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“Traitors” by Ashley Sawh

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I awoke with a pounding headache as I reached for my phone, checking the time only to see thousands of messages across all social media platforms coming from all of my friends, and then some. What could they want? Ring ring. Ring ring. It was Monica, one of my best friends, what could she want? It’s not like she wants to suddenly talk to me, she basically ditched me at Colin’s party yesterday. Colin’s my boyfriend, and we’ve been together for a year, well, almost a year. It would be exactly a year in a couple of days, and I was b...

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“Lost Socks, Found Hearts: The Sock Whisperer's Sockumentary.” by Sofia Mullan

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Thomas "Tom" Windsor Jr. wasn't your average eight-year-old. While other kids dreamt of Legos and video games, Tom dreamt of… well, socks. Specifically, collecting mismatched socks. His room was a colourful explosion of single socks – polka-dotted argyles partnered with neon stripes, fuzzy snowflakes seeking lost partners with argyle diamonds. One sunny afternoon, Tom’s mother, a woman who believed in the therapeutic power of organization, decided to tackle his sock drawer. Little did she know, she was about to unleash chaos on the internet....

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“The Twitchers Society.” by Catherine Long

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“Ouch.” Said Dave as a twig from the bush on Colin’s head poked him in the eye. “Watch where you are putting that bloody thing” he grumbled in hushed tones. The two men lay propped up on their elbows in the tall grass. It was bad enough he’d been lumbered with Colin the curse, without being blinded by his ridiculous headpiece too. Colin put his ostentatious binoculars to his eyes once more. “There she is!” He squealed loudly causing the tiny pine warbler to take flight from the branch it had landed on and disappeared into the thicket of pine...

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“Thousands Of Notifications ” by Jordan Asher

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How did it come to this?Lonely.I was bitterly lonely so I started a weekly internet stream. Initially it was to connect with other lonely early college aged kids. I was too scared to out myself as gay and I struggled to make friends in my classes.Then it morphed to a highlight of silly games and shenanigans.Often I would sit on my bed and chit chat, or share what I was learning.The dynamic changed when I met him.Him being my older brother’s friend, Simon.One day he walked in during the middle of my stream. He was clearly a little tipsy ...

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“It Was Supposed To Be A Joke” by Noted Moments

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It all started with a joke photo of Jake's girlfriend, Amber. She played dead; he put fake blood on her body, and he would take a couple pictures of her. It was awesome to gain so much attention, but then the comments came. People wanted to know who Amber was and where she lived. They both even got doxxed, and Jake lost his mind after that. Not in a million years would he have thought that their lives would become hell due to that. Sometimes jokes aren't funny... *** Jake was an ordinary guy with an extraordinary sense of humor. His girlfri...

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“Pets” by Will Williams

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The pings coming from my phone had started to hurt my head. They felt overwhelming, like the whole world could see me hiding in my living room. I wanted to turn off my notifications, but I felt like I'd miss something big if I did. It's like my Twitter alerts held my future, and it would slip away if I didn't catch it fast enough. I'm not sure why this was stressing me out as much as it was. I should embrace the avalanche of social media while it was falling on me. I'd been posting my photography online for six years with little success. Wha...

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“A Thousand Sexy Words” by Hillary McDonald

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“Mom, what did you do?”I had often seen the parent-child relationship reverse over time in my aging friends, and I had convinced myself that that would never happen to me. The tone in my daughter Amy’s voice when she called me on the phone that day, however, told me otherwise.“What do you mean?”“You haven’t seen it?”“Seen what?”“Pull up your Facebook.”My tablet was on the side table by my chair, and I set the phone down to retrieve it. My granddaughter Lisa was sitting on the couch, and she gave me a quizzical look.“It’s your mother,” I said...

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“ "Echoes of the Forgotten Forest"” by Tirth Prajapati

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In the heart of the forgotten forest, where the whispers of ancient trees danced with the winds, there lay a tale woven with secrets and magic. It was a place where time seemed to stand still, and the trees whispered stories of forgotten heroes and lost civilizations.Deep within the forest, nestled between the towering trees, there stood a quaint cottage where an old woman named Elara lived. She was known to be the guardian of the forest, the keeper of its secrets, and the one who listened to the whispers of the trees.Elara had lived in the ...

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“On a Sesame Street Bus” by Denise Glickler

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"It's a joke." "I don't get it!" I'm staring at the photo. It's got two million likes. It's been sent to me fifty times today and I just. Don't. Get. It. There's a lot of comments about this photo, too. I'm not alone in not "getting it." Half the people don't "get it." Then there's the others who are giving it the laugh emojis, talking about how funny it is. They call me "young" because I don't get it. I'm thirty! I'm not young. Mom thinks it's funny, but I still don't get it. What's the big deal about it? The photograph shows a Sesame Stree...

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“PHOTOGRAPH” by Christine LW

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PHOTOGRAPH As we get older can remise about our childhood memories from old photos and images of those early days so care free to stay in our mind for ever. A time of innocence brought to life, alive and full of hope to relive and tell to future generations. You could say a photograph of life. &n...

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“The Perfect Image” by Paul Simpkin

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She was hoping that the photo would go viral.She had never taken a selfie as brilliant as the one she had just posted on Instagram. It was the first time that she was completely and totally happy with an image that showed off her long golden tresses in all their full golden beauty. Now all she had to do was sit back and wait for the reaction. Maybe one day somebody would see one of her selfies and help her to escape from the dull boring life that she was stuck in.Before posting the image she had taken time to edit the photo on her phone and ...

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“Do You Live Under a Rock?” by ♡ Tana ♡

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The school bus has always reminded me of a dragon, yellow and fierce, and not guaranteed to spit you back out again once it swallows you up. Every morning, when I stand at the end of my driveway and wait for it, I close my eyes and imagine that it will not come. I am the last person to be picked up, and somehow the last person to be dropped off, even though that doesn’t make sense to me, so sometimes I pretend that Mr. Tim, our bus driver, will skip me for convenience's sake. I create elaborate scenarios in my mind; accidents and detou...

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“Viral Brew: A Tale of Friendship, Fame, and a Misunderstood Moment” by Mara Rouge

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Alex and Sam’s friendship began on their very first day of kindergarten, right outside their new classroom. Sam was struggling with her emotions after her mother had left, her tears flowing freely. That's when Alex, a fellow classmate, approached her with a kind gesture. He rummaged through his backpack and produced a handkerchief, offering it to her with a gentle nudge. “Here,” he said softly. “Take this to dry your tears. I’m feeling a bit scared too, you know,” he confessed to Sam in a hushed tone. The girl with fiery red hair and striki...

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“The Photo” by Natalie Wills Parker

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There is life before the photo, and there is life after the photo.We follow one Tobias Sinclair, an average thirty-something year old man from midtown Toronto. He lived in a condominium with two dying plants and the neglected hamster he only purchased so his six year old niece would have a reason to visit.Before the photo, he was content. He enjoyed his routine. He woke up before the sun each day, chugged a protein shake and took the train to the school. He was an elementary school teacher, and had been for the past decade. He enjoyed intera...

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Center your story around a photo that goes viral.

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✍️ 29 stories

“Traitors” by Ashley Sawh

“Lost Socks, Found Hearts: The Sock Whisperer's Sockumentary.” by Sofia Mullan

“The Twitchers Society.” by Catherine Long

“Thousands Of Notifications ” by Jordan Asher

“It Was Supposed To Be A Joke” by Noted Moments

“Pets” by Will Williams

“A Thousand Sexy Words” by Hillary McDonald

“ "Echoes of the Forgotten Forest"” by Tirth Prajapati

“On a Sesame Street Bus” by Denise Glickler

“PHOTOGRAPH” by Christine LW

“The Perfect Image” by Paul Simpkin

“Do You Live Under a Rock?” by ♡ Tana ♡

“Viral Brew: A Tale of Friendship, Fame, and a Misunderstood Moment” by Mara Rouge

“The Photo” by Natalie Wills Parker

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Start your story with a character staring at a picture they don’t remember taking.

Write a story about a character who risks their life to take a photo.

Write about a character who sees a photo they shouldn’t have seen.

Begin or end your story with a character taking a selfie.

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