Write a story in which two people who know each other are introduced — but neither person admits to knowing the other.

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“The Meeting” by Angela Van De Pol

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It all started at the university. I was just aping my best friend about a date I had the day before. I just started my course in Marketing. All my best friends followed the same course. Then a new guy walked into class. You never guess who it was. It was literally the guy from the date. My friend Emma and I ‘dated’ guys in exchange for money. So, this guy, Ricardo, had was someone who paid me the day before for 300 euros in his house where we had sex. He was very handsome, so I didn’t understand why he paid girls to have sex with him. M...

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“Long Time No See” by Kathleen March

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They had just been introduced by someone who was their common friend, Phil. The only thing was that Phil wasn’t a really close friend to either one. He knew one of them from work and the other through a foraging group. Work conversations had been about work, which is no mystery. Deadlines, reports, project design - those tasks always kept everybody busy. Foraging expeditions had involved following a guide and keeping an eye on where one was walking, so as not to miss anything for harvesting and not to step on an endangered plant or fun...

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“A One Night Stand to Remember ” by Brandi Yetzer

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"Aaaahhh!" Kelly flails.Black coffee stains the breast area of her white blouse. Her cleavage reddens to the shade of her cheeks when she wakes from her reminiscence of wine and pleasure. Lost in thought, she missed her mouth, and instinctively rubs at the dark wet spots that appear."Mom, get your life together." Sarah teases. She bounces into the kitchen, her ponytail whipping around from cheek to cheek."Shouldn't you be at school by now?" Kelly gives her accusing motherly-tone and lifts an eyebrow."Nope. Terms almost over, so my morning cl...

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“My 30th Surprise Birthday Party” by Blane Britt

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It’s not easy being a rich entrepreneur single Bachelor in Wisconsin of all places. There are only 9 billionaires who dwell here. I’m not even close to being one of them. But I’m in the high 8 figures according to Forbes 400 Magazine. In 2020, the female population in Wisconsin is 3 million women persons. Not to mention the 23rd rank state in America with 121,881 LGBT citizens gayly living and thriving throughout the state of Wisconsin. After graduating from Northwestern University and the Kellogg School of Management at the top of my clas...

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“A New Face in the Embassy” by Tori Routsong

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“Ma’am? It’s almost time to meet the ambassador.” Delaney Cohen cracked her neck and buttoned the last button on her top. She puffed out her cheeks and examined her lipstick for any smudges—it’d been a while since she spoke French. Maybe the ambassador would speak English and she wouldn’t have to fake her way through a terrible accent. She grabbed her lucky pebble and slipped it into her skirt pocket. “Ma’am? Ms. Cohen?” “Sorry, Olive.” Delaney smoothed down the fly-aways in her hair and brushed the “I still believe” bumper sticker she’d...

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“Defeated by Hope” by Christina Hall

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I drove up the winding logging road, feeling slightly queasy as we twisted and turned away from the closest community. I glanced through the rear-view mirror at Hope, my Bullmastiff, lying lazily in the backseat. A pothole pulls my attention back to the road, forcing out a breath I hadn't realized I was holding. Kristen sat in the passenger seat munching on chips as she gossiped with me about people we knew. Kristen and I had met at nursing school, had spent the last four years learning what we needed to become Registered Nurses. S...

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“The Suicidal Drunk's Home” by Saron Mengistu

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Eddie Gonzalez expected the walk home from his first job as a stationmaster to be uneventful. But life really knows when to kick you in between the knees doesn’t it?Eddie was on his way to his studio apartment when he noticed the silhouette of a man standing under a tree from the corner of his eye. He heard soft sobbing from his direction. Eddie watched, horror growing, as he threw a rope around its highest branch and tied a loop at the other end. Eddie dashed for his direction and snagged his arm just as he was getting ready to drop.“Don’t ...

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“Different, but Same” by Vinci Lam

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Danika was about a block away from Café Tranquillité when her sister Freya texted. She briefly glanced at it, but barely read the words. She picked up pace. It was a cloudless summer day and the heat pulsed on Danika’s bare skin. Drops of sweat dotted her forehead and she thanked the gods who created sweat-proof mascara. One more corner and she would escape the heat and enter a safe haven of air conditioning and coffee. A group of five teenage kids were just coming out from the café, iced drinks in hand and chipper chatter all around. T...

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“A New Introduction” by Vickie Culbertson

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A New Introduction Two weeks had passed since their breakup, no text messages, no cellphone calls, no surprise home visits. Mindy had stopped by the Lakeview apartment they shared to pick up some paper work for the office. She walked in expecting to be alone since Jared had left at 7:00 a.m. as he usually did to go to work at a Sports Supply Store. Instead, she followed a trail of clothing: a dress shirt, a tie, a bra, a pair of lace panties leading to the bedroom. Giggling and sin...

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“Coffee Break” by M Daly

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I stood in line at my local coffee shop, rehearsing my lines over and over in my head. Black Americano please. Black Americano please. Black Americano please.It’s an order I’ve made every day for the last two and a half years. An order I’m now making for the 913th time, yet still I can’t help but rehearse for my big line. As the queue died down and I approached the counter, I immediately recognised the barista. Shit. I caught his eye and he immediately snatched away his glance, instead turning his attention to the floor. He didn’t raise...

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“Jolt From The Blue” by Jane Andrews

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“Can I come over?” Lizzie asks as I answer the phone. “I’ve got some really exciting news.” It’s easy to guess that this news probably has something to do with a boyfriend – Lizzie’s twenty-four and she’s never had much luck with men until now; but the way her voice fizzes tells me that she’s found someone special, and I have a feeling she wants to come round and tell me all about him. * It’s almost seven when the doorbell rings. I open the door, my face already wreathed in a smile at the thought of seeing Lizzie happy, and then I falter ...

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“Small Town Values” by Sjan Evardsson

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Few things require the level of careful discretion as Tamara Pike’s life. As a sheriff’s deputy in a lazy backwater in the middle of the Bible Belt, who happens to be African American, and a lesbian, and kinky, it meant hiding. She couldn’t hide her color or her gender, but everything else about her personal life was sealed up tight anywhere within a 100-mile radius of home. She spent weekends with her “boyfriend” Thomas in the city, bringing back pictures of them out to dinner, with friends, with his family. He’d even visited her at work a...

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“Shapeshifters of the World Unite” by Joshua Scott Hotchkin Wordpress.dungherder.com

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I pulled into my sister's at about 6:15, only fifteen minutes late, unsure whether she would be ruffled by my proximity to timeliness. Usually if she tells me a time, she does so with the full understanding that I will be approximately forty eight minutes late, and gives me an earlier time of arrival than she actually expects me to show up at. She doesn't like it when I mess up her life hacks, even if it is as a result of trying to be a responsible adult. Her annoyance will be mitigated by the fact that I brought two boxes of wine with me, o...

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“Versions of you” by Louise Coley

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He hadn't recognised her at first. Pink did nothing for her complexion and a waistline that high was a difficult look for any woman to pull off. Beneath that bell-shaped skirt and modest bustle he couldn't begin to guess at the shape of her figure. All he could go by was her face, now pale and dewy without the dramatic eyeshadow she had worn the last time their paths had crossed. Her hair was still long, but blonde this time and piled up in elegant curls at the back of her head. A brief look was all he had before the swelling of the crowd ha...

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“Packing a Punch” by Deborah Mercer

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Well, there’s a first time for everything, thought Isobel Dewar. She had just turned 40 (and no, of course it was no big deal, and she wasn’t going to get silly about it) and so far as she could remember, she had never been asked to a housewarming party. Oh, she had been asked round to people’s houses, when other people were also asked round, soon after the residents had moved in, but it had never been directly called a Housewarming Party. There had been a spell when she hadn’t been keen on parties or gatherings of any ki...

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Write a story in which two people who know each other are introduced — but neither person admits to knowing the other.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 190 stories

“The Meeting” by Angela Van De Pol

“Long Time No See” by Kathleen March

“A One Night Stand to Remember ” by Brandi Yetzer

“My 30th Surprise Birthday Party” by Blane Britt

“A New Face in the Embassy” by Tori Routsong

“Defeated by Hope” by Christina Hall

“The Suicidal Drunk's Home” by Saron Mengistu

“Different, but Same” by Vinci Lam

“A New Introduction” by Vickie Culbertson

“Coffee Break” by M Daly

“Jolt From The Blue” by Jane Andrews

“Small Town Values” by Sjan Evardsson

“Shapeshifters of the World Unite” by Joshua Scott Hotchkin Wordpress.dungherder.com

“Versions of you” by Louise Coley

“Packing a Punch” by Deborah Mercer

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Write a story from the different perspectives of two people meeting for a blind date.

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