Write about an animal who causes a huge problem.

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“From Out There” by Nolan Tanner

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From out there it came. It was ancient and beautiful.Aurelia thought her grandmother was also ancient and beautiful. She was old for a grandmother. Women in their family tree for some reason tended to have children after 40. Aurelia sat in the spring air that was somehow neither warm nor cool. She could surmise that it was a strange day. Earlier in the day, there had been a shadow around her grandmother. She was content with the shadow, but Aurelia wasn’t. The shadow made her look even more ancient, but also beautiful.The news on TV was...

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“Sophie Seager's Day Off” by Katherine Seager

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Sophie Seager was a full blooded, hard core Jack Russell Terrier. She prided herself on this fact, and therefore turned her nose up at all the other dogs in the park. She was more intelligent, could trick a squirrel into falling out of a tree simply by circling the tree and making it dizzy, and she only pooped in one corner, not all over the backyard like other lazy and disgusting common dogs. Being a Jack Russell, Sophie was naturally very mischievous. It was the ways of her breed, but she thought she was one of the sneakier and smarte...

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“Deadly” by Ash Hillton

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Just a typical suburban town... No problems, happy children, strong marriages; everything you could ever want.But... it didn't stay that way...The first few deaths didn't raise much concern... the next five did, but none cared to look into it. After twenty five deaths within the span of two and a half months, residents became concerned. They started a neighborhood watch. It worked for a while. They disbanded soon after the deaths stopped, but they began again. Not quite as harsh as the were before, only two a month, but they s...

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“Skinny Minnie Not So Skinny” by Mike Williams

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Minnie was a neighborhood feral cat. She would roam the neighborhood as if she was on patrol. Minnie was skinny, very skinny. Thus, “Skinny Minnie.” As a feral cat, she would not allow human contact. Minnie wouldn’t allow you to touch her or even get close to her. Along Minnie’s routine patrol route was an old, large two-story house. In the house, there resided a family of five. Mark and Maureen were raising three girls, all between the ages of five to eight. Two dogs, Jack Russel terriers, were sisters as well. As puppies, they...

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“Blackout” by Peter Amos

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It was the damn Galloways on Loman Street again. Cal shook his head and rapped his wedding band against the steering wheel in time with the Waylon in the speakers and watched headlights tumble through the dark intersection as he waited for the signal to change. A brick cape cod with gray-and-red shingles and neatly pruned shrubs; the Galloway place caused more trouble than the rest of the neighborhood combined. Not that anyone would say so outside the comfort of their own living room, but the gossip and the in-ground pool and the late-night,...

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“The Four-Legged Sadist ” by Jae Ross

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Inspired by true events.The numbers on the illuminated blue clock tell me it’s 3:13 in the morning. Unbelievable. The two white noise machines strategically placed on either side of my head still couldn’t drown out the scratching noise that’s coming from outside. He’s back. And this time he’s interfering with my sleep schedule in a really fucked up way. 11:13pm would have been fine. Hell, even 5:13am would have been acceptable. But this hour is seriously sadistic. ‘How did he get out ...

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“Mixed Breed” by Tim Benson

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“MIXED BREED”It seemed like everyone I talked to gave me the same advice; the best way to get over the loss of a pet is to get a new one. I knew they were right but as I sat there in the parking lot of the rescue shelter it didn’t seem so obvious. Daisy had been part of our family for fourteen years. The boys were in high school and picked her from a litter of Yellow Lab puppies and named her on the way home. In time they decided they wanted no part of a job at the nuclear plant where I worked so they went off to college and careers elsewher...

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“The Seven Year Spell” by Zac Grace

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And then, her friends started poking for holes in her mother’s story.She could see brown-haired Yoshua scrunching up his nose, the turning gears in his brain almost obvious. He was about to ask a difficult question.Pellard and Maya were in a whispered discussion, their voices so quiet that they must be reading each other’s lips.Gerry, Bobby and Paxine were, without a question, scared. And by the looks on their faces, their mothers were terrified.Kira looked at her own mother, at the same time perplexed that she had caught all the attention t...

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“Overprotective” by ALLISON FRANCIS

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The tall one was back again. My ears lifted as I heard the growl of his mechanical beast driving up to the house. I had memorized this sound, so I would always know when sister needed my help.I jumped off my chair and rushed to the front window. I lifted my paws and hopped up onto the window ledge. I peered out the window and growled as I viewed the tall one take my sisters hand. How dare he touch her! I continued to watch the scene intently when, suddenly, the tall one leaned towards sister and pressed his lips to her cheek."Get away from h...

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Write about an animal who causes a huge problem.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 99 stories

“From Out There” by Nolan Tanner

“Sophie Seager's Day Off” by Katherine Seager

“Deadly” by Ash Hillton

“Skinny Minnie Not So Skinny” by Mike Williams

“Blackout” by Peter Amos

“The Four-Legged Sadist ” by Jae Ross

“Mixed Breed” by Tim Benson

“The Seven Year Spell” by Zac Grace

“Overprotective” by ALLISON FRANCIS

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Write about an animal who changes a person's life (for better or worse).

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Write a story featuring an animal who subverts expectations (like a snuggly tiger, or something more magical, like a literal fish out of water).

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