Write your story about two characters tidying up after a party.

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“Lemmings down the Drain” by Mo Colby

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Wind weaves through the curtains, trips up paper cups, crushed candy on the coffee table, around which you tiptoe, treading the cigarette ashings of the unconscious and departed guests deep into the soft plum carpet. There was music - loud, thumping – now there is not. Now there is the soft puffing sound of the carpet under your feet. The soft puffing sound of the wind and the curtains. The soft puff and sizzle of the embers between my fingers that I can just see past the tip of my nose. Why do you clean? I whisper. You drift, the heels of y...

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“Those who take the leftovers” by Richard Hawkins

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My cell phone rings and I see it is Darby calling me. Hello I say what up old friend? Darby says Mike I need you to bring your van around to the hotel we have got a clean up job and I need Big Bertha to get all the food over to the homeless shelter now. OK I say let me get my shoes on. I be there in about 10 minutes. This is what we do for fun Darby and Me. Our motto is we recycle everything. I run a underground clean up service. What I mean is off the books. No record of use coming or going. We hire only people for cash and when asked we ar...

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“The Party of My Life” by Jose Gonzalez

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My best friend Veronica and I have this business going where we clean up after a party and organize it such that people don't even realize a party went down. Yesterday was a crazy one and for some reason, I cannot remember what happened, all I remember is a bit after the party ended we were both tidying up the place and then I kind of forgot everything else. Maybe if I ask Veronica she will tell me. Ok, wait maybe I can remember if I try hard enough.The party took place just a few blocks away from my apartment and it was people of our age gr...

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“Party of the Century” by Chris Alley

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The party was finally over, but there was no time to wait. The clean-up was just beginning and it would be well into the mid-afternoon before they would be done. Jason, knee-deep in picking up the remains of the festivities, stepped lightly around the bodies of a couple of partygoers who would definitely not be driving home. In fact, none of the guests would be going anywhere, the sign of a truly great party. He smiled in relief upon seeing his partner, Michael, emerge from the kitchen carrying two perfect martinis: extra olives and dirty ...

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“Cousin Snitch” by Zvikomborero Mukamba

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A slim brown girl stared up at her cousin, who was six feet four, with palpable resentment. The boy had an arrogant smile wound up on his face. The party was so lit; why did his cousin have to call it quits at midnight? They had until ten a.m until her ‘rents returned home from the world Health Fund Conference. She had mercilessly kicked out all his peers. Had she not been having the time of her life? That soccer player, Dave was into her the whole night. He would chat her up any time she wasn’t being completely and utterly OCD! Avery wa...

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“Bitterness of a Lifetime” by Amber Zhao

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She remembers the noon when she broke.Fans swooped languorously above the uncleaned, musky classroom, where she sat, unstoppable and studious, working on the set sums. Her teacher, Mrs Rowe, peered admirably at her slender figure through colossal tortoiseshell spectacles, tapping her fountain pen on the stained rich wood of the desk. The other classroom captives wrote and studied quietly, for once not slyly passing flirty notes for inquisitive eyes to scan. But the student’s mind was occupied by deathly, contaminated thoughts: her little sis...

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“Afterparty in Memoriam” by Quinn Revelle

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I plucked the last of the hot pink streamers from the corner of our living room and I let it waver gracefully on the way down, coming to drape over the sofa, spent from the day’s work of gussying up our home for our daughter’s birthday. I stepped down heavily from the step ladder, feeling like I could identify a little bit with the exhausted streamer. Herding a gaggle of children through explosions of sprinkles and forts of birthday presents is no joke. I looked over at my wife as I pulled the crepe paper from the couch. She was wearily s...

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“You Are They” by Leo Flora

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When Chris volunteered to clean up he didn’t expect it to take longer than an hour. Nick and him had been cleaning up vomit and beer cans for what felt like forever. “Thanks again, Chris.” Nick said. “Yeah, no problem.” He glanced at the clock. It was 3 A.M. He had hoped to be asleep by now. If he hadn’t gone to the party at all he could’ve been asleep by 11. But he couldn’t just not go. Despite everything in him telling him he was going to have a terrible time he knew Nick would be upset if he didn’t. Nick was the only person who would i...

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“The Other Side of the American Dream” by Brenda Liddy

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The Other Side of the American Dream (inspired by F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby) Bob Scott and Betty O’Malley worked at Gatsby’s mansion in West Egg, Long Island. Basically they were part of the team who were responsible for keeping the mansion spic and span and who tidied up after Gatsby’s lavish parties. They could not believe how such refined people could leave such a mess. They saw the other side of the American dream when they picked up the champagne glasses and empty bottles, the plates, the cutlery—the half eaten baked h...

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“The Stain on the Sofa” by Quirky Being

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The shards of the broken vase Nikhil moved the wooden cabinet to sweep the remaining pieces of the porcelain vase which once adorned its top. The fall of that vase was a rough start to the surprise party that was held at his home. The time spent in the party was as chaotic as his married life with Sunaina It was just another ring on the doorbell. Nikhil went to check on the door. He took a deep breath before he opened the door. There were two confetti blasts and a group of his office friends-cum-neighbors with their spouses cheered “Ha...

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“Tying the Dots Together” by M.W. Nel

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“That was intense.” Declan picked up the stack of plates from the table. “So it wasn’t just me who felt it?” Natalie turned around hands halfway to the sliding door. “No, it’s was . . :” “Right?” She finished his thought. “I didn’t know they were even having problems. They seemed fine last weekend. Has Daniel said anything to you?” “No. But then again. We don’t talk about things like that.” “I don’t believe you. You’re telling me you’ve never vented to your friends when we had a fight or you thought I was being unreasonable.” The...

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“After” by Pamela Zero

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After Pamela Zero I bent down and picked up a wilted flower from the floor. It was crushed, pink and white petals swirled flat. The edges were brown. “What have you got there, Peggy?” asked my father. He stood near the window, one hand clutching the desk next to him and the other tugging at his shirt collar. He insisted on wearing button down shirts even though he couldn’t handle buttons anymore. I stood up, watching him cautiously. The stroke had hit his left side hard. His fingers, once dexterous and nimble, now plucked at h...

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“For Two Weeks ” by Mist N

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Olivia groaned as I dropped my arm that was keeping her weight up, causing her to stumble face-first onto the bed. Her upper body was on the bed, her legs dangling off of the side. I scooped up her legs, swinging them onto the bed. She groaned my name irritably, causing me to roll my eyes and mutter about what a baby she was being. When Olivia told me she had an idea of something that would make me feel better, I was not expecting a rager party that would put a fraternity to shame. I mean, who was I kidding? I knew damn well what was...

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Write your story about two characters tidying up after a party.

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✍️ 148 stories

“Lemmings down the Drain” by Mo Colby

“Those who take the leftovers” by Richard Hawkins

“The Party of My Life” by Jose Gonzalez

“Party of the Century” by Chris Alley

“Cousin Snitch” by Zvikomborero Mukamba

“Bitterness of a Lifetime” by Amber Zhao

“Afterparty in Memoriam” by Quinn Revelle

“You Are They” by Leo Flora

“The Other Side of the American Dream” by Brenda Liddy

“The Stain on the Sofa” by Quirky Being

“Tying the Dots Together” by M.W. Nel

“After” by Pamela Zero

“For Two Weeks ” by Mist N

🌟 Similar prompts

Write a story about a character who gets lost at a carnival or festival.

Set your story at a party that has gone horribly wrong.

Write about a reluctant party-goer who ends up being the star of the show.

Write a story about a character who’s nervous to attend a party - their first in a long time.

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