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

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“The room. ” by Yugen Nazeer

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"It's not your room that's the prison, it's yourself", a random quote showed up, while she read it all the words she used to mutter to herself came rushing to her mind, strange is the time for the mind, millions of thoughts rush in just within few seconds. She hated to be in her room but at the same time she knew it's the only place she could be herself. Her family kept asking her why wouldn't she spend time with them, why wouldn't she eat properly, she was cared for more than she asked for. The guilt of not spending time with her family tha...

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“The space run” by Glenn Etzwiler

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Deep in outer space twelve light years from earth a three man mission. Is taken place to find out what exactly in the deepest parts of space. In the years spent in space from time to time have found. Planets that could habitable for the people of earth they saved the data. In their computers for when they returned home to earth. The reason the three man team got sent out is because earth. Is dying because all of the outside attacks from alien invasions that took place. The earth government pulled all the rest of the earth r...

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“I tried! I... I..really...- I'm sorry. ” by Carole Cobos

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Cammie hung up, her last image, flashed on the screen. Cammie, in her pajamas, her shoulders slumped, lips and brows titled up in a sad effort at cheeriness. Did she… do a horrible thing to her daughter? It is perfectly reasonable to forget. That is what Kate repeated to herself, over and over. It couldn't be undone, the words were repeated so often they were tattooed into her mind and left a taste on her tongue. The more she thought about it the worse she felt because… how could she forget Cammies’ 18th birthday? How could sh...

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“The Stubborn Old Man” by Brett B

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"Achoo!" It started as a slight annoyance, but after a month it now challenged his sanity. "Achoo! Achoo!" David clenched the arms of his chair so tight you could hear the leather grinding from the next room. His left leg tapped as if it were trying to express his aggravation through a foot version of Morse Code. The blood vessels in his eyes throbbed and strained from his failing efforts to make words appear on the blank page by staring at it. That second cup of coffee wasn't doing his blood pressure or dental hygiene any favors. Fearing t...

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“Glutton” by Nella Walas

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trigger warning, use of language and violenceThe rev of my car engine sang like out of tune melodies. My car driving at 100 mph on an isolated highway. I was expected at a meeting for a new job, similar position. But it was all the way in England. And the Scottish highways and roads weren’t doing me any justice.All of a sudden I hear my petite car splutter and puff, and the turning of the wheels came to a sudden stop. Shit. I wasn’t supposed to be late. Not even a second. i was supposed to call someone. But my eye caught sight of smoke emitt...

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“HOORAY FOR THE GREY!” by Mike Williams

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HOORAY FOR THE GREY! Mildred and Bill Williams often spent a Saturday afternoon at Belmont Racetrack during the race season. They shared their passion for horse racing on these afternoons among friends and relatives. The track at Belmont Park was a convenient twenty- minute walk along the sidewalk path that lined the nearby freeway. The Saturday afternoon get-togethers would start when they all gathered at the Williams house en route to the racetrack. Jerry, Mildred’s brother, was one of the few that really under...

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“When Anger Comes Knocking” by Drina Neri

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TW: murder A row of royal guards stood between the large mass of people and the castle. 'Back down!' Chief Guard Horatio screamed from the top of his lungs, 'One more step, and we will consider you enemy of the kingdom, and will therefore kill you.' The crowd he was speaking to had men, women, children and elderly, all who looked at each other after such a statement. Their will wavered until a deep male voice emerged from the crowd. 'If the king doesn't stop stealing our food, we'll die anyway.' 'Yeah!' Said someone, 'That's right!' S...

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“The Nonsensical Ramblings of the Terribly Ill” by Luna Silva

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There is a lot of things I like in this world. Fat rain as it falls into puddles, creating bubbling pavement cauldrons that try to find their way towards the drain. The smell of rain as it hits the hot tarmac in the height of summer, that nothing else can seem to replicate. Yes, for some reason a lot of them are rain related. Reading inside with a cup of tea as the rain patters against the window, light fading as the darker, greyer clouds roll in, determined to bring in the storm. The way that rain, despite its inanimate, natural state, can ...

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“Water bottle of copy cat ” by Ahana. H

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Oh! the playground is almost not visible from our class, why is it so? I remember that last month we all had gathered to watch football match of our class boys.What's wrong with this month..It took few moments for us to realize that our class was shifted to the next room. Ohh! are we out of our mind, we even forgot that we are promoted to next grade and we are still in past mode of 6th class. We still can't believe that we are in class 7th but this fact is truth and we have to accept it. "Actually one boring thing is we are mooving to higher...

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“A Writer's Lie” by Jun Lee

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It was all fine, everything was going to be fine….it should be, he attempted to convince himself this over and over. He had no other choice, rather he had to do this, for himself and her. Though he would never have imagined that the end would have gone how it did. William was a person who had simple desires, which was to be able to provide enough for his family. It wasn’t too ambitious of a desire, but rather a noble and understandable one, all for the ...

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“A Night of Full Moon” by Philip Baker

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"Guys we need to make sure that we have a nice greyish black before we start." said the man standing in front of the blackboard. "We obviously want to begin with the most important element of the picture so, can anyone guess what that might be in our case?" "It's the elephant Mr. Smith" yelled the girl in the front row raising her hand straight up in the air. "That is correct, young lady. We start with the elephant. Leave the trees for later and the water as the last part. We want to make sure we focus on the most prominent thing first bef...

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“Effective and Necessary ” by Chris Jones

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Mars. All the whispers in the courtroom fell silent. Only the subtle glow of contrast lenses broke the sea of bodies in the galery. Dubrait sighed. “I’m very sorry your honor, my mind was elsewhere.” The Judge softened his tone but not his face. In confusion, rather than anger, he replied “Excuse me?” “Can you repeat the original question?” asked Dubrait. “I apologize for my lack of focus.” he added as an afterthought. The Judge promptly repeated himself. “Having entered a guilty plea, would you like to explain you...

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“VIEW INTO A LIFE” by Sivaram Govindaraj

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I am Kate and I am 27. I am tall and look attractive. I’ve been married 2 years to Ted, a research scientist. I am qualified to be a journalist but I have not taken up a job though I had the opportunity. This morning after breakfast, I was at home watching TV. I really didn’t care for what was being shown and switched it off. I thought why not clean up the showcase? I got up and finding a photo album on top, took it down and seated on a sofa started looking into it. The pictures had been carefully arranged chronologically with...

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“The Land of the Living” by N K

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If there’s two things most people know about Monica, it’s that she’s a woman of routine and sorrow. They go hand in hand - it’s because of the latter that she can’t live without the former. The sadness dripped in steadily like an IV fluid, bag after bag, until it grew into a torrential river that could only be held back by the dam of a saturated schedule. And so every Tuesday morning, during the forty-five minutes she allows herself between breakfast and Pilates, she visits Natalia. With her daughter, she routinely discusses the week...

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“Lowering the Sun” by Mike Burgess

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An elderly man stood on top of Folsby Hill. Rain lashed his grey cloak, and the thrashing, screaming wind threatened to carry his wide-brimmed hat at least halfway back to Thirlton. Beside him, a youngster in his early teens. Tall for his age, with the same skinny build. The pair raised their arms and conducted the sun to the horizon, as if directing a giant elemental orchestra. Usually, the old man went straight home. Tonight, he paused. Seventy years, three weeks, and two days since his grandfather brought him, this would be his last time ...

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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

“The room. ” by Yugen Nazeer

“The space run” by Glenn Etzwiler

“I tried! I... I..really...- I'm sorry. ” by Carole Cobos

“The Stubborn Old Man” by Brett B

“Glutton” by Nella Walas

“HOORAY FOR THE GREY!” by Mike Williams

“When Anger Comes Knocking” by Drina Neri

“The Nonsensical Ramblings of the Terribly Ill” by Luna Silva

“Water bottle of copy cat ” by Ahana. H

“A Writer's Lie” by Jun Lee

“A Night of Full Moon” by Philip Baker

“Effective and Necessary ” by Chris Jones

“VIEW INTO A LIFE” by Sivaram Govindaraj

“The Land of the Living” by N K

“Lowering the Sun” by Mike Burgess

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