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Write about a character who’s dying to “spill the tea” (gossip) about something.

Posted in Fluff on Oct 26, 2022

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✍️ 21 stories

tattle tale

Submitted to Contest #128

 With its tapered top, the sun on its tip crowned it glorious. Chansardin temple. It stood tall one look and you’d know this was no ordinary place. This one temple, where the lost made home and unwanted are brought to. The priest taught these lives the ways of life, the art of life. And how to channel their energy. Evil hatches here and threatens to destroy the world, goodness nurtured within it blessing the world. But never has it seen a fire that burns like this one, like Samsidine. He has what everyone wants, people with the power wa...

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Spilt Tea

Submitted to Contest #128

October 15, 2011                                   Dear Diary,Hey, my name’s Alison and a couple months ago I went way too far by spilling some of the most secret gossip of our whole school. Let’s just say I’m popular but not in a good way. You are probably wondering how exactly this all happened.Well, it all started when I heard Tyler and Haley talking about hanging ou...

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Tea Stains

Submitted to Contest #128

(Contains reference to infidelity.) The sky was raining tea that day. It was spilling over the rooftops. Pooling in the gutters. Dumping out the downspouts and washing through the sewer grates when Lavender ran up to Matcha’s bench under the awning. Her hoodie was dotted with droplets. She was half an hour late for her appointment “Sorry I’m late, but you will not bel-eeeve what happened in class!” Lavender’s eyes were lit up. She was waving her hands as she spoke, a sure sign the story would be potent. Clouds were brewing, rolling o...

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Tea teaser

Submitted to Contest #128

To tea or not to tea. That is the question. Or rather, to spill the latest gossip I had learnt over a cup of tea, knowing full well I had been explicitly warned not to do so. But it was such a juicy bit of news.. I had always been terrible at keeping a secret. You would have thought my friends would have caught on by now but I was adept at playing the innocent so I had always managed to get away with spilling the beans in the past. Nobody had ever suspected it was me. Now I stood in front of my kitchen bench top, the kettle gently whistling ...

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Bleeding Seconds

Submitted to Contest #128

“I never really thought of myself as a vindictive person." - Liam MountebankLiam sunk his shovel in the grave, leveraging his weight against the frozen soil. Even though he took a measure of pride in his conditioning, the work was still tasking. Perspiration would coat his forehead, and then be whisked away by the chill, prevailing winds. He soundlessly tossed another heap of dirt to the growing pile beside him. The ground felt almost like stone, so much so that Liam still wondered whether he had found the right spot. The tombstone had ...

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To See Hawaii

Submitted to Contest #128

-Donna’s POV-  I walked through the random assortment of tress with the sun beating down on my skin in intermittent bursts through the leaves. I turned to see Colm admiring, what most people would consider just an ordinary crack in the ground. I sauntered on over to just outside arms reach of Colm when he urged me to wait. “Look at them all,” He gestured with his index finger outstretched to just in front of my shoes. Tens of tiny ants crawling around in perfect lines between us. Colm always appreciated things in a way I could never und...

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