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Posted in Middle School on Nov 1, 2022

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“The Girl Who Walked on Water” by Tsholofelo Tombale

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It was beautiful out on the day that Sam died. The sun was waning and casting an amber glow across the sky. Sam was walking home from his afternoon classes and had his headphones on, and an old Jay Z playing on repeat when he happened to be passing a river that flowed right under the main highway. Sam paused as he caught sight of a cara mocha skinned girl kneeling by the riverbank. His eyes had never been that great but he could make out that she was wearing the blue shirt and grey skirt that were the uniform at his school, and though she ha...

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“A Little Night Terror on the Bus” by Ki Bu

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The door to the school bus closed and the bus driver, Ed, revved up the engine to embark on a two hour long trip back to Hawkins. Hawkins High School sent two fan buses to Indianapolis for the state basketball championship. This was the first time the Hawkins High School basketball team ever made it to state finals and everyone, including Faith, wanted to be there. Faith hardly cared about sports but this event seemed like a once in a lifetime experience. It was the very first basketball game she had ever attended. She could tell by the surp...

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“Waking Up” by Geran Caywood

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Before I opened my eyes, before I could have registered the sky above me, I felt the grass against my hands poking me from below and decided that I was on the ground. Opening my eyes confirmed as much. White and blue passed over slowly, cut by nearby rooftops. I grabbed at the same grass and used it for just the slightest bit more leverage to right myself, wiping sleep from my eyes with the inside of my shoulder in the same movement. A second push, with my legs, and I was standing. I looked down to my watch, and found time creeping i...

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“A Tale of Tails” by Gregory Wright

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In a small rural town, nobody can hide. Everyone knows everyone and, in addition, each other’s proclivities and oddities. The town that Edgar Gibbon grew up in wasn’t any different. He attended the same small elementary school in the center of the town where for decades, everyone in the town had. Once he completed that, he then entered the middle school that included additional students from the smaller outer towns that didn’t have a student population to support a junior high school of their own. That was when Edgar met Jimmy Zimmerman. On ...

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“Ouija Wine Wednesdays” by Kelly DiMario

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I’ve never seen a ghost, but I believe the people that have. I spend a lot of my time pondering what lies on the other side of this life, knowing deep down that my ‘research’ will only ever lead into a purgatory of unresolve, deep diving into an unanswerable abyss. That infamous Houdini secret word is ever present in my mind during my other worldly pursuits. The story goes that during their own quest for answers about what exists in the afterlife, Harry and Bess also set out to unmask fraudulent psychics (oxymoron?) in the process. Bess, ful...

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“Buddies” by Wayne Scheer

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Buddies Joey opened the front door of the neatly landscaped suburban house and motioned for Ron to enter. Ron hesitated. He had heard the sound of shattered glass when Joey went to the back of the house. "It's okay," Joey said. "She'll just put it on my bill." "We shouldn't be here." Ron looked behind him as if expecting a police car to pull up. "Yeah, yeah. Come in. It'll just take a minute." Ron hesitated before entering, regretting it immediately as he watched Joey drop himself onto the white ...

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“THAT GIRL FROM ZAMBIA ” by Sudheshna Oruganti

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THAT GIRL FROM ZAMBIAI had a friend. Only one, growing up. She was my everything… This was at a time when I didn't exactly have a reputation. I wasn't exceptionally good looking. I was dark, overweight by 15kgs, and tall. I was a whole feet taller than all those dumb bimbos that came to school in the name of eduction everyday. Their hair left out, skirts hiked up. Yet they had the nerve to call me out for being ugly. What didn't help was my inability to laugh at the names they called me- Shitnam, Gagnam, Shags… I co...

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“Hidden in the Woods” by L.J Sunwing

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“Molly! Give that back,” the redhead sprinted to the other side of the parking lot with a black phone in hand. A brunette followed close in distance quickly catching up. Abbey cornered her friend, the red-head grinning like a Cheshire cat as she held the buzzing phone. Brianna could only stand and accept the usual chaos that erupted when they all got together. “Abbey, you’re the one who left your phone out,” Molly held the device behind her back as the brunette consistently grabbed at the rectangle. It was less like two college-aged women ...

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“True Friends” by Asher Barlow

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True Friends November Eighth, 2023 Colin: ‘The train trundled along the tracks on the road to Barcelona. The restless passengers stirred and muttered, checking their watches and phones. They were nearly jolted out of their seats when the train screeched to a halt.’ Marco: What’s this? Colin: It’s my story. I’m writing a story based on a true life experience. See if you can guess what it is! ;) Marco: Ok sounds fun. Colin: ‘It was late in the noon, the was sunlight dimmed, and the people heard the train doors open. The boot-falls of...

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“The Last Sunday” by Caterina Baldi

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The Last Sunday I remember one Sunday when I stayed at home while everyone else was at your funeral. It was a Milanese Sunday like many others. The indecisive sky, the half-empty streets, a day of restless thoughts stretched to Monday. Everyone was at your funeral. Only I was missing. It was supposed to be a farewell day, to say goodbye. I had already said goodbye. For months now, you have been tired of living. You even smell tired with your sugary and rotten scent. I have already said goodbye to you several times. "Goodbye, Marcello", F...

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“A journey into a strange book” by Urooj Aslam

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A journey into a strange book – Urooj Aslam The sun shone through the clouds after the heavy rain. Still the water on the roads gave a feeling of swimming in the pool. It had been raining for three days constantly and the roads of Islamabad could not be without a view of a pool in different areas. It was seven in the morning and traffic on the roads was like a maniac, the December winter of 2021 with its cold was trying to lay its covers of mist all over the city. The schools in every sector of Islamabad were to start at eight. One could i...

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“The Little White Speck of Akasaka” by Sandra R

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Kentaro Suzuki hadn’t missed a single day of work in the past 30 years. Naturally enthusiastic and hard-working, he’d spent his whole career in a large and powerful bank, situated right in the center of Tokyo’s bustling Marunouchi district. Tall, with a good posture and broad shoulders, Kentaro came to feel right at home amongst the towering glass skyscrapers that characterized central Tokyo’s skyline. &nbs...

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“Now or Never” by Thomas Oliver

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Proving Beth right that he should never have flown that plane, Frederick fell asleep so quickly in the backseat you might be tempted to say he passed out.She drove, Frederick slept in the backseat and their little brother Teddy rode shotgun. But Beth didn’t make it far — barely to Roanoke, which wasn’t more than an hour from Lexington— before she pleaded being too tired to drive further in the dark. Frederick was still passed out, so she handed Theodore the keys.And that’s how 16 year-old Theodore Sullivan, the youngest of four sired by the ...

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Write a story about an unlikely group (or pair) of friends.

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✍️ 43 stories

“The Girl Who Walked on Water” by Tsholofelo Tombale

“A Little Night Terror on the Bus” by Ki Bu

“Waking Up” by Geran Caywood

“A Tale of Tails” by Gregory Wright

“Ouija Wine Wednesdays” by Kelly DiMario

“Buddies” by Wayne Scheer

“THAT GIRL FROM ZAMBIA ” by Sudheshna Oruganti

“Hidden in the Woods” by L.J Sunwing

“True Friends” by Asher Barlow

“The Last Sunday” by Caterina Baldi

“A journey into a strange book” by Urooj Aslam

“The Little White Speck of Akasaka” by Sandra R

“Now or Never” by Thomas Oliver

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Write about a character who is trying to convince others to play a game.

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Set your story in a town that’s teetering on the edge of something dark, literally or metaphorically.

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