Before bed, you put your clock ahead one hour for daylight saving time. When you wake up, you realize you've gone forward a lot more than one hour.

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“This I will never forget” by Danielle Beatty

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“Ugh!” I grumble. “Tomorrow’s daylight’s saving time! Is this the one where we jump ahead or go back?”“This is the one where we spring forward,” Mary replies over the phone. “Get it spring forward because it’s spring?!”“It’s not funny when you explain,” I reply curtly.“Wow, you really are testy.”“I just want things on track and right now they aren’t.”“I hear you hon. Go to bed early and remember to set your alarm. I don’t want you being late for brunch.”“Fine.”I click off my phone and roll over into my bed. With my head already on my pillow,...

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“The Will” by BE Bogdon

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Dr. Edgewood died last month. She had been a friend and mentor through my high-school years, and a valuable study partner once I entered college. To look at her, you would think she was your everyday, average grandmother, but talk to her for five minutes and her brilliance sparkled as bright as her brown eyes. She only had one living nephew. They were never close and he couldn’t be bothered to come to the funeral. He showed up for the reading of the will, though. I know because I was there. I wasn’t surprised that Dr. Edgewood included me in...

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“The Strangeness” by Mel Smith

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It had been a strange day. No a strange time, a testing time.Like the rest of the world Tom was on lockdown. He had been so for two weeks now, not for any wrong doings, he wasn’t one for trouble so he didn’t have an electronic tag on his ankle. No this was far worse, a parasite had infected the world, attacking humanity with a deathly ferociousness. Coronavirus was causing a pandemic. Tom was thankful his lockdown was minuscule compared to what others around the globe had endured so far.It was a scary time and Tom couldn’t help but wond...

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“Time Travel, Love, and Unreachable Dreams” by Taylor Grabiel

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Friday, April 3, 2020 The homeschool day was over. Ever since COVID-19 started, schools all across the globe had been canceled. Mine included. Our classes did ZOOM calls, and Google Classroom meetings, but it just wasn't the same. I missed my friends. Sure I face-timed them like every day, but it didn't feel right. I sighed and headed off towards the kitchen to make some dinner. I heard intense talking and looked at the TV the people on the news were speaking loudly and importantly, "Here in the United States there are at the moment, 257,305...

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“Far Gone” by Thorum Valdy

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Night had felt even more desolate than normal, the air in my bedroom was hot, stagnant, heavy with dust suffocating me under my half removed blanket. Outside from the nearby window, I could hear nothing. The static searing of the empty void pounded against my ears as the damp, sweat covered sheets stuck to my body. I had been laying here for hours, but how many hours had it been? It was the period of night that you should be asleep for, the overbearing sense of disconnection, darkness, the only feelings surrounding you are those of the unwas...

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“One hour forward” by Sunshine Moore

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One hour forward:By Sunshine MooreThere was a feeling in the air. I can't explain it, only that I dreaded tomorrow. Tomorrow. The first day of spring. I would set my clock one hour forward, but perhaps time would not be the only substance to change. I had much anxiety through the night, almost a quite panic. Was it the magnetic quality of time moving forward or was it my mind racing against time. What was this dread and from where did it come? Through the twilight mist in the night, I peeked through my window, which let in silver light from ...

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“Take Me Back To Dad” by Ava Cikoja

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Flashing lights flew past my eyes, loud squealing metal monitors surrounding my massive bed and small body. Curious whispers from one person to another flowed across to what seemed like a hospital room. "Where am I?", I question a Doctor. "You're in a hospital sir", she replies. "I don't ever recall getting myself into any setback, you must be mistaken. Now, I'll ask you again, where am I?", I clarify and ask. "Nevin Steven Dougball, perhaps you misheard me. I am Doctor Lee, you have woken up from a coma that y...

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“The prison ship” by Elaine Wrenn

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I went to bed at 11pm,was a little later than usual due to my work deadline, you know how those things can be,I set the clock to go forward at 12,just what I needed with a full day of editing in front of me, less sleep, I settled down, my eyes flitting In and out of sleep, my brain not really wanting to shut down, something woke me with a sudden thump,I couldn't quite understand it, I felt like I had only just dozed off, but there out side,the sun shone and the birds sang,I rubbed my eyes trying to focus,I looked at the clock beside my bed, ...

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“Like Clockwork” by Leigh Victoria Fisher

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Feeling morning sunlight streaming through my apartment’s window is, hands down, one of the best parts of my morning. It competes for the title of the best part with the pleasant delight of petting my sleepy cats and the satisfying deliciousness of fresh espresso. When my morning has all three of these elements, it’s almost perfect. If it has all those and I still make it to the train without power walking, it’s a truly perfect morning. The only thing that can make these experiences less pleasant is waking up with one hour less of sleep. My ...

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“Thirty-four Years” by Tedi Carey

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Tonight is the dreaded night. The night we are to set our clocks ahead one hour. The night I lose one hour of sleep. And it comes at the worst possible time. The day started with me finding my best friend, my dog, dead at the back door. She usually waits there for me every morning to be let out to do her ‘business’. It continued with me going to drive to work and discovering I had a flat tire. And Work was no better! I work in a local grocery store, and it seemed as if everyone in town was there, and they were in the foulest mood possible. I...

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“Zapped in Time” by Audelio Cerezo

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“Albert! You’re late again!” shouted his boss from his office as he placed his thumb on the Biometrics just beside the door. Sometimes he wonders how his dictator of a boss, who is like a T-Rex when he gets mad, notices his arrival even if he is inside his workplace sitting comfortably on his plush thousand dollar swivel chair pretending to take a call from a client even though there is none. Maybe his got some monitoring device installed somewhere near the vicinity of the Biometrics.He was late again that day in the office. He has been late...

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“Time Moves Forward” by Amy DeMatt

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I woke up with a gun pointing at me. I’ve never had a gun pointed at me and I’m not the type who lives a life that might result in a gun being pointed at me, so to say that I was shocked would be an understatement. But there it was, black steel and cold barrel pointed six inches from my face. I saw thick fingers gripping it hard and followed the line of my sight along two beefy arms in long black sleeves. I could see that it was early morning and sunlight was beginning to sl...

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“A lesson learned” by Izabella Engholm

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"Dazzling, absolutely dazzling" I think to myself as I stare into Avery's eyes. I hold her close. I could hold her forever. "Alright sweetheart, it's time for bed.""Read me a story first Mommy!" I smile before replying "okay, but only one."She hops off my lap and wanders over to the book case.Her face scrunches as she tries to decide on a book. She runs her fingers along the spines and quietly reads the titles to herself. She finally pulls a blue spined book off the shelf. She runs back towards me and jumps up on my lap."This one!" She says ...

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“Daylight Saving Time” by Mary-Rene Hackett-Collier

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DAYLIGHT SAVING TIMERene Collier I always get confused every time I have to change the clocks in spring and winter. Let’s see, spring forward, fall backward. I do get used to it eventually, but not Rufus, my dog. He still wants his dinner at his normal time, which isn’t normal anymore. It will be in six months’ time or so before he will be eating again at his normal time. But in the meantime, Rufus will be bothering me at his eight o’clock A.M. which is for now my nine o’clock. But being a creature of sun time, he’s not interested in wh...

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“Time Will Tell” by Natalie Ross

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I woke up to the familiar marimba ringtone on my phone. I felt as tired as I expected I would, on this Sunday morning after daylight savings. “Spring forward” always caught me off guard. I always questioned why we even bothered with this annual unnecessary time change, but that was my reality, so I begrudgingly accepted it.I went to the kitchen to fix myself a cup of coffee. I was nonfunctional without caffeine on the best of days; God knows I needed my coffee this morning of all mornings! I opened my fridge, and, to my shock, found it compl...

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Before bed, you put your clock ahead one hour for daylight saving time. When you wake up, you realize you've gone forward a lot more than one hour.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 81 stories

“This I will never forget” by Danielle Beatty

“The Will” by BE Bogdon

“The Strangeness” by Mel Smith

“Time Travel, Love, and Unreachable Dreams” by Taylor Grabiel

“Far Gone” by Thorum Valdy

“One hour forward” by Sunshine Moore

“Take Me Back To Dad” by Ava Cikoja

“The prison ship” by Elaine Wrenn

“Like Clockwork” by Leigh Victoria Fisher

“Thirty-four Years” by Tedi Carey

“Zapped in Time” by Audelio Cerezo

“Time Moves Forward” by Amy DeMatt

“A lesson learned” by Izabella Engholm

“Daylight Saving Time” by Mary-Rene Hackett-Collier

“Time Will Tell” by Natalie Ross

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