Write a story about someone who finds someone’s diary, and tries to reunite it with its owner. It’s up to you whether they read it or not!

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“Lost & Found” by Vie L'cast

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The first page was blank. Orelio closed the notebook, turning it around in his hands looking for a name he might have missed the first time. There was no name.He looked around the bookstore. The magazine section where he stood was empty. It was one hour till closing on a rainy Monday night so the store in general was nearly empty. He turned to the second page where slanted waves of purple ink hung between lines like clothes drying in the breeze.Hi God.Do you know what I find interesting about you? The arbitrary nature of your goodness. He cl...

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“A Diary For The Soul” by Kian Hartley

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Susan was happy. Her small mundane life in a small mundane town of Syndervale, it was a logging town and pretty much in the middle of nowhere but she liked that, she enjoyed the isolation where she would live with her two cats John and Yoko, annoying little creatures she’d always say, getting in the way of her creativity and breaking up the band, she always loved that joke even if it is quite on the nose. She worked as a journalist for the local paper so I doubt you could call it journalism, usually the same old “tree has fallen and blocks r...

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“A Record of Happiness” by Tomas Galvez

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(This story contains suicide.) "I told you no. What the hell do you think this is?" An old man was arguing with someone on the phone. "For the last time, I'm the landlord, and I decide when that house goes up for sale. Stop asking me when it's getting renovated, it aint gonna get done on your time anyways!" After hanging up the phone, the landlord took a seat in his armchair, letting out a sigh until the silence was broken by a grandfather clock striking midnight. "...it's finally that time of the month again, is it?" Stepping out of hi...

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“The Son’s Dilemma” by Mckenna Ewing

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This story contains mention of child abuse, sexual abuse against a child, and incest.~The mental abuse started before the physical.Dad left mom and I when I was 14. Countless fights between them. Countless words I heard that weighed so much on my heart, as I felt nothing but guilt, like I was the root of their problems. Which I guess in a way I was. Obviously, I knew I wasn't an easy child, but even from a young age, I knew the way I acted didn’t warrant the treatment I got.I guess somewhere along the way it morphed into me feeling like this...

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“Laura’s quest to find Joe” by Leon Ingelse

Submitted to Contest #199

The streets are deserted when Laura walks home. At this time of night the road is empty, and she is meandering down the street. Slow and shallow, like a big river reaching the end of a long trip to sea. Sometimes her eyes close against her will, which annoys her. She slaps herself on the forehead with a floppy arm to wake herself up. “Come on, Laura, you can do this,” she tells herself. She hears the distant roaring of a car, and she dashes of the road to safety. She miscalculates the entry point between two parked cars, and crashes into the...

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“Burn If Found” by Whitney Rines

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Trigger warning: there are themes of violence, abduction, and self-harm, but no explicit/graphic gore scenes. Slumping in his seat on the school bus, Edgar yawned and woke up from his short nap on the long ride home from his school. A tenth-grader in a mixed middle and high school that the cacophony and active preteens and teen passengers personified, he was usually just as energetic but his history test at the end of the day, was taxing. Looking out the window and seeing the sky growing dark with rain clouds, he slid his backpack on ...

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“The Book of Hidden Truths” by Andra Patterson

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It was late on the dreary night of September 24th, past eleven o’clock, however likely before midnight. Eliza waited ambiguously, puzzled as to why Amari had wanted to meet down at the old boat dock they inhabited with imaginary scenery as children, furthermore, it was such a peculiar hour for a rendevous. It was far too late to do anything completely and entirely legal, moral, adequate, or something else that isn’t wholly viewed as ‘right’. Nonetheless, Eliza had known Amari to be her best friend for at minimum 20 years, they had only been ...

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Write a story about someone who finds someone’s diary, and tries to reunite it with its owner. It’s up to you whether they read it or not!

Submissions are closed

✍️ 52 stories

“Lost & Found” by Vie L'cast

“A Diary For The Soul” by Kian Hartley

“A Record of Happiness” by Tomas Galvez

“The Son’s Dilemma” by Mckenna Ewing

“Laura’s quest to find Joe” by Leon Ingelse

“Burn If Found” by Whitney Rines

“The Book of Hidden Truths” by Andra Patterson

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Set your story on a warm summer evening with a full moon, when everything feels magnetic and your character’s about to meet someone important.

Write about a character having a spiritual experience at a concert or a nightclub.

Your protagonist walks past an intriguing stranger, then turns around to take another look at them. The stranger turns around, too. Write about what happens next.

Write a story about a character who returns home changed by someone they met on a trip.

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