Write a story about strangers becoming friends, or friends becoming strangers.

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“Canine” by Jay Luuu

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I almost stumble as I raise my chin to the sky, too busy admiring the looming skyscrapers of the Manhattan skyline. I almost bang into someone, but my reflexes are quick and trustworthy. They sneer at me, immediately catcalling as I walk away. It doesn’t bother me though. I’m more than accustomed to the streets of New York. I continue strolling, burying my frosted hands in the pockets of my trench coat. My leather pair of Chelsea boots does me well even in the light layer of fresh snow. My gaze traces the buildings until they reach the sky,...

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“Ink Form” by Amaranthine Sky

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My arms were sore beyond repair or consolation. Particularly my left arm did flip-flops as if it had no bones, or all of the bones were still there but broken. At least I wouldn’t have to pick up a pencil to write again. I had stopped writing against creased notebook paper a while back because everything was already behind a screen, and even though I was hunched over a desktop for two hours, it didn’t spatter my ink with tears. Paper did. At least my fingers weren’t sore, so I could type isolated letters on a keyboard. Aren’t I a lucky one?&...

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“Imperfect Strangers” by ABIA MABEL NJI

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Petra reached the stream just as the last glimpse of sunrays dissapeared behind the Fako mountain.It was a little past dusk,perfect,it was the perfect time to be right where she was,she will have the stream all to herself.The cool mountain breeze blew across the area,swinging the trees back and forth,the water flowed gently down the slopes,it's surface glittering like tiny pieces of diamonds.She took off her slippers and felt the cold earth beneath her feet her heart skipped a little.She went a little further into the water, spread her arms ...

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“Two Strangers” by Z. A.

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As always, Claire stopped by her favourite café to get her morning coffee. When she gets into the café, she thinks she saw a familiar figure. She was sure it was him, even though his back was turned to her. She wished she was wrong, that her mind was playing games to her, but then he turned around and their eyes met. She would recognize those eyes anywhere she saw them. That was really Marcus. After all these years she never thought they would meet again, but here he was right in front of her. She stood there for a while not dar...

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“Nadya” by Sarah Fleischer

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I’ve always invited Nadya to the lake house. It's not even something we ever discussed. Just me squeezing her hand, and her showing up with a duffle and a sleeping bag. We shared the bed of course. But she still brought her sleeping bag. Every time, as if in preparation for some kind of natural disaster. By the end of the summer it would end up kicked under a dresser, covered in soda and crumbs. It was the last day of school. The kind of day where the air is sticky and ants seem to crawl throughout your hair. I was in bio, ...

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“Rose and Lily” by Iona Cottle

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Rose was the first one out of the club, stumbling forward as she wobbled on her heels. Right behind her was Lily, still trying to calm the woman who was demanding a fight with Rose. “No, please don’t,” Lily said. “She’s sorry, she didn’t realise he was with you–” Rose swallowed down the sick that was threatening to escape and wiped her mouth with the back of her hand. “I bloody did. Figured if he chose that he’d be pretty easy–” Anything else that either of them were going to say was lost to the jilted woman’s tirade of cursing. From y...

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“Engagement Party” by An Echo

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It was the year 2087. Although, the inter galactic war had ended over eight years ago, life had we know it had ceased to return to normal. Shortly, after the war ended, a treaty was signed by majority of the surviving planets. However, some were defiant, revolting against the peace and working underneath to restart the war, they call themselves The Uzra; they believed they needed to rule the galaxy for peace to truly reign. Hence, the Omega was formed to maintain peace and exterminate The Uzra. Some survivors had returned to earth and r...

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“Heartbreak Hallway” by Serena Johnston

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Trigger warning: Heartbreak and sad topic Rylie Wilson bounced out of bed and leaped down the stairs two at a time. She jumped the last three steps and landed with a thump on the polished hardwood floor. She ran into the kitchen, her bunny slipper-clad feet tapping on the black-and-white checked linoleum. No one else in her family was up yet, because it was pretty early, so Rylie decided to make something (kind of) quiet for breakfast. She poured herself some cereal and made a strawberry-mango smoothie in the über-silent Ninja blender. Str...

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“Garden of Eden” by Lilia May

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Dear Eden,We used to be so close we could finish each other’s sentences. I’d look at your face and I knew what you were thinking already. It’s such a cliche, but it was so organic - the way you rearranged your limbs to fit perfectly into mine. I miss that. I miss having someone know me so deep to my core.Dear Eden,Do you remember how we met? I was new to the neighborhood, and you lived two doors down from me, and the hooker on the corner came and tried to talk to me. I was still a kid - I mean, not legally, but - I’d never met a hooker befor...

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“Disappearing into the Night” by Abigail Lyra

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On the night the moon falls from the sky, Neve is leaning out of her window, watching it. Of course she is. Neve has a knack for those sorts of things; she can predict exactly when the sky will lighten, whether or not there will be rain, and how soon the mist will clear. Her subjects speculate that it’s because she’s the daughter of the sun. Neve is born from heat and fire, and it shows. If you look at her for a few minutes, you can see those sparks in her eyes, banking a little each time she blinks. She never gets cold, not even when the ...

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“Real Friends” by Ava Caminiti

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Every Single Day I get bullied by the same girls, I like to call them the Mean Girls. I either get bullied for being too tall, too shy, or too smart. I don’t even know how they are bullying me for being too smart, they are just jealous that I ace every single test and quiz I take. The fact that when they play Truth or Dare outside and get dared to walk up to me or even worse talk to me is sickening. I also sit alone at lunch every day. Sometimes I wish I was homeschooled so I don’t have to interact with anyone and I can just work on my schoo...

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“Aphrodite” by Xia Just

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Emerald sits on her bed with her face in a pillow after just being dumped for another girl. Her best friend, Aspen, sits next to her trying to soothe her crying. Emerald sits up and loudly proclaims, eyes red and puffy and voice hoarse, "I will never love again. This is the last time I fall in love only to be dumped." Aspen shakes her head and sighs, knowing how easily her friend falls. Meanwhile, someone else is listening to this one-sided conversation between friends; a goddess, Aphrodite of love and beauty. Her heart breaks for the girl...

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“The Last Man” by Andrés Carrizo

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Mohamad, an emaciated, desolate and kneeling man. Waiting for humanity to become extinct. The last one standing, alone, with an extremely powerful blizzard in front, in the middle of a deserted cabin among the mountains surrounded by snow.An avalanche passed over the cabin days ago. The surroundings are full of white dust that the lonely man tries to release in order to get out and no longer feel that claustrophobia that involves living locked up, without help. He knows it, he recognizes that there is no one else alive in the world. That apo...

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“Friendship started in busstation” by Anee Gogoi

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It was Sunday with the dazzling sunlight making it too bright to handle .I am feeling too hot .And asking a paan shop for a bottle.I gave him 10 Rs for 1liter bottle.And waiting at the busstop is making the thing more bored ,mainly when you are a lonely girl among the crowd .I sit down at my desk reading a book "WAITING FOR GODOT "I was afraid ,and feel very strange and awakward .As the crowd was full of boys and men .Not even a women was there.This making it strange.Then suddenly after few minutes I saw a girl ,walking towards the bus stop ...

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“Wilting Peruvian Lilies” by Vince Henry

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I stared at the lily on my windowsill. It had wilted; it’s once striking azalea-like blossoms and pink petals flecked with magenta replaced by drooping yellow petals. Peruvian Lilies had a two-week vase-life if taken care of properly, but I hadn’t bothered to cater for the flower for weeks. As I stared at the dying plant, I had memories of times before, when I’d watered it. She had been there, then, chiding me on how irresponsible I was. I’d smiled, because she always did that and I’d come to like it. We had been friends normally, but one da...

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Write a story about strangers becoming friends, or friends becoming strangers.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 262 stories

“Canine” by Jay Luuu

“Ink Form” by Amaranthine Sky

“Imperfect Strangers” by ABIA MABEL NJI

“Two Strangers” by Z. A.

“Nadya” by Sarah Fleischer

“Rose and Lily” by Iona Cottle

“Engagement Party” by An Echo

“Heartbreak Hallway” by Serena Johnston

“Garden of Eden” by Lilia May

“Disappearing into the Night” by Abigail Lyra

“Real Friends” by Ava Caminiti

“Aphrodite” by Xia Just

“The Last Man” by Andrés Carrizo

“Friendship started in busstation” by Anee Gogoi

“Wilting Peruvian Lilies” by Vince Henry

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