Start your story with someone emerging from the sea, and end it with them looking up at the stars.

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“Last to Sea” by Rita Gulick

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There was debris everywhere scattered along the white sands. Small waves splashed upon the broken boards and luggage floating along the shore. It was the dawn after the storm. Floating in the water with the wreckage of a good fishing boat, was a body. The waves washed it ashore and retreated just as quickly, leaving the man to bask in the morning sun. He coughed some water up and stayed where he was just feelingthe warmth of the sun on his face thinking this must be heaven. He slowly opened his eyes and glared against the brightness....

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“The West and Beyond Bar and Grill (1800 Words)” by Donald Zagardo

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Donald Zagardo &...

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“Dear Asher” by Kat Sencen

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Dear Asher, I wish that you could be here with me. I wish you could see me get drowned by a wave and still emerge from the dark blue sea happily, getting back on my board. I wish we could laugh by the beach together, clinking tropical drinks and watching the kids build sand castles. I wish I didn’t feel so alone. I feel like eleven months after the accident I should still be mourning you, but I know you wouldn’t want that of me. I wish this trip wasn’t to ease the stress of everything for the kids. I wish this fun trip could be for a fun rea...

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“TWILIGHT ” by Alonzriah'a Washington

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by DOUGLAS PENICK Part 1 Winter ice and slippers. Instability on the black driveway. Well, there’s a reason they call them slippers. Slippery bed slippers. She should be slipping into bed. Or, determined as she was, she should have put on the boots. Even with having to sit down and bend and the shortness of breath and the undignified tugging at slippery boot tops in the freezing hallway. Why did coldness make indignity worse? Well, it did. It does.Oh, she’d thought, she’d just run out for a second and get… what was it? S...

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“Her Stars” by Maggie Hicklin

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It’s been years since I’ve seen the Earth’s crust, with it’s green rolling hills and soft-spoken mountains. I am more accustomed to the suffocating navy of the ocean than the golden rays of sunlight which used to bless the Earth in The Before. Humanity failed Mother Nature, and She in turn failed us. I have longed to emerge from the blanket of blackness that is the sea, and now I have to. I am dying. It’s painful to think of The Before. The days melted into weeks down here, and with that I lost my concept of time. Days mingled with ho...

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“Jabberwock Island” by Anna May

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*This story is based off of the anime, Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope’s Peak High School, and Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair*Salt. The taste was everywhere in my mouth. And yet I couldn’t get it out. I dragged my body out of the ocean and onto shore. 15 other students were also there, sopping wet and looking at me with curiosity. “Guess that’s the last of us, huh?” Said a boy with white hair sticking out in all directions. I figured he was Komaeda, and he looked much better since the last time we had met. I looked behind me, there ...

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“1941” by Inkstained Introvert

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It will be December 7th when you hear the news. You’ll have been at the beach with your friends all day; it will be a Sunday, and on weekends, your mother allows you to do close to whatever you want. It will be almost dinnertime, and, realizing this, you’ll scramble out of the water and pull on your clothes without drying yourself, shouting a hurried goodbye to the handful of boys floating in the water, only their heads visible, mostly shining blonde crowns of hair with one ginger and one brunette. You’ll make your way along the narrow San F...

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“Inn the Dark” by Anna Mosqueda

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"Help me up, Clayton," Lorelai says from below the boat. Because the ladder is broken, we have to get one of the guys to help us up from the water. "I think we should call it a day," I say as Lorelai is pulled out of the water and wraps a damp towel around herself. She'd pulled it off of River who, by the looks of it, put about a pea-sized amount of sunscreen on. "Yeah. My mom has ought to have called a couple of times by now. I left my phone at the inn," Reis says. "Alright, let's get goin' then." Clayton sits down and steers the boat...

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“Even the Moon have the Stars” by Moon Butterfly

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A hot looking guy just finished bathing from the sea. Seawater was trickling down from his manly chest to his eight-packed abs. He shook his head so that he can dry himself. After drying himself, He sat on the seashore and sadly looked at the sea whilst the setting sun‘s ray hit his face. The Golden rays of the dusk reminds him on how golden her hair was on the day she met the girl who taught her that life was worth the living. ”Stella,” He unconsciously said. Then he looked at his hand where he holds the seashell necklace. Then the sad memo...

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“The star was there” by Hannah Rose

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There is a feeling that overwhelms a person when they think they are drowning, it is close to fear and even closer to pain but it is not quite defined as either of the two. It is more of a realization that in those few seconds they have a choice to make, to either hold their breath and try to swim to the surface, or to let it out and sink to the bottom of the sea however far away that may be. It is a hard decision to make when you are grown and have a life of ups and downs to help you weigh your options, it is even harder a choice to make ...

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“The Protagonist” by Amy Utami

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I was the protagonist of my own story. Lived my whole life like I, the one special. Believing that just like Harry Potter, I am special. Grieves a thousand pain and bruised my heart to then raised like a Phoenix. But grew up taught you, it was just a thing called desire. The desire to be special and important. The desire that made me point my finger out to the crowd and then shouted, ‘I am not Alien, you are!’My lung filled with trapped air. Bubbling over my throat emerged to be released. It sneaks out of my mouth and forms unformed shapes a...

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“A Desert Island” by Maggie Hanes

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I swam hard against the currents. My lungs screamed for air, but my head was unable to surface. My arms and legs felt like the blood had been replaced with quicksilver, the bones with lead. I kept pushing though, knowing that it was this or a darkness that I would never wake from. I surfaced for just a moment, long enough to take a deep breath. The air was polluted with the sharp taste of metal, thick with smoke, scented with salt. Another wave pushed me down, too soon. I struggled again and again. My eyes were blurred under the water, but w...

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“Captain's Rest” by Amanda Fox

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His head shatters the water’s surface. The water is unfathomably cold, and it seeps into his body like the fangs of death scraping at his bones. The fall from the ship was too quick for him to take in a proper breath. Ben gasps for air to quell his screaming lungs and the rising panic in his heart. Waves sweep over him as he struggles to right himself and gain his bearings. He orients himself with The Kraken’s Revenge to his back and faces his destination. The island is almost too far for a man to swim, and Ben knows ...

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“Adrift ” by Phoebe DeNeve

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Why couldn't I breathe?No matter how hard I try, I can't breathe. My body feels like it's floating and it's pitch black. Why? That's the question I keep asking myself.My eyes jolt open, but they are suddenly filled with a stinging sensation, so I close them again. I finally feel my body coming back to life, and I am able to move my limbs. Slowly opening my eyes once more, I see a faint, white light above me, and start swimming for it.I broke the surface, and cold, chilling air hits my wet face. Without a second thought, I take in a sharp bre...

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“Just Breathe, John. ” by Adanna Aitken

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The water seemed endless, but I breached the surface after what felt like an eternity of struggle. The air eases the ache in my lungs as each breath reminded me that I was alive and I was going to be okay. Almost every moment up until now felt like a fever dream, the dancing, the alcohol, and the lights. The water bit my skin causing shaking that I felt in my bones. I saw no signs of the people I was with, although I barely remembered their faces in all fairness. I had no idea where I was or how I got he...

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Start your story with someone emerging from the sea, and end it with them looking up at the stars.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 277 stories

“Last to Sea” by Rita Gulick

“The West and Beyond Bar and Grill (1800 Words)” by Donald Zagardo

“Dear Asher” by Kat Sencen

“TWILIGHT ” by Alonzriah'a Washington

“Her Stars” by Maggie Hicklin

“Jabberwock Island” by Anna May

“1941” by Inkstained Introvert

“Inn the Dark” by Anna Mosqueda

“Even the Moon have the Stars” by Moon Butterfly

“The star was there” by Hannah Rose

“The Protagonist” by Amy Utami

“A Desert Island” by Maggie Hanes

“Captain's Rest” by Amanda Fox

“Adrift ” by Phoebe DeNeve

“Just Breathe, John. ” by Adanna Aitken

🌟 Similar prompts

Write about someone who goes to extreme lengths to get themselves to a tropical island.

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

Write about someone who books a bargain vacation, only to be told when they arrive that they need to share a hotel suite with a stranger.

Write a fantasy story about water gods or spirits.

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