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

Posted in Kids on Mar 30, 2021

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“The Visitor” by Jason Fox

Submitted to Contest #43

 Four years ago today, I had a visitor come to my house. It was a grey, overcast day, not rainy, just… dull. I remember making a cup of coffee early in the morning and not enjoying it very much. It was dry and flavourless, like the day itself. It was around 8:00 AM when I heard the knock at the door. The knock had startled me and I dropped my cup of coffee on the floor and the mug broke leaving a spill of dark coffee and ceramic pieces all over the damn floor. I go to answer the door; I thought I’d clean up afterwards. When I open the d...

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“An Alligator in the Milk Box” by E P

Submitted to Contest #43

Kate was just putting on her favorite striped sweater when she heard the doorbell ring. Still in her pajama pants, Kate rushed down the stairs. “Mom! Mom! Is the milk here? Is that the milkman?” “Yes, come help me unload it,” Kate’s mom called back. Kate loved Saturdays. Every Saturday morning, the milk was delivered. Kate liked milk just fine, but that wasn’t the reason she loved the milk deliveries so much. Kate loved them because the company that delivered milk wasn’t just a milk company. It also sold cookies. And Kate loved cookies. One ...

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“Memories -by FB” by Fun Brainz

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My Name Is Benjamin Snowden Meyer,I need to write this time down before I am gone for good. That is what she would have wanted. I guess I just got so caught up in her leaving, that I forgot to tell our story. Now it is my time and I will make sure not to forget again. Here it goes;So it was just a usual day for me and- no, No and NO! I didn't give you guys a setting, you don't even know anything about me, other that I am currently old and my name! So when I was 26 years old, I had my own little house in the urban area and I worked as an Arch...

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“The Magical Sweet Shop” by Reya Attri

Submitted to Contest #43

Jo and Tom were going over Breezy Hill for a walk when they saw a narrow path going off to the west that they had never seen before. “Hallo” said Tom, in surprise. “I’ve never seen that path before. Let’s see where it leads, shall we, Jo?” So off they went down the funny little path. Little did they know that it was going to be the beginning of a very strange adventure! After a while they came to what looked like a tiny village- just three or four cottages set closely on the hillside with two little shops in the middle. One of them was a fun...

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“A Celebration” by D J

Submitted to Contest #43

“I’m soo bored,” Gaia said stretching out on the carpet like a starfish, closing her eyes tightly. She moved her arms sideways, hitting me in the leg.“Me too,” I said, kicking her to make her stop.“What can we do?” she asked rolling over onto her tummy and looking up at me from the floor. My eyes were on the tablet in front of me, but I didn’t need to see her face to know her expression. I paused the game and sighed.“Well what do you want to do?” I asked tossing the tablet next to me on the sofa.She blinked. “I really want to play with our f...

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“Leaving never stops hurting” by Fae Moran

Submitted to Contest #43

I grinned as my Mum plonked a plate of golden, steamy and dripping with maple syrup pancakes on the table infront of me. Fresh strawberries littered the ceramic and the finest sprinkling of icing sugar covered everything.“There you go Mucky pup” she smiled and ruffled my already bed messy hair. I shook her off and dug into my breakfast.It was delicious.“Thankyou” my words were muffled with sweetness and I washed my mouthful of pancake down with orange juice. She nodded at me and then paused. A strange look crossed her round face and uncertai...

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“Tail Winds Animal Transport Co” by David Lastinger

Submitted to Contest #43

Tail Winds Animal Transport CoCaptain Andrew was a retired commercial airline pilot who had put in his years in the cockpit and had looked forward to retirement just like everyone else does at that time. After a year of playing golf, hanging out with all of the other retirees, and even eating at home fairly regularly, he was bored. He missed the action of being out and about and the freedom of flying.One of his pilot friends had a small plane just sitting in his hangar and not getting flown as much as he had hoped. Once he heard An...

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“Uncle Derik” by Phillip Allen

Submitted to Contest #43

The morning started out the same as any other, Alice opened her eyes and sat up in bed. She yawned and stretched. The smell of bacon, eggs and toast wafted into her nose. She turned herself on the bed and slid forward to put her feet on the floor. Stretching again, she stood and walked toward the bathroom. After her morning duties were done, she got dressed in her favorite jumper and made her way downstairs. As she approached the kitchen, the smells became more prevalent. She heard her tummy growl. Alice’s mom and dad were sitting at the tab...

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“The Bot” by Brandon Nixon

Submitted to Contest #43

ZzZzZzZ a taser churns. Somewhere, a quiet whirring in addition to a small fan powering on and off.Inside, wood tiles are covered in darkness. It’s the middle of the night. In someone’s home. This whirring gets louder now as a pair of small tracks roll by, resembling those of a military tank’s. Attached to these tracks is the body of one little robot, short, black and white, two eyes like binoculars sticking out of a hose-like neck. It looks around the room.Someone shouts, “Who goes there?” slurring their words.The little robot whirs around ...

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“Me Time” by Martin Buckell

Submitted to Contest #43

I lolled on the couch looking forward to an afternoon of back-to-back Netflix movies. I had everything set up: a bucket of popcorn, two litres of coke, double stacked cushions.The remote control was in prime position on the coffee table beside the couch, no more than an arms length away.My attire was loose and casual. I had made the effort of climbing out of my pyjamas and into jogging pants. Comfort being imperative for a marathon movie session.I had shut the blinds, drawn the curtains and turned off my cell phone, shut out the outside worl...

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“A Conversation With The King of Life And Death” by Matt Blissett

Submitted to Contest #43

Once we fed on other insects, waging glorious and terrible wars to sustain our way of life. We lived, fought and died in blind, blunt cycles of violent sustenance. Our ancestors wore mid-tibial spurs, able to gouge lethal wounds in the flesh of our enemies with a single swipe. Now, we have scopal hairs to gather pollen but still mutated by ancestral memories of perpetual war. We remember them even as we face extinction, fat and happy with pollen and nectar. Each queen fears they are the last. For those of us who serve, we do so with a d...

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“Just Right” by Damian Perry

Submitted to Contest #43

Note for the younger readers: a Bear in today’s society is a gay man who is big and hairy. Now read on.Goldy slid the crowbar into the slim gap in the old windowsill and lifted it with a small grunt, hearing the snap of the window latch breaking free. She cast a furtive glance around to make sure nobody was watching and then quickly slid the window open and slithered with a practiced grace through the entry and into the darkened house. Once inside, she stood up and pushed her dirty blonde hair back under her navy hoody. She’d heard that thes...

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“Aunt Matilda's Arrival” by Aditi Sriram

Submitted to Contest #43

Once upon a time, there was a girl called Daisy. She lived with her friends in an apartment in Florida. She was very famous because she was a good singer and because of her work she would never get to meet her family.Her fans would regularly come and disturb her.One day, she was watching T.V. then suddenly someone knocked at the door. She opened the door and started yelling because she thought that it was one of her fans who came for an interview or autograph. Then that person suddenly said that, "Dear Daisy, Why are you yelling at me? I'm y...

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“So Far, Yet So Near” by Ian McKerracher

Submitted to Contest #43

   The pancake-shaped spacecraft careened to a stop, up against an uneven hump in the middle of a stretch of featureless fall tundra of a foreign planet. Blag finally let his long-held breath out in a sigh of utter relief. It had been a timeless, harrowing descent to the planet with no sure outcome at the end. It was fortunate for Blag that this particular planet had been sensed by the few instruments left functional when the warning lights were the only illumination left in the cockpit after the explosion. Blag had read the m...

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“The Lamb” by Amanda Kelly

Submitted to Contest #43

   Karen swept her front porch, swinging the broom aimlessly back and forth. She wished for a hair tie; she was sweating buckets now. Her mother had made her do a bunch of chores, just because some random people that she worked with were coming over for dinner.  Come on! Karen thought madly. Why should I be stuck doing a bunch of chores for random people I don't even know?! She angrily finished the porch, leaving behind more twigs and leaves than before.     She stomped ins...

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