Write a story inspired by a piece of music (without using any lyrics).

Posted in Middle School on Oct 26, 2022

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“Amour Macabre” by Christopher Cayen-Cyr

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He hovered above the wet clay track, the remnants of his shredded dark robe gliding onto the dirt and rocks. His skeletal feet did not move at all, as if frozen in time amongst the tombs. It was the night before the first snowfall, his last chance to awake them before Persephone retreated for her winter slumber. The grim figure stopped in front of the tallest tree in the graveyard, now bare of any leaf. Its knotty branches reached for the dark clouds covering the night sky as an old man reaches for the heavens before his final breath. Slow...

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“The Forgotten Girl” by Vera Kearney

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1016 words The Forgotten Girl Her daddy was once a pastor of the local church—her mom a Sunday School teacher. Her parent never took her to church. They never took her anywhere. When she was born, her dad took one look at her and said, "Anything that ugly doesn't belong to me." Sadly, he refused to take her home with them. The baby was left alone, forgotten, unwanted. Being born premature, she wasn't fully developed, and the bones in her forehead had not formed. As the baby nursed her bottle, the forehead would collapse back and forth. ...

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“Highway to hell! Stairway to heaven?” by Agris Engelis

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I lived a lazy life filled with poor judgements. I worked as a programmer and hacker during the nights. I lived a fairly wealthy if not good life. When I was 40, I died, I chocked on a KFC chicken wing bone. “Hello there, Martin.” As I died, I saw in front of me a man dressed in a white suit. “Hello... who are you?” the man smiled. “I’m no one important, I’m but a guide to the afterlife.” I looked around; I was in a white void. There was nothing but the man and 2 doors. “Where exactly am I?” the man opened his arms. “Welcome to the room of c...

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“The Hero” by Jeremiah Foxx

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Rain poured down on a lone hooded figure standing under a dim streetlamp in the crowded parking lot. Inside of the large domed building before him. Hidden somewhere inside of the voluminous expanse of black cloth that made up his oversized hoodie was a young boy around fourteen years of age. Travis Archenion stared out between two oversized bangs of mousy brown hair at the building before him, and especially at the securely locked metal shutter pulled down over the window of the ticket office. It wasn’t fair; this was to be his night, hi...

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“Knock-On” by Alex K. Maxwell

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“Listen, all I’m sayin is the guy was a bastard, look around - there’s nobody here!” my uncle Larry said, well within earshot of me. My aunt Debbie shushed him and dragged him by the arm to safety as the daggers sharpened in the eyes of my mom and two sisters, temporarily breaking the huddle around a blonde newscaster rattling on about yesterday’s most recent ArkMission launch disaster. I capitalized on the excuse to escape the weight of my father’s casket, copied my sisters’ furious looks, and stormed through the f...

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“Mingled Souls” by Lou Jackson

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Mireya is eating dinner at her own house, but she’s still all over my room. Her purple backpack is leaning next to my blue one at the foot of my bed, next to the Sharpie signatures -- Mireya Hutton, Rowan Sullivan -- my mom let us leave on the Ikea frame, next to the two yellow water bottles that we keep getting mixed up. It’s dark outside, in that summer-evening way, only it’s late September. One of those weird fall days when it’s still annoyingly warm and I have to leave the window open, which I’ve done, letting the untied curtains flutte...

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“La Primavera” by Mark Nero

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“La Primavera” or “The Spring” in English, is probably Vivaldi’s most popular piece from the “The Four Seasons” violin concertos. Or “Le Quattro Stagioni” in Italian. It was composed between seventeen eighteen and seventeen twenty by Antonio Lucio Vivaldi during the Baroque period, which was my favorite classical period. I preferred the basic structured approach to the Baroque period, versus the Classical or the Romantic but that’s just me… It’s a popular piece at weddings and if you you’ve ever been to a function that had a string t...

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“Disengage” by Soraya Munawari

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That did not just happen, did it? He came out of nowhere! Out of the dark, I didn't- I'm sorry. I didn't see him, he was moving too fast, and I- I didn't move us out of the way in time. Oh, no. This can't be happening. Please, no. Don't let this be real. I'm just dreaming. This is only a dream. I've dreamt of this kind of thing multiple times. This can't be real. Let's... Ok, let's take a deep breath. Take stock. Keep going. So. Denying that it happened won't change the fact that it... it happened. It did happen, but you're OK. You...

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“Six Months” by Katherine Washington

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Reedsy Prompt – Write a Story Inspired by a Piece of Music Six Months As I settled into a quiet corner in the Little Tart French Bakery, near Grant Park in Atlanta I felt somewhat elated as I surveyed the room and sipped my peppermint tea, my mask dangling from one ear. There were about a dozen others staring at laptops, chatting with friends, reading. It felt wonderful to be out of my apartment, in the company of strangers, after the past year of isolation. My table faced a set of windows that stretched the entire expanse of the room as a...

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Write a story inspired by a piece of music (without using any lyrics).

Submissions are closed

✍️ 39 stories

“Amour Macabre” by Christopher Cayen-Cyr

“The Forgotten Girl” by Vera Kearney

“Highway to hell! Stairway to heaven?” by Agris Engelis

“The Hero” by Jeremiah Foxx

“Knock-On” by Alex K. Maxwell

“Mingled Souls” by Lou Jackson

“La Primavera” by Mark Nero

“Disengage” by Soraya Munawari

“Six Months” by Katherine Washington

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Start your story with an unusual sound being heard.

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Write a story that involves eavesdropping.

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