Start your story with one character trying to convince another to take up their favorite hobby.

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“SLOT CANYON PREY” by Kathryn Mofley

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SLOT CANYON PREYJessica Lorraine Thornton had a new hobby—inspired by a friend who had escaped lockdowns and confinement in a manner unconventional to Midwestern norms. Ever since the depressing loss of a career she loved left her feeling shaken and insecure, she longed for just such an escape. Would Jesse’s newfound hobby restore her natural traits of rock-solid self-confidence? Or, would she once again find herself caught between a rock and a hard place? . . . Seventeen—eighteen—nineteen—twenty. Exhausted by my third set of twenty push-ups...

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“SHOT” by Ogechukwu Anyaso

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Her dive into the pool was swift and precise as usual, she swam two laps ending back at the start then she began pulling herself out of the pool. Someone was standing there holding out her towel for her and grinning widely, it was weird. She climbed out and looked around like she was looking for someone before she took the towel from the strange guy. Pulling off her goggles she began to towel her face muttering under her breath.“And you are please?” she asked as nicely as she could. She had a lot of admirers here in this club house, she was ...

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“Books are Amazing!” by Maple Yuri

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A young girl with oversized glasses said to her, “Why don’t you try picking up some books around her.” She said as she pointed in the book covered room. “You might find something you like. It has been twenty minutes since Rosemary and her parents arrived at their old house where her grandmother and the young girl she stayed with. It’s a tradition for the family to go on vacations every summer. Last time they went to a cold fishing village where dad’s families are, but this time they were in the middle of a forest, in the middle of no...

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“First Date” by Matthew Eubanks

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It was worse than I could have imagined. Yoga. He's invited me to do yoga with him. Yoga is naptime for adults. It is a formal, complex, expensive way of saying “Sit the fuck down” like they used to do in kindergarten. Namaste, bitch. Hold still. When he started chatting with me we were in line at the Trader Joe's. There was a Whole Foods on every corner in Denver. Whole Foods offends my southern red meat sensibilities. Trader Jo...

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“The Art of People Watching” by Noelle Bradley🌼

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Author’s Note: Hello reader! This story does start a little slow, but hopefully, that is made up for in the end. It just kind of came to me all of a sudden, and I decided to just roll with it, so I hope it is an enjoyable read. All feedback is greatly appreciated! Thanks! 🌼 It wasn’t uncommon for there to be so many people around the park but that didn’t mean I had to like it. I didn’t like people all that much, they were just so complicated. Aside from my friends, I stayed away from people as much as I could, which was completely ironic ...

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“Kindness births talent” by Beth Murray

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"Oh Peter, won't you just try?" annoyingly begs Allison. "It's just the greatest feeling to be able to create a piece of art out of your own mind." Peter ignores Alison, as if she isn't even speaking to him. But the kid goes on and on, like a broken record. Didn't she realize that Peter was a boy, and boy's like to do boy stuff. Like hunting, & baseball, now those were two of Peter's favorite things. Sliding into home-base after you've just hit a fly-ball, or catching a 10 lb. catfish and reeling him in as h...

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“Training Charli” by Colin Mountford

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Training Charli. Jim moved toward the bar to order another round of drinks. Several of the archers from the club were hanging out there to drown their sorrows. Jim was the only one who won his singles in the state’s archery championships. Charli sat on a stool at the bar. Sitting somewhat lower than most men; she was 5’ 2” and her feet were bent in with her feet barely touching the stool’s foot bars. She reached up to grab her drink and spilled half of it on the bar. “Damn!” “Can I buy you another?” asked Jim. “No, I think it’s time to go....

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“Jonas and the Duck-herder” by Y M

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Sweat trickled down Jonas’ back, quickly drenching his t-shirt as the tickle of droplets became uncomfortable. Jonas had always considered himself to be a healthy, fit man, telling anyone who asked, “The secret to my youth is hard work, and hard work is the secret to my limberness.” Jonas thought that was very clever, and he repeated it whenever possible. He knew he was a striking man for his age and was clearly a respectable townsman who people depended on. That must have been why Timothy had asked him to help build the pen. &nb...

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“Other People's Shite: Patsy's Stolen and Repurposed Designs” by S.N. Beale

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Best friends - Ruby Kurtones III and Patricia ‘Patsy’ Murdock - were out on a shared off day. Enjoying their weekly stroll and catching up through the collective faction’s neighborhood park. It was the most pleasant day: ungodly humid with a suffocating fog. However, the air was the right amount of stale and putrid where they could wander at their leisure without dragging along their discount oxygen helmets or rashing up their faces with vent masks. Instead, dressed in their most cordial hazard gear - matching vibrant oranges and yellow refl...

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“Lobby For A Hobby” by Daniel Norton

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"All right, class. This is the last day of the semester so how shall we end it." "Let's have a party!" someone in the back of the room yells. "Much as I would love to I am afraid we can't. Anybody for math?" Nobody..... "How about a geography trip?" Nobody again..... "Not science," Davey yells. "That gets too gross." "How about boys," suggests Veronica. The class laughs. "No, not boys. Let me ask you a question. I know you are only fifth graders but do any of you have a hobby?" Several ...

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“Home Cinema” by Rajesh Patel

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‘’Raj, how long are you going to stay home, and just keep working on your laptop???’’ Chris yelled. ‘’I know but I feel better when I am up to date with my cases and my emails,’’ answered Raj. Both have been close friends for quite some time. They know well each other. Chris is a gamer. Spends a lot of time playing games on consoles. Especially adventures, and first-person shooter games. Call of Duty for example. Raj is a movie buff. Not movies on Netflix at home. Movies at cinemas. At one ...

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“Confidence” by Gabriella Zelis

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“I promise it is way easier than it looks, you just have to go for it!” “I don't know Charlie art is not really my thing.” I pouted as the words left my lips. My brother has always tried to get me to be like everyone else, have a normal hobby, dress normally, be in a clique, but that's just not me. I appreciate that he cares but I wish he would understand that I am not him. He is the jock with the cheerleader girlfriend and a huge group of friends, the classic high school boy. Only I know that's not who he really is, really he likes t...

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“Where the Wind Blows” by Heather Ann Martinez

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Where the Wind Blows By Heather Ann Martinez Some say Grayson Fields never fully came back from the war. The doctors said his leg could only be mended, and he would never be able to hear anything again. The world, as he knew it, went silent. I knew that being labeled “hearing impaired” was not what Grayson wanted. He had trouble reading lips and eventually asked everyone to write what they wanted to say on his tablet. I wanted Grayson to move past his injuries. For being twenty-two, he was ready to give up on life. He has so much to li...

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“Restoration ” by Chiedza Melane

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The sky was a perfect blue on a fine Friday afternoon, the wind whispered its little secrets and the air held in it an enticing mellowness. The rhythmic swoosh of the air outside, a mellifluous sound that ought to have brought serenity but it didn’t. The day was seemingly perfect but it really couldn’t have started any worse. Timothy sat on a couch, completely immersed in a book. His girlfriend, Stephany, lay on another couch at a right angle with the one on which he sat. She watched him as he read. He’d been reading for hours and she wished...

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“RETURN FROM THE STARS” by Louise Legrand

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RETURN FROM THE STARS Stella considered the young man standing on her doorstop. He looked like he’d raided his grandfather’s wardrobe and had certainly not checked the weather forecast. His face under his woolly hat, was slate-grey, breath escaping in white clouds from blue chapped lips. Behind him, the inky-black sky was illuminated with innumerable stars and a swirling Milky Way. Such a perfect night for star-gazing she thought. ‘You look lost! Come in my dear. You’re frozen.’ She stood aside, the cold air clinging to his icy clothes e...

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Start your story with one character trying to convince another to take up their favorite hobby.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 177 stories

“SLOT CANYON PREY” by Kathryn Mofley

“SHOT” by Ogechukwu Anyaso

“Books are Amazing!” by Maple Yuri

“First Date” by Matthew Eubanks

“The Art of People Watching” by Noelle Bradley🌼

“Kindness births talent” by Beth Murray

“Training Charli” by Colin Mountford

“Jonas and the Duck-herder” by Y M

“Other People's Shite: Patsy's Stolen and Repurposed Designs” by S.N. Beale

“Lobby For A Hobby” by Daniel Norton

“Home Cinema” by Rajesh Patel

“Confidence” by Gabriella Zelis

“Where the Wind Blows” by Heather Ann Martinez

“Restoration ” by Chiedza Melane

“RETURN FROM THE STARS” by Louise Legrand

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Write about someone who keeps an unusual animal as a pet.

Write about someone who still practices a skill that used to be necessary but has long since been replaced by technology.

Set your story at a convention for a hobby most people have never heard of.

Write about someone who keeps picking up different hobbies but never manages to stick with them.

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