Write about someone who’s spent a whole year planning a big prank, and now they’re finally ready to pull it off.

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““Come for Coffee and See My Latest Gadget!”” by Leon Moss

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There’s something about engineering students that gets them into trouble time after time. Once qualified, however, they are a gift to mankind. Inventing, designing, building, making, from micro-machines to skyscraper buildings; they can do a million different things. The nonsense starts in the learning stage when they believe they can do anything after a couple of years of learning. Don Peters, a student in my year, was a car nut. He had bought an old Austin 7 convertible motor car, 1936 vintage, and taken it to pieces in a garage. H...

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“Friendship Begins with a Bucket of Water” by ∙𝕒𝕦𝕕𝕣𝕖𝕪 𝕡∙

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“There!”I step back to look at my creation. “It's perfect, isn’t it?” “Yep,” my best friend, Oliver, pronounces. Right now, we’re standing on the front porch of my archnemesis, attempting to create what could soon be the biggest prank of all time. “Finally, we’ll be able to make her pay!” And then, I hear it. The creak of the door, the sound of the doorknob turning, my unheard cries, they’re all heard at once, and all happen in one swift movement. I hear it tip, here the water slosh and splash, and then—All ten gallons of wate...

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“The Ridiculous Visit of Dr. Car E. Less ” by Karuna Ramnani

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Last year, after Ms. Campbell’s 6th grade class finished learning the laboratory safety rules and taking the test that followed, she approached Mr. Dawson with an ingenious idea. He remembers their conversation vividly and often replays it in his mind. “Mr. Dawson, can I talk to you for a second?” “Yeah, what’s up?” “I was thinking of playing a prank on my 6th grade class next year.” “Like, your current class which I’ll have in Intro to Chem next year?” “No, I mean the 6th grade class that I’ll have next year. I...

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“Shot Of An Hour” by Marvelio Oxford

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The day was very awesome as sun was shinning in the blue sky. Birds were chirping on the trees but the humans were very careful as today was First April means April Fool Day. Everyone was doing there work very carefully as no-one was wanting to make Fool of self. Mrs. Miles was working in her kitchen when her door bell rings. She put the unwashed dishes in the sink and sped to the door. She went to door and opened it. On the door, her sister was standing with a stranger beside her. Mrs. Miles was looking so happy at the moment and but ...

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“The April Fools Gift” by Harvey Willis

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" It's finally my turn " as the evil shone in her green eyes, cast with jealousy and a sadness from deep within. The upward turn of the corner of her wide mouth, her full red lips smiling. She caught a glimpse of herself in the mirror, stopping to pin back a piece of her unruly, thick blonde curls that kept escaping from under the black knit hat she wore. " I will make her pay for what she did"Now standing under the gaze of only the full moon and a few stars. The moonlight shined through despite the clouds and a thick fog that somehow seemed...

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“The Divine Plan” by Mike Garrigan

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I’ve been waiting a year for this day. I sit at the bar, chew on peanuts, and swill the last of a Pabst Blue Ribbon. It’s 2:59 pm. The ceremony is about to begin. The Steelers just scored a touchdown. The sports bar jumps with cheer. Five bucks says, right about now, she’s thinking about peaking her head out of the bride’s room just to see what all the commotion is about. When she does emerge from that soft shelter, she’ll shield her eyes from the altar. She can’t see me before the ceremony—that would be bad luck. “I’ll take anot...

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“Egg Surprise” by Rachel Quirey

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Egg Surprise Jack had a plan, and it couldn’t fail. He was going to propose using a large Chocolate egg. Now to many, this sounds a bit crazy. But he was a romantic, and this had taken him an entire year to plan and organise. His girlfriend Sally, loved to play pranks on others, but especially on him. She had a long list of successful missions that ended in a glorious victory. It was his turn, to show her he was a serious contender. There had to be family and friends who would arrive and make this big day...

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“April Fool the Cat” by Tanya Humphreys

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April stalked the village streets by night and early morning, her ebony coat made her all but invisible. You only saw her when her eyes glowed in ambient light. Or when she was up to no good. The closer it got to midnight, the stronger her powers became. On this particular night of March 31st, April padded carefully along the top of a fence, picking her way along like a wicked black ballerina. When she smiled, her deadly canines shone in the moonlight. Her long snakelike tail twitched at the tip, acting as her rudde...

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“365 Morning and Night” by Isa Negron

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I’ve got a question for you; A girl walks into a supply store asking for ten cans of red paint, six-packs of zip ties, four twelve-foot-long pieces of jute rope, two hammers, a large box of nails, duct tape, and a saw, what would you think? Would you question if you just witnessed a murderer collecting supplies for their next victim? Or maybe a sad housewife who’s ready to end her life and escape her ongoing routine? I bet the last thing you would ponder, is a young woman who is about to plan the best, most intricate, prank of the century.&n...

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“Strangers in Baketown” by Christopher Cayen-Cyr

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“This tastes like… I can’t quite describe it,” said Margot, the competition head judge. “Paradise perhaps?” “No.” “Apotheosis?” “Not quite.” “Perfection?” “I would say a combination of cement and rotten eggs.” The other contestants burst into manic laughter. No other participant had gotten that kind of feedback. Naturally, I ranked dead last, just like every year. Every. Single. Year. Next year was bound to be different, however. I would have the last laugh, whether they liked it or not. Baketown earned its fame from one reas...

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“Tomorrow” by Gwyneth Lu

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It was really and truly happening! Today, in 6 hours time would be tomorrow. Concentration, desperation and determination have made me continue my master plan, that would surely become an immediate and major success. I was desperately adding a couple of finishing touches to my work, desperately, desperately. Cold sweat trickled down my face, as I worked my quickest and hardest to ensure nothing would fail. I urgently encouraged myself to try harder, to so perhaps win the title of best trickster in the world. True, many of my other prank...

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“Homer's Prank” by Debra Birdwell Winkler

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HOMER'S PRANK By Debra Birdwell WinklerThe divorce was finalized a year ago on April Fool’s Day. Homer Hornsby wasn’t happy about the results. If only it had been a prank, but it wasn’t. She got everything. Well, maybe not everything, but an awful lot. She had to move out of his house – his 200-year-old family home which she invaded when he married her. That was good. She got the two kids – he didn’t want them anyway because he never liked kids. So, that was good, also. But she could move away to the other side of the country – eight st...

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“Calendar Year” by Psyche Subcommittee

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I don’t have a calendar. I don’t have a calendar and usually I’m fine with that. I walk out of the house armed with the day of the week and sometimes even the time (though never with a watch) and if I did for some unfathomable reason need to know the date, I’d ask. I don’t even really subscribe to the lunar calendar, though I haven’t thought about it extensively enough to formulate a coherent reason, maybe because I’d rather stay in the shallow and agnostic end of the pool than wade into the dark and deep waters of contemplating real things....

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“CELINE TASTES HER OWN MEDICINE ” by Leonard Kizito

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After a long while of absence, Rose and Celine again reappeared within the vicinity of Ngong' hostel, and were advancing, somewhat ungainly, towards its entrance. Even from afar, they obviously expended not a care in their manner of walking as was regular with their habits. Panting and sweating, their sweat-sodden tops sticking stubbornly to the straight of their youthful backs, the pair lackadaisically crossed the slabbed compound and onto the threshold. Underneath their clothing, Celine and Rose,--especially Celine who always engaged ...

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“April's fool” by Auguste Dupin

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When a lion chases its prey it experiences two kinds of pleasure viz; the kill and the thrill. Matt’s chase had evoked such a palpable thrill. He remembered vividly the day this outlandish idea had eerily entered his mind, a typical Netflix and chill weekend with his girlfriend April. The two had been inseparable since college, their love for each other was like a meadow of grass, sometimes it was lush and lively sometimes it was dry and gloomy but through and through they had adored each other. As they sat there pensive and idyllic a though...

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Write about someone who’s spent a whole year planning a big prank, and now they’re finally ready to pull it off.

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✍️ 75 stories

““Come for Coffee and See My Latest Gadget!”” by Leon Moss

“Friendship Begins with a Bucket of Water” by ∙𝕒𝕦𝕕𝕣𝕖𝕪 𝕡∙

“The Ridiculous Visit of Dr. Car E. Less ” by Karuna Ramnani

“Shot Of An Hour” by Marvelio Oxford

“The April Fools Gift” by Harvey Willis

“The Divine Plan” by Mike Garrigan

“Egg Surprise” by Rachel Quirey

“April Fool the Cat” by Tanya Humphreys

“365 Morning and Night” by Isa Negron

“Strangers in Baketown” by Christopher Cayen-Cyr

“Tomorrow” by Gwyneth Lu

“Homer's Prank” by Debra Birdwell Winkler

“Calendar Year” by Psyche Subcommittee

“CELINE TASTES HER OWN MEDICINE ” by Leonard Kizito

“April's fool” by Auguste Dupin

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Write about a mischievous pixie or trickster god.

Write about someone who hates pranks and spends April Fools’ Day doing good deeds instead.

Start your story with a big company pulling an April Fools’ prank that ends up going horribly wrong.

Write about someone who goes to great lengths to avoid being pranked on April 1st, only to realize they had the date wrong and it’s already April 2nd.

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