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

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“When Stars Are Born” by Miss Tine

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"Did you know that the more people make wishes, the more stars there are in the galaxy? And when your wish is one of the stars that fell to earth, they said that your wish would come true. It might be absurd, but as a kid, I believed every word of that lie." ~ The moon glowed as the twinkling lights showered across the night sky. There, on the shore sat a lone man, thinking about that same lie. It was a make-believe fact that he gulped down his very being, making his stomach flip. He tried it every time but it never proves itself. Absu...

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“Turtle Island” by Luna Eclipse

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I don’t remember climbing out of the sand. My brothers told me about how we hatched out of eggs and crawled towards the ocean, yet I can only take their word for it. All I have ever known is the ocean. My brothers meant everything to me, yet I am all alone now. How I wish they would join me. We would ride on each other's backs, and chase after the local fish. We grew up down there, deep below where I am now. I feel the waves upon my shell, calling out to me. Maybe my brothers are still down there, where we all grew up. I remember the fish sh...

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“Where was Aphrodite?” by Valerye Tellez

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Above the raging sea, gods fight for power. Kronos strikes at his father, Ouranos, the sky which cradled the angry earth. From the earth, the seat of her power, Gaia, watches. She was the first to be a mother, and the first to kill for her children. She will not be the last. The battle rages, but Ouranos is doomed to defeat, for Kronus is the god of time and that is the only thing that can truly kill a god. But that is of no interest to the sea, which has no gods to command it, and so only does what it desires. The sea holds life older t...

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“Astray” by Stephanie Xu

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All I could remember was how warm the air was. That first touch of my fingertips against the surface of the water and I felt shaken by the warmth that embraced all my body. I remember inching my fingers slowly as I was hugged by the air. As I moved up from the depths of the cold ocean home, the heat twisted itself around my body like vines, and water droplets ornamented its leaves until there was no more. I was not used to this new feeling. My first time ever being out of the water, and all I could feel was this overwhelming heat that...

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“Water Creatures and Flints” by Sam Ackman

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The sun shone down, leaving a dazzling light show across the waves as they rolled her closer to the only bit of land visible in the wide expanse. Ness’s limbs seared as the ascend to the sandy shore returned her weight to her feet, wet cloak tugging her down. Turning back she saw the billowing black clouds rising up into the sky - a ship no more. A gurgle of a giggle escaped her as she soaked in her freedom, no longer a captive used for another's will. She crawled onto the shore, her limbs shaking, and lay down ...

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“Date at the Gejzol” by Chris Wagner

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The purple waves of the Rocbish sea crashed on ash white shores. Unclothed or swim harness clad furry aliens sunbathed, frolicked in the spray. I paddled after my alien girlfriend until my feet touched sand. An eel thick as a rainbow python brushed up against my leg. Lucky it was friendly. I waded toward dry land. Clouds obscured planet Pathilon's giant moon, and flocks of dark winged shaped flew past, sounding like a flock of yipping dogs. The creatures, up close, looked like bats with an enormous eye for a head...

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“Where You Long” by Weeping Rose

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TW: suicidal ideation It was all but a dream to some. But to me, every bit of it is vividly engraved to the back and ends of my mind. I remember your figure perfectly as the hands of the ocean brings you towards me. I remember the scorching sand burning through my skin as I ran towards you. The contrast of the warmth in your smile as the coolness of the water splashes through my clothes. I remember you. Every habit and manner you sport from the first day that we met. How you talk about your dreams like no one else does. ...

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“Survivor ” by Mikala Mitchell

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I lie there, motionless. Suddenly a strange sensation begins to overcome me. I feel as though I am surrounded by something, but by nothing all at once. My body seems to be floating while something gently tugs at my ankle. I open my eyes to find I’m submerged underwater. I am on the floor of the ocean, my body naturally pulling to the surface but that tug on my ankle keeps it from succeeding: a rope knotted to a cinder block holds me there. Panic sets in. How did I get here? How could this be possible? Who would do this to me? A stream of que...

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“Reborn” by Milo W

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Authors Note: This is about the Greek Goddess Aphrodite, so I'm sorry if it's like bad or anything.It felt like I was drowning, but still breathing. I could still breathe. I could feel the air circulation through my lungs, but as I breathed out, no air bubbles emerged. As I crashed through the surface of the water, a gust of cool air brushed against my bare skin. I could see the breath leaving my mouth, as the crest of the waves carried me towards the shore. I looked towards where I was headed, and I saw three figures. One was a pl...

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“Stars” by Ava Lynn

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Water drips down the side of my cream-colored dress. The brown bomber jacket I had once worn was floating away in the vast waters of the Puget Sound. I shiver deeply. The cool autumn air of little old Magnolia, Washington. I emerge from brisk waters. I dig my fingernails into the palm of my hand, causing red marks to form. I grab my shoes off the graffitied rock they were resting on. Up the graveled path I walked up, sighing with each step. Soon, the gloomy neighborhood that hugged the path to the secret beach had turned into a winding stair...

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“someone i can't be with” by Naduni De Silva

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When I was small my parents always read me the story of a little mermaid who fell in love with a human and lived on land and not on Deep Waters. I thought it was something magical. Something that I cannot comprehend something dangerous. I didn’t know a human world on land exists. For me, the Deep Water is my home and every sea creature is my friend. I have never seen a land in my entire 20 years of my life nor have I heard of someone who walked on land. Though stories like little mermaid exists in my world, such stories are outshined by crue...

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“Taking love, by the hand.” by Magnus Thomsen

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TW: attempted suicide, death It was still dark out, but the horizon was beginning to turn pink. As the sun began to rise, the light shining reflected in the ocean. I stood with my bare feet, in the sand, as small waves repeatedly washed over them, cooling them. It was a warm morning, for early spring, so I wasn’t cold. As I watched the sunrIse, I notIced the water begIn to rIpple and splash, not too far from the shore. I took a few steps, Into the water, the brim of my pants were getting soaked, but I didn’t care, because I had just se...

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“Mind Your Wishes” by April Rawlins

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CW: death A shout from the crow’s nest, and then, they saw him come up from the sea foam. His head was all they could manage to see. Someone flung out the life tube, the white still there, the red faded from the sun. It was hard to see him bobbing up and down in the waves, while the rain still spattered the fishermen, and the boat rocked back and forth in the torrent. Lightning still flashed. It took everyone on the rope to pull him back to the fishing boat. He was weak and soaked through. He coughed a lot. The captain told everyone to put t...

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“From Sea to Sand” by Anushka Chandan

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THE COLD AIR bit my skin. I broke through the shield of sea water, gasping for air and tasted salt on my lips. I felt my stomach turn. How long had I been in the water, getting further and further away from the shore? My hands stretched out, my fingers longing to get a hold of the floating piece of wood in front of me. The tips of my fingers missed the wood by a centimeter, and I kicked my legs, trying to get closer. Salty sea water sprayed caroused my face as soon as my hand slapped the piece of wood, grabbing it and pulling it closer to ...

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“Ebb Tide ” by Katherine Marie

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TW: suicide I crawl at the inky surface: desperate, feral, like an animal trying to escape a trap. I manage to steal one small gasp before the waves return, shoving me against the jagged rocks that slowly tear apart my fragile body. I’m not sure what pulled me to the water tonight. Maybe it was the moon, pulling me toward the water just as it pulled the water toward me. It always seemed to do that. “You are a child of the high tide,” my mother told me, as she gently brushed the sand from my corn-silk hair. “You and I are ...

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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

“When Stars Are Born” by Miss Tine

“Turtle Island” by Luna Eclipse

“Where was Aphrodite?” by Valerye Tellez

“Astray” by Stephanie Xu

“Water Creatures and Flints” by Sam Ackman

“Date at the Gejzol” by Chris Wagner

“Where You Long” by Weeping Rose

“Survivor ” by Mikala Mitchell

“Reborn” by Milo W

“Stars” by Ava Lynn

“someone i can't be with” by Naduni De Silva

“Taking love, by the hand.” by Magnus Thomsen

“Mind Your Wishes” by April Rawlins

“From Sea to Sand” by Anushka Chandan

“Ebb Tide ” by Katherine Marie

🌟 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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