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Write a story where a character runs into someone they’ve seen in their dreams, or enters a building they’ve dreamt about before.

Posted in High School on Oct 26, 2022

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“Jumping Hearts” by P Isaac

Submitted to Contest #103

It started with a butterfly. Michael wasn't one to believe in anything he couldn't see. When he was twelve, and his mother told him it was okay because even though his father had passed, he would stay with them in their hearts. It was okay because one day, they would all meet each other again in heaven. She was so very sure of it, told him how God would welcome them with love and warmth. That day, Michael had fractured something between them, when he told his mother that his father was just a corpse buried six feet under, was just some s...

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“Mechtat (Dream) Building” by Eve Y

Submitted to Contest #103

When you’re a kid, being “creative”, “imaginative”, and “full of crazy” ideas gets you places. People may compliment you for coming up with the strangest things or proposing the most arbitrary plans. You could create a paper rocket, throw it into the air, and your parents would tell you that, one day, you’d make a real one and shoot it to the moon.  Unfortunately, at the end of the day, an idea, no matter how “imaginative”, is only an idea, and a paper rocket, well, it’s just a paper rocket, nothing more.  And I guess I had to ...

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“Moon's domain” by Ilham Pasawa

Submitted to Contest #103

The black night sky was devoid of the moon and stars, and the owls seemed to be shouting from afar. Wind rumors compelled the branches and leaves to dance in the darkness of the universe.Husen drew the blanket higher with his hands on the bolster pillow until he fell asleep and drowned in his dreams. The atmosphere that night was extremely unusual; the moon, which had never been seen before, suddenly appeared with a larger diameter than usual. Husen gazed at the moon from beneath the shady leaves of a banyan tree. He no longer requires a bla...

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“The Reoccurring Dream” by Anna Kerr

Submitted to Contest #103

Have you ever gotten the feeling you’ve been somewhere before? Even though you’re fairly certain you haven’t been? No? Just me? Let me clarify.  It started for the first time in the tenth grade. I can still remember the day like it was yesterday. I had woken up that morning, full of energy from a great nights sleep. Little did I know, it was the last great sleep I was going to have for a very long time.  I remember the delicious smell of pancakes, dripping with a sticky syrup that made my stomach grumble with delight. I remembe...

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“Level 8” by Marie Daike

Submitted to Contest #103

I drove down the interstate, rooftop down, wind flowing through my hair, vibing to the synthwave that emitted from the radio. It was your typical Monday, but strangely without the traffic congestion. The sun’s heat beating against my caramel skin, a layer of sweat began to build. Looking up for a moment, my eyes squinting in the sunlight, multiple aircrafts zoomed across the pink-orange sky in the direction of the city that I was inevitably headed towards.  Oh God, what now?  Every few weeks it’s the same thing. Aliens attacking, b...

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“The Ghost of Her” by Ambar Sánchez

Submitted to Contest #103

Lily was her name. She was named after her mother’s passing, but she was just a baby to remember her. And eight years later the young Lily died as well, as if the name carried a curse within the family.Lily was the younger of four children and they all lived with their father, a man who stand up after his wife’s passing only to take care of his children, but he could not handle the grief after his daughter’s dead.The other kids of the family were the twins, Thomas and John, they were only nine years old when their little sister died. Alice w...

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“The Man of Her Dreams” by Kathleen Shapona

Submitted to Contest #103

It was a cold gray San Franciscan night, rain was starting when Kat came upon the aftermath of a car accident on her walk home from work. She watched how the paramedics lifted one of the drivers with precise movements into the back of the ambulance. The sight of blood unhinged her and she swiftly made her way home. Removing her coat, she went straight to her bedroom, a migraine was coming on. She laid on her side trying desperately to get the images of the car scene out of her head. A meditation practice she learned was counting backward fr...

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“Taramati” by Rini Basu

Submitted to Contest #103

 The first time my eyes fell on the fort I was stupefied. How could this be possible? I've seen this fort so many times in my dreams! I pinched myself to see if I was not dreaming again. But no, I was wide awake, and there was my husband Ani, waiting at the ticket counter to get the entry tickets to Golconda Fort in Hyderabad. It was a pretty hot day. I moved away from the queue and stood under the cool shade of a banyan tree. Soon Ani got the tickets and we entered the fort. I wondered if the interior of the fort would also resemble...

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“evening alley” by Inkstained Introvert

Submitted to Contest #103

“I told you to stay away from the back. Someone will see you.” “You will. How else are you supposed to find me?” Wade sighed. “You’re going to get caught. And that’s not going to be my fault.” “If you say so.” Addon emerged, head-first, from under a woody jumble of dirty shipping crates. “All clear?” “If it wasn’t, you’d be in danger, stat.” “All clear, then.” Addon stood up and did a complimentary quick pants-brushing. He punched the side of Wade’s arm. “Love you too.” Wade had never actually said the L word, i...

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“The Store” by Robyn Jipp

Submitted to Contest #103

The building is what is referred to as pueblo style, with adobe walls and a domed roof. It does not seem at all to belong in this run-down residential neighborhood populated almost entirely by carelessly tended mobile homes planted in the middle of untended overgrown patches of weedy lawns. There is no signpost standing beside the building, nor awning over the front door. Rather, THE STORE is painted directly above the glass door itself in tall uneven black letters. Don’t ask me what it is that possesses me to walk up to that glass door...

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“Three” by Alex Marion

Submitted to Contest #103

A mysterious man came up to me in one of my dreams. He was wearing a soaking wet cloak and a huge hat covering the top half of his dim face. He reached for my arm and bent over, whispering something into my trembling ears. "Your life has been measured with words. You've got three more left before you die. Use it wisely while you're out there in the waking world. Your entire life and relationships may or may not depend on that, but it is up to you to determine where your last words go. Good luck." I woke up catching my breath. I felt damp...

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“To Be Awake” by Jam Aboy

Submitted to Contest #103

I found myself walking in the silent corridor of the building. The second floor was too quiet. It is only me and the hushing wind. All classrooms and dormitories were empty; all were messy. I try to walk and walk until I reach the side stairs. I suddenly stopped. I do not know where I am going. Likewise, I do not know where I started. My mind is in blank space; there is nothing to hide, there is nothing to be seen. I had goosebumps because of the place. I felt cold, and it gets more intense as the wind passes through me. The last mark of win...

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“What's Wrong with my Wife?” by Tanner Burke

Submitted to Contest #103

It’s midnight in Mexico and I can’t be sure, but I think my wife just tried to kill me. We’ve been married only three days and I haven’t figured out her quirks yet. Still, I am very much afraid of my wife. Her name is Abigail. It was very recently that I realized her name is terrifying and I hate it. We met in school while I was studying painting and she was finishing medical school. Abigail specialized in neurology and my work consisted of paintings of old people eating various pastas. She pioneered a new procedure for removing brain tumor...

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“The Golden Beach of Dreams” by Kathleen Manarang

Submitted to Contest #103

Maggie reached the magical town of Namaskara by nightfall. The Golden Beach of Dreams was said to be located deep within the heart of town. Her Waze app stalled as her phone lost all network signal when she crossed the boundary between the city and the town. Doubt and fear started to creep in, but she pushed the feelings away.It was even a miracle that she found the town at all. Namaskara was said to be visible only to those who were seeking it. It came up in her Google search as she was looking for ‘outrageous, unique places to go on a solo...

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“DREAM COME TRUE” by Sivaram Govindaraj

Submitted to Contest #103

(This story is set on earth’s twin planet GAIA2 which is younger by about 800 years and is evolving.) Ruma was young and shapely. Attired in a pareyou the usual wear of that land, she looked stunning. She was very bold and adventurous and often wondered about life beyond her native Ruby Isle. That was because she had never travelled anywhere as her family was very poor. If asked, her friends would say Ruma was very imaginative and very sociable. That festival day, she with her parents participated in a community dinner.  Back home late,...

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