Write about someone who falls back into childish behaviors whenever they’re around their family.

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“Holiday Drama” by Korede Ojelade

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It's that time of the year again. Already, I'm filled with dread. Christmas dinner stopped being fun a thousand light years ago. What should be a season of love and cheer has become something characterized by trauma. I know with unerring accuracy how many days left till Christmas by the profusion of pimples springing up at will. I sit before my vanity damp from the shower, my hair tied up in a knot. Now I reach for the astringent. I observe my nightly ritual in vain. The blotches on my face will exit in the same manner they appeared, sile...

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“Count to Ten” by Erin Eschbacher

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When Tom sat down for Thanksgiving dinner with his mom, he knew it was going to be a long meal. For the past three years, he had always managed to find an excuse not to come. This year, however, he had messed up by one: teaching his mom how to use Facebook when she had pestered him about it, and two: by posting how excited he was for the long Thanksgiving weekend and how he had zero plans. "That's great to hear, sweetie! Can't wait to see you for Thanksgiving dinner!" his mom had commented, with lots of heart emoticons at the end. &...

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“The ruler of the Bakers” by Manu Jankus

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Every November, on the second weekend of the month, the Saturninus family held their annual gathering. Since Morton no longer lived with his parents, he had to travel a long way to attend this nearly formal meeting, which for him meant taking three ships to reach their remote island at last. He had no time to unwind at the time, as he had to study all day long since the final exams of the penultimate year at his university were nearing. Still, his mother would not permit her triumphant and cherished children, all five of them, three sons and...

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“Undetected dual personality ” by Sab Zahra

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If we look through the condition and mindset of Indian Muslims ,most of them are ruled by two things:what their clerics preach or what they have got in their lineage from Zamindari system .Islam does not talk about appearance or prayer only but gives priority to inner traits based on human psychology.But there is chaos everywhere when it is understood superficially just like it did in Mr.Khan's family .Sometimes people display themselves sophisticated and advanced by their clothes and living style ,but in reality they are the same caricature...

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“Pandora's War” by David Hilder

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Tonight was family night. No, not that family. The extended family. It was a night for tiptoeing around your aunt’s political views and pretending to like your cousins. It was a night for trying and failing to keep your kids from playing with their food. But worst of all, it was the night when Harvey would have to see his younger brother Derek. And that would have been enough. Harvey had been trying to get out of it all week. He tried faking a fever by hiding a hot water bottl...

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“Progress Makes Imperfect” by Siya Goswami

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Version One: Ahead of Her Time - Snow was an extraordinarily ordinary thing, yet Alana could not fathom how, each year, hordes of children endlessly yelped in delight, swords of ice disguised as glimmering crystals landing on their tomato-red noses with astounding gentleness. She could not understand the excitement, the exhilaration of something that would inevitably arrive every year, without fail. Or perhaps she chose not to. Either way, Alana hustled through the hubbub of the crowd gathered at the edge of the vast square, a...

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Write about someone who falls back into childish behaviors whenever they’re around their family.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 66 stories

“Holiday Drama” by Korede Ojelade

“Count to Ten” by Erin Eschbacher

“The ruler of the Bakers” by Manu Jankus

“Undetected dual personality ” by Sab Zahra

“Pandora's War” by David Hilder

“Progress Makes Imperfect” by Siya Goswami

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Write about a family adapting a holiday tradition to take place over video chat.

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Write about a family’s first holiday after a parent has gotten remarried, and now there are new faces at the table and new traditions to be honored.

Write about someone telling their family they won’t be continuing the long-standing family business.

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