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“Love is stronger than hate ” by 🕊 🎀 𝒱𝒶𝓇𝓈𝒽𝒶 𝒱𝒾𝓂𝒶𝓁 🎀 🕊

This is about Kevin when Rachel leaves, if you haven't read Regret and Mommy's girl you might not understand the story.Have a wonderful day or night!!!I remained shocked after she left, never in a million years would I have imagined her uttering those exact words. They would haunt me my entire life. ‘Rachel, don’t go… please’ I told myself, I wasn’t comfortable telling her.I tried to persuade her to stay with me but she stormed off all of a sudden af...

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“Beyond Repair” by Zea Bowman

The man was broken. That was all there was to it.He was going faster than he should have, and he knew it.He never meant for the brakes to stop working. How was he supposed to know? If there had been any possible way to save his daughter that day, he would have done anything to fix it.Without warning, a small blur of sky blue dashed in front of the ATV, blonde hair blown straight back by the wind, waving her short arms wildly.After being convicted of ...

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“The Damage Is Done” by Tyler Runde

It took me years to realize why Garrett no longer came to family reunions. His parents still came, just without Garrett, and even at the age of five I could discern the grim, thin-lipped set to their faces, the way that they would laugh and converse with other family members, but would always keep themselves apart from everyone else at a particular distance. Me and Garrett were an odd pair. Sure, we were ...

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“Whispering My Truth” by Jasey Lovegood ✨

WHISPERING MY TRUTH It was too late. Much too late. Despite that, I had to try, try my absolute hardest to atone for the mistake I had made. “WHERE IS MY DAUGHTER?!” There’s an enraged scream, as I walk down the stairs, my hand sliding down the shiny ebony rail. “YOU WRETCHED SHE-DEVIL, GIVE ME BACK CYNTHIA!” I’m greeted w...

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“The Mockingbird Bites the Dust” by Kate M

As of late, I have been pondering the difference between “accident” and “mistake.” Accidents are not purposeful errors. Mistakes, as it would seem, can be the same way. But I’ve been thinking, and a mistake can also be a choice someone makes, and then regrets later on. I’ve made a mistake. A big one. It doesn’t matter that I have children; because I do. It doesn’t matter that I have grandchi...

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“Atonement” by Mary Kate

Trigger warning: death and griefIt was as fiery as hell, and that was not the only resemblance. The lava fields spread out as far as he could see. The volcanic lava fields of the planet Balastra were constantly changing; fresh lava bit into the landscape, the red streams flowing, then moulding into new and ever more bizarre, twisted forms. Only primitive life forms lived here, and there were precious little of those. Corus looked out from the cavern to the outside world. He didn’t know why he bothered; there was never anythi...

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“This Oak, These Skulls” by Amelia Bowen

I thought, when I first saw him, that he must be a statue. His skin was the kind of gray you might see Michelangelo bent over- tooth chisel in his concentrated hand. His eyes, his hair, though -they gave him away. Both were dark, almost black. He sat on a bench by the side of the road I strode to school each day. I didn’t know how I could have missed him before; I reasoned that must have been his first day.There was a book in his hands. He was bent over it like it was the source of all truth, the fountain of youth, life blood- I su...

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“Small Acts” by Lily Joseph

Small Acts The milkman always leaves the bottles right in front of the door, right where Esther could trip over them, so I make it my job every delivery day to move them to the side of the step. I leave the house at six every Monday morning so that I can do this, sliding the basket carefully to the side so that the bottles don't clink together. Today ...

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“I Fly Away” by ℤ ℍ☮️

The smoke makes my eyes smoggy. I cough up a ball of grey air and light the head in red flame.I hear a click and turn backwards. Her dark brown hair brushes past her eyes. Her large eyes are now the perfect size, fitting her face perfectly. She's wearing a pink barbie dress that goes just past her knees. I try to avoid eye contact, balling the cigarette in my fist."So- you must be my mommy." Her voice is so sweet and smooth like honey. It sounds happy and mocking at the same time.

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“A Lifetime of Joy, A Period of Sorrow ” by ℝ𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝔹𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕝𝕖𝕪

A Lifetime of Joy Whilst A Lifetime of Sorrow Keltie sat on a rock overlooking the swirling, crashing cerulean sea. It twisted as if in a tempest, yet just the day before it was mollified cyan. She knew the cause of this, yet she would dispose of it to no one. Her almost red, not quite blonde, and nowhere near orange hair blew in the wind, it ripple...

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“The Plains of Namar-Sin” by Alexander Katz

I did not mean to open the gate, but alas, it is too late for my misgivings. The thing is open. I alone stand at the precipice between our world and the Plains of Naram-Sin, a land of writhing darkness and many eyes. Long have the Plains waited at the doorway, never moving from the warded pillars made from bones of a creature so ancient, I shudder when pondering its flesh form. If there is a divine plan from a benevolent creator—as I spent the Sundays of my youth learning—these creatures indeed could not have been part of the script. No, ...

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“Hope” by Rachel Macmorran

“It’s over, now. Hush. It’s all over, they are gone,” he murmured into her hair. Epimetheus gathered her onto his lap and used the edge of his toga to wipe her tears. He gently held his fragile mortal wife as she trembled with fear and horror. Oh, poor Pandora! These human vessels could not bear so much suffering, surely? She began to shake her head convulsively, denying her own thoughts as regret and guilt washed over h...

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“Black and White and Red” by A. S.

Dear Lena,I’ve never been very good at writing letters. Or liked writing letters. But this is the easiest way to explain.Your fingers clench and release the pencil formulating how to put the one person who was always there for you, through the inevitable pain. Shouting from high overhead bleeds through the floorboards. Angry steps rain cobwebs and dust on your head, sprinkling silver into your hair; snowing white like the ashes that covered the ground. Heaps of dirty laundry fill the c...

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“The Orange Grove” by Rose Mc Coy

By the time I saw him again, the change between us was like a rift, as visible as anything intangible can be, as palpable as the mistake that had caused it. It was fine when his ship rolled in, and it was fine when it docked, and it was fine when he strode towards me—the picture-perfect moment laid out before us, of the man gone off to war and his delicate wife waiting as they met once again—but when he approached me and removed his cap, he looked at me with the saddest, most rejected eyes you’ve ever seen and said, so...

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“What's Lost Can Never Be Found” by Thora Porter

(This story followed the character Jack Corner who was introduced in my story Secret’s Aren’t For The Keeping [Part 2]. So, if you want to better understand this story, I would recommend going and reading that story first, but it is not necessary for you to do so. Hope you all enjoy!) “You’re free to go.” Jack Corner looked up as the guard opened his jail cell door. One month. That was how long he had lin...

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Write about someone trying to atone for a mistake they’ll never be able to fix.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 202 stories

“Love is stronger than hate ” by 🕊 🎀 𝒱𝒶𝓇𝓈𝒽𝒶 𝒱𝒾𝓂𝒶𝓁 🎀 🕊

“Beyond Repair” by Zea Bowman

“The Damage Is Done” by Tyler Runde

“Whispering My Truth” by Jasey Lovegood ✨

“The Mockingbird Bites the Dust” by Kate M

“Atonement” by Mary Kate

“This Oak, These Skulls” by Amelia Bowen

“Small Acts” by Lily Joseph

“I Fly Away” by ℤ ℍ☮️

“A Lifetime of Joy, A Period of Sorrow ” by ℝ𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝔹𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕝𝕖𝕪

“The Plains of Namar-Sin” by Alexander Katz

“Hope” by Rachel Macmorran

“Black and White and Red” by A. S.

“The Orange Grove” by Rose Mc Coy

“What's Lost Can Never Be Found” by Thora Porter

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