and sentences instead of clear and readable writing? I shook my head and tried, for the third time, to understand the paragraph-long sentence.I heard a very loud, very unusual sound and turned rapidly to face the sliding glass door. It was twilight and I could see the deepening blue skies with the snow-c...

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“Sunshine with a Sickle” by Samriddhi Chaturvedi

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Saying goodbye is never easy. Trust me. But when the people whom you love stop supporting you just when you need it the most, then you know that there’s no point in staying anymore. Thus, my mom and I decided to shift to a completely different city. Before leaving, my mom had that unpleasant expression on her face when she was handing our mansion’s keys over to Lata, the caretaker of our house, probably the only person on this planet who is skinnier than me. Lata said while patting my back with her rough hands, “Take care and eat well,”...

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

Submissions are closed

✍️ 196 stories

“A Mouthful of Ashes” by Arushi Handa

“Balcony Bro Talk” by Sze-Ning Chuah

“Above it all.” by Shaun Calvert

“At the Bottom of the Garden ” by Mia Bond

“All for Lucy” by 𝕔𝕛 𝕒𝕝𝕖𝕩𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣

“The Lonely Loss of What They Once Knew” by Alex Santana

“A Facelss Voice” by Karin Morley

“Cherry Pie” by Alyse M

“Window by Window” by Dextyr Adams

“Daisies in the Field ” by Lori Symonsbergen

“Jinx and Molly” by Sam Fisher

“The Window sill book club” by Emerson Van Essen

“The neighbor with the handheld lawn mower” by Hannah Reitz

“Twilight” by A Battenfield

“Sunshine with a Sickle” by Samriddhi Chaturvedi

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