Write about a character who was raised in a musical family.

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“The Reunion ” by Alex Morse

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I had an uncle who was a strange man. Alone, distracted and strange. Always keeping to himself and speaking rarely, he was none the less very dear to me. Some of my fondest memories are of him and his kind eyes, smoking a cigarette and reading to me when I was young. Or when he would play his favorite guitar, finger picking his nylon strings and looking off into the distance as if he could somehow see the song he was playing. My grandmother had played piano and there was always music in their house as he was growing up. My father told me abo...

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“Allegra Finds Her Song” by Lenore Butcher

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Growing up in a musical family was very difficult, but if you yourself weren’t musical at all, it was sheer torture. In Allegra’s family it was particularly hard, because it wasn’t that her family could play music. Not at all. Her family members were music. It lived in their voices. From the meekest whisper to the boldest shout and the most raucous shriek – every vocal tone had melody and rhythm as intricate as any concerto every played. &n...

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“An Obituary for Henry Kalmar VI” by Cara H

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IntroFrench Quarter Scene Magazine, February 2014Welcome, dear readers, to our special Ghoul Patrol issue, featuring an exclusive article by series creator and longtime FQS contributor Placid Calms, plus a reprint of his obituary for the one and only Henry Kalmar VI, our beloved Rainbow Brother forever. We hope you will enjoy this inside look into what we believe is going to be an exciting and deeply meaningful new television program with the potential to change lives. Ghoul Patrol will be filmed right here in New Orleans and will feature mu...

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“The Concert” by Marian Penman

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The Concert Music, sadly, was never my thing. Strange really, when you consider the talents of my parents. My mother was an opera singer, in great demand on the stages of Europe. My father played bass guitar in a rock band still stuck in the summer of ’69. It was assumed that I would sing, but by the age of five, they realized from the wildly inaccurate droning coming from my lips, I was tone deaf. So they sent me off for music lessons. I started...

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“Painted in Pitch” by Zahraa Dourra

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“That was flat Ary!”I turned the knob. Then I did it again, and again as she continued to bark at me from behind.It'd been an hour since I actually moved onto the next note in the song and I couldn't understand why this was supposed to be helpful. Ever since mom hired Abby as my private tutorer all i've been getting from violin practice was sore fingers and lowered self esteem. My train of thought was suddenly interrupted by a loud boom that generated from the next room. Great, I thought, just when I thought I could finally get some pe...

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“Caprice” by Unknown User

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‘What was it like?’ People always asked, ‘What was it like growing up in such a musical household?’ Elise shrugged every time, not bothering to answer, not wanting to answer, truthfully or otherwise. Oh, she supposed the ancient grand piano was magical in its own way, or it would have been if it were staged anywhere other than the cramped dining room filled with unpaid bills and empty pizza boxes. She had always believed it deserved somewhere prettier— some milliona...

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“The Genes We Get” by Clara Tripodi

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Before I start, it´s important to say this is a true story. Everything. Every family member and every talent. The lesson I learned is also real, and very important. Pay attention to that. My grandma was a famous pianist. When I was a kid, I used to sit in front of her piano and listen for hours straight to her playing and singing. She used to be the principal of a great musical school, but now her audience was reduced to one: me. She sings like an angel. I never asked, but her older brother was probably an inspiration to her: he has 3 album...

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“E Flat” by Rachel Fendrich

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He was surrounded by notes, and they were taunting him. Dozens of lined pages were strewn haphazardly around him, ensnaring Abraham in a tight circle of accusation. The quarter notes were now eyes, black as death and unforgiving, never shifting their gaze away from him. The eighth notes had twisted into sneers, the sixteenth notes snarls, with the white space between the beams shape-shifting into bared teeth. And the whole notes opened wide, screaming at him, bel...

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“Hope & Harmony” by Isla Vance

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Hope & Harmony What happened to my brother was the biggest cheat of all. He always was the brave one out of us siblings. If anyone would succeed at living life on their own terms, we all knew it would be him. I was not the least bit surprised when he announced to Mom and Dad that he was leaving Hope & Harmony (a misnomer if there ever was one.) I was only 11 at the time. Sammy was 20. But even then, I understood what it meant. His leaving made it a possibility in ...

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“The Piano” by Jeffrey Griffith

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As he ran his hand along the ivory keys, the boy couldn’t stop the repulsion that rose from within. Dust gathered on his fingertips, a testament of how little he cared about the piano. It sat in the middle of an uncomfortably pristine room, devoid of any colour besides white. Three large bay windows on the far wall revealed the ocean behind which arguably were the most interesting part of the room. It had been years since he’d played; the boy had refused to touch the pian...

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“The Musical Gauntlet” by Chantel Chamonix

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I hesitated for a moment at the front door. Should I knock? Ring the bell? Just walk in? Ugh, I was being stupid. I’ve walked through this same forest green door a million times. The sounds of laughter, music, and shouting were already echoing through the house. No one would even hear the doorbell if I did ring it, but once everyone found out that I’d rung the doorbell to my own house… well, no one inside would let me live that down. I swallowed hard. Looking over at my companion, I forced what I hoped passed for a smile onto my face, ...

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“Barney Blue ” by Unknown User

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“Grandpa I need you to explain to me why we are traveling to Massapequa.”“Listen boy, when I tell you I need to see a musical act, you never question me. This girl needs to be seen. You know when I have a feeling, you don’t ask questions but just follow it.”Yes, my grandfather is stubborn, but he lives music, almost having a sixth sense about it. In his day he was the premier finder of talent. He tells me stories of all the acts he found and there is this one legend that talks about. He tells me for some reason he was never able to lock...

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“Just One Step” by Chass Postert

Submitted to Contest #26

Christina Landon leaned over the edge of the roof of the highrise hotel and looked down at the brightly lit street below. She opened her teal cigarette case and pulled one out; putting it to her lips she lit it. She took a deep drag and let the smoke out slowly. Her brain was fuzzy from all the martinis and the random drugs she had taken; her head was spinning and her thoughts were dizzy. She’d come up to the roof to get some air and smoke. “Screw it.” Christina said and climbed up on the ledge; dangling her fee...

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“Now Distant Drums” by Vern Bryk

Submitted to Contest #26

Blame it on Buddy Rich. The Muppets, too. They’re responsible for this whole thing with Dad and the drums. Specifically, it was when the great jazz drummer Buddy Rich appeared on the Muppets show in 1981 and had a drumming duel with Animal. Spoiler alert! Buddy won.Dad would have been around ten at the time, but supposedly he had some kind of Holy Roller moment when watching it. You know, like, this is my destiny kind of thing. Obviously, this is all way before I exist so I got this all second hand. I did watch the now famous clip on YouTube...

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“Curtains” by Meryl Sigaton

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Curtains were dancing with the breeze, puddles outside were glimmering in the afternoon sun. It was naptime and after lunch. I was sprawled on our wooden floor surrounded with white sheets and stuffed animals. Whirring can be heard from the medium-speed fan on the table top across me, accompanied with the rich melodious tinge of a harmonica. I stared at the ceiling enjoying every note from my brother who was preoccupied with the small metallic box he touched upon his lips. This would go on for hours on end that I’d eventually fall back to sl...

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Write about a character who was raised in a musical family.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 49 stories

“The Reunion ” by Alex Morse

“Allegra Finds Her Song” by Lenore Butcher

“An Obituary for Henry Kalmar VI” by Cara H

“The Concert” by Marian Penman

“Painted in Pitch” by Zahraa Dourra

“Caprice” by Unknown User

“The Genes We Get” by Clara Tripodi

“E Flat” by Rachel Fendrich

“Hope & Harmony” by Isla Vance

“The Piano” by Jeffrey Griffith

“The Musical Gauntlet” by Chantel Chamonix

“Barney Blue ” by Unknown User

“Just One Step” by Chass Postert

“Now Distant Drums” by Vern Bryk

“Curtains” by Meryl Sigaton

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