Write about a character looking for a sign.

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“Ndirangu and the Monster” by Peter Maina

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He stood in the middle of the farm, motionless like a statue. His eyes couldn’t blink. They were fixed on the horizon, many miles away, and so was his mind. He was buried in thoughts, so deep you would think he was sleeping while standing or he was a scarecrow made by a fine artist.The wind blew against him trying to force him to sit, but he couldn't move. The sun tried to burn him to move him into a shadow, he still couldn't move. He stood still. They gave up and sought the help of a human. She came to their rescue and called him in a soft ...

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“Notice” by Yumiko Dunton

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Everything dies. Empires fall, buildings crumble, statues tumble, names forgotten. But this meeting - would this meeting ever end? She blinked furiously trying to keep her attention from waning. Swaddled her office cardigan around herself to take another breath in the air-conditioning sealed conference room. Her coffee had already cooled in the first 15 minutes of the third bullet point of the agenda which was actually the fifth topic covered. The pages of her notes remained as blank as her stare. Everyone else seemed so attentive, s...

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“The Blue Bird” by Sid Aday

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The old man handed me a photograph. He said, “this is the only picture of that bluebird…” “At least I have a photo to look at,” I whispered to myself. But, still, the photo is very old, and I can’t even see a glimpse of the bird. “It’s hard to find isn’t it,” The old man said. “Yeah, it is, can you point where is the bird in this picture?” I asked. The old man took the photo from my hand, grabbed his thick glasses, and started to scan the photo, and suddenly he exclaimed. “Here it is! Here it is!” The old man was excited. I don’t know if the...

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“Sign Pile” by Kayley Dickins

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I’ve something I need to tell him. Never have been the most decisive person, always playing into whatever other people wanted the decision to be, reading them for any clues I could find to help me on my way or just blatantly making them choose instead. I would say that nobody wants to make a decision that the other person didn’t want you to make, but it doesn’t seem everyone else has this same problem so that is probably not true. The problem is you see, I just don’t care. I care, don’t get me wrong, but I’m flexible, so I don’t really care....

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“Divinity in Words” by Donavan Barrier

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His eyes scanned the crumpled-up piece of paper in his hand. He scoured each word with maddened determination. He pressed his hands to the form to fix the creases. But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t seem to find it. He wiped acidic sweat off of his Neanderthal eyebrows. His cracked and pulsating lips, he licked with an equally dry tongue. He reached for the water bottle to his left, but his hand came just short of grasping it, and he succeeded in only pushing off the desk to the floor. Though the sound rang in his ears and made him...

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“Daisy” by Joy Lin

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Daisy By Joy Lin Sunlight was trying to peek through the window shades in my room. Sympathy cards were strewn on the carpet. A vase filled with fresh daisies was crying out for attention. “Come in.” I muffled with my face in my pillow. The knock came again. I raised my neck in an awkward seal-like position, “Come in!” My mom peeped her head through the door, holding a cup of tea in her hands. She cautiously approached me like trying not to scare a stray cat away. “Do you want to eat? You need to eat”. I hadn’t eaten for day.I wa...

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“The Sign of Jonah” by Bonnie Clarkson

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SETTING: Inside the temple in a spacious area, vendors sell sacrificial animals. The arguments with customers are barely heard over the cooing of doves, bleating of lambs, and mooing of cows. The smell greets anyone entering. JESUS walks in, looks around and watches, then develops a scowl on his face. He walks out, then returns with a scourge made of thick leather strips. The ends of the of the foot long strips had been tied into hard knots. He grimaces as he walks to the nearest vendor who exchanges currencies. He raises his arm to beat ...

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“Look for a sign” by John Steckley

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It was the oddest thing. I turned on my computer, to start my day’s work at home. And the screen didn’t show the picture of somewhere or something exotic. There were just words there instead, written in big letters. They read, “Look for a Sign: You’ll know it when you see it.” I thought, ‘oh great. An advertisement, for some ‘upgrade’ or ‘premium’ or other. I hate upgrades and premiums. I like my computer the way it is, the way I understand it. So I quickly turned the computer off. Then I cou...

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“A Leap of Faith” by Sam D.

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TW: family bereavement I’m in my study sitting at my laptop, I’ve just finished writing an email. The cursor on my screen is hovering over the send button. I almost press it, then delete a couple of lines and rewrite them. I’ve been doing this for an hour. Heavy rain is hammering at the window and thunder and lightning is cracking the steel grey sky. I can hear what sounds like a sea of water surging through the drain pipe next to my window. My husband is playing a game with our two girls downstairs, their laughter and squeals are echoing...

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“Dear Internet: Signed, Will” by Shay Ashford

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January 23, 2019 Dear Internet: my name is Will, and I’m looking for a sign. You see, my girlfriend and I have been together for a while now. Twenty-seven months, three weeks and one day, to be exact. It’s been like a fairy tale; I’ve experienced so many life-changing events. I’ve lost so much and gained so much more. It’s been insane, to say the least. My girlfriend, you ask? Well... I’m not sure how to phrase this. She’s something else entirely, though, that’s for sure. She’s like a hurricane: one moment she’s silent, smiling sweet...

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“Law of Attraction” by Kirsten Leslie

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I glance out the picture window to the open-air mall, crawling with people. They are shuffling along the bricked avenue under the intensity of the Colorado sun, seeking out the shade afforded to them from the large trees that grow along the interior walkways. Locals, dressed in the fashion of yoga-class-meets-nature-hike, stride past with purpose. They are easily discernable from the meandering groups of tourists going from store to store, yearning to spend hard-earned cash on over-priced clothing and artsy trinkets. I sigh, the pit in ...

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“A Worthless Worrisome ” by Evelyn Spencer

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"Oh no," I whispered after Johnny and I left the coffee house and parted ways. He's going to propose to me, I thought. To be honest, I had never really envisioned myself married to Johnny. He was handsome and strong, and quite the business man, but I suppose it was so good it couldn’t be true. As I stepped onto the bus, I banged my head against the window, not really feeling the pain. I stared at the moving grass, the concrete and buildings moving so fast. What would it be like to live with Johnny for the rest of my life? I...

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“Open Doors” by Arnetta Freeman

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Long before the hinges had fallen off of the door of our 2 story colonial, our marriage had loosened and showed signs of strain, needing both new paint and repair. Perhaps a trip to Home Depot would do the trick, and we could begin to mend not only the door, whose threshold I had been carried through 16 years earlier, but our hearts and ultimately our home. While I was willing, the back and forth of his infidelity forced me to turn its knob forcefully, and scrape its bottom unwillingly onto a foundation that was already in deep disrepai...

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“Strange day” by Herta X

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"Ugh, where is it? I know I had it here somewhere... where are youuu... oh, there it is!" she said, pulling out this old framed photo that had by now made its way to the bottom of the antique chest she had inherited from her great... great great... great great great... or something like that, whatever, it doesn't matter, some great grandmother, which she was just told this curious story about by her grandmother. Gazing at it longingly, remembering seeing her oil painting portrait by the staircase growing up side by side with other ancestors ...

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“For Natasha” by Sarah Bird

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“She’s perfect,” the man says, his thick rubbery lips smacking together while his soulless eyes rake over my body. I bow my head in mock-bashfulness and complete the look by nervously curling a lock of my dark hair around my ear, as if I needed something to occupy my hands. You’re a disgusting worm and I don’t care what you think of my body, I think. “I am glad I am to your satisfaction,” I say instead. He nods his approval and lifts an arm for me to shelter under, like a baby bird in need of protection. I oblige, of course I do, and have to...

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Write about a character looking for a sign.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 153 stories

“Ndirangu and the Monster” by Peter Maina

“Notice” by Yumiko Dunton

“The Blue Bird” by Sid Aday

“Sign Pile” by Kayley Dickins

“Divinity in Words” by Donavan Barrier

“Daisy” by Joy Lin

“The Sign of Jonah” by Bonnie Clarkson

“Look for a sign” by John Steckley

“A Leap of Faith” by Sam D.

“Dear Internet: Signed, Will” by Shay Ashford

“Law of Attraction” by Kirsten Leslie

“A Worthless Worrisome ” by Evelyn Spencer

“Open Doors” by Arnetta Freeman

“Strange day” by Herta X

“For Natasha” by Sarah Bird

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