Write a story that begins and ends with someone looking up at the stars.

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“Ease” by Nassif Shaer

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Looking up, there was the night sky. Thousands of stars hung from its blackness, flickering mockingly, playfully. They knew he could not reach them. They laughed at him with their white flames and heatless light, as they had done every night for the past fifteen, maybe seventeen years. But he didn’t mind them; he knew that’s just how stars were. Once again, he was ready to try. Confidence had never left, even after all that time, and now it wasn’t the time to let it stir away. He was sure: this was the night. He took a few more seconds looki...

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“Maipelo” by Tefo Nombolo

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I am sitting outside, I don’t know how but I have found myself looking at the stars. I keep thinking to myself that my current job is not what I signed up for. The five years I spent at university were for me an insurance against such a job. Screaming kids, scheme book deadlines, endless marking and how can I forget screaming daily at the top of my voice. My name is Karabo. I am in my early twenties (a woman never reveals her age apparently). I come from a family of four; my mom, dad, my older brother and myself. I attended public school, di...

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“Here” by Sabrina Howard

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Noah swatted at a passing firefly and tried to think of a way to excuse himself politely. "Uh, Ms. Johnson, are you sure-?" "Shh!" His elderly neighbor was leaning out of the tree line, gazing upward at the stars. One wrinkly hand gripped the tree bark - a tether to the apparent safety of the forest. Noah dropped his voice to a whisper this time. "It's really late, Ms. Johnson. Shouldn't you-?" "Shush, boy!" she whispered quickly. "This is when they come out." Noah bit down a sigh. He gazed longingly past the edge of the forest, wher...

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“The Story of a Boy and His Star” by Tommy Merriman

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She looked up at the stars and I felt like she was looking right at me. At her son’s Guardian. At a star who failed to do her job. They say that a star will never forget her first child. I don’t know if that is true or not, but it is for me. You see, every child born on Earth is given a Guardian Star to watch over him or her. For protection. For support. For wishes. For love. My first child was Enzo. He was a beautiful boy with a warrior’s heart. His broad nose and large, brown ey...

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“Stars at night” by Kristin DeLong

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A mercifully cool breeze rustles through my long dark hair as I am jostled around in the back of a pickup truck. As I open my eyes, I look up at the stars above me and immediately, I am furious at the thought that she can see them too. That no matter how far away from her I have tried to get, it will never be far enough. I’m forever trapped. I left the day that she was out taking our girls to the doctor. No one was sick, it was just time for their well child visits. I should have been there after they got home to soothe hurt feelings over ge...

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“I look up at the stars” by Suzanne Urowitz

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Its 9:30 Pm. Perfect time to go out and watch the stars. There so beautiful I said to myself. I have to bring everything with me. I could just stand here all nite. In the city you hardly see the stars. While for now I'll just go and grab a chair and a cold tea from my friedge. I honestly prefer hot tea but it's do hot out this summer. I'll also get my phone and a lawn chair. I have to spray my chair. With alcohol spray not the type you drink. Rubbing alcohol because of covid. Im the only person that uses it but just for health reasons. I'l...

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“Scintilla ” by Gesra Marie Hospital

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I jerk awake to a sudden thought of death, my mom stirred beside me, deep in slumber. I stare at our ceiling and welcome a sight. Stars- in the closest form I could see them, breathing in, as I try to calm myself. I squint my eyes, wondering how it would feel to see the actual glittering ones, instead of these glow-in-the-dark spin-offs. My grandma used to read me poems about stars. How they scintillated like jewels, adorning the beautiful vastness of a vacuum universe. I never told her this, but as a kid I've always imagined her night sky...

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“Be a Star” by Grace Schmid

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Sara stepped out on the front porch to get a view of the night sky. She left the lights off so her view of the stars could be unblemished, as clear as possible. Without the light pollution the stars truly did light up the world around her. Stars reminded her of a guest lecture she attended once in college for the opening of the new Department of Astronomy observatory for public viewings. The stars through the observatory’s telescope were like nothing she had seen before that night. They were a proof of a higher power she needed at that momen...

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“The last breath of December” by Jannie Fernandes

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I was looking at the stars and thinking of how mysteriously life unfolds itself. Deep in my thoughts and lost in the skies, my heels clicked and knocked me off on the ground. A stranger from the tea stall nearby walked up to me. "Hey! you okay?" I looked at him, and around. Okay, I needed some tea, I thought. The enthusiastic stranger sat me down and made me so comfortable that it was uncomfortable. He said he'd walk me to the hotel that was a few minutes from the tea stall. He needed company, I could tell. And I wasn't sur...

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“Broadway Dreams ” by Writer Craze

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Stars. They are those shining things that absolutely amaze us every night… well, they amaze me at least. I love to just lay down in the grass and stare at them all night. They are my safe space, they only thing that is truly my thing. “Lia, the pizza is here!” But then again, nothing lasts forever. That’s my roommate Sam, also kind of my best friend. “I’m coming Sam!” “Oh honey, you always look so lonely outside by yourself.” “I’m fine Sam, I like it that way.” “Well, I don’t. Tell you what, we are getting you someone to sha...

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“Soiled Earthworms” by Mark Corsetti

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I once met a man looking up. It was a cosmic night. Rainy clouds in the distance. Stars more bright. Others less so. Too far away. Quaint. Some serious. A man darkened by a forested path without light, without anything to remember what appeared all around us. Sight demolished. Sight suppressed. Other senses awakened. Other senses on full throttle. My mood changes when I see the man looking not up, but instead towards me. Darkened eyes now fixate on me. They urge me forward. They ask me, “Do you look up?”. What a weird question. I reply, “S...

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“Are You No More” by Felix Wessling

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Are you no more. There was a cool and gentle breeze in the air, rustling the leaves on the trees and causing the tall, agrestal grass to tremble and shiver under its touch. The clouds had hidden the sun for just short of a week, instead bringing in rolling thunder and crackling lightning and winds that left people cowering in their homes with their tails between their legs like timid dogs. Now though, on this particularly quiet night, the heavy grey clouds peeled back to reveal a dark moonless sky adorned with thousands of flick...

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“Star-crossed” by Ankita Tripathi

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Her curious eyes scanned the dark sky and rested on a pattern. 'There it is. I remember spotting this question mark as a child. Every time I would look up, my eyes would stop at this pattern. I don't know why.' Fayed, already drowsy, rubbed his eyes to follow her finger. 'I see.' 'Do you know what it is? Does it have a meaning?' He perched on the warm sand and leaned over their luggage. 'They are mere patterns in the sky. Constellations. I don't know their names.' Nusrat heard her husband attentively. 'Constellations have names?' 'Yes. There...

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“Leo's Melody” by Nina M

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Every night is the same. I sit in my favorite spot by the window, fascinated by the vast darkness above me. All is still and quiet, except for the wonderful tune coming from the window next door. The sound of music fills me with joy, with a beat that almost matches the twinkling lights above us. I wait until it stops before I lay myself to rest. “Leo, you’re going to be late!” I hear my mother calling me from the other room. Oh shoot, have I overslept again? I glance at the clock and grab as much of my things as I can. I kiss my mother go...

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“M&M’s” by Katherine Stinson

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“Do you see it Mira?” “No, I’m looking!” “Look harder you goofball!” Mira giggled as Michael playfully poked her butt. She had in fact seen the lone star illuminating the night sky before Michael did, but she enjoyed his teasing. Most guys who had liked her in the past had treated her as something too beautiful to touch. Michael couldn’t keep his hands away from her. Tiffany has said he was average looking, but to Mira he was more beautiful than anything. Was that weird to call a guy beautiful? Mira didn’t care. ...

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Write a story that begins and ends with someone looking up at the stars.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 405 stories

“Ease” by Nassif Shaer

“Maipelo” by Tefo Nombolo

“Here” by Sabrina Howard

“The Story of a Boy and His Star” by Tommy Merriman

“Stars at night” by Kristin DeLong

“I look up at the stars” by Suzanne Urowitz

“Scintilla ” by Gesra Marie Hospital

“Be a Star” by Grace Schmid

“The last breath of December” by Jannie Fernandes

“Broadway Dreams ” by Writer Craze

“Soiled Earthworms” by Mark Corsetti

“Are You No More” by Felix Wessling

“Star-crossed” by Ankita Tripathi

“Leo's Melody” by Nina M

“M&M’s” by Katherine Stinson

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