Start your story with a major news event breaking — one that will change the world forever.

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“Outed” by Sjan Evardsson

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Gail, along with most of the world, sat transfixed by the news on the television. They had outed themselves, and her, in a very public way. Her anonymity, her freedom, likely her life itself, was over. She willed herself away from the television and made her way to the mirror in the hall. Her glamour was gone. Where she had appeared to be a small, five-foot-two, average-looking woman with ginger hair and freckles, her true self now showed. Skin the color of bleached parchment, short horns of gleaming ebon, over-large eyes with inky-black ir...

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“Visionary” by Morgana Le Fae

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In my nineteen years of living, I had spent a good amount of time daydreaming about making history. Changing the world. Doing something that mattered. I never thought it would actually happen. But there I was, standing in front of millions of people, about to give a speech that would make history. The cameras were all pointed directly at me, livestreaming what would be written in history books years from now. My years of fantasies were finally coming to fruition, and it was terrifying. I always had stage fright. Back when I was in juni...

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“The Theto Region” by Luna Wood

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The TV blares in the other room, "Our new president Ella Lewis has now made her first decree as president. She has put forth the decision to divide everyone into the United States into their categories based on the personality test that has now been shipped to your house. Please open the box and return to the TV." I get up and walk over to the TV to see my parents with the box in front of them. "Sweetie come here. We need to take the personality test." I walk over to my mom. She hands me a pill. I stare at her and she says, "You have to swa...

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“Isolated ” by Joane Unknown

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It was raining outside; I came back from a sleepover. My mother was doing her nails while my father was looking at the football match. It was such a beautiful evening until the breaking news started... “Today, all the presidents on the Planted had a meeting, that will decide the future for all the people except for them. This project will be put into practice on Friday. This is all we have for now! This was Mirnada Vurella!” I thought it was weird. After my family and I heard that, we switched channels. All the prog...

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“Welcome to the New Age” by Sam Reeves

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“Shit.” Miranda flapped her hand out of the warm bed covers, trying desperately to shut up her back-up alarm clock. The bright light glared 4:15am. Looks like she had overslept which was becoming the norm. Miranda had struggled over the last few weeks of winter to make her 4am start. She stumbled out of bed, fumbled around in the near-dark to get herself dressed and headed out the door of her first floor apartment. Miranda walked the damp pavements of her beloved city, taking in a deep breath of fresh air and watched it puff out of her mou...

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“Earth 980” by Rajesh Patel

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The day has arrived. World leaders have been planning on this for the past twenty years. As the only intelligent species on this planet, we could not save Earth. The human race failed and big time. We became our own worst enemy. By 2040, the world population had reached a staggering ten billion. Population is out of control. To supply food to the entire planet has become difficult. We are seeing more and more of typhoons, hurricanes, tsunamis, tornadoes, whirlpools, earthquakes, extreme temperature fluctuations, the rise ...

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“The Institute Has A Solution” by Redd Herring

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Christelle felt the push notification and glanced at her wrist implant.IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT. ALL CITIZENS YOUR ATTENTION IS REQUIRED.She stopped filling containers so she could see the announcement. The far wall near the office lit up, and the machinery slowly came to a halt. All workers in the plant turned to the screen.A woman with ice-blue eyes came into view. She addressed the audience. “The overpopulation crisis remains one of our most urgent issues. The Institute has a solution. Information will be released on your feed within the ne...

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“Dusk before dawn” by Yvone Mthembu

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I bolt to my couch,popcorn dish before me ,remote control in hand ,legs perched on the arm rest,a silent prayer and I switch the television to channel 203,News channel where our President is about to make his speech. He walks slowly to the podium ,his right arm hovering above the national flag perched on top of his suit jacket pocket as if trying to gather strength from it's meaningful colors call it intuition or madness but after almost a year spent in lock down and millions of lives lost one was bound to expect the worst.He glanced the c...

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“End” by Joohee Yoon

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(A/N: this is purposely written the way that it is written; I promise my grammar isn't actually as deteriorated as this)---- "People stopped trying to fix problems and just tried to outlive them." - Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline.---------2/8/2097SO WOW.Stuff happened today!I was late for school, but when I got on the bus, my professor for my first lecture was there lol. looked like he was making the presentation for the class in the fly lmaooooo.And he gave us a friggin pop quiz, which honestly? idk if i did well or not.Whatever. It's no...

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“Relocation and the Big Lie” by Bonnie Clarkson

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During rousing John Philip Sousa music, the TV screen interrupted the Independence Day Fireworks Celebration with “Special Report” in the largest blue font possible on a red background. Soon the screen switched to the news anchorman in a dark blue suit with a red, white, and blue striped tie. At the news desk, he stared straight at the camera while speaking. “I am Jaden Kelley, your news anchorman here at KXXY station. We interrupt the Independence Day Fireworks Celebration to...

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“Two histories end” by Taqi Abbas

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November 18th 2056, New York Times,"Geologists confirm the advent of planet EU56AB to Earth next week". They also stated," This might be the end of life on planet Earth so Evacuation should be in operation by Saturday".Chaos in a matter of minutes dominated the peace of the world. Religious sites had started to fill with the inflow of communities seeking refuge. There was hustle bustle everywhere in context of the unseen tragedy. Extremist groups started forced conversions of people to their religions. Violence was at it's peak, since busine...

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“Destruction ” by Brittany Vance

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Beep!Beep!Beep! I rolled over to the alarm sounding letting me know it was time to begin adulting. I was already over the day, I have had the worse week of my entire life. My girlfriend of 2 years decided she rather play homemaker to Kyle, the town cowboy. I had bought a ring and everything, how stupid was I. If that wasn't enough I found out my job was cutting 20 people today and I was almost positive I was one. With all those thoughts playing ring around the rosey in my mind, I seriously considered just lying in bed all day. I rolled over ...

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“The Boys from the Valley” by Hamish Jeffcott

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Thomas and Billy sat by the fireplace, the soot that their father had carried into the house on his boots had found its way to their dirtied faces. Billy was the younger brother, at 15 he had always looked up to Tom who was now 18 and had started working in the local pub The Swan. Rhodri, Billy and Tom’s da, rested with his feet on a chair letting his toes breath before he was back off to work. The sun was shining on another beautiful august day. ‘Can you hear tha?’ Billy asked his welsh accent strong, his ears perked up. T...

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“Waiting to Burn” by Gordon K

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Breaking news. In an unprecedented turn of events we are now experiencing a heatwave worldwide, but what does it mean? Scientists have been investigating the event but have been forced to go back to the drawing board as it were because nothing about any of this makes any logical sense. Londoners found themselves in a unique situation yesterday when the temperature soared to Thirty-five degrees Celsius, this is not an all-time high overall, but it is easily the hottest it has ever been in Britain during the winter months. The previous record ...

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“Galaxy Girl: Finding Something Forgotten” by Cara H

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Finding Something Forgotten Sorrow Pepper Baiij did not mind her job at Trinity Gardens Retirement Community. Most of the time, the nights were uneventful. She walked the hallways of the vast building and put notices on the bulletin boards. She performed a variety of clerical tasks. Sometimes a resident called her, often for a minor problem such as replacing a dying smoke alarm battery or opening a medication bottle. There were occasions when a resident didn’t make it to the toilet in time, and sometimes there were genuine emergencies. Pepp...

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Start your story with a major news event breaking — one that will change the world forever.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 156 stories

“Outed” by Sjan Evardsson

“Visionary” by Morgana Le Fae

“The Theto Region” by Luna Wood

“Isolated ” by Joane Unknown

“Welcome to the New Age” by Sam Reeves

“Earth 980” by Rajesh Patel

“The Institute Has A Solution” by Redd Herring

“Dusk before dawn” by Yvone Mthembu

“End” by Joohee Yoon

“Relocation and the Big Lie” by Bonnie Clarkson

“Two histories end” by Taqi Abbas

“Destruction ” by Brittany Vance

“The Boys from the Valley” by Hamish Jeffcott

“Waiting to Burn” by Gordon K

“Galaxy Girl: Finding Something Forgotten” by Cara H

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Write about someone who never planned to make history but is now about to deliver a speech in front of millions.

Write about a child witnessing a major historical event.

Start your story with someone entering a museum, and end it with them settling down to join a sit-in.

Write about an elderly character who was part of a historic movement years ago.

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