Begin or end your story with a character taking a selfie.

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“Ghostie” by Caitlin Tobin

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Clicking over and over, Genevieve Luvet snapped picture after picture, varying the angle and her facial expressions with every new take. Genevieve flaunted her artistic flair through her selfies. She prided herself on her thousands of followers on Instagram. Looking through the pictures with a judgmental stare, Gen’s eyebrows scrunched as each photo became more and more distorted. In the final picture, a shadowy figure floated in front of Gen’s profile in the mirror, obscuring her features. Gasping in fright, Gen showed the picture to ...

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“Forever In My Heart” by Sofia Mullan

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The vet's sterile white walls felt like a suffocating embrace. Rain lashed against the windows, mimicking the storm brewing inside Summer. Jaxon, her Cocker Spaniel, lay on the examination table, his once-mighty chest rising and falling in shallow gasps. His fur, usually the colour of black and white, was dull and matted. Summer reached out, her hand trembling as it brushed against Jaxon’s head. He opened his eyes, a spark of recognition flickering within their hazel depths. A weak tail thump sent a pang through Summer’s heart. It had been s...

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“In a Flash” by Julia Rajagopal

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I see it in a flash. They say you can’t remember your first few years, but that’s not entirely true. I remember crying, my little face wrinkled in pain and frustration. I’m angry because I have colic, though I don’t know what that is. I only know that the cramps in my stomach make me feel like I’m going to be ripped in half. My mother is holding me, her brown hair a mess of permed curls surrounding a pale, chubby face. She looks down at me, her face tightened in anger and irritation. A pinch of hatred wrinkles her brow. Someone has snapped t...

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“A Poisoning in the Pews” by Paul Simpkin

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I looked again at the selfie. Her name was Jessica Robinson, 28, attractive, happily married and a regular member of my congregation. She never missed a Sunday. She was smiling as if she did not have a care in the world. And yet within a few hours she was dead. Poisoned in the pews. I should introduce myself. I am the Reverend Marylebone Pocklington-Pugh. For the last three years I have been rector of the beautiful church of St Cyprian’s in the tiny rural village of Pootley Crapington. Although it says vicar on my driving licence in fact I s...

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“Selfie on her birth day” by Wendy Rappeport

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‘Terry, I think the baby’s coming!’ cried Marina, clasping her hands urgently across her big belly and gasping. Terry jerked the wheel to the left and pulled up in the safety lane.‘What? Now? It’s not due for eight weeks!’Marina burst into tears. ‘She can’t be born yet, she’s too small.’‘What exactly is happening?’‘I just had a big painful contraction,’ Marina explained tearfully. ‘I know it’s too early. I must ring Dr Shelley.’Terry took charge, calmed his sobbing wife and got out his phone.Dr Shelley answered promptly. He also said it was ...

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“Thirty, Flirty & Fabulous” by Erin Doherty

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Say ‘Thirty, Flirty and Fabulous!’ Shelby rolled her eyes at her two sisters. Both of them holding up their phones to take a photo of the birthday girl. Shelby held out her own phone and took a selfie. She preferred her own camera to theirs.Shelby stood holding a flute of champagne, she was wearing one of the hotels white towel robes with a black swimsuit underneath. She posed a little for the photos holding up her glass. They were planning to go down to the spa after a few selfies and pics and of course after a glass of bubbles.The three of...

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“The Selfie That Will Not Die!” by Chip Kirkpatrick

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The Selfie That Will Not Die! He propped the old man’s corpse into an upright position on the couch. The hole in his forehead lined up nicely with the large splotch of blood and brains on the wall behind him. The man’s wife insisted on proof of his demise and a photo should serve nicely. But on a whim, he sat beside the body and threw his right arm around the man’s shoulder and propped the head upward so the lifeless eyes stared into the camera on his phone. He laughed as he snapped a string of selfies. He grinned as he reviewed the pi...

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“The Only Three I'll Ever Need” by Samuel Jackson

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*Warning: contains sexual abuse, vulgar language, and minor self-harm. An open bottle falls from the coffee table, painting the cracks of the floorboards with the splatter of flat beer. The smell of molding trash and burnt wood hang in the stale air, while the embers in the fireplace fight to release themselves from shattered glass and last night’s Chinese. The ceiling fan is stuck, allowing the humidity to tease the brick walls that line the room. A single streak of light creeps in through drawn curtains, creasing the leg of a living corps...

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“Dumping screentime” by Alex Lansey

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*Click, and send. Picture taken. *sigh of relief I posed shirtless, as I did every morning, taking extra care to look good today. To show my abs, my arms and legs I waited for the perfect time when the sun just edges over the opposing building, the supermarket, and strikes the window of my flat. I haven't eaten since yesterday morning, and I stopped drinking just before lunch to dehydrate. To add to the perfection I did a set of exercises for each body part just before taking the picture. Three hundred and sixty-five days of the “Get Fit in...

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“Rory Saves The Day” by Sarah Galley

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We all have dreams, and some actually do come true like in this story for a character called Rory who loves football and plays in a team with his school friends.The week started like any other week for little Rory, a school child of 9 who lived in a small cul-de-sac in Silfield. He really hated going to school because he wasn't the most academic and he preferred playing sport. Rory endlessly watched videos of football skills on the internet when he could, sometimes when he should be doing homework or even at night under the covers on his iPh...

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“Dude...” by Jeff Macloud

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"Dude," I said, starting to giggle a little. "What are you doing?"Benji, my compadre since forever - so high on an edible that he couldn't stand still, with his pants and boxers down to his ankles - was taking a selfie at the urinal beside me.We had stopped at a random Safeway, somewhere south of Fresno, at 2am, to grab Takis hot chips for Benji. We'd both been pounding Diet Mountain Dew. And I needed to get the blood pumping. It had been a long day of music festival."Look, look," he was excited and snickering, like he was four and had just ...

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“A Mortician's Journey” by S.A.R.A M.A

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Hi, my name is Aaron, and I'm a mortician. When people hear that, they make sure to make their opinion clear to me, “ What a strange life choice for a 26-year-old man.” But It feels right to me. I don’t quite remember the day that I chose to study mortuary science. I do, however, easily remember the reason - plenty of deaths in my family. I've been to more funerals than a little bit. I’m one year younger than my brother Elerby. He and I don’t have a lot of cousins within our a...

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“Snaps” by Suzanne Munn

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So, at last I’ve done it! A half decent selfie which I shall now print and add for posterity to the massive box of old photos which I have just inherited from my lately deceased sister.I am still reeling from being part of a family of ten siblings to only four, in just four years, apart from the eldest brother who left this mortal coil several years ago. I suppose the effects of old age were bound to make themselves felt sooner or later, but this rate of diminishing family feels a bit drastic by any standard! Brothers and sisters fallin...

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“A Shot in the Dark” by 𝔊𝔲𝔞𝔡𝔞𝔩𝔲𝔭𝔢 𝔗𝔢𝔩𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔱𝔞𝔯

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In the late 1880s, George Shiras III, or as he signs himself, George Shiras 3d, is the first photographer to engage in extensive photography of wildlife. Cameras of the late 1800s are bulky, awkward things to lug into the wilderness. George 3d is willing to put in the work of carrying his equipment into the dense woods of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States of America. Around twenty miles east of Marquette, a principal city of the region, George floats along rivers in a canoe at night, and when he hears a sound, he tur...

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“The Living and the Dead” by Susan Lamphier

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"That's what I love about you!" he said, watching her. His grinned. He stood next to her, at the stern of the ship, watching the seagulls dance in the wake as they left port. Soon, they would be out too far for the gulls to fly. The smell of land would dissipate, and there would be nothing left but endless ocean all around them. "You were right," she answered. "This is bracing! Flying is not the same. Even though this trip cost so very, very much, it is absolutely worth it!" &nb...

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Begin or end your story with a character taking a selfie.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 32 stories

“Ghostie” by Caitlin Tobin

“Forever In My Heart” by Sofia Mullan

“In a Flash” by Julia Rajagopal

“A Poisoning in the Pews” by Paul Simpkin

“Selfie on her birth day” by Wendy Rappeport

“Thirty, Flirty & Fabulous” by Erin Doherty

“The Selfie That Will Not Die!” by Chip Kirkpatrick

“The Only Three I'll Ever Need” by Samuel Jackson

“Dumping screentime” by Alex Lansey

“Rory Saves The Day” by Sarah Galley

“Dude...” by Jeff Macloud

“A Mortician's Journey” by S.A.R.A M.A

“Snaps” by Suzanne Munn

“A Shot in the Dark” by 𝔊𝔲𝔞𝔡𝔞𝔩𝔲𝔭𝔢 𝔗𝔢𝔩𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔱𝔞𝔯

“The Living and the Dead” by Susan Lamphier

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