Start or end your story with two people discussing an important matter over a meal.

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“At the Edge of the Water” by Tycho Dwelis

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“Modestus,” Rosita grumbled, “tonto, you’re barely touching your food. How are you supposed to track down Smiley on an empty stomach?”I sat across from Rosita at a table outside the Lambert Inn, my legs stretched out as I picked at the remains of my dinner. The cicadas were loud, like they had something urgent to say, but I couldn’t find it in myself to give a damn. My mind was on Kevin Smiley.I glanced up at her and gave a half-hearted shrug. She was lookin’ at me with those dark eyes of hers. Her face was sharp, strong with high cheekbones...

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“Questionable Differences” by Abbie Pedrotte

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A server sets a basket of bread between Luca and Harley, followed by a bowl containing four pats of butter wrapped in shiny gold paper. They drove to Antonio’s in their separate cars, both of them having left from work. When Harley got there, Luca was already waiting at their table. He stood and pulled the chair out for her. As he tears into a piece of bread, lips greasy from the butter that turns out to be margarine, he still can’t recall ever meeting Harley for dinner; he’s certainly never pulled a chair out for her. When high school...

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“A Conversation with my Father” by Sabrina Chacon

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"How was your day?" I asked dad as he started opening his sandwich. I began to open mine as well, my mouth watering over the food. We sat together at his dining room table, the windows open and the evening sun coming in. "Good," he replied, taking a bite of his meal. "How was work?" He shrugged. "Good." This man. I took a deep breath and sighed before biting into my own sandwich. Part of me desperately wanted to leave, but I also knew that he never went out besides work. I tried to come over once a week, but the single hour I spent with him ...

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“At Dinner: The Scent of Rosemary and Regret” by Sofia Palmerston

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Samantha’s rental apartment, was a haven of personal touches and warm colors. Usually, it hummed with the anticipation of intimate dinners and whispered conversations, the soft glow of candlelight dancing on the mismatched china she’d collected over the years. Tonight, however, the air crackled with a tension thicker than the rosemary and garlic scent clinging to the faded floral curtains.David shifted in his chair, the worn wood groaning beneath him like an old man complaining about a long day. He swirled the expensive Cabernet Avignon in h...

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“Just Like Taylor Swift” by Chris Miller

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Just like Taylor Swift “You’ve had it done, haven’t you, you crazy bastard?” said Keller. Mitchell looked across the restaurant table with affirmative eyes. “Show me then,” said Keller. Mitchell placed his tanned hands on the crisp white table cloth, the ringed fingers of the left one drumming lightly as he set himself, before poking the tip of his tongue out at Keller. The lozenge of flesh was pure white. Mitchell had bleached his most social organ, turning it from a muscular, cave-dwelling tool, into an accessory, an iTongue. His f...

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“Adobo” by Vickie Riggan

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“My Dinner With Kathy” by James Barrett

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It was a hot summer night several years ago. I remember it like it was yesterday. I had too many beers. I shouldn’t have been driving. That’s not an excuse, just an explanation. Ralphie shouldn’t have challenged me in the first place, but he did. I was running my mouth about my new Mustang, and I guess it rubbed Ralphie the wrong way. Ralphie said his three-year-old Corvette StingRay would blow the doors off my new Mustang. Callahan’s parking lot was crowded with our peers. All beer drinkers and gearheads. I had to accept. The alcohol made i...

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“War and Prayer” by Paul Kelash

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War and Prayer The sound of the pumping plunger of the Coleman camp stove gas cannister invades my ears, familiar as the pulse of a pump pressurizing my Sting-Ray bicycle tires, a precursor to adventures to come. I sit at the picnic table holding a fly swatter, posed like a sentinel ready to attack any intruding winged insect that lands on our campground breakfast spot. Uncle Al pumps away on the plunger, then stops and screws it back into the stove’s distinctive red tank. The back of the stove blocks my view of his work, but I hear a ...

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“Dinner with Dmitry Morozov ” by George Georgerfrost@gmail.com

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There are few secret agents who can compare to Dmitry Morozov, but he had called me to meet him at the Central Park Voorburg in the Hague, Holland. I wasn’t sure what he wanted to talk about, but since I was at a conference on International Law, I told him I would meet him as requested. I had known him when I was an CIA agent during President Kennedy’s failed attempt to assassinate Fidel Castro in Cuba. We met in Havana in September 1963, weeks before Kennedy’s own assassination.“What a knucklehead he and McCone were trying to inva...

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“Tacos without hot sauce?” by William Ellis

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Bill wondered aloud, " Why did I agree to eat here? I hate tacos." Jack stood at the entrance, holding the door open and gesturing to his friend to come in. His expression totally conveyed his heartfelt desire that Fuzzy Tacos was the right place to be. "Gracious Jack, I thought we would have a serious discussion about my book?" "Bill, this is the perfect place to discuss your concept and audience. It's actually not as loud as it may appear."Jack was always optimistic and had confidence that none of us understood. He was a great critic, Alwa...

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“Frosty Lasagna” by Lou Jayne

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(Contains mild sexual description of a fantasy base which may trigger some) Frosty LasagnaThe lasagne slowly slides down my fork onto the plate with a loud slap. Everyone is now looking at me with eager expectation in their eyes. What other answer could I possibly give but “yes, yes of course I’d be honoured to cater your wedding”Although I am mortified and broken over what I have recently discovered. I am also happy to have found my mystery customer khiadra.“Ah brilliant thankyou thankyou” shouts the blond waitress, as she practically runs ...

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“Our Last Night Together” by Ronald John MacLennan Jr

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I stepped into the restaurant as if I owned every breath of air around me. The click of my heels marked the rhythm of every gaze turning my way. I wore a black silk dress that curved around my body as if tailored by the gods themselves, hugging every slope and contour from the slight dip at my waist to the elegance of my shoulders.The soft candlelight from the restaurant’s lanterns highlighted my alabaster skin and the deep cascade of my dark hair that fell in waves, contrasted with my sharp green eyes.Across the table sat Julian, tousled da...

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“Derailed” by Severine Desrosiers

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“It’s frustrating,” Maya said, pushing her fork around her plate. “I can spend half an hour laying out an idea, and no one really acknowledges it until a man repeats the same thing. she sat at the long wooden table, surrounded by familiar faces. The ambiance tonight was warm, filled with the low hum of conversation and the clinking of silverware. This was a typical Friday dinner with colleagues, some more seasoned than others, where they would gather around plates of food and talk about their week, bouncing between casual jokes and deeper to...

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“Giving Up” by Jessica Chandler

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*Trigger warning: suicide, death, suicidal ideation My fork clatters to the plate as I sit in shock, staring at my mother’s passive expression, unable to believe her demeanor after uttering the words she just dropped on me like my life didn’t suddenly implode. She continues eating her pasta, sets down her fork, and delicately wipes the corner of her mouth before finally looking for my reaction to her casual bombardment. “Are you joking me, mom?” I ask, exasperated. “You just told me you have three months to live and you’re just going t...

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“Right Where You Left Me” by Natalie Vicari

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The cold breeze blowing through the cobbled laneway suddenly picks up, and I clutch at my scarlet coat’s closure with one hand whilst I fight my flapping fringe with the other. I briskly step under the awning of the restaurant and take shelter from the wind behind the elaborate shrubbery bracketing the doorway. Scrutinising my reflection in the window, I make sure my fringe is tamed and twist from side to side to ensure that my French twist is still impeccably intact. It took me far too long to wrestle my chocolate brown hair into this Frenc...

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Start or end your story with two people discussing an important matter over a meal.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 60 stories

“At the Edge of the Water” by Tycho Dwelis

“Questionable Differences” by Abbie Pedrotte

“A Conversation with my Father” by Sabrina Chacon

“At Dinner: The Scent of Rosemary and Regret” by Sofia Palmerston

“Just Like Taylor Swift” by Chris Miller

“Adobo” by Vickie Riggan

“My Dinner With Kathy” by James Barrett

“War and Prayer” by Paul Kelash

“Dinner with Dmitry Morozov ” by George Georgerfrost@gmail.com

“Tacos without hot sauce?” by William Ellis

“Frosty Lasagna” by Lou Jayne

“Our Last Night Together” by Ronald John MacLennan Jr

“Derailed” by Severine Desrosiers

“Giving Up” by Jessica Chandler

“Right Where You Left Me” by Natalie Vicari

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Write a story in the form of a recipe.

Write a story inspired by the saying “Revenge is a dish best served cold.”

Set your story in a kitchen, either early in the day or late at night.

Write a story about someone searching for a missing ingredient, literally or metaphorically.

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