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Write about a character, animal or human, who is reborn as something totally different.

Posted in High School on Oct 26, 2022

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“Metamorphosis, Again” by Masha Kamenetskaya

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Metamorphosis, Again It all happened because of that lunch when she ate pork. She knew she shouldn't have eaten that pork. She was a person with plans and intentions. She knew what in her life followed what. She thought she had a picture of her future in mind. She cared about her career and her private life in equal proportions. Both things were more or less under control. She slept enough, she traveled, she took care of her appearance. She was aware of what she was eating, too. Usually she was. And that pork was delicious, and the co...

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“The Sunshine Beneath the Starless Sea” by Henri S. Riddle

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Trigger warning: rape, kidnapping, body horror, murder I remember the sand was cold under my feet that night. I walked down to the shore with the strange, silver-haired man I had met the week prior, and it all seemed so romantic under the stars and the moonlight. The waves were roaring in the wind, but he tugged me towards the water anyway. “Did you see that! Is it a fin?” I had seen the signs on the boardwalk, bidding visitors beware of the creature lurking in these waters. “Are you afraid of sea monsters, niñita?” He asked, playfully shovi...

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“The Lizard King” by Allan Engle

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Sunlight filters down through the tall trees, down through the cover of the forest, where a lone beam strikes the rock where I rest. I bask in its warmth. It rained for an entire week and today the sun peers from behind the gray clouds. Today the forest shines brilliant, gleaming. It teems with life. Birds chirp and sing. The rain drips from the foliage above. Everyone but me, I suspect, missed the sun. Who likes rain for a week? Monotonous. Dull. Gray. Droning. I enjoy the rain. In the savannah, a weeklong rain would produce floods, swell...

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“Jeff” by Agris Engelis

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I woke up in a dimly lit room. I felt weight on my hands and ankles. I don’t remember what happened exactly, all I can remember are blood-stained walls and my own hand covered in blood. “Oh, I see you’ve awoken.” I looked up to see a woman in a lab coat. She walked closer to me with her notepad as she looked at me. “Tell me, do you remember anything?” I was still confused about everything. Why was I chained up? What happened. But the only thing I could say was. “Blood.” Hearing my own voice at that point startled me. That isn’t my voice, at ...

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“Chrysalis” by Bob T

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ChrysalisRobert Thorn"There are darknesses in life, and there are lights, and you are one of the lights, the light of all lights."― Bram Stoker, DraculaTotal blackness are my eyes open, Aria thought, although she could not recall her name. She blinked her eyes. Yes, they are open. She held her hand three inches in front of her eyes, nothing, just blackness. Am I blind? Where am I? Who am I? She felt panic rising within her chest. She was lying naked on her back. She sat up and felt around. Sh...

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“Lake Tahoe” by Teji Reve

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It began the day Tanuja dove after the dog into Lake Tahoe. Nothing dramatic happened. Tanuja held Yogi’s collar and did a survival backstroke with her other three limbs until the boat doubled back for them. Lucky for her, Dad had made her learn it during their annual summer trips to Tahoe and reminded her every year before she was allowed to cannonball into the water. Also lucky for her, she had her life vest on. The current wasn’t strong that day, but her teeth chattered. Tanuja hummed to herself, both as a comfort and to soothe Yogi, ...

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“Kimimi's Tale (from the Psyche Chronicles)” by Greacian Goeke

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I spilled out of a tiny purse in a sea of other green writhing commas. We hatched on the underside of a leaf where no one would notice and cascaded into the green planky sea below. Rolling around blind, trying to get a purchase on something, we sought a personal island of leaf to claim for a base station from which to survey and form a strategy. How to get enough to eat in a population explosion of four or five hundred siblings? Most of us would be supped up before sunset by hummingbirds and black phoebes who knew to watch the plates of leav...

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“Luna rebirth” by Rachel Aubertin

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Jet’s new body trembled uncontrollably in the dirt. It was much like his old form. The ragged rising and falling rib cage was familiar as it strained for cold air to quench the fire smoldering over his burnt lungs. He was overly aware of his raw throat and the distant but constant hissing of air through his gritted teeth. Rebirth, in Jet’s opinion, felt very much like death but with more agony.Everything about this body was recognizable, his clenched hands, curled feet…even the height of him hadn’t changed...yet. Only his blood felt alt...

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“The Reincarnation of an Endangered Species” by Denis Joseph

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The Reincarnation of an Endangered Species A series of strident ‘Shut-Ups’ echoed through the valley, and the gaggle of conversation amidst the attending delegates slumped into a murmuring buzz, before petering out into silence. It was the final day and the final hour before the summer break in the Parliament of Fouls. Yes, it was time for the Queen’s centennial Speech of the Year 1621. This was a special occasion that commemorated the anniversary of the first ‘landing’ of the indigenous Mauritian Pigeon Foul; an event that has been cel...

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“Unsinkable Molly” by Jeff Duke

Submitted to Contest #118

In the highest level of heaven, sat a throne made of light which emanated light reaching all corners of creation. The one who sat on this throne bore the name of “Ancient One.” Through this light, the Ancient One could see all of creation to work with it. On this day, the Ancient One sat there looking down on the earth with a concerned facial expression.  An angel who stood next to Him asked, “Something wrong Lord?” Speaking to the angel, He said, “Tonight I feel an angst coming from the planet that is screaming loud compared ...

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“Overshadowed” by Maycey Roberts

Submitted to Contest #118

An unwelcome hand scrapes down my back, waking me from my nap. I feel fur stand up rigid along my spine. My already glowering eyes open a little, and I roll on to my side and give my legs a little stretch. My smoky black paws creep out in front of me like the casting of a shadow; I lick them proudly.My human coos stupidly, and reaches down to rub my belly. I don't want to be touched there. My claws instinctively shoot out, swatting her arm away.“Owowow,” she whines, pulling back. She shoves me off of the chair angrily.I glare and run into th...

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“The Point of No Return” by Sharmila Shankarkumar

Submitted to Contest #118

Turn the page. Don’t ask me what happens next. I can only tell you what happened the last time. The last time I died. My Life as Fish, as recalled by a silverfish, 2 April 2000 Last time, I stepped off the curb, and a delivery guy, Orhan, Turkish, 23, recent immigrant through green card lottery, racing on his  bike, speeding the wrong way on Morton street, to deliver an order of shish kebabs and zucchini fritters to Number 52, Apartment 3B, slammed into me. The first me, the me that was reading while walking and not looking, little b...

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“Fat girl rebirth” by Simranjeet Kaur 894

Submitted to Contest #118

A girl named Sammy moved from a small village to big city for her studies . She pretends to be introvert but actually she was fun loving . she did not want to make friends  because of her looks . She was fat , small and facing acne problems and whenever she met anyone, they just make fun of her . So, she decided to hide herself because of criticism . she was good in studies and started focusing on studies in college .   Sammy always want to be Cinderella and she dreamt of princess who will come one day and take her f...

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“The Promise” by V.L. Ray

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It was the trees. Always the trees. There's something about sitting in their branches and feeling the breeze caress your cheek and lift your hair away from your face while the leaves whisper their secret language that you can almost understand. I grew up in nature and I always felt a kinship with it. The sun and moon, the deep thickets and open pastures, the crickets and frogs. As a child I believed that when I asked for a breeze on a hot summer day, the trees would oblige, and I'd thank them with a gentle pat or a glass of water when a ...

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“The Rat, the Boy and the Sun” by Zoe Watts

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(Trigger warning: death of an infant, not too graphic) Death did not bother the boy; he had seen so much of it already. It was el Sol who he truly feared, for el Sol knew this boy, and it knew his story. Being that it shone upon the world, it watched over every living thing: praising the worthy, sympathising with the poor, mourning the dead. It experienced life on an almighty level. It knew every tear, every laugh, every birth, every death. Hunger, thirst, pain, suffering. Chaos. Hence, while it loved the many, it occasionally lo...

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