Write a story that takes place across ten days.

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“A Time to Eat” by Writers Block

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All Purpose Flour Eggs Milk Cooking Oil Baking Powder Pinch of Salt Preheat oven. Mix dry ingredients together. Slowly blend wet ingredients into dry mixture. Stir until a ball of dough forms. Sprinkle extra flour onto surface. Roll out dough ball until half of an inch high. Cut uniform discs from dough. Place disc on lightly greased baking sheet. Bake in preheated oven. Periodically check for consistency. Remove baking sheet when discs have risen and golden brown. Allow resting time. Serve with desired jellies or jams. Eggs Pinch of Sal...

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“Three Little Kisses” by Marion Donnellier

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10th of April:"So this, said Arthur to himself, is what you have become: a fool, a cheat, a murderer." He looked at the blood being washed from the streets. At the very same time, the Lady O finally declared herself disgraced. Who would marry a lady with such a tarnished past? She would remain alone for the rest of her life.A tortured king once said jewels were more dangerous than woman and worth a thousand more than gold. For once, the king may have been right. It took ten days, for poor old Arthur's world to crumble. Of one thing he was ce...

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“Special Delivery ” by Tolu Odel

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August 12, 4:03 pm:Hello, your payment has been processed, and your shipment is on its way! You can track your order below.Electronic details submitted by shipper, expected delivery date is August 18. August 13, 5:01 am:Rodney loaded the last of the boxes and letters into the van, already feeling hot in the summer sun, which rose and set at unearthly hours. He put his water bottle to his lips, and when he finished drinking, there was a brown box right in front of him. Chuckling at his near mistake, Rodney put the package in the passenge...

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“The Evergreen Abyss” by Osmond Silva

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Day 1Dear Daniel Coale,I hope you have received this because we do not have much time. Something dark will befall this town in ten days. I do not know exactly what it is or how it will happen, but I know for sure that I and everyone in this town are in danger. Make sure you record everything you find out.Regards,Marcus SerratoDay 2Dear Diary, It seems that Marcus was being serious after all and it only took his brutal murder to convince me. Still, I have read the letter for the 20th time now and I still cannot make sense of it. It’s still va...

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“Ten Days to Hell or Health” by Sue Marsh

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Ten Days to Hell or Health Suzanne Marsh January 1, 2021 Dear Journal, Tomorrow I begin a new diet. Yes, I know I say that every year, and I fail miserably. Not this year, I am determined to take off at least ten pounds in ten days. How you may ask. Simple the No Sugar No Carb diet. I am also going to begin to exercise. This will be a first for the couch potato queen. You can bow to me later, after I complete the diet. The diet looks easy enough the exercise I am not so sure about. Somehow, I think I should have done this thirty years ago in...

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“The cow on the adventure” by Noah Morrow

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Early in 2017, I was touring Mexico enjoying everything a person could enjoy on a trip, having fun snorkeling and swimming. I had just finished going to the Akumal Monkey Sanctuary and was heading back to my hotel. On the way there, I passed by a barbed wire fence with a lot of land and 1 single cow off in the distance. I didn't think much about it but as I came closer, I heard someone say “excuse me, I wonder if I might ask a favor”. I looked at the cow and screamed and thought how is this ugly yet floppy eared cow talking to me? ...

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“Very Smart” by Tariq Saeed

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After dropping my husband at the Airport with the intimacy that he would join me in ten days in Murree. Than I drove straight to Murree. The total scenario of the way was fantastic. I would call it an aerial view. Lush green mountains.pine trees were spreading fragrance, colorful stripe fields in the mountains are the excellent technique of the growers. Some fields of yellow sunflowers and the mixing of green was very highly picturesque. Murree is a beautiful Summer resort since ages. Due to Express way stretched from Is...

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“10 pandemic days” by Pauline Childs

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My niece called in tears on Saturday. “They have closed school and we are doing something called NTI. (Non traditional instruction.) I just want to go to school and see my friends.” I tried to reassure her it was an over reaction And she would be back at school soon. I did my normal Saturday stuff. The grocery was bustling with Saturday shoppers. The recycling center was a hot mess which was typical. The grocery was low on toilet paper but I figured that a shipment had not come in. A few people were discussing this weird “China virus.” Not...

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“Caged” by E.F. Joyce

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7 November 1854 I grow increasingly weary of our arduous passage aboard the Penelope. Despite having resupplied two fortnights previous at the Cape of Good Hope, we have all but exhausted our food stores, save the salted meat, which, being as yielding as a hunk of shoe leather, is unsatisfying to say the least. On a more favorable note, it has not rained for quite some days. On this night, like most others, I prefer my solitary place on the rear of the weather deck, pondering the vastness of life in the dark waters of the slow moving sea. ...

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“The Daemon Lover, 2020” by Vanessa Waltz

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Somebody’s having her first night chatting with Jamie right now. He’s charming her and she’s already getting hooked. He’ll tell her that he likes women who smoke, and he will tell her how rare that is, to find a woman who smokes cigarettes in 2020. She will be pleasantly surprised, and she’ll open right up to him, and a few days in, she’ll comfort him when he tells her that his mom died when he was young, and she’ll think it’s sweet when he asks for her opinion on the sweater he might order.A week of morning messages, three hour chats, littl...

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“Nothing Up My Sleeve” by Maya Ad Astra

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August 5th I peeked around the corner at the crowd that had gathered in the middle of Latimer Square. At the crowd’s center, slightly elevated above the rest, stood Cyrus Graves. As members of the retrieval team, Mayweather and I had been tasked with bringing Cyrus back home. Since he had ignored all of our attempts to make contact, we decided to go for a more direct approach. “Gather around,” Cyrus said with arms outstretched over the crowd. “Men and women. Children of all ages. As you can see there’s nothing up my sleeve.” He pulled open ...

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“"An opening in the male butterfly's house"” by Daris Kajević

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There was once a male butterfly who decided to make a house. He made it and finished it after a while, but he didn't leave a single opening on it, and the light couldn't get inside. The house was filled with soft flowers and as such was very comfortable and fragrant, but that butterfly felt neither comfort nor smell. He lived like that in that house, in complete darkness and discomfort. One day, while flying around a flowery area with his friend, he sees a small female butterfly. He went back to the same place for a few days and always notic...

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“City of Sanctuary” by Navneeth N

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A.D 2049 Day 1 Beep! Beep! Beep! I raise my lifeless hand to silence the alarm on my phone. It thumps around the nightstand for some time before reaching its mark. Turning on my ancient iPhone requires several taps, and once it turns on, I check the WCM (World Coronavirus Map). Blobs of red dot the map, but a marker-which marks my location-in the middle of a clearing brightens up my face. “Excellent,” I mutter. No new cases nearby. I head on downstairs, feeling privileged to be alive for another day. The rest of the family is alr...

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“Out With A Bang” by John Walsh

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Trigger warning: suicidal thoughts December 22, 2020: Life is a meaningless chaos. It’s the second day of winter, a Tuesday, the randomest day of the week. I can’t take it anymore; I’m going to end it. I suppose the easiest way is to do an internet search for the over the counter medication that is most sure to kill me if I wash a handful down my throat with a fifth of vodka and go to a few pharmacies to get a stash. It would have to be an over the counter med: I have no prescriptions. I haven’t been to a doctor in years. As to street...

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“Peach Pit” by Soraya No

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I have a peach pit in my belly. Momma told me it’ll grow into a tree and sprout out of my mouth, she said it serves me right. She said I shouldn’t go around swallowing peach pits, but she said I shouldn’t spit ‘em out either. I don't argue with Momma. I can feel it in my stomach; out of the pit, itty bitty roots have wriggled their way out. Whatever I eat it takes a little bit too. I ate extra chocolate pudding at lunch when Momma wasn’t looking so it’ll grow big and strong. When I’m in bed all alone and my room looks the same with my eyes...

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✍️ 100 stories

“A Time to Eat” by Writers Block

“Three Little Kisses” by Marion Donnellier

“Special Delivery ” by Tolu Odel

“The Evergreen Abyss” by Osmond Silva

“Ten Days to Hell or Health” by Sue Marsh

“The cow on the adventure” by Noah Morrow

“Very Smart” by Tariq Saeed

“10 pandemic days” by Pauline Childs

“Caged” by E.F. Joyce

“The Daemon Lover, 2020” by Vanessa Waltz

“Nothing Up My Sleeve” by Maya Ad Astra

“"An opening in the male butterfly's house"” by Daris Kajević

“City of Sanctuary” by Navneeth N

“Out With A Bang” by John Walsh

“Peach Pit” by Soraya No

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