Write about an elderly character who was part of a historic movement years ago.

Posted in Historical Fiction on May 19, 2021

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“1:20AM” by Isabelle Saadatmand

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“I never thought that a woman throwing a brick 50 some years ago would change the world, but now I know it was a night I was lucky to have witnessed.” My grandchildren lean in, excited to hear the story as my daughter smiles at me proudly. I smile back. “I learned a lesson that day I don’t think I’ll ever forget.” I continue, turning back to the bright-eyed children, and the couple of teenagers who are kindly pretending to be interested. “I was a woman of 23 years, and my eldest daughter,...

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“A Memory Best Forgotten” by Greg Gillis

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Content warning: holocaust, abuse Laying in his hospital bed awaiting the angel of death to visit, Stanislaw Kowalski held onto the hand of his grandson, Sherman, and shared a story about a time gone by but not forgotten. Warsaw, Poland: 1942. Fourteen-year-old, Stanislaw was out in front of his family’s four-story apartment complex. He and his friends were playing a game of kick-the-can when a loud rumbl...

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“FOR GOD AND FOR COUNTRY” by Dolapo Omoleme

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The bustling crowd that piled into Central Square was made up, majorly, of youths from Capital University and their allies from around the country. The state police had been defiant initially, confident that the threat of violence and death would be sufficient to keep the crowd in check. That quickly changed when the magnitude of the crowd became clear. They reluctantly backed away from the advancing crowd, all the while calling for backup, which proved insufficient when it came. The crowd was armed with placards and banners boldly display...

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“I have witnessed” by Crazy ✌️

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I have witnessed people die, the same people we are celebrating today. I sigh, there’s nothing else I can do. Everyone thinks they are remembering them, but what do they remember? Do they remember how Arthur’s favourite colour was purple? Or how James used to drop his stuff all the time? Or even what colour Tim’s eyes were? No. They don’t remember anything, not the day of their deaths, not all the pain they went through, nothing. This is so frustrating, I should be sitting at home reading, in front of a cosy fire and some hot cocoa. Then I c...

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“February 21st.” by Sandra Claros

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Thursday, February 18, 2016. "The President of the Republic has called a Referendum to consult with the population about the approval or rejection of the constitutional project that allows his fourth consecutive re-nomination to the presidency, according to a reform guided by the situation of Law 168 approved with the difference of only one I voted during an extraordinary session of the Constituent Assembly, when the assembly members were in recess "- say the news of today's newspaper, Ernesto commented to the grandparents, Huasca...

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“Anzakku Tales ” by Bernard Shapiro

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The three figures huddled in the night chill. Hentley, old and bent, tossed the crushed can into the fire and looked across at the ex-indentured Message Runner.The young man gestured at the sheepskin-clad Eurasian face with blue eyes crumpled by the fire."Is that why you keep this one along?""He just follows me everywhere; I appreciate the company. I hear the 'collectors' are nosing around.""Yeah. I hate those patrols. Seen a few dragged off. They don't come back. Were you in Liberty Square when the shrine fell in on February 22nd...

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“Noisy on the Eastern Front” by Andrew Grell

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NOISY ON THE EASTERN FRONT “So, is this like Cool Runnings? America will play Gorodki? Who in America, exactly, will play this game? And why? Russians left Russia so they don’t have to throw sticks to play, like dogs to fetch, in America, we can bowl, golf, shoot hoops, sorry, is that right? Is that what you do in Basketball,” Olezka Denisovitch complained; he wanted to be the consummate Yankee. “It’s not at all like Cool Runnings,” Boris Earpinsky explained. Wynnewood, Pennsylvania is only four degrees of latitude...

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“A Confession” by Elena Malone

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It’s lying in the center of my plate, limp and green, its heart stabbed by the tines of my fork. Steam rises from its salted surface and assails my nostrils. It smells of wet afternoons in Grandpa’s garden when the sky is grey and the black soil smells sour with horse dung and cabbage leaves. Afternoons when my knees are raw and muddy and the east wind from the Channel is burning my eyes and making them water but I can’t complain because Grandpa is glowering under his rain hat and forking manure into a fresh pile at the bottom of the row – o...

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“COUNTRY ROADS” by Ogechukwu Anyaso

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It was the normal harmattan season and I was spending my Christmas holiday in the village as the normal tradition. We didn’t go anywhere else. ‘The harmattan wind is harsher this year’ the adults always said, but I didn’t understand what they meant all I knew was that there was sand and all my cousins to play with, there were streams to run to and even goats to chase and that was all I cared. That morning I was having my bath outside behind our house. Bathing outside was usual because the two bathrooms in our small old rickety house were fa...

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“The Comfort Women in the Philippines ” by Abby Mapoy

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The Comfort Women in the PhilippinesOn December 7th 1941 on Pearl Habor Japan occurred the Philippine for 1942-1945. The Philippines is have a traumatic experience and the government have no power against with Imperial Japan occupied the Commonwealth of the Philippines during World War II . The most victims of the Japanese is the comfort women. The woman kidnap and rape of a week or a month with the many Japanese soldiers. The probably victims is a thousand women and girls taken and put into military sex-slave camps.Here is the testimony of ...

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“The unlikely historian” by Bob Menaces

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Usually when he took the bus Cliff would be sitting in the middle beside Rosa. This was the 1950’s so segregation was still a thing. Normally when someone black would sit in the front of the bus the bus driver would immediately tell them to move to towards the back. Rosa and Cliff were friends for years and she would always have fresh baked muffins for him to try as she would create different flavors such as; oatmeal raisin, blueberry, banana nut, and strawberry. On this particular day Cliff just so happened to sit at the back of the bus and...

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“Turning Pages” by Sey M

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If it were up to him, Ron would set fire to all farms and start them anew. There was too much poor planning and derelict roads around them for his liking. His SUV crawled up the hill. The stormy night had cut up the earth road and made it slippery. This didn’t faze the car as it soaked up the bumps and crevices while maintaining impressive traction. A sedan wouldn’t have managed the climb. Over the crest, the farmhouse came into view. It looked the same as it had eight months ago when he last visited. The aged stone-cut walls. The low-...

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“Mrs Agatha ” by Philip Ebuluofor

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Am not so sure then in Biafran land if there was 50 people that can read anything written in any language, including igbo language 40 percent. British colonial Masters on their part couldn't speak igbo language 20 percent, yet, they were the ones that came out with written form of it. I was wondering how one can write 100 percent language one found difficult to speak 20 percent. To breached the gaps, force, injustice, disrespect had to marry, for the culture and traditions of the people In question warrants that indirect rule was t...

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“The Bat” by Mike Garrigan

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“Malcolm, your 9 o’clock is ready,” Natasha said. “Refi?” I said. “Yes, single borrower, well-dressed, unmarried.” Natasha sighed, paused, and returned to the front reception area of Inglethorpe & Cavendish. My office was tucked away on the third floor of a three story building that was nestled between two 12 story high rises on Elm Street. Mr. Inglethorpe arrived precisely at 10 am everyday. Mr. Cavendish, on the other hand, usually stumbled onto the golf course by 10 am but always arrived by 1 pm, stinking of gin. T...

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“Tell Me A Story” by Katelynn Laird

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“Grandma, tell me a story,” the little girl pleaded. It was a familiar wish. At the age of six, she was insatiably curious. And her grandma always had the best stories. The best part, she insisted every one was true. The old woman nodded, settling down into the large easy chair in the living room and brushing her faded gray curls out of her face. “Alright, little one. Which story would you like to hear?” No matter how many times she told each story, her granddaughter insisted on hearing them again, enraptured upon each retelling. And so, th...

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Write about an elderly character who was part of a historic movement years ago.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 134 stories

“1:20AM” by Isabelle Saadatmand

“A Memory Best Forgotten” by Greg Gillis

“FOR GOD AND FOR COUNTRY” by Dolapo Omoleme

“I have witnessed” by Crazy ✌️

“February 21st.” by Sandra Claros

“Anzakku Tales ” by Bernard Shapiro

“Noisy on the Eastern Front” by Andrew Grell

“A Confession” by Elena Malone

“COUNTRY ROADS” by Ogechukwu Anyaso

“The Comfort Women in the Philippines ” by Abby Mapoy

“The unlikely historian” by Bob Menaces

“Turning Pages” by Sey M

“Mrs Agatha ” by Philip Ebuluofor

“The Bat” by Mike Garrigan

“Tell Me A Story” by Katelynn Laird

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Write about someone who never planned to make history but is now about to deliver a speech in front of millions.

Write about a child witnessing a major historical event.

Start your story with someone entering a museum, and end it with them settling down to join a sit-in.

Start your story with a major news event breaking — one that will change the world forever.

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