Write a story about someone sticking to a course of action even when it’s clearly wrong.

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“What is Yellow?” by T.H. Sherlock

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What is yellow? Startling splashes of lemon-yellow scatter the grassy hillside, which has erupted into a canvas of brilliant buttercups.I half close my eyes and my lashes cast a foggy film over the landscape but the yellow still remains, forming a constellation of everlasting sunbeams behind my eyes. Each flower is brighter and more fervent than stars shining in a velvet green sky. What is it about yellow? It seems to overpower even the dreariest of darkness.‘Vincent, you’re not listening to me.’ My brother’s voice is gently chiding, but his...

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“Alessia's Values” by Graham Kinross

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It began with rumours. There was a new magi in town. Cagliostro was small, barely a town. Locals were predominantly Italian diaspora from long lost Origin. There were others here and there from dozens of other communities which had chosen the world of Cauldron after people who practiced magic were fought extermination by the enormous Human Empire. From a population that once numbered in billions their numbers had been cut down to millions as they banded together for protection. Trying to put aside old prejudices had been hard but necessary...

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“Breakfast” by John Del Rio

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BREAKFAST Gerald looked confident; it was a look that did not often cross his coarse features. Teague told him; “I told you before that I would handle Vittorio if needs be, and that’s exactly what I aim to do.” Gerald spoke to the troubled, troubleshooter; “I seem to recall that Mr. Penrose had certain thoughts about that.” The bruiser moved closer to Teague and said, “don’t get me wrong Teague, that Italian devil deserves whatever you dish out.” He looked the troubled man in the eye; held his gaze and said,”but I think you should wait...

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“Are We Just Playing Our Cosmic Roles?” by W. H. Michael

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W.H. Michael - TaureanI'm a Taurus through and through. Don't believe me? Well, that's me up there in the picture. As you can see, I even have the tattoo. But maybe you're thinking I'm just a guy with a really cool zodiac sign and a tattoo to match. Well let me tell you about how I got punched in the nuts by a TSA agent, then maybe you'll believe me.Taureans are notoriously bull-headed.Ganeshaspeaks.com says of the Taurean:"You are stubborn at times, especially when you truly believe that you are right. It can take a lot to change your mind ...

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“The Crime Club ” by Tarushi Parmar

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Being a curious 14 year old and looking for adventure I decided to join a club. Not any club, A club named as "The Crime Club". Many High schoolers and some Middle schoolers knew about this club , but none of them actually knew what happened inside this club and who were the members of this club. I had to go to this club , I knew a girl named Jessy ,who knew about this club . At the moment I was trying to find her and yes I saw her standing near her locker ,turning the pages of a book."Hey""Hi, Do you want something ?" She said still turning...

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“No Right Turn” by Twisty Girl

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You’re going to get us all killed! Sam could see that look of volatile fear and resentment in his friend’s eyes. He wanted to disenchant them of this, but he knew any attempt would be foolhardy. Their opinion of him had been formed from his inability to keep Kyle safe, and now, as they sat barricaded in the small dirty room which offered only the slimmest slivers of light and hope, he could not blame them for their rage. “What are we going to do?” Sasha asked, her eyes as wide as a doe in headlights. She seemed unable to control her hands, e...

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“Ms. Barnett's Favorite” by Andrew Sweet

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I expect nothing from you, and I want nothing from you. I exist to serve, and I have been given my job - a respectable one cleaning halls and rooms. It's not much, but it's better than a model could usually expect. Mornings I wake and take a shower. It's probably not the same kind you take. The one I take involves stripping naked and standing before dazzling lights as the instant sanitization lasers stab at me like a thousand tiny pinpricks. I'm careful not to open my eyes - I don't want to go blind like the last girl did. She ...

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“What had to be done ” by Clara Rivolli

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I was in a warehouse. It was night already and there was no one else there, but I wasn’t afraid. I hadn’t been afraid of anything in a long time, like that part of my brain had withered and died. I heard footsteps and ran up the stairs. There weren't that many people, maybe three or four. I could take three or four. They were kids, I could tell. Maybe eighteen or nineteen. It didn’t matter anyway. I had dealt with younger. I jumped down from my place of hiding. My cape helped me glide through the air to the floor, for a moment it al...

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“Gudrun Himmler's Secret Tales of the Axis” by Juno Y.

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Sunday, August 8, 1943It’s my fourteenth birthday, and Father forgot. Again. He doesn’t care about me at all! He’s off with Mr. Hitler again, chatting about some Nazi government stuff, leaving me working alone on my shift as a nurse working in Beelitz-Heilstätten Hospital. I tend to our wounded soldiers streaming in from battle. I was especially picked for this job so I can listen to what happened in the warfront and report back to Father, since girls are trusted more by the soldiers. I’m also supposed to report whenever the soldiers are dis...

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“It wasn't planned ” by Rose Quartz

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For those of you that have overprotective parents, you would understand where I am coming from. I go up to my mother one morning and ask her if I would be able to walk to work. This was going to be my first day on the job because I am sixteen and have zero work experience. I am working at the Candle Cafe, and it is a twelve-minute walk away from my house. She said she would rather have my bike. I agreed to these conditions and jumped on my bike to get ready. She warned me to be careful of the stop signs in addition to the stoplights. As soon...

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“Taking Off, Cast Away” by Jill Campbell

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I'm already pouting as I climb the metal stairs into the seen-better-days jungle jalopy. It's where I want to be, but not what I'll be able to do. Legally they can't let me zip line with a cast. The driver points out a pair of alligators half submerged in the tropical creek running by the side of our trekking path. Someone else points out a couple of deer not 20 feet from the gators but barely visible in the undergrowth. The gators start to move, are they ready for a quick dinner? Soundlessly the deer disappear. My pout is merel...

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“Somebody Is Always Watching” by Anna Kerr

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“Ok, so what do we do with it?” Ah. So, that was our one million dollar question. Or, such was the case right now, the $20,000 question. “We should return it” Haley says, and I can just hear the rest of the group groan collectively. “Someone is clearly missing a lot of money!” She insists when she can gauge nobody is on her side. “Or, we keep it and each become $5,000 richer” Brad points out to her, gesturing to the four of us. We stood huddled under the big elm tree in our local park, where we had discovered the gift...

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“Lost In Time” by Abishai Wafula

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“Stand down Commander, that’s an order!” Colonel Salva roared through Commander Nia’s broken earpiece. His voice was a sharp, shrilly and agitated bawl that thumped against Nia’s eardrums hard. She didn’t say a thing; she waited unwaveringly, afforded a brisk risky pause and considered all her possible responses. None of them would be plausible, at least not in the round head of a hard-ass, five-star, super superior officer (half a dozen levels superior). So without giving it much thought she chose the harder way out, mute herself away. This...

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“Raptor” by Marie McLaughlin

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It was a cloudy night that night, the crickets were making sufficient white noise. Raptor swiftly ran up the wall of his targeted house, then slithered in through the open window. Moving lightly and softly, Raptor grabbed every item that looked valuable he could find, a vase, a brass oil lamp, and a pewter Candlestick, stuffed it in his satchel sack, and jumped out of the window, taking flight away.Raptor was an Avian, a race Bird-People living in the land of Eyria. Raptor was a skilled Thief in his city of Quill. He made his living to suppo...

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“For Laura” by Jeff Brown

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My wife dared me to perform the following task/project. I do not usually take on these challenges so easily, but I would like to write for a living someday and I saw it as a way to “break-in” with the Reedsy crowd. The day was almost over, and the glorious weekend was beginning. It is finally spring, and my wife and I were discussing what we wanted to do for dinner, since we could finally go outside, without masks, and enjoy the weather. Since this beautiful day, was ending with a perfect evening, my wife and I decided we would go to a class...

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Write a story about someone sticking to a course of action even when it’s clearly wrong.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 182 stories

“What is Yellow?” by T.H. Sherlock

“Alessia's Values” by Graham Kinross

“Breakfast” by John Del Rio

“Are We Just Playing Our Cosmic Roles?” by W. H. Michael

“The Crime Club ” by Tarushi Parmar

“No Right Turn” by Twisty Girl

“Ms. Barnett's Favorite” by Andrew Sweet

“What had to be done ” by Clara Rivolli

“Gudrun Himmler's Secret Tales of the Axis” by Juno Y.

“It wasn't planned ” by Rose Quartz

“Taking Off, Cast Away” by Jill Campbell

“Somebody Is Always Watching” by Anna Kerr

“Lost In Time” by Abishai Wafula

“Raptor” by Marie McLaughlin

“For Laura” by Jeff Brown

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Start your story with someone accepting a dare.

Write a story about two people who need each other, but are too stubborn to admit it.

End your story with someone finally conceding to another’s point of view.

Write a story in which a character justifies an argument with: “Because I said so.”

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