Write a fantasy story about water gods or spirits.

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“Mystical Misery” by You'd Think A Writer Would Have A More Creative Name .

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1615 wordsRated PG: violence, bloodPrompt: write a fantasy story about water gods or water spirits.You can’t know someone when they’re dead. It’s grammatically incorrect. When one dies, their world is erased from existence on this plane. I know longer know him, because he no longer has the universe he exists in. He belongs to another. I knew him, and those centuries together were amazing.Eubh is staring at me from across the bubble. Her slithering arms are stiff at her sides. Her tail floats graciously in the water. Even her hair defies scie...

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“Ratri, Yami, Soma” by Anou S

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_______________________________________________RatriSometimes I wondered what it would be like to live near an ocean and away from the city. If instead of murals and coffee shops, there was kelp and undiscovered creatures. If instead of a morning ride on the BART, I went on a morning swim before walking to work. It was a foolish fantasy -I could never leave the girls and they wouldn’t be able to survive if the hospital wasn’t a twenty minute drive away- but it was nice to think about.On days when things in the city got stifling and stressful...

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“ Of Falsehoods” by Kas Reidva

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She is all too familiar with what the legends make of her, with the heinous slander that monstrous men spewed to cover up their own rot. A shrewd and jealous temptress who loves nothing but power or, on the contrary, a guileless and powerless victim of the lustful old fool Merlin’s advances are her main depictions. Sometimes there is even the occasional casting of her as a motherly figure to Lancelot, the White Knight. Glaucia could bear being associated with the aforementioned lies, but she could find no shred of forgiveness for those paint...

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“The Tanabe” by Zion Hintay

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Hayubei... Hayubei... Come here."A small leafboat floated down stream, racing down what she believed to be white water rapids. Bouncing over small stones. She turned to her father with an eager smile on her lips and stumbled her way to him.With one arm he lifted her, and brought her deeper into the glade, brushing aside some foliage to clearing their view to the rest of the lands of her people. The Tanabes."Far across our plains lays a creek so large that it spans as far as the eye can see. It is called the ocean Bei Bei. And one day, I wil...

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“Jade Skirt” by John Walsh

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Ramona sat on a bench in front of the church in Xochimilco, glanced around the plaza and wondered how she let Simon talk her into this trip when she was in her seventh month of pregnancy. “We won’t be able to take trips like this once the baby is born and it’s the land of your heritage.” Ramona was a latina but all her grandparents left Mexico long ago and her parents were born and had lived their entire lives in the U. S. It was...

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“Save Our Spirits” by Iona Cottle

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The muck in the canal always upset Janie, but she’d gotten so used to it that she didn’t notice it any more. The half-submerged trolley was as much a part of her commute as the old oak tree at the end of the path, and now the only time she reacted to the garbage was when there was a new addition, or a particularly impressive piece of vandalism. The time that someone had managed to dump a temporary security fence in there she whistled; the time they’d gotten an entire sofa suite in there she’d stopped and admired it, until her stomach started...

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“Conference in the Pacific Palace ” by Pepper Mint

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WARNING: DO NOT ASK ME HOW DID I GET THIS INFORMATION, BUT I HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO SPREAD THIS RECORD AS FAR AS POSSIBLE. BELOW IS THE RECORD, WHICH IS BASED ON WHAT I ACTUALLY HEARD AND SEEN.Pacific, the chief of the ocean and sea gods, announced a meeting. Every ocean and sea god rushed into the Pacific Palace, for this was an important meeting. When all the gods were settled in the largest conference room, whispering to each other some alarming news, Pacific revealed himself from the drapes of kelps. All the gods rose up and bowed to...

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“The Blue Lady of Fallam Lake” by Sjan Evardsson

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She’s evil, she’s holy, she’s bad, she’s good, she’s a monster, she’s a hero… there are nearly as many descriptions of her as there are people who claim to have seen her. I’m talking, of course, about the Blue Lady of Fallam Lake. It’s said that she lives on the bottom of the lake, or maybe in a cave beneath the water where her hearth is warm and dry. How would that even work? I’m on day eleven of a fourteen-day assignment to try catch the Blue Lady on camera. It’s all a bunch of nonsense, of course, but that’s what they pay me to do. Despi...

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“Secrets Beyond The Water” by Zunairah Irfan

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Nobody knows what secrets the water holds, but everyone knows when the time is right, the secrets will ripple upon all of usI stared out to the sea, watching its wave lap one wave over another. As the big waves come I wave back, though I know it's not really waving. I have been here all my life, ever since then I knew, something... or someone was watching me. show yourself, It's been long enough, I think trying to communicate with it. The waves come big as I have these thoughts.I breathe in, deep and long, trying to catch every scent th...

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“Her Alluring Voice” by Eden H

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The Ocean.The pounding waves on the sun-gilded shores, the lullaby that puts children to sleep every night.The crimson sun over the sparkling water, a halo that lights the sky every morning.The never-ending sea-foam that tickles and teases the shore, reaching for what it can never have.The moonlit tide, ever-changing beneath the starry sky it so faithfully reflects.But the best part, what lies beneath.Humans have traveled the surface of our waters for centuries, from the Vikings to modern-day tourists. They go out in their tall, white boats ...

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“The Decision” by Marcia H.

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The legend of Goddess Lafatina was told to Eurdell by her great grandmother, Lucy, when she was eight years old and now at the age of 40 she was actually going to the ocean where Lafatina was actually “living” for millions of years. Goddess Lafatina was born millions of years ago in a tiny town called Sabrina. No one knew exactly where the town of Sabrina was. No one could find it on any maps in ancient times but that was the story. Lafatina was “gifted” she could see into the future. She would walk around the tiny town and feel and sense ...

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“Spring Break in Kansas” by Jerry Stewart

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Spring break kicked off like it did every year. Horny college kids arrived by the truckloads. Most of them were already drunk by the time they parked and checked into their condos. Our little Florida beach town was pretty laid back most of the year, but every March when the spring breakers descended, all hell broke loose.A lot of us locals grumbled and complained, but we all knew the town relied on the influx of money they brought in every year. A symbiotic relationship had formed over the years, and now we needed each other. They needed a p...

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“Eye of the Raging Storm” by Megan DeRouin

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Eye of the Raging Storm The melody she sang was so hauntingly beautiful that it entranced the waves. They crashed against the shore desperate for her. They longed to reach her and drag her into their embrace, but they knew she was a creature of the sky and that to do so would doom her. The waves wept with sorrow as she sang, the rain splashed against the tin roof of her dwelling and the wind pulled restlessly at her shutters. Still she sang, oblivious to the torment she caused....

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“My Sister, My Brother” by Wreeboo Varrenn

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She steps carefully out of the water like the sun emerging from behind a cloud--the water is the cloud, and she is the sun. For she is just as radiant as the sun itself. Her eyes sparkle with hidden mischief. Her dress swirls like liquid. And her name? Her name...is Vremali. She shakes her cascading, watery hair with glee, and water flies. The ground itself seems to reach up to grab the droplets let loose--they provide life and sustenance to all. The ocean behind her rises up once again, and a man steps out gracefully. “My sister...

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“Fateful encounter” by Anes Nia

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My eyes open up slowly as I wake up, feeling dizzy and lightheaded; it was the voices I heard that woke me up, loud songs in an unfamiliar language that I haven't heard before in my life. Even though I traveled a lot, I haven't been this high up north before. I tilted my head to see where these sounds are coming from, just to realize I was sleeping in a raft, a small one at that, it barely holds the girl next to me, and me hanging at the very edge. A ship was coming towards us, different from the one we came in. The ship's crew throw a...

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Write a fantasy story about water gods or spirits.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 227 stories

“Mystical Misery” by You'd Think A Writer Would Have A More Creative Name .

“Ratri, Yami, Soma” by Anou S

“ Of Falsehoods” by Kas Reidva

“The Tanabe” by Zion Hintay

“Jade Skirt” by John Walsh

“Save Our Spirits” by Iona Cottle

“Conference in the Pacific Palace ” by Pepper Mint

“The Blue Lady of Fallam Lake” by Sjan Evardsson

“Secrets Beyond The Water” by Zunairah Irfan

“Her Alluring Voice” by Eden H

“The Decision” by Marcia H.

“Spring Break in Kansas” by Jerry Stewart

“Eye of the Raging Storm” by Megan DeRouin

“My Sister, My Brother” by Wreeboo Varrenn

“Fateful encounter” by Anes Nia

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

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