Write a story about someone feeling powerless.

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“What have I done?” by Emilie Stokes

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*Trigger warning: blood* She was thirteen when her world came crashing down. Heroes, that was all she ever liked. Even as a little girl, those shinning figures had her racing around the house in silly costumes pretending she knew martial arts. Every time she was asked what her future plans were. She would excitedly rant about how she would one day be smiling on tv, saving thousands of people while being praised by many. She was, of course, laughed off. "Only people who train forever become heroes, your just a litt...

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“His Star” by Elizabeth Burrows

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The hand of fear reached out and gripped his heart. Squeezing it painfully and talking with it the last rays of hope. Hope that disappeared like the sun. All that was left were harsh winds and an unforgiving night. The only thing that he could see was darkness. A darkness like the one consuming his soul. Black veins of fear and despair sitting heavily in the pit of his stomach. Blackness that consumed all light. Everything felt unreal. Everything felt hopeless. Without the warm flam...

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“The Text Message” by Angela Early

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She read the text message over and over, hoping to decipher something not heartbreaking in it. To see if she misread the intention behind the message. Surely her message to him didn't start this chaos. She reads it again once more, looking for the hope somewhere in the message. "Maybe I need to leave to see how I feel about things." No, she read it right the first time and the five hundredth time. He was intent on leaving her. How did they get here? She knew that he had been distant lately, going to bed around 4 am, right before she needed t...

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“ Powerless Now, Soon To Be Bold” by Warrior C

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It was like everything that I saw was dark. A non stop eclipse. Seemed I was a blind who wanted a guide to go somewhere that could make me happy. I'd been sacrificing a lot. I was crawling to a rocky mountain of hardship with my tears pouring down as I mumbled this with my trembling voice of anguish:Alone with my sobsMy existence in this worldis obviously not to laugh but to cry...~~~~The CD player plays a mellow music, I can see mania birds resting on the window grill.I don't know exactly what they are listening to: Is it the Iovely ly...

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“The Monitor” by Aurora Rain

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The monitor beeped steadily, displaying Mom’s vitals on the screen. I closed my eyes and took slow, shaky breaths as I waited for the nurse to arrive in the room. When we had first arrived at the hospital, Mom had been screaming. Her side was torn up, and bits of shrapnel covered her body. As soon as we had entered the emergency room, the medics had dosed Mom with anesthesia- they claimed her screams were scarring the other wards. Even though we have been in the emergency room for at least an hour, a doctor still hasn’t c...

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“Samson feeling powerless after his hair was shaved due to the betrayal of Delilah. by Mr. Prince De-Grant Brempong. ” by Prince Brempong

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My story is entitled Samson feeling powerless after his hair was shaved due to the betrayal of Delilah. Samson was observed from birth to be dedicated to God's service at the highest level. Again Samson was a Nazarite and an ordinary believer. Samson ministry was no ordinary believer his Ministry was special and he vowed to treat it well. However, Samson had a self control problem,and had enough strength in the form of power to fight battles. Samson was termed to be power hungry within a lot ways. Sam...

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“The Forty-Eighth Day” by Anastazia Rudolph

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Forty-seven days. For forty-seven days, Staci Richards was held captive at the hands of a madman. Pulled from her bed in the dead of night, her mouth was stuffed with dirty rags so she couldn’t cry for help. Her hands and feet were tied, leaving her to lay helpless on the floor as her assailant crept into the next room, putting a bullet in each of her parents’ heads. He carried her out the door as tears streamed down her face, tossing her into a van as though she weighed no more than a sack of flour. He drove for what seemed like ages....

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“A broken heart is nothing more than a beggar.” by Gabi Cranga

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Love yourself. Every single neuron seemed to fire this message just so that she could lift her head off the pillow and start the day.It didn't seem possible. To be so... so what? Mulled over. All together, mulled over. She felt as if she overthought, over-dreamt, and over-worried throughout the course of a lonely day. Weekends were beginning to feel like time-suckers where she spent half the time trying to motivate herself to do something and the other half wondering where the time went when she finally did something. Or did she? Was she eve...

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“Sweet as Sugar” by George Georgerfrost@gmail.com

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He remembered when he was a little boy, his mama would squeeze him and tell him, “You’re as sweet as sugar.” But then she died. One of her boyfriends beat her to death one night while they were smoking meth, Don’t let the state take you. But at fourteen, Jasper K. Hawkins stood in front of a sour faced judge who did not have time for certain kids from certain neighborhoods who had no fathers and no one willing to take on this troubled teenager. “I remand you to the care of the state.” The judge smacked his gavel a...

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“Life in the Apocalypse ” by Ethan Lynn

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I didn’t know how it had gotten this far. Just yesterday everything was perfectly fine, but all of that was down the drain now. Nothing was fine anymore.Wait, I’m getting ahead of myself. Let me start from the beginning. The day started out like your normal, average Tuesday would. I woke up to the sound of my alarm clock, texted my significant other a sweet good morning message, picked out a decent outfit, and basically got ready to go about my day like I always do. Little did I know, a disaster was in the making as I did those insignificant...

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“How Come I Wasn't Enough” by Bella DeLoach

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I am completely over my life. No one gives a shit about me. I can never do anything right in anyone's eyes. I am just overall a major disappointment. Hello fellow reader! I'm Genesis. It means beginnings. But all I want to do is end my life. Let me explain. When my mom was pregnant with me she would always brag about how her child was going to be this amazing miracle baby who's gonna take over the world. Considering she this hot shot lawyer who argued a case in the Supreme Court and my dad is this highly requested producer, I don't blame her...

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“A Trip Back in Time” by Victoria Haneveer

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“OK, class, let’s put on our suits. We’re going on a trip!” Mrs Marshall’s voice rang out loud and clear. This once weekly occurrence never failed to liven up the class. The virtual time travel suits were still relatively new and could provide high quality experiences, currently thought to be the best learning tool ever. What better way to learn about something than to actually live it? TTS (time travel simulation) had only been around for six months or so and Hutton Heath Secondary School was the first school in Eng...

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“saving me” by Coco De Rose

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Trigger warning: suicide To be, or not to be, that is the question. My feet wobbled as I neared the edge of the cliff. Tucking a loose strand of my damp hair aside, I viewed the abyss down. Nothing could be seen, everything was so blank engulfed in mist and fog, besieging the terrain below it from unostentatious perception. Why was I doing this? A single tear slid down my cheek, letting me out a small whimper. The thought was sickening and it made my stomach roil in arbitration. It was unlike me to be so...rebelli...

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“Girl in the World” by Amy DeMatt

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The IT department had been uncooperative. She’d called for an explanation as to why they couldn’t make the programming change that was needed, and they’d first said that they couldn’t. They simply couldn’t. It was impossible. And by the way, did she think that they just snapped their fingers and things magically happened? They didn’t, they were busy, and the message was hard coded into the computer. So it couldn’t be done. None of this was useful for purposes of explaining it...

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“Power Walk” by Lavinia Hughes

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I packed up my things in my office tote bag—overstuffed purse, insulated lunch bag, and extra shoes because my new ones were tight. Digging out my car keys, I looked over at Julie, my workmate, former secretarial schoolmate, and one of my best friends. “Julie, are you coming? It’s 5:00. “No, Laura, she needs this typed for her early morning meeting tomorrow.” “And she just gave it to you now?” I asked, probably too l...

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Write a story about someone feeling powerless.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 284 stories

“What have I done?” by Emilie Stokes

“His Star” by Elizabeth Burrows

“The Text Message” by Angela Early

“ Powerless Now, Soon To Be Bold” by Warrior C

“The Monitor” by Aurora Rain

“Samson feeling powerless after his hair was shaved due to the betrayal of Delilah. by Mr. Prince De-Grant Brempong. ” by Prince Brempong

“The Forty-Eighth Day” by Anastazia Rudolph

“A broken heart is nothing more than a beggar.” by Gabi Cranga

“Sweet as Sugar” by George Georgerfrost@gmail.com

“Life in the Apocalypse ” by Ethan Lynn

“How Come I Wasn't Enough” by Bella DeLoach

“A Trip Back in Time” by Victoria Haneveer

“saving me” by Coco De Rose

“Girl in the World” by Amy DeMatt

“Power Walk” by Lavinia Hughes

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Write about someone who purposefully causes a power outage.

Write a story where the power goes out on a spaceship or submarine.

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