Write a story about an average day turned upside down by an unexpected visitor.

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“Where and Why” by Kathleen March

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"Not long after I was born, my mother started having health problems. I was never told what was wrong with her She was in the hospital somewhere, although she came home briefly a couple of times. I was too young to understand where she was or why. Those times she came back, she was very sad. I remember her eyes and the wrinkles around them. Then she was gone. So was my father." Ames Quentin punctuated the last part of the sentence with a stiffer jaw line and a small swallow from the glass that was sitting on the table in ...

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“Dead Fish Walking” by Natalie Strawbridge

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Gregory never expected his goldfish to come back from the dead.It had been a perfectly normal Wednesday, except that when Gregory went to feed his fish that morning, he was belly up, bobbing near the top of his tank, and obviously not hungry.The fish was named Bubba, and Gregory had acquired him in the way that most children become the owner of a goldfish: by winning a game at the school fair. Unlike all those other, weaker goldfish, Bubba lived to the age of 3, much to Gregory’s delight and his parents’ chagrin.Gregory’s mother had wanted h...

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“Visiter” by Mary Donahue

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There once was a little girl named Sophia. When she turned three out of no where her father left her and her mother and never came back. At the time Sophia was too young to understand. Ten years later it was Sophia’s thirteenth birthday and she had big party with about 20 of her friends. They were having a blast when suddenly they all heard a knock at the door. Sophia went to go check who was at the door. When she opened the door there stood a man with brown hair and light blue eyes just like Sophia. Sophia asked who he was and he had n...

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“Red Irises ” by Sandeep T

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Knock.Father returned home around midnight. Unexpected time of the year. My breathing is irregular now, heart pumping out of my chest. I'm in my perfect senses yet I can't help it.He's been dead for 12 years. I hear a knock. He keeps on knocking in a rhythm. I don't want to open the door. He looks at me taking his straw hat off, pulling his corduroy overalls tightening them. Red irises of his shining. A vacant expression on his face. Father never misses Eid. He comes along with the crescent moon. I'd be prepared to open the door that day wit...

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“Mr. Fixit” by David Dicaire

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Mr. Fixit It was a blue Sunday at the Marin’s. The grandfather clock chimed nine bells and not a creature was stirring. Marilyn awoke and was pouring rain and cold and windy. She looked depressed. She made her way down to the kitchen. Once there, she started the coffee maker and looked over the large board that listed all of the spring cleaning chores on the agenda for the day. The deal was that if it was sunny there were going out on a family picnic and no chores. But...

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“New Beginnings” by Writers Block

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Fog billowed over Lake Pontchartrain, which made it difficult for Jason Schriever to see as he steered his boat towards the dock. He took a morning boat ride over to a small island before the day became too unbearable. Jason slows the motor as he approaches the shore. The small island served as a wildlife refuge for indigenous animals and plants. He climbed out over the side of his boat, and ventured over to a live oak tree with Spanish moss dripping down from its limbs. This particular tree was also home to several bird nests. Jason looked ...

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“The Riders” by Arthur Tiberio

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On a humble street in the less interesting regions of Ans, Herbert Uen looked cautiously over the counter of his shop to observe a most curious clientele. They had congregated near the far wall, where the only decor of interest was a mural of a goldfish, and there were enough of them now massed that Herbert was beginning to suspect trouble. As the owner of a rescue center for the neighborhood strays, he wasn't the most accustomed to this sort of thing, but he'd read a few stories in the newspaper, so slid out from behind the counter with a p...

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“Tell It Like It Is ” by Joshua Hopper

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Maria nursed her fourth shot of vodka in her hands. As the warm sting surged down her throat, she marveled at her capacity to destroy anything that was good in her pathetic life. She slammed the shot glass down on the counter. “Another,” she commanded without eye contact. The bartender shot a slightly irritated look in her direction and returned with another shot, which she downed thanklessly once it was within reach. The burn from the vodka was starting to die down. Drinking now longer caused pain, but was filling her with relief. The godda...

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“New Life” by Ivy Moonlit

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It was 5 am, my alarm had yet to go off and I was groggy but I managed to get out of bed to answer the knock on the door. I was tempted to ignore it, nobody should be knocking at my door at this hour, anyone who knows me knows that, I figured it might be something important, or someone I could just send away and go back to sleep. I opened the door, unaware of my tangled bedhead and morning breath. “Hello?” I asked as I opened the door. “I need your help.” The voice chuckled an all to memorable laugh. “Mateo?” I tried to flatten my messy hair...

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“ Sìthiche's Lesson” by Kristine Murdock

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Away in a town, a bright, sunshiny town in the highlands of Scotland, with little rivers and brooks, there lived two little girls. One girl was called Elaine for her golden curly-top and bright laugh. The other was called Ahearn for her love watching the horses ride across the dewy fields in the morning. Ahearn had flowing hair that shone red in the sun when it blazed down upon their village. Her voice was soft, but not high, and her eye did not smile lest it be upon the leader of the herd. For what she wanted most in the world was to ride o...

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“Our Grounding, Your Fall” by Iona Cottle

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The doorbell rang, just about breaking through the noise of my Playstation. I looked up for an instant, trying to remember if Mum had mentioned anyone coming over. Maybe someone had dropped in as they were going past. Mrs Baker liked doing that, as did Gran."Aw man..." If it was Gran I'd have to stop playing video games. She'd always go on about how it 'rotted my brain' and 'made me violent'. Whatever. They teach better skills than knitting does anyhow. I mean, when am I ever gonna need to knit? That's what shops are for, geez.I started raci...

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“That's What You Get” by Magnet Marsdaughter

Submitted to Contest #43

It was not a dark and stormy night. It was, in fact, a light and peaceful day. Everyone in our perfectly normal family was doing perfectly normal things when an unexpected visitor arrived. I looked up from my addition busywork as the doorbell rang. The shrieks and giggles of Lennie echoed from the bathroom, accompanied by splashing and Mommy whooping and chiding as she tried to get the water on him and not the bathroom rug. “Mommy!” I shouted. Silence. Actually noise - splashing and yelling - but silence in respect of a reply. The ...

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“Aunty Hestry comes to visit” by David Drew

Submitted to Contest #43

“Mom, I don't want her to stay with us!” grumbled seven-year-old Huon as he toyed with his tuna sandwich.“Yeah, Mom,” added his older brother, “the house smelled for weeks of that oil of indication!”“It’s oil of embrocation, sweetheart,” replied Mrs Dawson. “And you’ve never even met Aunty Hestry. It’s Aunty Agatha you’re thinking of.”“Two more different people you could not imagine,” mumbled Mr Dawson, talking with his mouth full, "And the smell of Aunty Hestry’s oil is the least of our worries!”“Now my love, that’s not true,” objected...

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“An extraordinary average day” by Emma Lin

Submitted to Contest #43

Isabella Rose Garcia was the proud owner of 1,100 square feet condo at Arlington, Virginia as of March 1st. She called this place home with $2,300 monthly mortgage tag and hasn’t been happier with her decision; it was truly hers.From Brazil, Andrew and Patricia Garcia immigrated, under asylum, to the barbecue capital and tobacco with $900 and determination to start a new leaf in North Carolina. Her parents took on blue collar jobs--Andrew was a mechanic manager in a car shop two miles down the town’s supermarket where Patricia worked as a re...

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“AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR.” by P. Jean

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Last summer, my mother got very angry with me for insisting something had happened that she said was just plain “impossible” and I should grow up and quit telling white lies! Wow! It was terrible! She was more than annoyed, she was angry! I guess, maybe because I kept insisting it was the truth!It had been one of those really sticky, hot and humid summer days and I had finished my chores and it was just too hot to go looking for something to do. I sat on the back steps eating a popsic...

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Write a story about an average day turned upside down by an unexpected visitor.

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✍️ 111 stories

“Where and Why” by Kathleen March

“Dead Fish Walking” by Natalie Strawbridge

“Visiter” by Mary Donahue

“Red Irises ” by Sandeep T

“Mr. Fixit” by David Dicaire

“New Beginnings” by Writers Block

“The Riders” by Arthur Tiberio

“Tell It Like It Is ” by Joshua Hopper

“New Life” by Ivy Moonlit

“ Sìthiche's Lesson” by Kristine Murdock

“Our Grounding, Your Fall” by Iona Cottle

“That's What You Get” by Magnet Marsdaughter

“Aunty Hestry comes to visit” by David Drew

“An extraordinary average day” by Emma Lin

“AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR.” by P. Jean

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Write a story about transformation.

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