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Write a story that ends with one character waiting for the arrival of another.

Posted in Kids on Oct 26, 2022

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“Patiently Waiting” by Diana Wilson

Submitted to Contest #42

Write a story with one character waiting for the arrival of another.We all are aware of the loyalty that exists between many owners and their pets, devotion and love are expressed by dogs and their masters to each other, if they have been given a caring loving home. This is the story of a dog waiting for his friend.Nicky was a tan, black and white border collie/kelpie cross. He had been picked up from the pound at Silverwater when only a few months old. He had intelligent eyes and a tail that never stopped wagging. His tail was so lush and t...

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“Story of my life” by Stella Elewa

Submitted to Contest #42

Summertime. It comes and goes but last summer was one to remember In that magical time at the lake we thought summer would last forever... And in some ways it has. After lizzy's funeral we learnt that Time doesn't stop for anything not even love and summer was only temporary but those moments we shared were eternal. The pain of losing a sister was a grief even love couldn't overcome. The pain was overwhelming for both of us and after a well overdued talk brad and I realised now wasn't the right time for us. There had to be distance, a much n...

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“You Can Run - Epilogue” by Alex Langcake

Submitted to Contest #42

It was a beautiful day, with sweet birdsong and not a cloud in sight, but Kendra couldn’t bring herself to appreciate it. One of the brightest souls had been burnt out, and the world should have been crying with her. He always loved the rain. She choked back a sob. Now wasn’t the time, she would be able to let it out when she got back to their… to her room. The hole where he had been wasn’t just in her heart, and although they hadn’t known each other for long, she couldn’t imagine life without him by her side. Just waking up was pa...

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“Horse Parade” by David H. Fox

Submitted to Contest #42

I was sitting on the edge of my bed, completely naked, and the girl was completely naked, the blanket covering her body to her shoulders. She was sleeping, and it was 10 in the morning. It was hot, the worst kind of hot. I tried to get up, and open the window. As soon as I got up, the inside of my head burst in a thousand of tiny explosions inside my skull. I made a groaning sound, as my head was a bobble-head for a good minute and a half. I made it to the window, opened it. The sun was shining remorselessly bright, and underneath it I felt ...

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“The Endurance” by Cat Buoncore

Submitted to Contest #42

A beautiful ship, The Endurance: long, sleek, and bound for the West Indies with a belly full of much needed trade-goods. Henry didn’t concern himself with the particulars of the cargo; he was off to sea for the first time in his 17 summers, and little mattered as much as that. He arrived early to the bustling port. In the soft light men grunted and stumbled, crates passed from hand to hand, and the wind fluttered rigged sails. Henry spotted The Endurance lashed to the end of the pier. Eager, he lunged forward, colliding with a stout gr...

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“Waiting for You” by L. Williams

Submitted to Contest #42

11 months. three weeks. five days. and 15 hours. That’s how long I’ve been waiting. And you think with me having waited this long I could surely last another 20 minutes. But no. See, get to know me and you’ll be surprised I waited this long. I am the definition of short attention span. It was easy to ignore it in the beginning, but the gaping black hole in my heart was always there, always ready to strike. Missing someone is strange. You go through what I have identified as 4 different phases. Denial. This phase tends to last for about ...

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“The Happy Skipper” by Edward S.

Submitted to Contest #42

Marci was only fifty-two. Her dark hair was still sexy with curls in a ponytail. She knew her daughter’s boyfriends still looked at her when she walked away, because she was in shape and had a booty; plus she watched porn sometimes and knew that there was a market for her. Still, Marci noticed changes in her face recently. Her skin was still amazing for a woman her age, so that wasn’t the thing. You could not break your mother’s back walking blind-folded across her smooth, yet classically tough face, but her reflection had been bothering her...

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“Hercules” by Phoebe Neighbour

Submitted to Contest #42

‘Finally, sweet freedom at last,’ Hercules thought to himself, grinning. ‘I’m not a prisoner anymore, I can pursue my dreams!’ Hercules had spent years watching a snapshot of the outside world, crying out for his chance to be in it, and now it was finally here. The door had been opened for him. Well, it had been left open, but Hercules could recognise divine intervention when he saw it. He trotted along the road now, the grainy bitumen leaving an imprint in each foot. The world was his to explore. Bright and frightening blurs of colour spun ...

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“The River Walk ” by Bonnie McD

Submitted to Contest #42

“If you go to the river alone and Adze will get you.” Grandmother warned me of many things that would come for me if I did not listen, and so I listened. Of all the monsters, the Adze scares me the most. I’ve seen one with my own eyes. You have probably seen one too, but you did not know what you were seeing.  Amatefe promised to catch one and use it to get back at our teacher. She was horrible. When we got the spelling words wrong, she would shout and make us stand on our tables. Amatefe got them wrong every week. Sometimes I got ...

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“Faith and Hope Make a Waiting Man” by Ayra Siddiqi

Submitted to Contest #42

“I promise I’ll be back.”Norton’s grip on his father’s shoulders tightened. His own shoulders seemed to sag under the weight of those words. Would he really be back? Could he even dare to hope that he would?Mr. Reed sat there, his eyes blinking in monotony. It took a few more seconds for the words to fully register. Mr. Reed was old. He was seventy-odd years old. The skin of his hands was translucent. His blue-green veins were prominent. As clearly visible as his sky blue eyes. Fading but intent. And where everything else had withered, the i...

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“Another day in Paradise” by Celeste Kuun

Submitted to Contest #42

She remembers hiding under her bed when her mother reached for the bottle of whiskey. From a very young age, she knew that the amber contents of the bottle would soon result in an argument between her mother and her mother’s boyfriend, Arthur. So Ashley became familiar with the dark places in her house. She clung to the shadows, as one would to a life preserver. Shadows became her friend. The less the grown-ups saw her, the better. Ashley’s life mimicked the chaos at home, as neglected children’s lives often did. She often brawled ...

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“Rich and Ready ” by Nancie Griffiths

Submitted to Contest #42

Disclaimer: - This is the first Romance story/novel I've ever tried to write.It was back to reality. Alarms going off. Working all day. Ready meals for dinner and Bed. The sound of Alexa stroked Martins ear as the morning awakened. It was the beginning of the first day back to work after the summer break and just to make it clear, Martin is not a morning person! If money got handed to Alexa about hearing the word snooze, she would earn thousands just on morning alarms. After around 15 minutes of extra sleep, Martin told himself that it was t...

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“An Accident” by Lois Loxley

Submitted to Contest #42

It is raining. Big, heavy droplets that clatter against roofs. A perpetual mist that coats everything in moisture. Enthusiastic splashes of filthy drain water as cars drive through puddles. The constant and stressful flick of windshield wipers, squeaking and streaking and pushing water out of the way and onto the street. The asphalt shines with oil and water, a mixture that catches the weak winter light every once in a while, and throws back a tepid attempt at a rainbow. He thinks he might be the only person on the footpath with eyes attuned...

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“HAPPY DARK VALENTINES NIGHT” by Lea Vida DEL MORO

Submitted to Contest #42

It was a cold night of February 13 when i got my first rejection and my heart was broken into pieces. My long lost crush in the university dumped me because of my looks and now here i am in the dark and creepy cemetery. I used to talk to my older brother and told him all of my problems. He passed away when i was in elementary grade but every time i felt a terrible sadness i came here to get advice and it makes me relieve.           The dog keeps on howling that night when the full moon a...

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“First” by Sarah Gregorin

Submitted to Contest #42

Mama always said I was a born to lead. Daddy always said I was born for adventure. My best friend Carole, she said I was just plain selfish. I always had to be first. Didn’t matter what it was, I was always itchin’ for next adventure, an’ I was always first in line. Carole an’ I lived on the same block in our small town. We’d been best friends since before we could remember. You never saw one of us without the other. Daddy always said he felt like he had two daughters.  Summer vacation was our favorite time o’ year.  We would ...

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