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“Turf Wars” by Cmf Wright

They don't want to reconcile. They don't want to like each other. They can't even share a pen without fighting. For the sixth time that morning, I separate the bunnies, stroke their foreheads, and whisper the universal mantra of bunny bonding: This is a happy warren. You are happy bunnies. Happy bunnies don't bite their friends. "I think you should bond them at my place," says my sister. She sits behind the pen, her trademark Moleskine in her lap—black, of course...

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“Silver Crown” by Sophia Wayne

The cold bit at his skin as the breeze hit its hardest smacking in and out tearing through the very fabric of his leather vest. On a mine in the land of the Neroshi, the snow was falling again. He looked up to the sky and felt a shiver go through his spine. He tightened his fur coat around himself. Even after spending all of his life fighting through the cold in the land blessed by Thirel, the god of the sea. Even with the blood of the First Gods running through his veins, the cold still hammered his skin and dried his lips....

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“Everything Aiming Toward You” by Zilla Babbitt

Dear Simon, I just had to write to you. Today is cool and clean and I can smell the bees humming in the wisteria garden just outside. Their hives are so big now, so big and slick and thrumming, you would love to see them. They come buzzing out of their hives in the early morning and flood off out of the garden to the lanes beyond, winding through the yew trees and the bayberry bushes. Soon it will be ready to harvest. The little boy G...

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“Renaissance” by Phoebe Barr

She asked me, last night, to tell her a story. She’s changed since the day I pulled her out of the collapsing star that was our home. Since I snatched her from his gaping black-hole clutches and fled, holding her too close and too tight like I was turning her back into a part of me, since I drove haphazard and wild out of the state with her clamped in my arms, swerving through traffic and through tears. Her eyes...

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“Life Saving Gift” by Corey Melin

“You have been given a gift,” Thomas said to his son, James. “The Maker has picked you.” James, who had just turned ten, looked up at his father. “You think so?” he asked him. “Definitely so,” Thomas replied and gave his son a hug. It was a couple of years ago that James started to help his father on crafting doors. Many people of the...

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“The Agony of Forgetting” by Laura Clark

The last line we wrote together was utter horseshit but I can’t bring myself to delete it. The stars shone forth from his eyes like lasers. I stare at the horizontal blinking line for so long that the screen saver comes on but I still can’t hit the delete button. Drivel. Meaningless drivel. Worse, I can’t remember how serious it had been, either. Had we known ho...

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“A Queen's Crown” by ✯ ℂ𝐡𝕒𝐨𝕥𝕚𝐜 𝕊𝕡𝐢𝕣𝐚𝕝𝐬 ✯

Mia and I walked through Queen's Crossing trail, pushing away overhead branches to clear a path. Mia looked into my eyes questioningly, but I turned away to focus on the trail. "I heard Queen's Crossing has a magnificent castle to the left of here, almost perfectly preserved!" Mia garbled on about the palace as we neared a sign. It was a bright day, and the woodland seemed even more tranquil than it was yesterday morning. "You go ahead. I'll meet you...

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“In Another Echelon Of Existence” by Arya Preston

Time Remaining: Zero minutes On Friday, Jonas had returned from 1942 with scathed limbs and a throbbing headache - a parting gift he had yet to get used to - for it was his job as a Drifter. Harmonies of swooping grenades and the ricochet of golden bullets buzzed in his ears as he collapsed onto his seat, drowning beneath the luminous stare of white lights that padded the ceiling.

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“ To My Dad And To Everyone Who I’m Going To Prove Wrong” by Maria Gelman

I stared at the blank page before me, hands poised above the keyboard. It had been two years. Two years working minimum wage jobs, two years since I dropped out of college, and two years since I’d quit writing completely, because, according to my father, “You can’t make a living as a writer. You’ll be a starving artist.” Well, I wasn’t a starving artist. I was just a starving minimum wage worker, which he says is basical...

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“Nightborn 2” by Harken Void

“Detective Ross?” He tucked the small leather pouch under his shirt. “Come in.” The office air was stuffy, piles of cigarette buds collapsing from the ashtray onto the mahogany desk. The latest report of another missing person rested on top of the stack. I should probably open the window. Let some fresh air in. “Briggs and Cunnings are back,” his secretary, Vivian, said. He wai...

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“The Soul Words” by Kali Desautels

Familiar and foreign, the small black squares gave way under her the tips of her fingers. She felt butterflies in her chest, nervous, as a ballerina about to take center stage. Her lip turned in a sardonic smile and she shook her head slightly at the notion. Her laptop was her daily companion, searching, and reading, working, but today was the first time, the first time in a long time, that she intended and wanted to wri...

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“Life Story” by Raven Quill

Oh, how to start? A mid-life crisis? No, our target audience isn’t some Karen’s husband. A sexy naked prince? Again. Wrong genre. Hmmm… What about birth? Mmm, well yes, that seems most logical… From my infernal prison, I decided to pick up my hobby of writing again. It is a strange place where I am. I know that I can’t leave, but that’s obvious. Upon entering any enclosed space, creatures will search for an exit.Ooo, that was philosophical.

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“It's Been a While” by John Steckley

It’s Been A While It’s been a long while since I’ve tried to do this. I wonder if writers today ever take pen in hand like I have just done, and began their story that way. I just can’t see starting a story on a computer. There seems to me to be a distance from the writer somehow. But then I don’t seem to be able to start the old way either. I know this particular sitting is going nowhere, so I will put th...

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“Scent of a Woman” by Praveen Jagwani

Year 76 CE“Ahha! Look who’s here,” mocked a shrill voice at the back.“Welcome bitch,” hissed another.Okayyy. Good to know what we are dealing with. I squinted to appraise my surroundings. The place reeked of rotting carpets and broken dreams. The metal gate slammed behind me and the key grated in the lock. The guard and his flaming torch retreated as I started to walk deeper into the cavern.Thhhhoooh. A gob of spit lande...

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“To Feel Again” by ℝ𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝔹𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕝𝕖𝕪

It had been a large walk in closet. Clothes were taken away, shelving was removed, and it was painted a deep sea blue color. The carpet was taken out and a small rug was bought and placed in the center of the room. A vintage wooden desk was placed in the far side of the room, with a small book shelf filling the other side.The last step was buying a computer to occupy the rolling top desk. Soon that was accomplished, it was a relatively undemanding task, but one that drained the buyers pocket immediately.

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Write a story about someone returning to their craft after a long hiatus.

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✍️ 195 stories

“Turf Wars” by Cmf Wright

“Silver Crown” by Sophia Wayne

“Everything Aiming Toward You” by Zilla Babbitt

“Renaissance” by Phoebe Barr

“Life Saving Gift” by Corey Melin

“The Agony of Forgetting” by Laura Clark

“A Queen's Crown” by ✯ ℂ𝐡𝕒𝐨𝕥𝕚𝐜 𝕊𝕡𝐢𝕣𝐚𝕝𝐬 ✯

“In Another Echelon Of Existence” by Arya Preston

“ To My Dad And To Everyone Who I’m Going To Prove Wrong” by Maria Gelman

“Nightborn 2” by Harken Void

“The Soul Words” by Kali Desautels

“Life Story” by Raven Quill

“It's Been a While” by John Steckley

“Scent of a Woman” by Praveen Jagwani

“To Feel Again” by ℝ𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝔹𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕝𝕖𝕪

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