Write about someone who has a superpower.

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“What I Couldn't Foresee” by M. M.

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- Wind rips at my face and pummels my jacket with icy knives. Bullets of rain attack relentlessly from every direction. I fight through the storm, but I can’t see anything at all – just gray tearing at gray everywhere I look. Amidst the howling and pounding and roaring comes a deafening crash of thunder, and I wait. Sound travels faster than light in Mesatonia. Sure enough, a crack of lightning soon splits the sky – infinite electrons racing towards the earth, illuminating the world ...

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“The Time Lord: Traveler of Time and Space” by Jakob Waldron

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Jeremy Shaw's eighteenth birthday began like any other: he woke up to the smell of pancakes and bacon, his absolute favorite birthday breakfast, went downstairs, greeted his parents, and chowed down on his breakfast. Just as he was getting done, the phone rang, which was to be expected. It is his birthday after all. His Great Grandpa Pete had called, said happy birthday, and said that he had a present for Jeremy. So Jeremy got dressed and traveled two blocks to see his Grandpa Pete. Jeremy was so excited that he didn't even fin...

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“In control” by Taylor Jenkins

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"You know it is the wrong choice samara. Not a single good thing has come from us running into the unknown. Remember what had happened when a certain child spotted us whilst we were at a park in Maryland? We had just relocated and you messed it up. Just as you have done most of your time on this earth. You should have warned me that the child whose form I took was looking.""SHUT UP!" I yelled. It was as if I had spat fire from my mouth with my words because now the whole train was staring. Whispers filled the train and I could see every word...

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“Beyond Pop Culture” by Sara Blanch

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Elaria knew it was a strange thing to take into her stride, she had always been the easy-going type but even the other three protectors that formed the elemental quadrant with her seemed to have more difficulties in adjusting to their new position. In their defense, it was a pretty big responsibility to just wake up with a supernatural ability and to realise your true nature. In a world where superpowers were a part of pop culture yet no one seemed to actually have them...finding out that you are a living incarnation of one of the four phy...

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“Clorox Wipes” by Sarah A

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“Where were you all day?” My mother asks when she comes into my room that evening. She asks with an air of a mother that kind of wonders, and she’s not sure if she really wants to know the answer, but she’s also curious. She trusts me to live my own life, but at the same time, we’re in the midst of a global pandemic, and even though life right now is really more about millennials trying to shut our baby boomer parents in the house, instead of vice versa, I was the one gone all day, not her. I shrug. “I just went ...

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“Not Another Superhero” by Sai Renuka

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Aaryas' palms rushed to his ears as the humongous bus rammed into the jewelry store. It seemed as if diamonds rained from the sky, metal pieces, glass shards, and gold crumbs reflecting sunlight in myriad angles as they flew and fell, skittering across the street. Aarya and Maya looked at each other for a brief second, their postures straightening, and that was all they needed. He clumsily attempted to place the comic he was holding back into its rack and Maya simply dropped the bottle of what he assumed was some botanical chemical. They d...

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“New Existence” by A.J. Eckardt

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“Elijah! Elijah! Are you okay?”I hear a voice, dully cutting through the ringing in my ears, but I don’t recognize the name it’s calling for. I’m disoriented. Smoke fills my lungs and my vision is blurry as I slowly regain consciousness.” “We need to get out of here, now!” The same voice calls out, “This whole place is going to collapse on top of us!” A blurry figure comes into focus, standing over me, hand extended. She stands at medium height and exudes a strong sense of confidence. Her long dark hair, resembling t...

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“Flying Man” by Bob Jasper

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Jason Koch stood looking out over the balcony of his 37th floor penthouse apartment in Manhattan. His earpiece had just picked up a woman’s screams coming from Central Park. Putting on his invisibility cloak, he stepped onto the ledge and dove as if entering a swimming pool. Rather than plummeting to earth, he streaked off in the direction of the screams. As he neared the park, he pinpointed the location of the woman and with his binocular night vision saw her struggling with an assailant who was trying to drag her into the bushes. He’d al...

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“The bottom of a well” by Suzanna Bakr

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Hero or villain. Who gets to decide? Is it what we are who we’re seen as when our faces are used on toothpaste ad billboards or on the screens on the busy streets that broadcast staged footage or an interview from last week. Or is who we are behind closed doors a real glimpse to what we truly look like beneath our skin. The big men and 1%, they get to choose who we get to be, what is most convenient. Or is it perhaps something we do against that, a path we make ourselves that only a few will know if any get the chance. Do we make ourselves o...

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“"Stay" ” by Kaira Davies

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Powers...What are they to you? Are they lucky characteristics you earn or have from birth? Or maybe a curse? There is no right or wrong answer. Tabitha Longreign was a normal kid, sweet, kind, caring and a little shy to be honest. She had many friends and many people adored her. Yet she hated keeping a friend for long, when a friend was either ignored or rejected she would cover up the truth with the simple answer "I can't get attached, I'm sorry!" And because of her permanent sweet aura, no one blames or argues with the girl. Here we ar...

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“A Gift or a Curse?” by Amber Paige

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Everybody has felt different to others, at least once in their lives. We have all had that feeling when we like something that everybody else hates, or we have come from a place nobody else has heard of. Or we believe certain things that others don't, or have worn clothes people laughed at. But no matter what that situation is or how uncomfortable it makes you feel, it will be over eventually and you will forget about it. That's not how it is for me. I have been different my whole life. I have cried and hidden away because of it. P...

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“The Mighty Mortimer” by Leane Cornwell

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Mortimer Macklin didn’t think water had ever tasted so good as he slurped from a clear mountain stream below the family campsite. Just as he was about to wipe a hand across his mouth and stand up refreshed, the creek surface glittered with bright colored light. Mortimer fell back onto the creek bank tilting his head up just in time to catch remnants of a shooting star in the dark sky above him. Mortimer hadn’t seen but three shooting stars in all his twelve years but knew this one was different. It looked like it was dragging ...

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“The Origin of McCool” by Iam Danger

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There is no 15 minutes of fame anymore. It had been shortened to 3 minutes, the average length of a viral video.The video was a wide angle shot. The caption was “Fat Funeral Fail!” It was a celebrity funeral of an 800 pound professional wrestler, so their was video. The oversized casket must have weighed a ton. The pallbearers carrying the casket down the aisle and up the platform built to accommodate the large crowd were all family members, 8 men, 7 of whom were in excess of 450 pounds, the runt of the litter looking diminutive at 200 pound...

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“They Aren't Real” by Aniruddh Pramod

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Every night, a solitary fear keeps me from falling asleep. I have no known phobias, and yet I will never be able to shake off the feeling that there are secret agents hiding in my walls, maybe next door, or under my bed, and once I fall asleep, they’ll catch me, and it will be game over.I’m not paranoid, you have to believe me. You and everybody else who reads this might be my only hope. You might even be the only hope for humanity.Allow me to explain.My name is Moacir. And I’m the world’s only superhero.Shocked? No, I don’t think so. You’ve...

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“Pause Button Man” by Barbara Eustace

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It’s not all it’s cracked up to be, this superhero lark. I mean, not all of us get our deserved recognition. Take me. What do you mean you’d rather not? Okay, I’m not your traditional superhero, your 6ft, 185lb, looks good in tights type. Or 6ft 3in, 235lb if you’re Superman, the man of steel, everybody’s favorite hero. Okay, I can top that, I’m 250lb. But then again I’m only 5ft 6in, so hardly the ideal muscular physique you associate with superheroes. I don’t get my superpowers from an experiment gone wrong, l...

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Write about someone who has a superpower.

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✍️ 334 stories

“What I Couldn't Foresee” by M. M.

“The Time Lord: Traveler of Time and Space” by Jakob Waldron

“In control” by Taylor Jenkins

“Beyond Pop Culture” by Sara Blanch

“Clorox Wipes” by Sarah A

“Not Another Superhero” by Sai Renuka

“New Existence” by A.J. Eckardt

“Flying Man” by Bob Jasper

“The bottom of a well” by Suzanna Bakr

“"Stay" ” by Kaira Davies

“A Gift or a Curse?” by Amber Paige

“The Mighty Mortimer” by Leane Cornwell

“The Origin of McCool” by Iam Danger

“They Aren't Real” by Aniruddh Pramod

“Pause Button Man” by Barbara Eustace

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Write about someone who always comes to the aid of others.

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Write about a person who collects superhero comics.

Write a story that features a protagonist with an archnemesis.

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