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Write a story about two strangers chatting while waiting for something.

Posted in Dialogue on Oct 26, 2022

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“A Day Like Every Other” by John Smith

Submitted to Contest #49

A day like every other, and no other. We sat in our usual spot, me as a stranger and you as friend with what felt like the earth and sky apart between us. But you say with love it's one in the same and one apart and I doubt every word but nevertheless I yearn for it.I see you sitting here everyday, as if you meant to torment me in your silence. I command you to speak and answer as it would be like drops of wine to my heart and  music to my ears like the symphonies of Mozart for you to answer and i can rejoice that I can finall...

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“AT THE BUS STOP” by Claire Tennant

Submitted to Contest #49

AT THE BUS STOP Mavis O’Hara liked to go out occasionally, just take off for the day. Sometimes for shopping, sometimes out to lunch, sometimes just sitting in the local park with a good book, depending of course on the weather. This day was no exception. She was reaching the age where arthritis was her constant companion but was still independent enough to do what she liked, when she felt like it. True, today she did have an errand in mind, for it was her son’s birthday soon, as she liked to get Patrick a reasonable gift...

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“Wait for it” by Arabella Beatty

Submitted to Contest #49

It's almost quite, The only sounds besides the beeping of the machines in the room are the soft roll of beds down hallways, the quick clicks of a keyboard, and the quite page flips of a magazine. In other words, The hospital is calm. At least to everyone else, Why, I have no idea. Everyone else should be just as panicked as I but they just going about there business. I stare at her from my bed, taking in her more then revealing pink crop top. The woman is back and I don't know what to do. I look to the bed to where my boyfriend, Zach, lays s...

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“Stranger Danger ” by Oluwatosin Omokurolue

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Sharon  The noise of my phone startled me, my mind was elsewhere, I stared as the rain plattered on the windows of my car. I was lost in thoughts and tired of waiting for it to finally happen. My phone chimed again, it was a message from tamitaiwo@gmail.com,  Tamitaiwo: No still waiting  Me:Ok   You see tami and I are strangers, we hardly knew each other and we wanted it to remain that way, but we had a common goal. Hence the waiting.  We made sure all conversations and transactions were done discreetly and on t...

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“STILL ALIVE” by MUHAMMAD AHMAD

Submitted to Contest #49

STILL ALIVE SERIAL TWO. The scene is the burning enemy tanks along with a burning Cessna Aircraft. The ambulances are running around and picking up the injured pilot and the injured General. The helmet is removed on the injured pilot with name written on it with red paint “JON” The ambulance takes away the injured. The next scene. There is a prisoner's exchange ceremony going on the border. The name of the prisoner is announced. “Captain Jon”.   A limping pilot dressed in a torn pilot coverall walks out of the prison van...

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“Birdwatching by night” by Alana Lawlor

Submitted to Contest #49

It was the evening of September 14th when I saw it. Ironically, our birdwatching group had just finished for the night. We had spotted a few arctic terns and considered it a successful outing. I’d said my goodbyes and made plans to meet up the following week, and was then driving home through a narrow stretch of road beside the woodland. I saw it flying from a distance and stopped the car to see what it was. It was so large that at first I thought it was a raven. It landed on a tree not far from me and as it settled itself I got a better loo...

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“Never a Cop Close When You Need One” by Karen Bower

Submitted to Contest #49

Detective Fin Marks couldn’t concentrate. He had the attention span of a gnat. All morning he waited in hope the day would bring a call from the pathologist with word about the autopsy of Charles Aldrich. The wait for calls usually wasn’t an issue. There was always so much to do. But this was different because the case had stalled No sign of the murder weapon had shown up after days of searches. Images of the carnage rained on the murdered man in a vicious surprise attack popped into Fin’s mind at unexpected moments. If they could identify ...

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“Planes” by Kay O'connell

Submitted to Contest #49

He paced back and forth on a track that only he could see. Up three tiles, left one, down three tiles, left one, up three tiles, and so on. The brand new loafers that pinched his feet (pain was beauty, yes, but more importantly, pain was success) tapped angrily on the linoleum as he paced, letting the rest of the passersby in the vacant, little airport know that he, Paul T Calhoun, was upset. The watch face gleamed on his right wrist, catching the fake sunlight that was pumped through the wide, white halls, periodically blinding those poor, ...

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“Truth or Lie?” by Zainab M. M.

Submitted to Contest #49

"You're joking," Breanna said, blushing under the piercing gaze of the man sitting across from her. She put down the cup of cheap, mildly hot latte on the dirty linoleum table in front of her, at exactly the same spot marked by the coffee ring. She had never been as mindful of this obsessive-compulsive side of her as she was now, trying to meet his grey-gold stare with nonchalance and disguised confidence. The disconnected voice of the train announcements and the whirring of the coffee machine melted in her consciousness as she tried to focu...

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“She Waits For Me on the Other Side of an Informational Sea” by Rex Igni

Submitted to Contest #49

She posted a quote by Charlie Chaplin that read something like, "Your naked body should only belong to those who fall in love with your naked soul." I couldn't have agreed more. Not that a younger me would have been able to look past that mischievously alluring smile and fire engine red hair and seen someone who represented the fire of life in more than just physical qualities, guess I was learning after all. I remember when meeting online used to be taboo. Now, it was one of the only thrills I could conceive of the best way to get my fix,...

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“Ms. Watson” by Ryan Hunter

Submitted to Contest #49

Jake sat on an uncomfortable wooden bench in the waiting area outside the Haverford Prep Headmasters office, on the fifth floor of the administrative building. He stared out two large west facing windows, long overdue for a cleaning, watching the late afternoon sun lose its daily battle with the moon. Despite the warmth of the late autumn day, he felt cold and the grime on the windows ensured only a greasy, weak light cut through into the room from outside. Providing neither warmth nor comfort this dim light was immediately absorbed into the...

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“Simply A Stormy Day” by Valerie Deguzman

Submitted to Contest #49

The sky was raging, pouring buckets of water from the clouds and sending spine-rattling flashes of lightning. The atmosphere was gray, dampening the mood. A few minutes earlier, the sky had been clear and bright, usually signs of a beautiful day ahead. But the tables turned when the clouds rolled in and began pouring. Shoes clicked against the wet concrete as people rushed about to get to their destination as soon as possible, trying desperately to stay dry. The sudden change in weather was undoubtedly a surprise for Jesse Orr, who had be...

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“Witness” by Shane Satterfield

Submitted to Contest #49

A star gleamed brightly in the sky as two strangers perched on a large hollowed-out log. The forest at their sides and back seemed to hold them, brace them as a trusted friend would. The two of them looked out over the valley taking in the gushing river as it crashed through the large swath of trees down below. Large shapes loomed beneath the canopy down there. Beyond the forests, the river flooded into a large glistening body of water that stretched to the edges of the horizon. “This your first time?” said the one with a red, tattered ball...

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“A Day at the Park” by John Hickman

Submitted to Contest #49

Ron somberly got in line. He had never liked roller coasters – had always been terrified of them, in fact. This summer was going to have to be different, though. He had to think of Charlie now. He began his process of running through all the figures and statistics he had been looking up: industry insiders put chances of death at around one in 750 million, or about three times less likely than winning a Powerball jackpot, but those people did have a vested interest in pushing out good numbers. He wondered if anybody had given these facts to a...

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“The World is a Little More Beautiful Today” by Dana Schellings

Submitted to Contest #49

“Excuse me, is anyone sitting here?”  Martha looked up at the woman smiling down at her. She was about the same age as her and was also dressed in her Sunday best, a floral dress with a straw hat. She was leaning on a cane with her left hand, while Martha leaned on hers with her right. They could have been sisters, a thought that sent a pang through Martha’s heart. “No. Please, be my guest,” she said as she pulled out the chair next to her. “Thank you so much,” the woman said, easing into the seat. “I’m Agnes, but my friends call me...

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