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“Love of my Life” by Alyssa Rivera

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I sit in my favorite chair, waiting to fall asleep. Like most nights, my mind races with the day's events.It's hard to sleep like this. When someone overthinks my actions. When someone else tries to put my feelings into words."Can I sleep, please?" I ask aloud.I wait a moment and nothing happens. She didn't like inactivity. She always wanted me to be doing, growing. She always wanted more from me.At the end of a long day, even when I was desperately exhausted, she poured herself into my story, trying to fit herself into my life.To express he...

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“Remember Me When I Am Gone Away (L1.1)” by Kathleen March

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Remember me when I am gone away (or else!) Remember me when I am gone away, Gone far away into the silent land; When you can no more hold me by the hand, Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay. ~ Christina Rosetti Not a place on the map of most tourists, unless they’re the ones who make the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. Galicia sits in the northwestern corner of th...

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“The Dreamer” by Olivia Gilbert

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I know what this is. This whole “life” thing. Great thinkers around the world have dedicated their lives to the question. What is the meaning of life? Or they ponder “why are we here?” Well, I will tell you why. I’ve recently been having those dreams again. The ones my mother would tell me to keep to myself. “People would think you were crazy!” She’d tell me, as if being crazy is some awful thing. If being crazy means knowing the truth to our existence then go ahead and call me crazy. I’m proud to be one of the few that have discovered...

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“The Memory” by Michele Duess

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Michele skated along the sidewalk. “Come on Pauline, hurry up! They need us in Parnasus!” Pauline skated along with her, looking about. It was all familiar. The alley ran the length of a block and separated houses from the furniture factory on the other side. No one ever used it. Indeed, the only one who ever saw them was Mrs. Ramsey, whose house was next to the factory. Sometimes she spoke to Michele to say hello or be careful. She was elderly, stiff, and quite formal. The last time had been to tell her off. Michele had wandered ...

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“Cheating” by Dafni Ma

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THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ERIN HALLChapter 1‘Keep a distance, you idle dog’, she said steadily and with a voice that seemed to belong to someone else. He held his hand in front of his chest, burning from the sudden strike it had just received. ‘I have kept my silence and good humour while we were in the company of our respectable friends, but that does not mean that I have forgiven you in any sort of way’. He tried a shocked face that looked more like a mask than an expression. ‘And,’ she continued, ‘I don’t believe that you think me stupid enoug...

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“Conflicting Expectations regarding Episode Thirteen” by Bruno Lowagie

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Dean looks at his watch. Laura had promised to meet him for coffee at three, but it’s already a quarter past the hour.Some things never change, he thinks; you can always count on Laura being late. He sips his coffee and grimaces. It has gone cold.“Do you want me to replace your cold coffee with a warm cup, love?” a motherly voice asks.Dean wakes up from his daydream and looks right into the eyes of a waitress.She winks at him: “I’m sure the girl you’re waiting for will be here any moment.”“Yes, thank you,” Dean answers. “She’s probably...”He...

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“Lonely In Space” by Carille Durbin

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Lonely in Space Don’t let anyone tell you anything different, space is lonely. It’s only exciting in movies or books. Space is deep, dark, and depressingly lonely. And cold. And dark. And lonely. My name is Kimearrah and I'm from the planet Thrae. It is a beautiful planet with sunshine, water, and lush vegetation. The only problem is that Thrae is also lonely. I'm writing this as I travel inside my spacecraft. This spacecraft is called a personal craft because it is built for one person. The livi...

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“Takeaway” by Karen McDermott

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“Milo! Have you seen my handbag?”The deep rumbling that came from Irene’s teenage son’s bedroom seemed to indicate not.Irene did not want to ask her husband, who had disappeared into the downstairs loo ten minutes ago, despite her continued pleas for him to use the upstairs facilities if it was a job that was going to take more than five. Duncan, ten years her senior, hated people conducting conversations ...

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“Shirl and John Jo - A Classic Love Story” by Elise Henry

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“It's too much John Jo, really it’s just too much!” Shirl was standing on tip toes leaning as close to the window as he could without actual falling out. “John Jo, you listening to me darling. ….. Have you seen them down there? Look at them all eager eyed and keen…..”Shirl carried on watching the small but growing crowd that had begun to gather around the entrance to their apartment building.… like little yapping lap dogs, just waiting for a glimpse of one of us…I mean…it’s just pathetic.” Shirl swung round an...

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“Pen and Paper” by Fernando Alvarez

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“I wonder what she’ll make me do this time. I’m exhausted of her making me kiss you passionately. My lips are so worn out that next time we touch they will fall off.” “That is your biggest concern? Kissing? Do you have any idea how many times I have died for you? For your love? Well, more times than I can remember.” “Stop being such a griper.” “A griper? Really? I have fought dragons and gotten my left arm reduced to ashes. I have been eaten by a giant ant, excreted into a nest of deadly acid-spitting...

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“Submission 435” by Grey Oberst

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“Ah! Look who’s finally here!”Rodney looks over at you, smiling and getting Jack’s attention by nudging him with his elbow. Jack looked up from the book he was reading, an odd expression on his face.“Reader! Wasn’t expecting you, to be honest. We’ve been looking forward to meeting you for some time now, y’know.Jack stuck his hand out for a handshake, but hesitated. With a sheepish smile, he retracted his hand.“Sorry, I guess that’s not really possible, huh? With us not being physical and whatnot, I mean.”“We could always ask Author to write ...

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“I invented you” by Olivia Fairfax

Submitted to Contest #32

...as a bullet pinged off the brickwork behind them.“Come on Anita. Can you make it over the wall?” he croaked barely able to speak. A burst of gunfire rattled in the silence of the night. His chest was burning, his breath rasping...Lance clutched her around the waist and with the last of his strength hoisted her onto the rough stones of the wall. “Go, go” he tried to shout but his breath was all but gone.“Lance give me your hand.”“I'll be too heavy for you. You go. Tell them what's happened. Tell them I just couldn't make it.” He was about ...

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“Rotalumis” by Nicole Daniels

Submitted to Contest #32

So you know when people say they have no control over their life? They feel as if everything in their life is just off and they have no idea of how to take that control back? Well to them I'd say come live a day in my life and let's see if you feel the same. I literally have no control of my life. At all. I mean yes, I have free will and the ability to do things like go to the bathroom and eat, shower..sometimes. However, it's not up to me. There is something or someone else controlling the people in my town, maybe even the entire world. We ...

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“Breaking Through” by Laura Simmons

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John sat at the kitchen table, swilling the last of his third martini. “I’m leaving you! For good, this time!” exclaimed Cheryl in tears. “What! I would never act that way!” declared John to his friend, Bob. No wonder Cheryl is leaving me; I’m a lush.” “John, you know you can’t help your actions. You’re a character in Sharon Adams’ novels. So is Cheryl. “ “Sharon Adams’ schlock novels.” “Sharon Adams’ lucrative schlock novels. “ “I don’t underst...

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“Appear to Disappear” by Anitha Sankaran

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The frills of the black chiffon trouser which Amanda wore waved in the air in unison with the motion of her walk. She felt the shadow of it come after her. Within a hundred steps, she sensed that it is not the frills of the fabric that is chasing her. The woman's clairvoyance made her stop walking and turn back. She saw a person at a distance of about a hundred meters walking into an apartment. Nothing felt unusual in that deserted street. But her instinct left her mind unsettling. She gazed around the road once and scanned the surround...

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Write a story that includes characters who are aware they are a work of fiction.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 74 stories

“Love of my Life” by Alyssa Rivera

“Remember Me When I Am Gone Away (L1.1)” by Kathleen March

“The Dreamer” by Olivia Gilbert

“The Memory” by Michele Duess

“Cheating” by Dafni Ma

“Conflicting Expectations regarding Episode Thirteen” by Bruno Lowagie

“Lonely In Space” by Carille Durbin

“Takeaway” by Karen McDermott

“Shirl and John Jo - A Classic Love Story” by Elise Henry

“Pen and Paper” by Fernando Alvarez

“Submission 435” by Grey Oberst

“I invented you” by Olivia Fairfax

“Rotalumis” by Nicole Daniels

“Breaking Through” by Laura Simmons

“Appear to Disappear” by Anitha Sankaran

🌟 Similar prompts

Write about someone who works an average job — but incorporate elements of magic into it.

Write about a person who meets with the ghost of an old friend for tea every so often.

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Write a story about someone who can pause time or re-live old memories at will.

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