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

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“Celestial” by Melissa Keeping

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Celeste lay looking up at the stars, her back pressed into the sand. “Ugh, that was great,” Chris groaned from somewhere beside her. The only other sound was the gentle rolling of the waves. Eventually Celeste heard Chris lighting a cigarette but her mind was drifting. It was the last weekend before school went back and she couldn’t stop obsessing over her senior year. Homecoming and the winter formal and prom and graduation. She already could hardly wait to pick out her prom dress and have grad photos taken. Chris was saying something...

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“The Desert Star” by Blue Wilde

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There was something wicked about the desert when the white shine of the full moon glazed along the elegant slopes of the sand dunes, undisturbed and silent besides the enigmatic lull of a wind unseen.That wickedness existed between what was seen and what wasn’t; just along those dunes awaited her an uncut fate that has, over many moons, coiled around her neck like a chain, one of which those ancient bastards had no qualms of tugging when she got too comfortable.Where she was now, exhausted, sand-ridden behind a ruined column riddled with mar...

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“Stargazer” by Paige Hutchison

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Star (noun): a fixed luminous point in the night sky which is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun. I don’t understand why people are so fascinated by a small pinprick of light just barely visible in the night sky. Honestly, what’s so exciting about hot masses of gas that are lightyears away? Yet I’m sitting here in a wide open field on a cold evening balled up atop a warm blue blanket looking up at the sky. I look next to me and see my best friend since elementary school, Kai, setting up a large telescope. He lifts a hand to adju...

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“The Only Constant” by Nic Siemer

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They’re comforting. The stars. The fact that there are at least a hundred thousand million out there, and they each hold their own unique beauty. A beauty many overlook. We go about our days thinking only about the things we’re forced to, forgetting there are so many other things that are much more worth our time and thoughts. That’s why I lay here every night, no matter the weather, gazing up at the dazzling beauty that is our universe. Even when clouds plague the sky and not a single star is visible, I lay here. I lay here to remind...

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“Shooting Stars” by Genki Hagata

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The first time we drove far into the mountains to camp away from the city lights and countless streetlights of the suburbs, I was shocked at what the night sky actually looked like. I remember trying to wrap my 8-year-old brain around the fact that they were always there, even at my own house, just hidden by artificial light. My mother would constantly pull out random facts or bring up hobbies I never knew she had. One of which happened to be astrophotography. She taught me that you could take pictures of the night sky, over minutes, over ho...

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“Friends Over Lightyears” by Marian Reiley

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Tessa loved to look at the stars. Ever since she was a small child, she had viewed them with awe. Tonight was no exception as she cast her eyes up towards astronomical wonders. She had grown up watching Dr. Who, Star Trek and many other cinimatic sci-fi productions. Durring her family's frequent trips to the library, Tessa managed to get ahold of various astronomy books. It was in these books she learned about stars, black holes, galaxies and so much more. Tessa began to wonder if there was life out there in the great big universe she had...

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“Mouse and the Stars” by Abigail E.

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“So this is the end.” Mallory looks up at the inky stretch of sky, a never ending blanket of malicious stars and darkness. The grass is prickly and wet underneath the back of her neck. She is searching for life in the splatter of stars, any sort of movement that will signal the extinction of the human race. To be honest, she was never scared of death. In fact, she knew her whole life that she would die young and she was okay with it. It was a romantic thing, death, because she chose to play its games instead of flee from it. Whether ...

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“Beneath the Open Sky” by Tella Cartley

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I look up to the mountains. That’s the only way I can see. The stars shine in the sky, giving mercy for all us evildoers and handicapped people.I look up to the mountains and see stars.#My name is Destiny. I’m 20 years old and have lived all my life in Ameil, a city near the mountains. I’m also blind, but the only thing I ever remember seeing is the stars, shining down onto the mountains. Giving me hope that I will one day see.Ameil is a compact town, so everyone knows and pities me. Everyone’s always discouraging me, always being negative. ...

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“Grandma's Memorial” by Jessica Buford

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Have you ever returned to the favorite camping spot of your childhood in your mid twenties, and for the first time in a long time since you moved across the country from your hometown noticed the innumerable stars in the night sky? Then you leaned over to your now adult sister and said, “Something deep and meaningful.” To which she looked over at you and said, “What?” Then you realize the frogs in the pond and the crickets in the woods are so loud that you might as well be sitting in that trendy new bar at the crappy table by the speakers o...

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“Who to believe?” by Samreen Amir

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I see the a thousand twinkling lights in the sky before I hear a smack on the window, there’s blood now. “Please, Ralph!” I scream out and squeeze my eyes shut. I’m frozen in place, my fingers turning white as they hold onto the seat as if for dear life. Sweat drips down my forehead and I feel the air clogging my throat, suffocating me. I can’t open my eyes, but I can hear it; the cries and howls and the knocks on the car window. I hear a thud and feel the car jolt. My eyes fly open to see one on the hood of the car, staring right at m...

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“Starry Night, Starry Eyes ~” by Nuruliffa Emirah @ Nocturnal Enigma

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From "Twinkle-twinkle little star" that she sang during childhood (and even played it on a baby-piano), to: "Rewrite the stars" (The Greatest Showman) and "City of stars" (La La Land) that she starts singing during adolescent; then binge-watched K-dramas: My Love From Another Star and Where Stars Land during adulthood; she is still being dreamy; day-dreaming while waiting for her real soulmate; who will appear somewhere; or else, she'll be alone forever.From eating Honey Stars at breakfast and counting stars at night (instead of sheeps) when...

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“If They Come, They Will Come From the Stars” by Christina Vasquez

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Alessandra never knew much about the stars— after all, her father always said astronomy was just speculation, laced with cautionary footnotes about what its study would do to one’s psyche if investigated too eagerly. It was not worth pause, not today in 2054, and certainly not in the future. What lay in the stars, among and behind them, did not matter when the ground beneath men shifted and melted as they walked, and the line between earth and metal and Hell grew thinner each year. She still liked to look at them, in the way she could. But t...

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“The Blue Knight” by Alice H Williams

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He paused for a moment and gazed heavenward. There was barely a sliver of moon this night, but the stars… it was as though the gods had tossed all the world’s diamonds across the sky rather than encase them deep in the earth. The sight dazzled him for a moment. He blinked a few times, and then returned his gaze to the road. Nearly there. He could barely see the weak lights of the small city ahead. The gates were barred this late, but he was hopeful that his uniform would inspire the guards to allow him access before dawn. The thought of one ...

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“A Life Covered in Stars” by Ava Lasater

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I heard a story once. One about a girl, a bull, a rock, and the stars. This girl was born from the leg of a man, and she was loved greatly by her fathers. She was loved so much that the men she lived with refused to give her to the Bone Bull for marriage. But after the bull sent multiple birds as messengers, the men finally allowed the bull to take their daughter. She lived with the bull for a year’s time before the men sent a mole and a badger to take her away from the bull. Once she was free, they began to flee, for the Bone Bull was crue...

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“On Edge” by Shawn O'Connor

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The night sky was crystal clear for the first time in what felt like a month. It was the rainy season, which was underselling the experience a bit referring to it as simply, “rainy”. It certainly felt appropriate to refer to it as a season though since, apart from tonight, it felt like it would last months. As nice as it was to have a view of the stars for once, the cover provided by the storms was more important to the mission. Denver tilted his head back down slowly and began to scan the tree line with his eyes. The jungle, though it provi...

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

Submissions are closed

✍️ 405 stories

“Celestial” by Melissa Keeping

“The Desert Star” by Blue Wilde

“Stargazer” by Paige Hutchison

“The Only Constant” by Nic Siemer

“Shooting Stars” by Genki Hagata

“Friends Over Lightyears” by Marian Reiley

“Mouse and the Stars” by Abigail E.

“Beneath the Open Sky” by Tella Cartley

“Grandma's Memorial” by Jessica Buford

“Who to believe?” by Samreen Amir

“Starry Night, Starry Eyes ~” by Nuruliffa Emirah @ Nocturnal Enigma

“If They Come, They Will Come From the Stars” by Christina Vasquez

“The Blue Knight” by Alice H Williams

“A Life Covered in Stars” by Ava Lasater

“On Edge” by Shawn O'Connor

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