Write a story about a rumor making its way through the grapevine.

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“The Neighbors” by Erica McIntosh

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“Mom! Mom! We’ve got new neighbors!” Jacob could barely contain his excitement. It had been so long since anything interesting happened on his street. He noticed an oversized, orange truck circle around the cul-de-sac and park across the street. He had seen this truck before when Ms. Eileen was moving to Ohio. He knew it certainty was not her moving back because she was too old to live by herself anymore. She told him that she had to live with her daughter and grandson, though she hadn’t seemed that happy about it. He continued to peer ...

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“Speculation” by Christina Dakhil

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Everyone knew her as the girl with no parents. Then she became known as the girl who tried to run away from her foster homes. As time went on, new stories came about; the girl who kidnapped her brother, the girl who got married at 16, the girl with her first kid at 18. Little did everyone know, she was not living the life everyone assumed she was, and it all started with miscommunication.When Adeline was seven years old, her immigrant parents were taken from her directly. Of course, young Adeline was devastated. She hadn’t known much E...

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“The Tramp” by Siddartha Manubothu

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Dear Adrian, Today, Johnny told me the juiciest thing. He said that Billy's mother's uncle's daughter in law's brother's wife's mother's sister in law's cousin's son's friend's mother's brother's grandmother overheard something that is going to make you fall off your vine. It's top-secret, so don't tell anyone else. So there's this old wrinkly tramp. They said he was a raisin. As if. So anyway, he died a few years ago. Rumor says he was eaten! By a wandering raccoon. Thank wine no one else got hurt. So he fell off his vine and rolled away. A...

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“Rumor Spread like Wildfires” by Alexa Dahl

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Everyone has secrets, but I'm not everyone. People always have something to hide whether it the widow that owns the book shop down the road, people think she killed her husband, or maybe the neighbor cheated on his wife. I don't have anything to hide because I live for the truth, but I don't just go around telling people everything if they want to know the truth they will come to me. Now you wouldn't be surprised on how my people hate me for what I do, they tell me stuff like "You ruined my life!" or "This is all because of you!" and I'd hav...

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“Listen” by Sam Fisher

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"Listen," she said, one manicured hand on her hip, the other gesturing at each of the ladies in turn. "I'm not saying it's true, and it's definitely not coming from me, but I've heard from a few of my sources that he's a bit of a weirdo. It’s not new information. People have been talking about him for years."They hung on every word that followed, eyes widening with each snippet of juicy gossip. Emily let out a little gasp on hearing the final sentence and quickly retrieved the chain handle of her handbag from the back of the dining chair.&nb...

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“Shout at the Devil (Mask Fanfic)” by Corey Keys

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"Hey Charlie!" A brown haired man walking along the street called to me in a manner I have never heard before. Until I realized, hey!"Oh hell, George!" It was my buddy from high school, his face sure has matured. Wrinkles line his face but he is still quite young. He has a hard, toned face with whiskers. A five 'o clock shadow out of this world. He gelled his hair over leaning on the left, trying to look cool. But non the less, just making himself look harder than what need be."You still have that deep red hair. I thought you'd dye it by thi...

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“Rumors don't define me” by Claire Schrein

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To be quite honest, rumors are far more than just “rumors”. Gossip can be dull, pernicious, fiendish things that are spread to cause pulverization. Bits of gossip have been around since the very beginning, and are more grounded now like never before. They go through the grapevine and most of the time these rumors are believed by people although they might not be. It is shown that rumors tend to be 80% accurate but what about that other 20%? It leaves people believing that whatever rumor is going around is more than likely true. We might ques...

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“ The Game Bridge (An article from the Addy Times, Herald, Daily Bugle, Press and Examiner)” by Robert Mackey

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Yesterday the grapevine was in full bloom. Report after report made it from one idiot to the next and finally to me. It seems the town’s meth dealer and self-appointed mayor, Shandra Donothing, has initiated one of her withdrawal-induced projects in the microlopolis of Addy, Wa. Now, one has to be careful not to take news leads too seriously when they come from the drug, and booze addled lips of Addyites. But when all ten of my trusted informants report some strange going’s on, that means a good fifty people, which is the entire town’s popul...

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“Greetings from Camp Isolation” by Trish Tyler

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CAMP ISOLATIONMS. TRISH, CAMP DIRECTORNothing Matters Drive * Stop Eating, NJ 07724 | 732-no-where | Isolationis4me@gmail.comApril 12, 2020Good Morning, Campers!I hope that you are having an amazing time here at Camp Isolation. Don’t forget today’s schedule. Pancakes at 10. Day drinking at 10:05. Naptime at 11. Lunch at 1. More drinking at 1:05. Revaluation of your life choices at 2:00 and guess what? No home schooling! Yes, I know that it’s Sunday but sti...

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“The seed” by Kenya Kuumba

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April 11th, 2020Wagon D"I'm sure it's him.""No way, man ! One of the most wanted man in the country, would take the train ? Just like that ?""I know it sounds weird but have you noticed his scar ? That's exactly the way the man was described in the news 7 months ago !""Oh yeah ? What about the beard then ? And the Afro ? Suddenly our banker would run around like a he was guy coming from the eighties ? ""Exactly ! That his disguise !""...""What ? You don't believe me aren't you ?""How can I believe you ? Who would ? And i'm not one hundr...

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“Vineyard ” by Daphne Fox

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The sun beat down on the workers. Its rays burning their skin. A man pulled down his sombrero, a woman pulled her child near. A girl was working at the far reaches of the vineyard. A caterpillar was crawling up her leg. She gently picked it up and placed it on one of the nearby leaves.“Go to freedom,” she whispered to it, “Escape from the vineyard.”The caterpillar, as if it understood what the girl had said, started to crawl away. The girl watched the caterpillar for a moment before shaking her head and picking another bunch of grapes. The c...

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“Did You Hear?” by Tim Benson

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Every trip down the corridor to get a cup of coffee was a reminder of how things had changed; the rows of empty cubicles, offices with the lights out and the silence broken only occasionally by a phone conversation somewhere behind a workstation panel. The office workforce, or what was left of it, was quietly going about the business of putting out a daily newspaper. The Gazette was like every other paper in the country; trying to hold on to its history and stay viable as print media continued its steady decline.It was about three years, aft...

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“Rumours” by Claire Lemieux

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Marla was still walking every day, despite the “stay at home” order. Exemptions for exercise and shopping and the like were permitted, so she didn’t feel like she was doing anything wrong by walking Malakai and checking in with her neighbours (so long as she yelled up to them on their porch or in their garden from her safe distance on the sidewalk). This morning, she had gotten a text message from her granddaughter and couldn’t wait to share. She’d rushed out, having only finished half her tea and not even put on socks, she was so excited to...

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“Small Town, Big Talk, Small Group” by Sophia Cusick

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Every single Saturday since 1808, the Lady Slipper Ladies have met to drink tea and spill some too. Of course, the group wasn’t the same members since they’d be well over two hundred years old, but the members were mostly the same last name, different generation. The woman are still the highest class of women in the town. Every Saturday, they went to Clarissa’s. It was one of three restaurants in the small town in the South of Texas. The population of their little town was merely 560 people and counting. With such a small town, comes lots an...

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“Society of Gossipmongers” by Sophie Liu

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“Did I tell you about the cheating?” Jessica’s head snaps up from the ladybug she’d been inspecting out of boredom. “What?” “Oh, yes.” The girl responds absently, her gaze fixed on the science homework in her hands. “She was so mad afterwards.” Jessica’s eyes rove her friend’s face eagerly—hungrily—for more gossip. “For real?! Who was it? C’mon, tell me. I’m all ears.” Ella’s smirk is so small that only her best friend—which Jessica just so happens to be—can possibly notice it. Jessica, however, is too blinded by excitement to notice i...

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Write a story about a rumor making its way through the grapevine.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 47 stories

“The Neighbors” by Erica McIntosh

“Speculation” by Christina Dakhil

“The Tramp” by Siddartha Manubothu

“Rumor Spread like Wildfires” by Alexa Dahl

“Listen” by Sam Fisher

“Shout at the Devil (Mask Fanfic)” by Corey Keys

“Rumors don't define me” by Claire Schrein

“ The Game Bridge (An article from the Addy Times, Herald, Daily Bugle, Press and Examiner)” by Robert Mackey

“Greetings from Camp Isolation” by Trish Tyler

“The seed” by Kenya Kuumba

“Vineyard ” by Daphne Fox

“Did You Hear?” by Tim Benson

“Rumours” by Claire Lemieux

“Small Town, Big Talk, Small Group” by Sophia Cusick

“Society of Gossipmongers” by Sophie Liu

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