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Write about someone who’s lived on a tropical island their whole life and is leaving it for the very first time.

Posted in Dystopian on Oct 26, 2022

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“Full of Sorrows” by Ishita Nigam

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Arshiya picked up the small teddy lying on the top of her closet. It had turned pale brown over the years. Her father had gifted it to her on her sixth birthday, about twenty years back. It was one of the few memories she had of him. It was the last happy memory she had of him. She couldn’t part with it. She couldn’t find the courage within her. She placed it in the corner of her suitcase, which was slowly getting filled with things that she would need in her new residence. She felt a presence near her. Her gaze drifted to the figur...

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“We aren’t Lost” by Estelle Hunter

Submitted to Contest #83

Tessa giggled with delight as the foamy waves of the ocean on the beach tickled her toes and covered the pearly white sand for a moment before sliding back down to the depths of the water. She loved it here. Things washed up on the shore normally, letting her find things that still worked; a few bands made of elastic, some half dried drawing sticks with different flowy colours, some with black in the centre. Pieces of cloth you could wear after you dried them, some round bouncy things. She didn’t knew what they were called, having almost no ...

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“The Island” by Irela Nictari

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They tell stories about those who try to leave the island. Natia had grown up on those stories; her grandmother was the People’s oracle, wise woman and prophet and healer in one, and Natia had spent her childhood at her knee, listening as the older woman worked. She’d learned how to blend herbs and cure fevers, to read the stars and predict the weather, how to tell if the soil was right for the crops to grow. And, she’d learned of their past. The island (it had no name, needed none, for it was the only one for at least a day’s travel and ...

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“Another Day In Paradise ” by Andrew Fedz

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Logan lived in hiding on the island for his whole life.The island had always provided them with plenty of nourishment and fresh water. It seemed as if it was just another day in paradise but, on this day, the island couldn’t provide Dorothy with any compassion. She laid in a shivering and wet fever inside the sturdy, man-made wooden hut. Another night like this and Logan feared she wouldn’t make it and he would be all alone. He knew what needed to be done but didn’t know if he had the courage to do it.‘Mother, what can I do?’ Logan desperate...

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“Always my home” by Tricia Shulist

Submitted to Contest #83

Iosefina looked out across the familiar turquoise blue waters, waters that she had looked at every day of her life. The waters could be calm and soothing, as they were now. Or they could be wild and thrashing, destroying everything on it. Iosefina loved the ocean and its moods. It gave her people food, and sustained life. But it also took life away. Her husband Malo had been lost to the ocean while fishing. A storm had taken him and his two friends years ago. She sighed. Their bodies were never fo...

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“Escape From Pitcarn Island” by Sue Marsh

Submitted to Contest #83

Escape From Pitcarin Island Suzanne Marsh “Grab that damn kid and let’s get movin!” “I can not go with you! My family is here. I agreed to help you find parts of the island for whatever you were doing. I will not leave my beloved Pitcairn for you are anyone else!” “Shut your mouth boy before I shut it for you.” They shoved him toward the yacht they had arrived on two weeks earlier. It was laden with historical documents stolen from the archives of Pitcarin Island’s municipal building. The archives contained the personal history of the men of...

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“A Fresh Start” by Isabelle Masters

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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨I am going to miss this place so much, do we have to leave Mom?Yes, sweetie, we do your Dad clearly doesn't want us here. My parents have been married for 20 years, they were high school sweethearts. Now all of that is changing because Dad has another mistress along with Mom. I'm fifteen and I have never left Saint Lucia before and I'm really nervous.Where are we moving to again, Mom? I asked.We are moving to Boston! Mom said.But I don't want to leave Mom. I said.We have had this conversation before Casey you'...

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“Serene Sky - The call of Void” by Sapir Benlulu

Submitted to Contest #83

I was born twenty years ago today, right at sunset as the ocean peaked its height. I never met my father but my mother’s stories portrayed vividly the most powerful man on the seven seas. He promised to marry my mother after they found out she was pregnant, but the trip that was meant to end with a wedding ended with imprisonment.We were abandoned here on this island with some supplies and a little boy I used to call “Sky” as a kid because he had beautiful blue eyes Peter “Sky” helped the mother with the baby, me, and survival...

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“Miss Willow ” by KENNEDY PLANT

Submitted to Contest #83

“You are going to be my wife.”  Those were the words that could have ruined my life. They keep telling us that there is no way to get off of Triangle Island. That’s why I’ve lived here my whole life. But, if we truly couldn’t get off of it, how did we get here?  Triangle Island sits upon the North Atlantic Ocean. Our most famous tourist attraction is the famous Bermuda Triangle, but no one expect us has been able to see it, because apparently no one knows where we are.  Whenever I look out to the shining waters of the sea,...

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“Paradise with a twist” by PRINSHA POKHAREL (Student)

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My name is Adam, I live on an island. You probably think that I am the luckiest person. The blue ocean that sparkles, the sun that shines for hours, the sand that's warm, and the fresh warm air. The only thing is that it’s not like what you think. For people who lived here for years… let me rephrase that. For a 21 year old man who has lived in the island of Tahiti, you would know that, food and attractions like the yearly carnival are so expensive that the actual residents of Tahiti can’t actually afford it. Food is really expensive in some ...

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“Guaiya” by Ashley Slaughter

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The frothy comfort of the waves rolling off the reef cooled my bare feet as my eyes careened to the horizon. The familiar vastness of the Pacific Ocean stared back at me, its numerous tiny crests twinkling in the sun. “Hanna,” I heard my husband call out. “Are you ready?” No, I sighed to myself. I’ll never quite be ready. His voice grew closer, and I heard his feet sliding in the sand. “The kids are all strapped in and ready to go.” Without tearing my eyes away from the water, I reached my hand behind me, searching for him. “Stand with ...

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“The Hometown Man” by Darwin Fil Deloria

Submitted to Contest #83

                              The Hometown Man   By DF Deloria    This quite humorous incident happened about thirty years ago.   An unmarried and not so well-educated man named Dexter spent most of his entire life in his little hometown Zamboanguita in the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. He hasn't really gone to big citi...

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“Drifting from Home” by Lauren Veum

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Maya submerges underwater, going deeper and deeper as the tide pulls her further from the shore. As she’s fighting to break through the surface, she feels her breath begin to shorten. With one giant kick, her head appears above the salty water, and she can finally breathe. As she’s catching her breath and treading water, she realizes how far away her sail is from her. 2 HOURS PRIOR “You can’t leave, Maya, it is too dangerous out there for a ten-year-old like yourself,” says her father. “I hate it here! I have no friends and I want to ...

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“Cariba's Braids” by Tim Boxer

Submitted to Contest #83

The propeller wash is knocking back my braids as I step onto the baking tarmac runway. Mum, Dad and Missy are behind me, but they are silent.There are stern hugs from Mum and Dad, but Missy buries herself into my chest and I feel her fingers clutching, then digging hard into my back. And then the tears.I cannot cry, my insides feel like hardened clay. I try to smile at Mum, but her brown eyes scare me - they are vacant, and I do not want to become that person.The minder is waving me over, and I know this is the moment I have to leave so I tu...

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“"The first time I left" by Ye Wint Aung” by Ye Wint Aung

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Ben Green is a professional engineer. Back in the days when he was on his private tropical island with his parents, he used the natural resources on the island and build houses, stairs, paths and other construction stuff. Back in 1995, his parents bought the island so they can relax. Later they bought the island and they built a house and lived there. They used water to run electricity for their home and used wind turbines too. It took a few months and the engineers finished their island by building their home there. They lived there ever si...

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