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“The Origin of The Red Queen ” by Maddie S

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Queen Rosaline sat with a furious expression on her face. Her green eyes could not hide the furry she was feeling. Her long black hair was placed in a beautiful updo that showed her face was as red as her dress. “Bring him in here!” The queen yelled at the top of her lungs. “Now!” Two palace guards bumped into each other as they tried to rush out of the room to grab the prisoner. Another guard ran into the door t...

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“The Diamond Kangaroo Sculpture” by Kartik Swain

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It was mid-January and Marc just came back from his parents house because he went there for Christmas. It was snowing so much and it was too windy making it worse. When he was about to open his front door he felt like he saw a shadow. So, he looked in that direction and he did see footprints… actually he saw pawprints of a cat. He gave the cat an apple and it went away chewing the apple. He was already freezing, so he opened the door and went in. Then he dropped his suitcase in bewilderment. “ That’s not right…” he said. “ I don’t remember l...

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“Stolen Hearts” by Nyari Waterton

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I live in Matisu, the City of Hearts. Matisu is not like any city, it’s well... special. Sure it has crowded public transport, cafes on every corner and air pollution but only Matisu have Heartsphires. I’m Evelyn and I am the only person in Matisu without a heartsphire. The day I found out my heart was stolen, was the most horrible day of my life. It was sundown when I dressed in my silk nightgown. I had brushed my long, vibrant red hair. My heartsphire was effortlessly floating around my shoulders, the moonbeams reflecting off its...

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“Collared” by Deborah Mercer

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At least so far, nobody had been as cruel or as impolite to say it to her face, but quite a few of her friends and neighbours thought that Maggie, or Mrs Thompson, depending on how well you knew her or how much you stood on ceremony, was overdoing it a bit. Over-reacting. Making too much of a song and dance or a mountain out of a molehill, or whatever their idiom of choice was. After all, it wasn’t even as if she had lost her dog. They could have seen the point of that. Even people who we...

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“The Man Without the Mask” by Kate Strong

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It was late October of 1916, a chilling, wet day when Edward found himself abandoned with Lieutenant Patrick McCarthy of one of the Irish divisions assigned to the eastern trench. Like a crooked, winding serpent, the lines of trenches ripped through the earth and snaked their way all along the whole Allied front. Once sunbaked and almost as hard as the rock below the ground, the dirt walls now clung to the soil from which they had been dug and even started to fall away from the embankments in some places. If it were not for the wooden posts ...

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“The Missing Piece” by Santiago Hernandez

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On one sunny spring afternoon Doug and his baseball teammates had just finished with their practice one day before an important game. Doug and his teammates had just finished cleaning up the field and was getting his stuff together to get ready to leave and go home. Like usual after every practice his teammates and Doug as well sit down and talk for awhile, sitting in the dugout and enjoying each other's company, while watching that beautiful sun start lowering over that nicely cut grass on one of the best baseball fields in the country. At ...

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“THE THIRTY MINUTE CASE” by Amrapali Bose

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The calling bell rang precisely twice with determined urgency, radiating as the faint sound of hope amidst the devastated household of the Archers."Must be the police..open the door Sebastian", Lady Archer ordered, wiping her forehead with her laced handkerchief."Yes ma'am"Sebastian opened the door and a short, burly man walked past him inside to face the people gathered in the large living area. The man wore a leather jacket and ripped jeans, and a sunglass hung from the breast pocket. His skin had the tint of light tan. He carried a small ...

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“If Found, Please Return To . . .” by Holly Anderson

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The sharpie started making that bothersome screech sound as I hurriedly drew out, in large block type letters, the message I desperately needed to portray. I would make two dozen and scatter them around the hallways. One of my signs would strike a chord with someone, it just had to. Should I add color? Something to grab attention. No time for perfection, but these needed to work. All I had, a pack of markers and a stack of white paper. These were my tools. I opted for a blue line under the word LOST. Red could grab attention, but also brough...

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“The long trip” by Troi Qendro

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“Wake up! It's time. ” my mother tells me. I wasn't even sleeping because I was too excited for the trip. I washed my teeth and wore my clothes. We got our bags and went to the car. It was night time so we had to be very quiet. Then we drove to the airport. We check in and then we go to the waiting place. My parents drink coffee and I drink some ice tea. The speaker announces that gate five is open. We go to the gate and give our tickets. Then we went to the bus and like always squish together with the other people. The bus slowly drove us t...

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“From the other side...” by Rhiannon Kistler

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She was so in love, twenty years of wanting to be with her true love, and it was about to happen. He bought her the plane ticket, promised her that THIS time would be different. He was going to give her the world. She had been waiting for so long for this moment, but there was a war in her mind. Would it really be different this time? The deciding factor in her saying yes, ended up boiling down to the sudden death of her younger sister 8 months prior. She basically raised her, and she was only 34 years old when she died, her name was Heather...

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“The Robbery of the Blue Angel” by Laura Simmons

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“Gentlemen!” “Harrumph!” “Oh, alright, then. Calm down, Mrs. Jostens. Lady and gentlemen, may I have your attention, please. Under this cloche is, wait for it- where is a drumroll when you need one- under this cloche is the great, the fabulous, the one-and-only… “Spit it out, Mr. Tidebottom! What’ve you got there? Mr. Tidebottom sighed deeply. “Yes, Mrs. Jostens. You’re quite right. He dramatically pulled the cover off the cloche, and inside, sparkling like blue fire, was a diamond. Not just any diamond; the most br...

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“Vintage Blush” by Jessica Tomaselli

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I never met my grandmother, she died when my mom was in college, but my mom always tells me I am her reincarnation. My mom reminisces about how her mother liked to paint and was very artistic just like me. She also says we share the same dark, wavy hair and a sort of impish look. I have spent countless hours looking at old pictures of her and have tried to find our intangible cord, but I don’t feel it. She looks more graceful than me and her talents far exceeded mine. My favorite picture of her is in a bathing suit with her arms akimbo and h...

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“Born a Santonio” by Deira Acosta

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Greed can make anyone numb to their actions. If Cass could go back in time, she wouldn’t hesitate. Anything would beat the feeling of remorse she felt every time she looked at her reflection for too long. Her family’s signature vibrant brown eyes would haunt her for the rest of her life. It would be a reminder that she was the last member of the Santonio family alive. Her deep breath’s echo welcomed her room. Mornings seemed to be the hardest for her these days, as she found herself being plagued with endless ‘what ifs’. Walking through the ...

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“Evergreen” by Jackie Asha

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Tiana finally threw her phone down in surrender. She had crafted a text message to sound unconvincingly casual and then revised and over thought it to the point of exhaustion. She had already sent a similar text just a few days prior to ask if she had left a pair of leather gloves behind with a friend and that mystery was still left unsolved. This morning she was even more disappointed to realize that the same friend who may have her gloves somewhere in his car might have a pair of 14 carat gold earrings in the shape of evergreen leaves resi...

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“Yoshi Goes Missing” by T L

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Yoshi Goes Missing!! It was a sunny day in the little town of Nateville and there is a family who was getting ready to go to their Camp in the woods, not to far from their family home in Maples. When they was almost ready to go, their son was just about ready, when he couldn’t find his favourite teddy. His green dinosaur Yoshi. “Mom where is my Yoshi? I cannot find him; Can you help me find him”? Said Nate.“Where did you see him last, said his Mom. Did you leave him in your room? Said his Mom.”Maybe he is under the bed o...

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Write a story about a valuable object that goes missing.

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✍️ 91 stories

“The Origin of The Red Queen ” by Maddie S

“The Diamond Kangaroo Sculpture” by Kartik Swain

“Stolen Hearts” by Nyari Waterton

“Collared” by Deborah Mercer

“The Man Without the Mask” by Kate Strong

“The Missing Piece” by Santiago Hernandez

“THE THIRTY MINUTE CASE” by Amrapali Bose

“If Found, Please Return To . . .” by Holly Anderson

“The long trip” by Troi Qendro

“From the other side...” by Rhiannon Kistler

“The Robbery of the Blue Angel” by Laura Simmons

“Vintage Blush” by Jessica Tomaselli

“Born a Santonio” by Deira Acosta

“Evergreen” by Jackie Asha

“Yoshi Goes Missing” by T L

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