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Write a story in the form of a top-ten list.

Posted in Middle School on Oct 26, 2022

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“Not Worth It” by Writer Maniac

Submitted to Contest #74

Trigger warning: Suicide, death Things to do before I leave: 1.   Hug my mother. Say I love you to her, even if I don’t mean it, because I won’t. She never loved me. She always loved her other children more than me. But she tried, I’m sure she tried to love me. It is my fault that I’m so unlovable. It’s my fault that I was always so moody and depressing, that talking to me was more of a chore than a pleasure. I didn’t deserve the same love that my siblings always got, I know that. But I wish I had gotten at least a fraction o...

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“Ode to a Gummy Bear Graveyard ” by Jubilee Forbess

Submitted to Contest #74

to my pillow Free verse poetry Floating like dead feet against the shore Wraps seaweed around your legs Pushes you deeper into your bed And you wish you had thicker blankets Thicker pillows Thicker skin. Your friends Love you They Put no one above you But sometimes you wonder if they’d love if they knewThat you killed your betta fish when you were nine Choked your hamster at age five Dropped lemon drops in your cat’s food bowl And still don’t know what the word arseni...

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“Top Ten Places To Wait For Your Owners” by Rinnie Leigh

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One: right where they left youIt’s a wonderful, quaint little spot, a lush, fragrant stretch of grass and white clovers, sunny and warm and right by the roadside, so they’ll have no problem seeing you when they come back. Besides, right here is where their scent is the strongest, on account of how they left you your favourite plush blanket to wait upon, as well as your food and water bowls, heaped with dry food and your favourite biscuits. It’s more than they usually feed you at a single mealtime, which means it’s one of the best things that...

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“Those Who Showed Me the Way” by Maya -

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𝐓𝐞𝐧My best friend, Emilia, taught me to always stay true to myself.I met her on the first day of first grade, in the bustling highlighter-yellow hallway outside our classroom. Our backpack hooks were adjacent to each other, each with a laminated frog sticker above it displaying our names.The rest of my classmates stood in a circle around her, giggling and staring at her without attempting to make their teasing discrete. After a few moments of confusion, I realized they were laughing at the pair of wire cat ears she wore on her head. By this ...

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“Your Black Pen” by 𝕜𝐞𝕟𝐝𝕣𝐚 𝕤𝐭𝕠𝐧𝕖

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Warning: There’s one guy who’s gay, so if you’re uncomfortable with that, feel free to leave. Thanks :) Ten - Lukas Lukas was a nice guy. You sometimes look at him in class, and thirty percent of the time, he glances and smiles at you. He’s too innocent. One morning, you were early for school. Your mom had a business meeting, so she dropped you off at seven thirty-five when it started at eight. You decided to watch the basketball players, who were the only students that were there. You realized one of the players was Lukas, and you decid...

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“Believer” by Scout Tahoe

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Top Ten Things to Believe in This Year  #10 Santa Claus  Do you believe in Santa Claus? I don’t anymore. I used to think he was this kind man with big hands whose smile was pale and stretched lines into the moon. My childish thoughts shaped this man who drew snowflakes and birds into the sky like a coloring book.  But that was ended for me when my grandmother let those three forbidding words slide off the tip of her tongue. I used to be a stupid child who knew nothing but how the light combed through the sky. Now I know thi...

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“Top Ten” by BRoOkE HAs A COwBoY HAt

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My Top Ten Reedsy BFF’sDisclaimer: I want all of you to go check out these people and follow them and give support and read their stories because they’re all WONDERIFIC and so deserve it. Also, almost everything that I wrote goes for each and every one of these people, so if you’re one of the top ten and there’s something you wanted me to say that I said for someone else, let me know or please remember that everything goes for everyone. If that makes any sense at all...1.) Megan SutherlandMeg is one of the best people that I don’t know. She ...

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“Fingers Crossed, for 2021!” by Akshaya Sutrave

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2020 Mapped out:Goal #01- January- Make this a fantastic new decadeI can’t believe this. This is the start of a fresh year. A year that is the very first of a whole new decade! It is something almost the entire world has been anticipating. I’m on top of the world right now. I need to follow every last resolution of mine this time. Whatever happens, this decade is going to be different, and I can feel it in my bones. Let’s make it a better decade in a better world!Goal #02- February- Continue the ‘smooth sail’So far, everything has ...

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“Things My Mother Collected” by A.Dot Ram

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Things My Mother CollectedA list by Dr. Alex Caldwell1. PerfumeSome women have their signature scent. I thought my mom did, but it turns out that maybe her signature was her variety. There they were, three glass bottles, three little jewels sparkling on a polished silver tray on her worn white dresser. I thought I knew my mom. I thought the perfume in the short, fluted bottle, golden flowers and Swarovski crystals adorning the dome of its lid, was her scent—an ephemeral, flowery sillage, light and inoffensive. Whispers of Truth. I sprayed it...

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“My New Year Resolutions” by ✯𝐋𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚 𝐋𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫✯

Submitted to Contest #74

Title: My New Year Resolutions By: Haripriya Author's Note: Hello everyone! I hope that you're having a great Thursday and a lovely Christmas Eve! I hope you enjoy this story! Number #1: Learn how to knit: I have always been wanting to learn how to sew/knit because the idea of making your own things such as a sweater, gloves, socks, etc just sounds so much more fun and a bit more satisfying. Meaning, when you're wearing something that you made by yourself, won't you feel just so much more proud than wearing something you bought from Targ...

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“STRANGE HAPPINESS” by Amel Parvez

Submitted to Contest #74

1)     She took a deep breath, taking in the odor of that place. This was her favorite place in the whole world, she would give anything to come here. She could feel her body getting relaxed in that environment.It was just the type of her place. The place of peace and tranquility, where no one will disturb you. There would be no place anywhere where you will find this much calmness and coziness. The silence filled her ear, and the sweet aroma of the librarian perfume filled her nostrils. She was filled with happiness...

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“2020” by Coco Longstaff

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The top-ten events that happened to me in 2020The whole world, including me, started to suffer from an infectious disease called Covid-19 and extreme lockdowns were enforced. My friends, family and I all panicked because for the first time in my life, we were going to experience online learning and the parents were going to have to deal with it. Thankfully, we are not aware yet of one of us having the virus.I had online learning for 3 whole months. It took time, but I got used to it and made a new routine at home for my time with online lear...

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“Falling Petals” by Maya W.

Submitted to Contest #74

***Trigger warning for suicide at number 5 and death at number 9.*** “Flowers. I remember fields of flowers, soft beneath my heels. Walking in the sun, I remember someone. Someone by my side, turned his face to mine. And then I turned away, into the shade.” 1) Zinnia - “The zinnia flower has several meanings including thoughts of friends, endurance, daily remembrance, goodness and lasting affection.” We were young, on that one day in the shade of the old willow tree, but we still felt as old as time itself. She turned to me, her bright...

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“top ten mistakes you'll never make” by 𝔼𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 ✳🏳️‍🌈

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I want you to be my therapist. Yes, you. I don't care what you look like, what you think, or who I am at the moment. All I want is your guidance. Eventually, you'll ask me a question. You like doing that, thinking it'll lead somewhere. Maybe to the cure? Maybe down the rabbit hole. I tell you each little fucking detail, all in chronological order, all raising my hidden insanity higher and higher. 1. Enter drama club; you'll tell me you remember your days in the band, honking your way through a children's song. I'll nod, curl my hair, and o...

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“What I Love” by 𝚋𝚕𝚞𝚎 𝚐𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚝💙

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The Things I Love about People:OneSmiles.I loved that whenever people got excited or happy they smiled. It was an instant reaction to something that made people feel warm on the inside. I loved the way their faces lit up as they allowed for their teeth to be shown. It was their way of letting the world know they had found joy in something.TwoThe face people made when they realized something they were wearing had pockets.This one is hard to explain. It mostly happens with girls based on what I’ve had the privilege of viewing. The face was sho...

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