Write a story about someone returning to their craft after a long hiatus.

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“The Feet and the Floor and Everything in Between” by Green Orange

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Squeeze story ideas from a writing prompt, snip off any loose ends and let it cool for a few minutes. Gently lay it down on a parchment or a paper and pat it dry once again to remove any excess elements. In a bowl, sift all-purpose words, a cup of dialogues, and a few heaping tablespoons of vivid imagery to ensure that there are no unnecessary clumps later on and then mix thoroughly until immersive. In a separate bowl, ladle character arcs that were simmered with sprigs of vengeance, loyalty, and development, pour a generous glug of tragedy ...

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“Carrots” by Rachael B

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I stood at the kitchen’s back window, watching the dandelion fluff drift in the wind, swirling up and then falling with every grace back down to earth. I watched the way that the sun glared down on the browned grass. I wondered if the grass would eventually light up on fire, the sun finishing it off with a nice char. I took a slow sip of my coffee and I let my gaze fall on the rotting swing-set. What had once been a cherry brown wood was now gray, bending down by the weight of years of disrepair. The silver slide once shiny, was dim now, rus...

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“Clowning Around” by Christine Hungerford

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The clown frowned and sighed heavily. His quilted elbow pressed into his thigh, creasing it so as to make a little crater. His head tilted to the side, his left palm holding his tan jaw. He the circus clown was down, sad. Unhappy! He slid his hazel eyes to the sheet of paper staring back at him. “What do I write?” He moaned. “Writer’s block?” The clown nodded, smiled and looked hopefully up at his friend. Scarle...

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“Gillian Gidwin's Renaissance” by Blue Wilde

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The delicate cling of the copper bell that rung above Gilly’s head felt like a little blessing, a rebirth every time she stepped through the wooden threshold of Cafecito, and, in her case, that was putting it mildly – incredibly mildly. If she really wanted to be melodramatic about it, and she definitely had a bad habit of doing so, then she’d compare every morning to a reawakening, something new to add to the dull of her studies, because what was a morning without a fresh wall of new art pieces placed pleasingly to a brick feature wall, and...

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“Writer's Block Shockingly Ends After 30 Years by Deborah Trahan” by Deborah Trahan

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Julie stares at the white screen of her laptop with not one single idea of what to write. How ridiculous she feels, having rented a bed and breakfast stay on Nantucket’s Sconset Beach, not far from the water’s edge. Not for just one week, but two. She planned her writing journey in advance and formulated an intricate plan to begin a memoir, how-to, or perhaps even a haunted tale to end all ghostly stories ever written. And here she sits, with not one solid idea of how to jump-start the process. Suffering from the most elongate...

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“Is That How You Spell It?” by M Solarova

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Mark’s focus was laser-sharp. Is that how you spell “fulfillment?” He read over the document again, one last time, deliberately moving his mouth along with the words, each of them a suspect for being superfluous, inaccurate or worse: boring. An unbeaten spelling bee champion of many moons ago, he found himself questioning even the simplest words. He checked the clock: five minutes until the deadline. It was time. He hovered over the “Submit” button and, taking a deep breath, he pressed it. The page refreshed to a ge...

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“Like The Waves” by Alex Arias

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“I had to sweet talk Mick into giving me that sheet metal, so you better make something good with it, you hear me Ro?” He smiled. Ever since their previous adventure, Harper had really become like a daughter to him. So much so that he didn’t much mind how she kept shortening his name. He guessed that Ro was better than her first nickname for him, Rose, and Rose a lot worse than his real name Russford. “Loud and clear,” he said, fidgeting with the thin metal in front of him. She partially exited the doorway, looking back. He sometimes wo...

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“The Vow” by Imani McDonald

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Malayah Stevenson chewed her fingers that happened to be nothing more than nubs as she stared at her computer screen that held nothing more than a blank Microsoft Word document. She wrecked her brain back and forth on what to write--anything to write, but absolutely nothing came to mind, and it was driving her crazy. After spending the last five years out of touch with her writing, she decided that today would be the day she opened her computer to do so since the 2020 pandemic started, and she was currently stuck in the house. She co...

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“Return to Writing” by Rachel Tokarski

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Ellie had once been a writer. She had begun writing fiction at a very young age, almost from the time she could form letters. In the second grade, she had written a series of stories about a group of unicorns who were named for gems. She had drawn pictures and given each story to her mother, proud of each set of two pages that made up the stories. In the third grade, she had ambitiously decided to write a novel about fairies. The plot and the characters were horribly childish, but it was well written and s...

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“My Sweet Grace.” by William Tells

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My Aunt Helena was the one who introduced me to writing when I was 7 years old. She would come over and play with me and my siblings while my parents went to work. She said she liked all of my 3 siblings but she would wink towards me while she said that and I knew that she liked me most. My siblings: billy, daisy, and Brian would not play with me because I was too little to play with them. Often I was stuck alone playing by myself and Aunt Helena would come over, singing, “aww little grace, my little grace. Why don’t you write about how your...

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“Return to The Joe” by Deter Bomb

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My foot met the weathered curb as I pulled the loops of my custom mask back behind my ears. Its autumn pattern was the only color on my uniform, other than the grease stains on my chest and shoes. I tucked my keys deep into my pocket for fear of its long lanyard slowing me in the heat of tonight’s struggle. Before heading in I reached back into my car and pulled out my Fresh Apricot Chapstick and behemoth water bottle, my only sustenance for the next five hours. I approached the rear of the building, flanked on each side by competing restaur...

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“Superhero” by Kyle Courteau

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It wasn’t the cannibalistic lawnmower that etched a frown into Jack’s face. It was the cloud of melancholy that perpetually hovered overhead, soaking his bones in a lukewarm water that made his limbs feel twice as heavy. The orange beams of light from the setting sun streamed across the apartment’s cramped living room, illuminating a pair of discarded socks and dirty dishes on the coffee table. A box fan rattled noisily nearby, drowned out by the newscaster on the TV. “Our top story tonight,” The female anchor said, “Machine on machine v...

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“The Final Flight” by Tatyana Mroz

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The Final Flight Darling, we’re all running out of time, But now, Now will never be too late. Owl wings soared silent across a muted moon. The stars hung still, and feathers cast quiet shadows on worn paper. Satin curtains rustled in a breeze between, the sort people forget to feel until the night-clock chimes four. The hourglass told a dire tale. The sand used to crawl, as if stuck to the glass. Now, it flowed like a river, more water breaking past the dam with each passing day. Dalia watched her face in the hourglass’ reflection. Her...

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“Unwritten” by Valerie Volaire

Submitted to Contest #46

A slammed hand on my desk shakes me out of the gray, featureless landscape of my thoughts.“Perd.” The growl in my boss’s voice is unmistakable.My fingers on the bluescript pitter-patter to a stop. I tuck my arms in, chin resting on my hand, and brace myself for the oncoming lecture.“What,” he swats a file onto the screen, “in God’s name is this?”I give it a cursory glance. “The court records from Tuesday?”“Really? Are you sure?”I bite back the urge to introduce my fingers to his eye sockets. “I believe so.”“Well, I don’t know what courtroom ...

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“Back on the Saddle” by P.J. Lowry

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To say Kirk Davis was having a rough morning was a total understatement. His had a fight with the wife about not moving fast enough to make anniversary plans. They had two months before the big day, but apparently he wasn’t moving fast enough for her liking. He also got chewed out by the ex-wife as well, double teamed for an ass-reaming that was going to linger all afternoon. As if his manhood wasn’t crushed enough, some meter maid gave him a three hundred dollar ticket for parking in front of Starbucks while he was i...

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Write a story about someone returning to their craft after a long hiatus.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 185 stories

“The Feet and the Floor and Everything in Between” by Green Orange

“Carrots” by Rachael B

“Clowning Around” by Christine Hungerford

“Gillian Gidwin's Renaissance” by Blue Wilde

“Writer's Block Shockingly Ends After 30 Years by Deborah Trahan” by Deborah Trahan

“Is That How You Spell It?” by M Solarova

“Like The Waves” by Alex Arias

“The Vow” by Imani McDonald

“Return to Writing” by Rachel Tokarski

“My Sweet Grace.” by William Tells

“Return to The Joe” by Deter Bomb

“Superhero” by Kyle Courteau

“The Final Flight” by Tatyana Mroz

“Unwritten” by Valerie Volaire

“Back on the Saddle” by P.J. Lowry

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