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“The First Sit-In” by 山.w. S𝓀y฿elle

February 1st, 2019 “The New York Museum of American History.” I read the sign on the door as I walked in. The sign really was beautiful. Bold, green letters, like the sign was letting you know that this was the best museum ever, and you should never doubt it. Swirls of red, white, and blue bits of color that seemed to be splattered on the sign randomly. And that’s what made it pretty. It was splattered in the sense of a chaotic mess, but it was free and lively. Not li...

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“The Agony of Licinia” by Litlover ⌛🌌🦢

Limestone. God, I hate limestone. The dreadful color it reflects across the street and downtown from the museum steps is enough to make you despise it forever. In fact, not even pretty-princess pink defiles my neurons as much as the color of aged limestone. That day, when my class was on a field trip at the Met, I barfed inwardly, feeling no shame in my disgust.Mr. Mercurio, his long rimmed mustache curling in the fuzzy museum light, kept asking us to come check out the ancient Rome section. Not that we hadn’t learned ab...

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“Sue & Bernice” by Christina Reynolds

It’s just a museum, an old building with old stuff in it that no one really cares about anymore, sitting right in the middle of town. It’s right where a supermarket should go. No one goes to mom and pop stores anymore. They don’t go to Bill’s Grocery or Jack’s Supply—they go to the supermarket because it has everything they need at a good price. In times like these where everyone is on their phone and no one stops to chat, the town needs a supermarket. It doesn’t need a museum. But to Sue it was n...

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“Jax Teaches 8th Grade” by Deidra Lovegren

“Oh-Jillian-I-can’t-believe-I’m-doing-this,” Jax said frantically. He finished his blueberry scone and used the Starbucks bag to slowly breathe into. “Calm down. You are not hyperventilating,” Jillian replied, driving with both hands on the wheel. “How scary can substitute teaching be? Just let the students play on their phones all day. If their teacher were there, they’d be doing the same thing. Either way, you’re done by 3:00.”“I need air!” Jax cried, pulling at his turtleneck sweater, hitting all the buttons in the c...

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“Saving the Museum” by ✯𝐋𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚 𝐋𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫✯

Maria was entering the art museum. She always loved art, and after high school, she knew which college she wanted to be enrolled in. Always the thought of colors, paint, brushes, strokes, canvases, and the thought of putting anything down on the paper and making it look beautiful made her get very excited. "Ah, this is where I can follow my dreams," she whispered to herself as she walked inside the museum.

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“Onstage” by ✯ ℂ𝐡𝕒𝐨𝕥𝕚𝐜 𝕊𝕡𝐢𝕣𝐚𝕝𝐬 ✯

“And if the sun were so bold as to lay down his arms and be cradled in her own, together they would cycle forever but never touch.”-Four-Part Moon CyclesShe was the one who made photocopies of flyers and carried rainbow-striped umbrellas. She played trumpet in the streets and flew like a phoenix darting over the shadows. She would toss pennies into fountains and dance in the rain. I was the one who stood back and painted on printer paper, the watercolor running arcs across the shadows. We ...

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“those of us who care” by Abigail Airuedomwinya

It came to her, in the backseat of her boyfriend's red Volvo, that life was unfair. He was seated in the front, rolling his sleeves so she could see his greasy hair. She used to like it. He knew. "Your parents don't have to know," he was saying. She followed the sway of his hands like breeze on collars and allowed herself the chance to break inwardly. "I know a friend. He can help us get rid of it." "It's j...

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“Support Group” by Coco Longstaff

So this story includes people from Reedsy, and I had fun making the quiz and letting people answer it, so I think I will do it more often. There’s Aerin Rebecca, my first follower and friend, she’s Samara in this. Go follow her if you haven’t already. Right now, her name is Don't read my profile pic but I think she’s gonna change it back soon.https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/author/don-t-read-my-prof...

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“The Box” by The Manticore

Nassia got off work in seven minutes. She counted down the seconds as they ticked away on the clock behind the counter. Seven minutes until she could close the little green door, walk out of the bookshop, and head to her favorite place in the world. She cracked her knuckles against the counter and rolled her eyes as the last few customers came in through the door...

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“Two Birds, No Stone” by Cookie Carla🍪

We are still separated. White people on the left, blacks on the right. I thought we were free from all of this segregation business. We aren't slaves anymore, yet we are still being treated like one.Johnny had just walked into the Newham Hall of Quirky Arts. Of course, he had to use the right side of the door - which was beaten up so badly that it hung off its hinges, and you had to be really careful not to push it too hard or it would fall off. You could see the differences in the museum....

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“The Obscurity of a Rose” by Caroline Ryder

A single 8’8 painting encompasses the lifetime of an artist. Every color, shape, figure, and design is a story in itself. That story really is something so beautiful. The unfortunate thing is that it’s constantly being misrepresented in the eyes of the beholder. It’s a shame that someone can simply walk by someone’s lifeline tied to a canvas and think “that reminds me of my pet dog”. It’s all obscure and vague. We tel...

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“Something in the Air” by Deborah Mercer

It would be fair to say that the Museum of Coastal Heritage was not exactly state of the art. There were still rows of locked glass display cabinets and a profusion of not terribly good pictures on the walls of famous locals whom not many people had heard of. Uncomfortable looking horse-hair stuffed couches had ropes across them and signs saying “Please do not sit here”, and faded photographs of fishermen hung alongside ...

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“Dear Sweet Deirdre” by Clara Carr

I remember the first time I entered this place, A Museum of Lesser Known Art they called it. I was not the curator of this place but I'm certain at least that I know just as much as she does about the art here. When I first started coming I was an eager film student. I loved all things visual art and I prided myself in being decent at quite a lot of different styles and techniques. I was in school for directing, I...

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“The Souls of Bones” by Kat Mcg

The Souls of Bones By Katherine McGowan As she stared at the mountain of bones before her, she couldn’t decide if being a coroner made her appreciate the beauty in the macabre, or if her fixation on the beauty in the macabre lead to her career with the dead. The structure of bones crafted to an unfathomable scale still looked raw and primal de...

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“Standin' Up By Sittin' Down” by Caroline White

“Maryanne!” called a voice behind me. Julia Hudson, my best friend came trotting up towards me, “Are you coming to join the sit-in?” “No, I’m just taking the kids to the museum.” “Would you just consider it at all?” “I’m trying to keep my family out of trouble. I don’t want my kids looking in the mirror and being ashamed of who they are.” “If this works, blacks won’t have to be ashamed an...

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Start your story with someone entering a museum, and end it with them settling down to join a sit-in.

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✍️ 50 stories

“The First Sit-In” by 山.w. S𝓀y฿elle

“The Agony of Licinia” by Litlover ⌛🌌🦢

“Sue & Bernice” by Christina Reynolds

“Jax Teaches 8th Grade” by Deidra Lovegren

“Saving the Museum” by ✯𝐋𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚 𝐋𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫✯

“Onstage” by ✯ ℂ𝐡𝕒𝐨𝕥𝕚𝐜 𝕊𝕡𝐢𝕣𝐚𝕝𝐬 ✯

“those of us who care” by Abigail Airuedomwinya

“Support Group” by Coco Longstaff

“The Box” by The Manticore

“Two Birds, No Stone” by Cookie Carla🍪

“The Obscurity of a Rose” by Caroline Ryder

“Something in the Air” by Deborah Mercer

“Dear Sweet Deirdre” by Clara Carr

“The Souls of Bones” by Kat Mcg

“Standin' Up By Sittin' Down” by Caroline White

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