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“Visionarys.” by Cam Croz

~Prologue:“RUN!” the man shouted. “They're coming!”“Who?” The woman demanded.“The hunters, the visionary hunters.”Genuine fear fell across the woma...

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“Pressure” by Miles Gatling

The grey door opened, and a massive man entered the room. He wore a suit and tie, his face clean-shaven. He dragged a metal chair across the floor and sat down at the table. With one hand, he unbuttoned his jacket, with the other he placed a thick yellow envelope on the table."How are you, Kaleb?"No response came from the other person sitting opposite."Do you know why you are here, Kaleb?" The official asked without looking directly at his subject. He slowly unraveled the red twine securing the envelope."Those ...

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“DEAD MEN” by Gayatri Varma

Sarah knew about them, the thieves who stole a gold chain from the little girl on the crowded bus, she knew how they ran, swirled and danced in the road. She knew what they did with that shiny gold chain, she saw them throw it down the lake. The newspaper felt heavy on her hands, she took a pen and scrapped their face from the news article. That image would haunt her now. She took a sip of hot cocoa and sank back into her chair. Phone beeped a message from her sister, the pink glow of her phone sh...

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“Ice” by Amy St. Pierre

It had been exactly eleven months, one week, and two days since I’d been inside an ice rink. The rink was the same. It smelled the same, like zamboni fumes and cold. Public skating had just ended, and the same parents wrangled their kids out of their skates and back into their street shoes, pulling off their winter hats and helmets and gloves and knee pads, wiping their runny noses with Kleenex. The same kids I used to skate with worked at the snack bar, dropping pack...

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“Unfortunate Knowlegde” by Lily Kingston

“Happy bar-day!” Cady cheered. I gazed up at her with tired eyes. “What are you talking about?” “On the house.” She slid me a glass of scotch. “Every day for the past year you’ve come here! Happy bar-day!” “You are way too happy about th...

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“Let's Start a Podcast” by Jessica C

“Did you ever hear about this?”Christy slides the magazine across the table. Miller looks up, wiping his Cheeto-stained fingers on his sweatshirt.“No. What is this?”“Crazy article. So apparently this guy is like, super normal family man and then one day he snapped and killed his neighbor. And when they caught him, they found, like, twenty peoples’ heads in his backyard.”I am staring at the beam of late afternoon sun streaming in from the smea...

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“The Secret” by John K Adams

Charlie had some choice words for her. But he didn’t like saying them, even to himself. She deserved them. ‘She’ was his fourth-grade teacher, Miss Margaret Pringle.‘Miss Pee’, her name being the source of endless humor among his classmates, yelled at Charlie today. In front of his friends, no less. He hadn’t done his homework. He hated homework. He hated her.Miss Pee made him stay after school to finish it. But Charlie outsmarted her. When she left the classroom, Charlie picked up his backpack and made an ‘exit left’.

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“Instruction manual: Cook-It WhirlBlend Xtreme 2.0” by Marte Van Der Linden

Welcome to the Cook-It family! We congratulate you on your purchase of the Cook-It WhirlBlend Xtreme 2.0! With the Cook-It WhirlBlend Xtreme 2.0 you’ll enjoy easy blending and mixing. It is perfect for creating the richest and creamiest soups and smoothies with a simple touch of the button. Hang on, did anyone actually do a double-blind randomised controlled trial? I mean, we can’t just claim that our blender makes the creamiest smoothies without testing all the other blenders on the market. Maybe I should worry about th...

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“Starting Over” by Randi W

He sat there gripping the steering wheel, sweat beaded along his eyebrow. His heart was pounding so violently he thought it would rip free from his chest. 'What is taking them so long? It was supposed to be in and out!' growled Jason as he adjusted his position in the drivers seat. Finally the back door to the jewelry store burst open! Before the doors had shut, Jason stomped his foot down hard on the gas pedal; the tires squealed in protest at the sudden movement. "What took you guys so long?" demanded Jason as he maneuver...

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“The Knack” by Deborah Mercer

Everyone else at the “Seaside Centre”, the information and advice hub in the old library building, agreed that Carrie Francis had the knack. She wasn’t very prepossessing; a slightly plump lady on the verge of middle age, with slightly crooked teeth and rather nondescript brown hair that she generally wore pulled into a ponytail with a scrunchy that might or might not match her jumper. Carrie’s jumpers were generally her one splash of colour. She liked pictures and patterns, and cats and hearts. She had o...

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“What James Dinn Knew” by Clementine Beck

When I tell my third patient of the day that he has three months left to live, I want to kick myself in the groin. I am a liar. James Dinn will probably be dead before the end of the month. But he doesn’t know that, so he goes ahead and asks all the classic questions.“Is there a cure at all?”We’re talking about stage three lung cancer, sir. In my mind’s eye, I see the blooming, blackish-grey tumour on the CT scan.“There is a new treatment being developed in Los Angeles,” I finally say. “Some doctors are quite...

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“Blood on the Pillow?” by Harriett Ford

Blood on the Pillow? “So, what’s this werewolf thing anyway? You really believe you are one?” Eddie Clark leaned back in the deer blind and arched a very skeptical brow. “I’ve known it for a long time now,” Thornton Howell spoke in a monotone voice. The two were known for playing tricks on one another. Their one-upmanship was usually the topic of laughter around the school. While watching for a deer, the pair had been discussing a rash of missing pets and animals in their area of the Ozarks...

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“The Power of Music” by Sue M

The Power of Music The crowd was on its feet and the music hall reverberated with the roar of applause, whistles and screams of adoring fans. The sound was deafening, as it echoed from wall to wall, which seemed to encourage everyone to get louder. Devyn had just finished an incredible rendition of “Imagine”, with the utmost respect to John Lennon. The band motioned for the audience to maintain their excitement...

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“Joey’s Ball” by James Offenha

They are adopting a dog so it can commit suicide. I am Ralph and I am a dog trainer. I am proud of my profession but I’ve never trained a dog to commit suicide. It seems unnatural. Defending its owner I could understand, but suicide? It goes against every natural instinct of a dog. I mean you may as well let the pound put the poor creature to sleep humanely. But, I am the dog trainer and I am getting paid handsomely to train these dogs who would be dead anyway if they hadn’t been a...

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“How the World Works” by Tuesday Michael

Olivia was always a smart girl. She understood more about life than most of her teachers. Most would assume that her parents just told her these things, but as people got to know her they realized her wisdom came from experience, not lessons. Olivia's closest friend, Gabriel, learned first-hand just how much she knew. Gabriel was older than her by a few years. He had a job and was living on his own, but Olivia just graduated high school that year. Gabriel thought that he would test her, see how much she really knows about th...

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Write about a character who is a reluctant expert on a topic they wish they didn’t know so much about.

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✍️ 39 stories

“Visionarys.” by Cam Croz

“Pressure” by Miles Gatling

“DEAD MEN” by Gayatri Varma

“Ice” by Amy St. Pierre

“Unfortunate Knowlegde” by Lily Kingston

“Let's Start a Podcast” by Jessica C

“The Secret” by John K Adams

“Instruction manual: Cook-It WhirlBlend Xtreme 2.0” by Marte Van Der Linden

“Starting Over” by Randi W

“The Knack” by Deborah Mercer

“What James Dinn Knew” by Clementine Beck

“Blood on the Pillow?” by Harriett Ford

“The Power of Music” by Sue M

“Joey’s Ball” by James Offenha

“How the World Works” by Tuesday Michael

🌟 Similar prompts

Write about a person trying to learn a new skill or hobby they find intimidating but want (or need) to learn anyway.

Write about one character’s fundamental misunderstanding of another character’s job.

Write about something you consider yourself an expert in, but do it from the perspective of a total novice.

Write about a character’s secret area of expertise, something most of their acquaintances would be surprised to learn they know tons about.

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