Start your story with someone looking at a restaurant menu.

Posted in Middle School on Nov 1, 2022

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“Pasta Phantom” by Emmy Fennington

Submitted to Contest #162

I don’t like pasta. The thin and yellow noodles remind me of old lady legs; weak and brittle and ready to give out any moment. Something about eating old lady legs doesn’t sit right with me. The worn menu feels rough in my hands, the brown leather peeling off the front. You’d think the restaurant would’ve splurged on new menus during their remodel. My eyes skim over the list of pasta dishes in the faded sans serif font. I scan the size 12 words, silently willing a hamburger to magically appear before my eyes. Unfortunately, Il G...

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“Literary Circles.” by Krishna Jha

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Tanisha ran her finger down the page. She wasn’t used to looking at the dishes’ names without checking the prices, but it had been a while since she had met Fabian and Leah, and she wanted them to enjoy themselves. Besides, she no longer had to worry about money. The waiter arrived, and each one of them placed their order: tabbouleh for Fabian, fattoush for Leah, and muhammara for Tanisha. “I’ll choose the wine?”, Fabian asked, knowing that it was a redundant question. He barely waited for their answer before ordering the grenache. “D...

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“Living In The Wrong Story” by Maxine Burston

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I don’t even know why I bother looking at the menu at this point. I know what I am going to get and the waiter does as well because I have been here every damn Friday night for the past 3 weeks. The waiter knows and I know, I am going to put the menu down look up at him, smile and ask him for the Eggplant Parmesan as if I am trying it for the very first time and hope that it is as good as I have heard. Do I need to stop coming to this place? Why yes I do. Because let’s be honest the eggplant parmesan is not good in the slightest. But the pro...

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“The Chore at Home” by Marie White

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Landon studied the restaurant menu, its photos of golden French fries and honey-roasted chicken and tres leches cake failing to whet his appetite. Around him, patrons munched, leaning over wagon wheel-sized glass tables and chattering in a way that made it obvious that they had much less on their minds than he and Arianna. She’d said only that she wanted to talk about Joshuah, but he could tell by the way her eyes flashed that this would involve her telling him something he didn’t w...

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“The Rodeo Cowboy” by Nora Alyse

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"Here you go Ma'am," The host smiles at me as she hands me my menu.Why do I do this to myself? I get asked where we're going to go for dinner, but I'm so indecisive. I panic, and I pick somewhere that sounds like it could be made up. The Ranch. And no, it's not the place Dr. Phill sends disobedient children. It's a new burger joint that opened up 2 years ago, during a global pandemic. The only place that stayed open for people to come into the restaurant, despite there being a national lockdown. Still, I've heard it's good from several peopl...

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Start your story with someone looking at a restaurant menu.

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✍️ 80 stories

“Pasta Phantom” by Emmy Fennington

“Literary Circles.” by Krishna Jha

“Living In The Wrong Story” by Maxine Burston

“The Chore at Home” by Marie White

“The Rodeo Cowboy” by Nora Alyse

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Write about a character whose love language is making food for others.

Write a story where a character’s life completely changes over the course of a meal.

Write a story in which too many cooks spoil the broth — literally or metaphorically.

Start your story with one character trying to convince another that they make the best grilled cheese in the world.

Contest #162

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