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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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“Is it just me or..” by Jane Kingsley

Submitted to Contest #103

The scene unraveling was oddly familiar, similar to the dream I had last night. This wasn't supposed to bother me because I was a mental case already, majority of the things I dreamt about came true, but this was bothering me because the end of my dream last night wasn't good and I was just about to sleep. The flickering of the lights didn't end and I was certain a blackout was coming soon, just as it was in the dream. I grabbed my phone from the bedstand and hid under my duvet, I was in the same place I was in the dream- in my room under ...

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“To Remember You” by Alysha Atah

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I hope I do not wrong you when I wrote this. It is genuine.Sometimes, I forget my age.Sometimes, I change my name.Sometimes, I don't want to know how I look.Sometimes, I don't want to talk about it.Other times, I rely on my age regarding my maturity.Other times, I rely on my name to be remembered by other.Other times, I rely on my looks to be given attention.Other times, I want to talk about it.When I think about sleep, I often thought of peace. A long awaited sleep, reward of the day. My dream greeted me like a war hero. I admit I am so fon...

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“The Crooked Hotel” by LM Konkel-Dixon

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Where can you go to get cotton candy straight off a tree? The same place where you can fly, breathe underwater, and have conversations with mutant fish. Your dreams. Or at least, Keely Branshaw’s dreams. She was always a unique child with a vivid imagination, and she had a flair for being dramatic that made recess quite the experience for the other children. She never failed to make up a good story, whether it was racing polar bears across the tundra or taking a hippocampus (at the time, she just called it a water horse) deep under the sea. ...

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“Little Van Girl” by Lee Jay

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Long dirty blond hair swirls behind her – the silhouette of her strong shoulders, tiny waist, and curvaceous hips leave an imprint in my plyable mind. I can't look away: I want to know her.There is an orange van with a paisley garden painted along the doors. A long drawn-out car horn through the strings of a violin charm my ears. Finally, a bead of cold sweat drips from my brow to my cheek. It feels like a sweet kiss from her, but now I’m awake and she is gone. The morning knows my routine: I hop ...

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“Crazy.” by Charlie Newcombe

Submitted to Contest #103

He stood over me, the dim light flickering just out of focus. His greasy black hair was plastered to the sides of his face with sweat. The left side of his face was bright red, as though he'd been slapped. His emerald green eyes were wide and crazed, staring deep into my soul. I was terrified, tears streaming down my battered, bruised and bloody face. My cracked lips parted slightly to plea for mercy from the lunatic in front of me. No noise exited my broken mouth. My captor's finger pressed softly to my mouth before he leaned in and whisper...

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“The Attacks Came” by Candice Lango

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I was a whining apathetic little girl. I was always hanging on to someone else like a burr caught in fabric. I wasn’t brave, and I didn’t scamper or play. I never ran or shouted. Listless and pale, I mostly cried. The elders said it was because I was more sensitive to the world than the other children. I could sense the trees; woes, they said. I think I was just a spoiled and ignored little girl, nothing more. I remember I spent most of my time sitting and moaning about some imagined ache that was in my head or my legs. When I was content I ...

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“Dancing Willow” by Hannah .

Submitted to Contest #103

Elizabeth was an average child. She liked reading fantasy books, loved learning about astronomy, and most importantly, music. There was something magical about music that she simply couldn't resist.  Elizabeth lived in Oxfordshire, England. Her parents had died in a chariot ride just a few weeks after she was born. Four-year-old Elizabeth now lived with her grandmother, who was a little forgetful. Sometimes she would forget about Elizabeth’s homeschool lessons, and Elizabeth herself would much rather catch butterflies in the garden tha...

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“Meet Me At The Bookstore” by Alessandra Lanno

Submitted to Contest #103

I hit snooze. Not once, but several times before the light come from my window is too bright to ignore. What I rather do is tuck myself tighter in my bedsheets and feel the chill of the air conditioning. I can fake a cozy Fall breeze and have excuses to wear my favorite sweatshirt. I’m tired of the heat. The background of the TV plays in the background as I groggily make my way to make a cup of coffee. I toast the only two toaster waffles left in my freezer and clean the cluttered table from the night before. Crumpled pieces of paper, spra...

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“Amber Or Josephine?...” by Dibsysgsvn Dibwyshv

Submitted to Contest #103

The day was bright and beautiful as I entered the beautiful golden gates. Huge mansion came into my view which was surrounded with beautiful trees. I heard laughing and giggling, so I followed the voice. I saw a beautiful girl and a handsome man dancing with each other. She has green eyes and platinum blonde hair. She was wearing a white gown. The man on the other hand has brown eyes and ginger hair. He was wearing a white suit. They both were dancing barefoot with each other. Their laugh and soft music playing the background filled the a...

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“Finding You” by Kathleen M.

Submitted to Contest #103

Every night I have dreams. Sometimes they’re about Before, and other times they’re about the Way Back. I do everything in these dreams and unlike reality I was never alone. There was always a person with me. They changed every time, but I knew deep down that they were the same person. We slayed dragons while wearing clunky suits of armor, and we protected villages which became towns, and those became cities. We explored abandoned buildings together, but not like the abandoned buildings Now, the ones from Before. We were always together, no m...

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“Cliffside Romance” by Sage F.

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TW: death, drowning A pair of alluring bourbon-colored eyes was the last thing he saw before his alarm began to shriek, waking him up from a bottomless dream in the early hours of Sunday. Javier reached to his phone on the mahogany night-table near his bed and pushed the power button gently. The dark screen lighted up, its bright luminescence made him squint. A jolly picture of him and Ellie, his fiancée, was taken last year on a boating trip in the Rhine. His affectionate, fierce, and beautiful Ellie, who has left him far too early. He even...

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“In Search of Sal Blumenthal” by George Georgerfrost@gmail.com

Submitted to Contest #103

It’s always the same.  I am walking in this garden and there he is sitting on a bench reading poetry by Charles Bukowski.  As I pass, he reaches out and touches my hand very gently and says, “Excuse me, are you Sal Blumenthal?  I am Carl Kranz.” Problem, my name is Jarod Hipple, not Jacob Blumenthal. “Sorry, you must have mistaken me for someone else.” I smile as his dark eyes open wider behind his round rimmed glasses as if I had said something to offend him.  The flowers become brittle.  A wind blows the pedals ...

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“The Boy” by Pearl Dismeddale

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It was a huge, stained glass gate that she dreamt. She needed to get into that building, with an urgency and hope that, even in her dream, almost scared her.She had no idea what was on the other side, she just knew she had to get in, she had to see.She could not get in. And there, on theother side, here he was: pale, dark-haired, dressed in black. He looked at her a nd was indifferent -- or so she liked to believe, even now, years, andheartbreaks later.It was a dream; and since she couldremember every single detail of it, it would probably c...

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“My lucky alarm clock” by Arinjoy Chakravorty

Submitted to Contest #103

A very odd stone building stood in front of my house. It looked as if it was built during the Victorian era! I entered and a saw all the furniture but a chest took my attention. I expected some diamonds or gems to be inside. I was about to open it when... BEEP, BEEP, BEEP. I jumped and saw myself standing over my bed. It was 7:00am and my bedside clock had triggered the alarm. I had been dreaming all this while. This was sheer bad luck! I was about to open that chest, who knew I would be rich but that did not happen. I was thinking that I mi...

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“Paint You A Picture” by Margot Pierpoint

Submitted to Contest #103

Down the street, only three blocks away from mine, lies a big dark house with windows that are always shrouded in shade, even when the sun is out. All the kids on the block avoided it. Except on Halloween night, when all the kids dare each other to ring the doorbell. I never accepted the challenge, even when my friends called me names. I knew better, there was something off about the place, some kind of weird smell hung around the place like a molding blanket you wrap around a poor child. Plus I’ve seen the signs that others haven’t. The kid...

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