Write about a character who meticulously catalogs everything in their life, until something disrupts their system.

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“Invisible Woman” by Kat Conway

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Cecilia doesn't think of herself as a hoarder. After all, the collections are organized, alphabetized, colour-coded and sorted into bins. Even cataloged on her computer. No junk. Interesting items like law enforcement badges and pins collected from cities worldwide. Work colleagues bring her back souvenir pins from their vacations. Others, she requests by email since she's never travelled out of Ontario. Instead of staring mindlessly at a television screen, Cecilia selects a bin at random, studying and appreciating the contents. The badge...

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“Written in his catalog” by Milcah Penaflorida

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Ever since Mico was a young child, He was force to make a diy catalogs about his life. So basically everyday of his life was written in that catalog. His parents are famous people. His Dad is a famous actor while his mom is one of the most prettiest lady in the world. He was force to become perfect and his parents are the one who choose what decision he will make. He and his siblings doesn't like it but they're not allowed to give their opinion because they might put into a lot of trouble. After the school, they are not allowed to go han...

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“Bookhouse and the beast” by Jaithri K

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The old man chuckled to himself as he saw his 22 year old grandson dance like a kid as he did the dishes. A legit one man Disney musical number, complete with joyous tunes, clumsy dancing and dramatic dishwashing. That boy could literally run into a mob of straight faced policemen and make them go all “chick-chicky-boom!”...To let him wreak havoc on the library…Well, it wasn’t a question of “let” anymore to be honest…at least not today, with the unsummoned Devil tap dancing on his knees…With a decisive nod, he called Terry. Stopping mid-step...

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“I Wonder” by Asmita Kodityala

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We. Log. Everything It’s the rule now. Everything that we do must be tracked, cataloged, or logged into our phones. If you don’t do it, they will find out. And when they do, y’all don’t want to be around. Sunday, April 25th- 10:21:17 am Ate two slices of french toast. A moderate amount of syrup. Was asked to put bananas and did so unwillingly. Two centimeters of the crust was left. Is now in the garbage disposal. I mic myself and head into the backyard. It’s finally spring. Even though the blooms and smells and birds are co...

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“A History Of Life” by Kas Reidva

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There are few philosophical concepts as ordinary and yet as intricately woven as that of existence itself. After all, what could interest the mind more? Perhaps understanding this simple conjecture for progress could answer all of life’s toughest questions. What does it entail? Is it the years one spends alive? Or achieving a state of sentience? They can never properly pin it down, they just know when it started for them. &...

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“A Rose in Any Century is Still a Rose (Though Possibly Plastic)” by Delphine Hintz

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She couldn’t be sure if it was the laughter that slowed her down or the stumble. The boy appeared as if sliding out of the wall. His eyes flashed. The roaring of the peace-keepers’ motorcycles lurched upward. He smiled. “Don’t let them catch you now.” She gave a breathless grin. She never had time for any other kind, but they were off already, and he was leading her, and she was almost positive that the city labyrinth hadn’t looked quite this way this morning, but she wasn’t going to complain as they skidded around corners, rats darti...

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“Jeremy's Databases” by Josie Gilbert

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Jeremy was a precocious child. His mother had always read a story to him after he finished eating his lunch, but from the age of four Jeremy insisted on reading it himself. By then, he had already outgrown the usual children’s literature and had progressed to books more suitable for adolescents. At first this confused the local librarian, who thought he was choosing novels for an older sibling. Finally, Jeremy’s mother had confided that he was an only child and that medical problems meant he could never have a brother or sister. The libraria...

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“Happy” by Gemma McDonald

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Creak, Shoof, Creak, Shoof. The sounds of filing cabinets opening and closing strangely reverberated in the small room filled with the metal organizers. I don't have OCD, I don't. I tried to convince myself, as I religiously wrote down each and every single moment of my waking day in folders, keeping them in large filing cabinets never to be seen again. It wasn't like I had a choice, the feeling of impending doom leered over me watching what I did, ready to snap me in half with its strong jaws if I did one thing wrong. So I worked. And work...

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“One Day” by Lisa Ashleigh

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Three dollars and five cents ,was all that you had in your pocket but it was enough to make your day, the exact price of your favourite coffee from the local café just a few blocks from your apartment. You headed there, clenching onto the money, full of excitement. Walking on that winter morning with your foggy glasses and your face muzzled deep into your scarf to protect you from the cold, was the same as any other morning. Holding firmly onto your journal in your other hand, that seemed like it was the place where you wrote about every sec...

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“Training Logs” by Brendan Doyle

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Brent didn’t want to go on his scheduled twelve-mile run, this particular Saturday morning in April; but he was smack in the middle of his meticulous training plan for the Brooklyn Marathon, and he had so far logged 60 straight days of successful runs. He sure as hell wasn’t about to drop the ball in the middle of training. After drinking a glass of water mixed with neon-red energy powder, he jogged down his third-floor walkup on the corner of 25th and Lexington and set-out for the Williamsburg Bridge. Some people liked to...

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“PULPED AND REBIRTHED” by Emma How

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They were at it again. The little bastards. Abusing her books. The spines folded to hell. Pages loose. Sticky, brown smears of their odious secretions on everything! She let out an exasperated sigh. And looked about disgusted at the herd of ingrates all around. Neanderthals. Grunting, scratching and drooling. Tearing at everything with their filthy paws. Look at him there licking his dirt encrusted thumb and smearing his putrescence upon every page he turns... I'm surprised they even know how to read. Oh, here comes that heino...

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“The Duck” by Anna Tishchenko

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Darren sat at his desk at precisely 6 AM, just as he had for the last 10 years. He booted up the old laptop, as the smell of the coffee maker began to waft around him. He took a deep inhale of the aromatic air and began to type.Awake: 5:30AM sharp.Shower: 5:33 AM until 5:40 AM.Chores: plants watered, fish fed, 5:41 AM to 5:49 AM.Coffee on: 5:55 AM.Journal entry: 6:00 AM sharp.Dreams: No memory. Satisfied wi...

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“Hello Diary” by Kayla Wamslay

Submitted to Contest #91

TW: physical abuse, violence Entry one: Hello diary. My name is Randolph Correy and I have just received you as I turned eight years old. I wanted to fill you in on the basics of my life. I have a Mommy and a brother. My Daddy died when I was a baby in a car wreck. I never knew him but my older brother Matthew did. Yesterday Matthew took away all my cars and flushed them down the toilet, I hate him. I wish I had a nice brother Entry two: Hello diary. Today we took Matthew to the hospital because he wouldn’t stop vomiting. It was super...

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“Vae Victis” by E Moss

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I am not the same. This shouldn't be my downfall but it is, and I want to make something crystallize before going any further about how my last chance at attaining insuperable greatness was completely fumbled because you just had to be included within the bigger picture. It was supposed to be my namesake marked as worthy being among those few who were triumphant, me displaying what my entire lifespan could do in one moment that no one else could ever be capable of finishing. No one else could of underwent all I had done in stoic preparation ...

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“A Routine Gone Wrong” by Glenn Etzwiler

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John a thirty nine year old man always cataloged everything he did in life. After a while John got into a routine. Happy with everything the way his life is going everything in it’s place. A good routine every day the same thing nothing out of place. John’s alarm goes off at eight am he gets up, goes to shower everything in the shower. Is in it’s own place towel hung on the bathroom door. Wash cloth hung on a rack in the shower body wash and shampoo. Put in alphabetical order everything in order. His clothes in the closet and dre...

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Write about a character who meticulously catalogs everything in their life, until something disrupts their system.

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✍️ 59 stories

“Invisible Woman” by Kat Conway

“Written in his catalog” by Milcah Penaflorida

“Bookhouse and the beast” by Jaithri K

“I Wonder” by Asmita Kodityala

“A History Of Life” by Kas Reidva

“A Rose in Any Century is Still a Rose (Though Possibly Plastic)” by Delphine Hintz

“Jeremy's Databases” by Josie Gilbert

“Happy” by Gemma McDonald

“One Day” by Lisa Ashleigh

“Training Logs” by Brendan Doyle

“PULPED AND REBIRTHED” by Emma How

“The Duck” by Anna Tishchenko

“Hello Diary” by Kayla Wamslay

“Vae Victis” by E Moss

“A Routine Gone Wrong” by Glenn Etzwiler

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Write about someone going to extreme lengths to return an overdue library book.

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Write about a character stumbling upon a library book that changes the course of their life, for better or worse.

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