Write about two people in a relationship. One of them has special powers, the other does not.

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“The Jar of Jealousy” by Deborah Mercer

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That nasty little mind-worm wouldn’t stop writhing. Melanie wanted it to go away, but it wouldn’t. It seemed to bore holes, but then not to have bored them, because it needed to do so again. She was jealous. She was jealous of Vivienne, and she couldn’t help it. Vivienne was her best friend, her most steadfast friend, the friend who put up with her moods and her singularities and had, so far as she could recall, never spoken a word in anger to her, but she was jealous of her. For the firs...

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“Couples Therapy” by Rob Lawson

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The two entered the elevator, joined at the wrist by a shining pair of handcuffs. The two exchanged looks as the door slid shut, neither beaming smiles. “You know this isn’t gonna work.” “Why not?” “Didn’t work for my parents. Ain’t gonna work for us Lewis.” “Sal, we’re not your parents. We’re us.” “Fine.” Sal crosses his arms for a second, pulling Lewis along with him. “But do we really need the cuffs?” Sal asked. Lewis looked into the emerald green of Sal’s eyes and said, “You know why.” Defeated, Sal’s pitiful attempts at grumbled d...

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“Justice For Greg” by Cara H

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ConfessionOn the night of October 12, 1979, two adolescent girls sat in the basement bedroom of a suburban home in Lawrence, Kansas. Twelve-year-old Pepper Baiij was a painfully shy girl with dishwater-blonde hair and a pronounced overbite with gaps between her top front teeth. Her family hoped that the costly braces she wore would help correct her unattractive smile. Pepper’s companion, Ursula McNamara, was a spirited girl with a pale, freckled face and reddish-brown hair. Ursula had the slender build of a gymnast and there were several tro...

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“A Different Kind of Power” by Cody Ell

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She was at it again. I turned over in bed and tried to get back to sleep as I heard the occasional clunk of something bumping into a wall somewhere in the house. Something else made a bumping sound. You would think a telekinetic would have some better control.As a third bump sounded through the house I sighed and opened my eyes. Clothes were floating across the room, out the door, and down the hall. I sighed again and threw the covers aside before standing and stretching only to have a shirt fly into my face. I pulled it to the side grumpily...

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“With Stars in Our Eyes” by Hannah Carter

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“Arthur, I need to show you something.” I peeked open one eye and saw a familiar freckled face right before me. That wasn’t unusual in itself, but the fact that she was in my room in the middle of the night was. I let out a wild squawk and thrashed about for a moment. The covers tightened around me until they created a cocoon. The harder I tried to kick them off, the more they fought back. The battle raged on until I thudded off the bed and onto my hardwood floor, the cover the clear victor. “Beatrix!” I hissed. “W...

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“The most common question.” by Damian Perry

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I felt the key pressing into the palm of my hand and I smiled. The house before me was a two-storey terraced house across from an oval in Clifton Hill. It looked small but inviting. Part of that might have been the key in my hand.“I want you to feel at home here,” Ted had told me as he handed it to me over breakfast. “And if you want to move in, well, that would be fine too.” He’d blushed through his beard and I’d held his hand and grinned like a kid.It wasn’t a new relationship, but it felt like it was going somewhere. We’d met at the end o...

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“The jealous girlfriend of the boyfriend with superpowers.” by Jessica Sanders

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Once upon a time there was a young lady And a man that dated. The young lady became obnoxiously anger with her spouse she got very upset that her boyfriend had extra ordinary super powers and she did not . one day her boyfriend tried to charm her and he wanted to use his superpowers ,so he had roses just falling from the sky and freezing in the sky with snowflakes falling down she became very upset she love that idea and but she knew any girl would dream of that but with her ungrateful ways she became very angry and she told him they need to...

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“Noah’s Wife” by Katie J

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There’s a champagne buzzer in the middle of the table with a gold circle outlining it, and in case that didn’t make its existence apparent enough, the words ‘CHAMPAGNE SERVICE’ are printed in bold black letters on a small card adjacent to the buzzer. My finger hovers several inches above the button and then jams down on it twice before Noah reaches out and grasps my fingers, pulling my hand into his lap. I glare at him and use my free hand to reach out and press the button once more.Tugging my fingers from his grasp, I sarcastically retort, ...

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“Death to the Puppet Master” by Bruno Lowagie

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Dina was done being defenseless. She laughed at Charles’ futile attempts to convince her that he cared for her, that he loved her, that he had always loved her.She didn’t listen to him anymore. The way she saw it, he left her no choice. She had been his puppet and he had been holding the strings. It was time for Dina to cut those strings and set herself free. Sure, there was romance involved when they first met. He had rescued her from an unenviable position. She was in a dark place and she had been praying for someone like him to come ...

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“I CAN'T DIE BUT I CAN'T LIVE EITHER” by RADIUS HAVWAALA

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Kabwe has been transformed from a ghost town into a sprawling metropolis by the status of Mulungushi University. This has been further augmented by the mushrooming of big shopping malls like Choppies, Kabwe Mall, name them. But what has catapulted Kabwe out of the shadows of humiliating poverty into the glorious light of a big thriving metropolitan city are Guest Houses. Out of need rather than curiosity I visited SAFE guest house in mine area to spend a night away from the merciless cold in the streets. A tall dark la...

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“Secrets and Relationships” by Janie Cruz

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Someone came up behind me and covered my eyes. "Guess who?" Luca whispered. I laughed, "Gee, let's see..." He came around and kissed my cheek. "Oh come on, you could at least pretend." He sat on the table next to me. "Whatcha doin' there?" he asked. I quickly shut my notebook. "Just some class notes." He gave me a quizzical look. "Mm Hm." "What?" "You know, we've been dating for what,-" "Two years." He laughed, "Right. Two years. In two years not once have you ever let me look in that notebook." "I've let you look in my notebooks." "No I me...

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“Single Strand of Silver” by Heera A

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It was always the same moment where I stand in front of the mirror, wiped away the paint from my face, stripped myself bare of the thick clothing I had to don for the day, and allow my body to be free of constraint, my wings springing with ease after being released from their glamour spell, and when my eyes catch my own sparkling, violet irises in the mirror and my burgundy hair falls neatly behind my pointed ears, that I feel the most vulnerable.Yes, I know it is silly and perhaps downright humiliating that I, who sprung from the loins of a...

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“Trip to Heaven” by Samuel Jennings

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Me and my wife have been married for many years. We are an open book between one another. There have been many trials and tribulations, but there is just one that was hard to accept. It took a long time for my wife to try to understand the special ability I had in life. I have a special power that no one that I have ever met can do. My wife now sees this as a gift from God. I could say that I’m lucky, but I know I’m blessed. I get to have conversations with people that nobody else can have conversations wit...

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“Surprise ” by Jackie Shutt

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Lauren twists the top of a pickle jar well she tries anyway. No matter how much she tries it won’t budge until she finally gives up and takes it to her boyfriend Paul.“Can you open this for me?” She offers the jar over to him.“Sure,” he gets a grip around it and twists hard. It pops and the faint smell of pickles fills the space. He hands the jar carefully back to her.“Thanks babe,” she kisses the air at him then turns and returns to the kitchen. She continues to make sandwiches for the both of them. Turkey and lettuce for her and ...

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“THE ADVENTURES OF CHAD” by Christopher Rothschild

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Chad hefted himself over the final ledge, heaved his weight up and over, until he could flop his chest to the ground, and sort of wiggle the rest of the way. He wore lightweight armor, which seemed like it would make going up a mountain easy, but then he remembered steep mountain hikes weren’t easy in jeans, let alone metal. “How’s it goin’?” Wanda’s disembodied voice came from the magic mirror in Chad’s heavy pack. “Geez… us… I need… a minute… fuck…” Chad panted. “You need to work out more.” Wanda commented. “T...

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Write about two people in a relationship. One of them has special powers, the other does not.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 77 stories

“The Jar of Jealousy” by Deborah Mercer

“Couples Therapy” by Rob Lawson

“Justice For Greg” by Cara H

“A Different Kind of Power” by Cody Ell

“With Stars in Our Eyes” by Hannah Carter

“The most common question.” by Damian Perry

“The jealous girlfriend of the boyfriend with superpowers.” by Jessica Sanders

“Noah’s Wife” by Katie J

“Death to the Puppet Master” by Bruno Lowagie

“I CAN'T DIE BUT I CAN'T LIVE EITHER” by RADIUS HAVWAALA

“Secrets and Relationships” by Janie Cruz

“Single Strand of Silver” by Heera A

“Trip to Heaven” by Samuel Jennings

“Surprise ” by Jackie Shutt

“THE ADVENTURES OF CHAD” by Christopher Rothschild

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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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