Write a story in which the same line recurs three times.

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“THE NEIGHBORHOOD PICNIC” by Mike Williams

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Driscoll Street was preparing for the annual Independence Day picnic. The different streets of the neighborhood were permitted to reserve picnic tables to spend the day with their neighbors. Some folks would wander around the big park known as Creedmoor Rest for quite a period in the hopes of meeting new friends and old and making themselves known as well. Such activities were proof positive of a friendly, cohesive neighborhood. Driscoll Street was a part of this acti...

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“Fatigue Makes Cowards of Us ALL” by Ed Vela

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Rux, Leo, Zayd, and Dom sit at a table at an Italian restaurant finishing up eating some pasta and salad.Rux, a middle-aged man, with a protruding belly, used to coach the high school basketball team on which this trio of young Seniors still play.The three have come to Rux for advice as the team they're on is on the brink of the state championship.Rux: Fatigue makes cowards of us all!Dom: Coach, c'mon, we know how you always preached conditioning.Zayd: And we've been working hard this whole year that you've been gone.Rux; Retired, I'm not de...

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“Death Is Defying My Expectations ” by D K

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You know, dying isn't what I'd expect it to be. I mean I would describe the whole experience as being 'reborn' in some peculiar way. But then again, it all comes to you naturally, like blinking or breathing. Here's how it goes. You catch the last glimpse of the world and wake up on a white marble bench in a white marble train station. In your hand is a ticket. There are other people there as well, all lined up on a grey strip of tape that warns people not to go any closer to the edge. Toddlers and children cling onto women in grey nurse un...

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“Into the Bush” by Angus Moore

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Wyatt had been in the bush that surrounded the town many times. All the kids played in there, less so as they grew older. Now he mainly went to gather the ingredients his master needed. Today though it was different. He didn’t just need ingredients he needed goldwood that in itself wasn’t unusual as he had gotten goldwood plenty of times, it burned longer and hotter than normal wood and grew quickly so it was quite practical, the difference was that this time all the other stores had sent apprentices to fetch it as well. Not to mention the v...

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“A Modern Nightmare” by Julia Haynes

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The bikes hung from the ceiling by chains that were attached to metal racks. Josie looked up at the bikes hanging from the ceiling as she walked in the warehouse to the bin that held the merchandise that she needed to put on store shelfs today. When Josie arrived at the bin, she spied seven boxes of merchandise that needed to be put on the shelf, complete with signage. Josie climbed the ladder and began to take boxes off the top shelf and put the boxes onto her cart. As Josie worked diligently to put the...

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“Nothing, Something, and A Thing” by Keem Holmes

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“So what exactly are you saying?” Sofia asked me while we sat seated next to each other on the train. “What I am saying Sofia, is that I want to be a thing.” “A thing? Like love wise? Oh! You want to be like me and Nicholas!” Sofia was thinking about love of course, because I am bit of a heartthrob and romantic person, but not this time. This time, this exact time in particular, this very specific absolutely particular in time, time, I think I am certain of what I would like this time. “Listen Sofia, do you know what a Something is?”...

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“HONK IF YOU DON'T EXIST” by Mimi Mazzarella

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HONK IF YOU DON’T EXIST By Mimi Mazzarella The traffic light turns from green to amber. I’m in a hurry to get to my mom’s. If the white Kia Soul in front of me speeds up a bit, both of us will be able to make it through in more than enough time. “Come on! Move it!” I yell inside my Chevy Sonic – not that anyone can hear. But way before the light turns red, the driver slows to a stop. I want blare my horn at him in disgust – and even roll down my window to holler a few choice nouns – but in deference to my great-gr...

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“Silence is Deadly” by E.H. Wrightly

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Silence is deadly. Asmund puffed his smoking pipe as he marched through the snowbound forest, his eyes darting to and fro as they scanned the pristine taiga around him. Several men had gone missing in these parts several days ago - a normal facet of life here in the monster-infested Northern Province, but because they were members of the Ecclesiarchy he was ‘volunteered’ to find the clergymen. Or what was left of them at least, as his friends at the tavern had jested. The chirping symphony of birds danced across the frigid...

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“One Last Move” by Regina Clarke

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I’d imagined her living on a different kind of street, in a different kind of neighborhood. “Watch yourself, Billy-boy. Act normal. That’ll work. You remember how to do that? You make a move on her too fast, you’ll find yourself back in here.” Jance had said those words looking through the bars of his own cage, watching as the guards unlocked my cell and let me out of mine. I glanced back just once and caught the sadness in his eyes. He’d have hated to know I saw that. Before they shut the gate behind me, they’d handed me a small duffel ba...

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“Unnatural Paranormal ” by Alvin Fernandes

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This story is about a girl, Janice who weeps after the death of her father. Jacob was engaged in a car accident leaving him with a certain brain dysfunction. The accident took place when Nancy was at work. Her dad went to fetch his old retired documents before he was hit by an unknown car. However the person who ran over Jacob was not found and there wasn't any evidence left behind. Plus the officers around her weren't that supportive and intelligent. After the failure of his surgery, Janice had to watch her father lay on his hospital bed li...

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“The Sitting Game” by Shahzoda Vareberg

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One of the Thoughts Not again. Almost An Interrogation Room It was not an interrogation room. It looked like one. It felt like one. It wasn’t one. The single pool of an almost medical yet grimy light spilling over a group of people slumped in a circle of chairs was not an expression of justice. The thirty-minute timer overlooking them from a wall was not a trick along the lines of good cop, bad cop. The substance used to knock said six people unconscious was not a secretly approved drug just for cases like these. It was something else. A ...

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“The Trials of War” by Adithya Lobo

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Everything in life happens for a purpose. A quote I know all too well. My story takes us years back, to when I was in the military. I fought for my country against those who opposed it, did everything in my possible power to prevent them from taking any of us. They said we'd gain a sense of pride in defending our home. They never told us about the thousands of people bloodshed - the families separated, the many friends who lost their lives. They convinced us we were saving lives, but in truth, we were the ones who were taking them. "Faster...

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“She Will Lay My Body On The Stone” by Griffin Nelson

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Death rolled in, said you got ten minutes. Curt bastard. Paid no pleasantries. “Take a lasting look at yourself – it’s the lasting one you’ll get.” Then left. Onto the next. Hell knew what he meant by that! I was out! Tried to stand up and run – jumped right out of my skin and bones. Just left them there cold. I knew it happened straight away, felt it. At least you get that. You feel yourself go. I never told them what to do with my body. Took a while to look back at where I came from. Took the wall instead....

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“You Have Been Saved” by Jaidyn Davis

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Hello, my name is Ash Harper. I have been battling cancer for 2 years now. But yesterday was the worst day I had ever had. The doctors told me they don’t know if they can do anything more. They told me I only have a week to live. I was shocked and horrified. My family didn’t say anything. They were speechless, I was speechless. My mother was in tears and my dad was holding back tears. I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t want to die, I wanted to live. I was only 17, I was still in high school. I thought I would fight it off, and it would be go...

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“Just in Time.” by Mia Mathew

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The needle hand on my watch passed the hour hand at the 12 mark and I expected my alarm to be buzzing in about two minutes. Did I really sleep? I was sure that Dodie and I were having crab cakes at our favorite restaurant, and we then headed to her place to laugh at the late-night comedy reels on her tilted plasma LED TV. I then drove back here at 5 am and mushed into my bed, eyes half open watching the blue slivers that peeked from the curtains.I got up eventually, and my black dress and jewelry neatly set out on my desk and then I kno...

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Write a story in which the same line recurs three times.

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✍️ 163 stories

“THE NEIGHBORHOOD PICNIC” by Mike Williams

“Fatigue Makes Cowards of Us ALL” by Ed Vela

“Death Is Defying My Expectations ” by D K

“Into the Bush” by Angus Moore

“A Modern Nightmare” by Julia Haynes

“Nothing, Something, and A Thing” by Keem Holmes

“HONK IF YOU DON'T EXIST” by Mimi Mazzarella

“Silence is Deadly” by E.H. Wrightly

“One Last Move” by Regina Clarke

“Unnatural Paranormal ” by Alvin Fernandes

“The Sitting Game” by Shahzoda Vareberg

“The Trials of War” by Adithya Lobo

“She Will Lay My Body On The Stone” by Griffin Nelson

“You Have Been Saved” by Jaidyn Davis

“Just in Time.” by Mia Mathew

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