Set your story on the eve of the first day back at school.

Posted in Kids on Sep 1, 2023

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“The First Last Day ” by Kiyana Marie

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My anxiety was starting to get worse than it had been for the last week. The last day of summer vacation has arrived. Every summer I was filled with hope that the next year of school would be better than the last, I would finally show up to school and shock everyone with my two-month transformation, and maybe next year I would have gained the confidence to talk to my peers, lose weight, get a boyfriend, be popular, next school will be the year I am noticed, I will finally be someone. The truth of the matter was, that was never going to ha...

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“Premature Puberty” by Tyler Leavitt

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Hector contorted his face as he pulled his nose to the side, flattening out his nostril. He carefully studied the line that ran along the base of his nose, connecting it to the rest of his face. With surgical steady hands, he dragged a cotton swab, soaked in rubbing alcohol, along the smooth valley, gathering up even the most infinitesimal speak of dirt and oil. Exchanging the cotton swab into his right hand he pulled his nose once again, this time to the right, and ...

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“School.....I had serious reservations” by David Nutt

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School…..I have serious reservations School, school I even dislike the word. As for the meaning, it was for me the nearest thing to a prison, full of rules and regulations. Endless lectures spouted out by boring teachers. Lunches that I am sure have a life long effect on your health. Now my parents were sending me to a boarding school. All the glorious, free summer days were in the past. Today was my last before being shipped out to boarding school. The day was full of dark angry clouds. I use the words shipped out with the saddening thoug...

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“School Again” by Lily Chao

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Last day of Summer I wake up and it’s the morning before my first day of school. No, it’s not my first time and it’s not my last. I’ve always wondered why it’s called “first day of school” when it is just a recurring thing until you graduate. Maybe, in a sense it signifies a new year and a new grade. But, does it all really ever change? I walk to my closet to pick out my clothes. People who live in the present call it the “last day of summer”, and people who live for the future call it “first day eve.” I take out my phone and go over my to-...

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Set your story on the eve of the first day back at school.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 34 stories

“The First Last Day ” by Kiyana Marie

“Premature Puberty” by Tyler Leavitt

“School.....I had serious reservations” by David Nutt

“School Again” by Lily Chao

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It’s the last evening of your vacation and you’re watching the sunset with your friends/partner/family, wishing summer would never end. But just as the sun dips below the horizon, you notice it returning in reverse.

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