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Write about someone whose job is to help people leave their old lives behind.

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✍️ 277 stories

“Mind Games” by Megan Sutherland

Trigger warning: abuse, assault   “Step up here please.”  The patient obliged. A woman with long, dark blonde hair in a neat white coat sat down across from the hospital bed. “It’s been a while since our last appointment, Sara.”  “Yeah.” the patient, Sara, sighed. “Everything was going great, and then two days ago, my boyfriend broke up with me. I just want to forget everything about him.”  The doctor nodded, smiling ...

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“Chamomile Tea and Novelty Ties” by Helen Jett

Thank you so much for being with us today to celebrate the life of an extraordinary man. Before we end today’s service, I wanted to tell a story of remembrance. In his younger days, Dr. Henry Dunwoodie firmly believed that a strong cup of chamomile would fix just about everything. It was his answer to all life’s curveballs. Flopped a test? Have some tea. Relationship problems? Brew a pot. Lost your job? Pour a mug and mull it over. It seemed to him that the world was always moving, like the cogs of the golden clock on his mant...

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“Cheating Death” by Beth Connor

A ballpoint pen tapped a staccato rhythm on the large oak desk. Thaddeus leaned back and sipped on coffee while waiting for his list of assignments.  He had been doing this job for so long that apathy dominated most days.  Many of his colleagues had moved to use laptops or phones. He preferred the feel of a pen in his hands.  Moira would email him assignments, and he would check them on the phone. Then jot down his notes...

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“Joy City” by Gaurav Shetty

I am a Story Collector and Liaison for Newcomers here at Joy City. My day, rather my night starts as usual sitting at the reception desk. Mostly waiting for people to come in. Nighttime is a busy time for us at the reception but that day it was unusually quiet. There was no reason for it. Maybe everyone was happy down there. I knew that was impossible. But it was always good to hope for the best. That is when I sa...

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“Welcome to the new you. ” by Moon Lion

I smiled gregariously at the young couple that walked in, going around my desk to shake both of their hands. "Hello! Hi, please take a seat." I gestured to the chairs in front of my cluttered desk. "Did Amy get you anything? Coffee, tea?" "Oh we're fine, thank you." The young woman said, confidently taking a seat. She smiled in a friendly way at me, then glanced back at her husband or boyfriend.

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“Aparajita - the healer ” by Alka Sharma

Aparajita , a young girl from a modern town was not aware of her powers. “What powers??” was the question often pondering her mind. Yes , on the day of her father’s demise she felt some strange sensations in her chest and pelvic region, she did feel something within her that warned her that something was not correct.She did feel that something very bad was about to happen and unfortunately she cannot do anything about it. The spiritual world is a very mysterious world. It gives a delusion to a person who ...

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“Bubba's New Life” by Daniel Hayes

Jeff sat at his desk staring at a stack of applications that he had to go through. He hated this part of his job, but he knew it had to be done. Jeff started a unique service years ago to help people coming out of the military get used to normal everyday life. He got the idea from having to help his brother David assimilate back into society after years of service. When you're in the military for that long you get used t...

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“Jelly Bean's Last Bounce” by Ted Demarsh

Jelly Bean’s Last Bounce By Ted DeMarsh                They had left Jelly Bean here to sort it all out. To fix the thing that needed fixing. To do it once, for everything, for everywhere. Whatever he came up with they’d do. He was created to come up with the solution they would act on. Th...

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“Love by sabotage ” by Alemseged Sisay [aleme gammo]

Abe, a debonair, 30, literate and a handsome, he was a spouse of Lulit. Both made acquaintance when they were high school pupils in their teenage life. Lulit is a vivacious, young and 28, after her graduation she has been worked in government institution by being on different job positions and had loved him in her soul.Abe was a teacher after his graduation. His students who were in all level of classes had admiration when he thoug...

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“The book of your life” by Aman Fatima

“Long before the world we know came into existence, long before the kingdom was established there was a tribe. Now this tribe could be considered the first tribe to ever exist, from them the civilization started but it’s hard to trace where these people came from and how they…” Will stopped as the sound of the door bell chaimed throughout the house. He closed the book and took one look at Cindy, ...

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“The Caregiver” by David G.

Irving Fisher was agitated.“Who the hell are you?" he yelled. "And what the hell are you doing here?”He squinted his cataract-occluded eyes, the pupils darted between the television set against the far wall and the face of the woman towering over him as he lay in his mechanical bed, the top half of which was inclined slightly. The blue cotton blanket and pillows he had thrown to the ground in a fit of frustration or pique of rage at some adversary or enemy, real or imagined. His legs were expos...

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“Lizzy Embers: The Revelation” by Cookie Carla🍪

Trigger warning: childhood abuse   Lizzy Embers sat down at her desk in her cramped office. She rapidly typed on her computer.   DATE: NOVEMBER 18 TIME: 3:00 PM PERSON: FIRE ROBINS REASON STATED: FREQUENT NIGHTMARES POSSIBLE CAUSE: DEPRESSION/PTSD? NOTE: I NEED FURTHER EXAMINATION ON HIM. WE MAY NEED MULTIPLE SESSIONS T...

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“The Followers” by Jason Parker

The illness burned through my home like a forest fire.   The twins were the first to fall; their once rosy cheeks struck pale by an unseen killer. Foreheads burned and toes curled and their mother and I watched helplessly. Hopelessly. No Doctor would come; most were waist-deep in the afflicted, if not sick themselves. We were utterly alone.  We buried our boys in the yard....

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“Curtain Call” by Ari Fargo

Trigger warning: Suicidal ideation 1. She’s four the first time he sees her. Most people didn’t start the life-long relationship with him until later on, but a tumble in the pool is all it took for the two of them to meet. He sits on the edge of the pool, watching her splash, arms breaking the surface vigorously. The California sun beats down on the water, transforming the droplets into sparkling diamonds that burst upon impact with the concrete that surrounds the water. She goes under, and the ripples lap laz...

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“Death Meets A Life(Coach)” by Iona Cottle

“It is time for you to go.” The shrouded figure leant heavily on their scythe and peered out from the depths of their hood. An outsider might’ve suggested that the hump in its back was old age, and the pressure of the millennia of work that it had endured. In truth, it was boredom. “But I wasn’t ready!” the obese woman cried. “I was going to the Bahamas next month!” The fig...

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