Start your story with it raining… anything but rain (e.g. flowers, cutlery, seashells, running shoes).

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“Glitter” by Laura Camacho Frias

Submitted to Contest #239

It was a cold day of winter when I saw it. Glitter started to fall from the sky. Glitter: little, perfect, shiny particles covering the outside world glowed and sparkled, transforming the view into a magnified snow globe. The houses and trees looked pretty and magical, while our lives remained the same, inside, safe from that strange event. It was not Christmas nor any other festivity that neighbors could have used as an excuse to decorate the street. It was just a regular day when something very different happened. It was early in the mor...

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“Light as a Feather” by Jester Rhodes

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As Jack opened up the double glass-paned doors to the balcony overlooking the city, he saw it was raining feathers. The feathers were all symmetrical in size but varied in color. Some were black with spots of white throughout and others were the opposite. In the distance, Jack could make out other feathers that seemed to represent every color of the rainbow, giving the dark sky a glimmer of brightness. At times the feathers fell so fast and dense he couldn’t see past 3 feet in front of him, blocking the view. It...

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“THE GLITTER APOCALYPSE” by Julia Corliss

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An apocalypse is a catastrophic event in which evil is defeatedand the present age is brought to a close, and a new age begins.Lore-Masters Chronicles Just when it seemed homo sapiens would destroy themselves and their home planet, rendering it uninhabitable, everything changed. That was the day it began raining golden glitter all over the planet in showers and massive thunder storms. The Glitter Rain lasted for thirty days and nights. During these rains neither the stars, the sun, nor the moon were visible. Not ...

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“Breaking Point” by Samantha N Bishop

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TW: This story contains mental health issues, physical violence, and gore. The sights and sounds that decorated the dark skies made me sigh in contentment. I breathed in deeply and moaned at the smell of freshly wet soil. A gust of wind blew past, and I shivered but did not draw my jacket closer. Instead, I removed it and my beanie and tossed them onto the bench as I passed it. For several seconds, I watched as people walked by. Most had umbrellas, but those that did not used whatever they could to protect their heads. Shielded and exposed...

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“You Happy?” by Curtis Doucette

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“Sir?” the young private addressed his team leader. His head craned out the back of the truck, watching the gray clouds blossom red.“I see it, Jackson,” The team leader sounded annoyed, but Gomez was always irritable with grunts. Stretching his sore neck from side to side, the team leader focused on his black, HUB shades. White letters frosted across the dark glass. “We’ll stop when the captain says so.”Jackson nodded his head and returned to staring up at the wounded sky. He had a yearning in him, a craving that pulsed to the back of his th...

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“A lost young man with enormous wings” by Ricardo Romeu

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His face strained with the shock, the eyes round and unblinking, as he gawked at what were once columns of people waiting in line, now crashing down amid shrieks, the last cracks of a stormy wind subsiding, and the hollow thuds of portable restrooms falling like long loose bricks and emptying their smeared and soaked and screaming occupants onto the street or into the bay. Let’s call him K. K awoke that morning with a chasm of a headache and a desire to try something new. Something besides being the only one to kick ...

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“The Colour Fall” by Lavender Bestav

Submitted to Contest #239

No one talks about when the colour began to fall from the sky anymore. Its faded into the greying background of everyone's lives. By this point, it simply doesn’t matter. It happened, and there was nothing we could do about it. At first, people thought it was raining blood. They thought God had finally decided it was time to bring his creations back from their mortal flesh, to join him in heaven and send the sinners to hell. They were wrong. It wasn’t blood – but it wasn’t water, either. Instead,...

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“Downpour” by Zoe Odessa

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(trigger warning: blood) It’s a light shower today, the blood falling from the sky in regulated droplets, and pale crimson in colour as the splatters hit the windowpane. A light shower, yes, but I have laundry hanging from the line only now remembered and I swear under my breath as I scramble outside. “Fucking fucking fuck,” I curse, hand shielding my eyes from the metallic, sickly-sweet and quickly clotting drops. My futile tearing at the washing is not at all helping the stains already setting into the fibres of once white fabri...

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“From Commis to Concept” by Madeline Honig

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Ever since I can remember, I loved cooking shows. I loved shows where the producers determined the ingredients the contestants would need to use. There was always one ingredient that was a gotcha like sardines in a dessert. I liked shows where they traveled to taste food like the locals, regardless of the odd foods they would have to try. I liked the shows where they would tell you what to do and how to cook what they were making. I rarely made the meals they taught but I always marveled at the technique. &...

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“The Brumwicher Incident ” by Eddie McKenzie

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To maintain the protection of those infected and those inquisitive souls who might wish to seek out the validity of the following document, the names of all people and places have been changed. We request that you do not attempt to investigate further. From news reports at the time, it was said to have been the result of a freak storm several miles away shedding debris, however no such storm has yet to be reported. One Bromwicher resident claimed in the early hours of the event that “those religious fanatics what shout at folks going about t...

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“It's Raining Again” by Ariella S

Submitted to Contest #239

Today, when the town of New Granville woke up, it wasn’t our familiar clocks that aroused us, but some hard material that was descending slowly from the sky and landing on our streets and hitting roofs, making tapping sounds as they landed - although softly - startled us. Our little luscious, green hill town was now covered with these materials all over our lawns and pavements. Still in my pyjamas, as it was only seven in the morning, I stood in my doorway, stuck my hand out, and patiently waited for one of the pieces to fall into my h...

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“The Day it Rained Roses” by Nate Oldham

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The Day it Rained Roses I’m staring at the sky and smiling, feeling sunshine warm my face for the first time in my life. I’m slowly spinning, taking in the light. I’m dancing across the crimson covered ground beneath my feet. The clouds begin to part, bringing more light and more petals. I’ve heard of this strange occurrence before. It’s been decades since the last time it rained roses. That was before hatred consumed our town. That was before the curse. Beep. Beep. Beep. My alarm clock screeches at me that it's time to wake up. I hit sn...

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“Love and Death” by AJ Simpson

Submitted to Contest #239

It was the strangest sensation. The sudden and startling awareness of my existence. My surroundings, muted and haunting. The air rushing past and the ghostly whispering of the wind caused my mind to lurch and fumble to make sense of what was going on. Panic exploded in my mind, as the fog faded and I realized I could not remember who I was, or where I was for that matter. The sluggish nature of my mind only coaxed more panic from my reeling mind, leaving me with a sense of dread. The answers to my questions felt as though they were just out ...

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Start your story with it raining… anything but rain (e.g. flowers, cutlery, seashells, running shoes).

Submissions are closed

✍️ 88 stories

“Glitter” by Laura Camacho Frias

“Light as a Feather” by Jester Rhodes

“THE GLITTER APOCALYPSE” by Julia Corliss

“Breaking Point” by Samantha N Bishop

“You Happy?” by Curtis Doucette

“A lost young man with enormous wings” by Ricardo Romeu

“The Colour Fall” by Lavender Bestav

“Downpour” by Zoe Odessa

“From Commis to Concept” by Madeline Honig

“The Brumwicher Incident ” by Eddie McKenzie

“It's Raining Again” by Ariella S

“The Day it Rained Roses” by Nate Oldham

“Love and Death” by AJ Simpson

🌟 Similar prompts

Write a story where a regular household item becomes sentient.

Write a story where the laws of time and space begin to dissolve.

Write a story where your character is traveling a road that has no end.

Write a story about an artist whose work has magical properties.

Contest #239

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