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

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“Puzzles and Poems” by Stefan Matthews

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I hear her from outside the Church door. Shuddering, wrapped in winter clothing leant listening against the door, entranced, and when it opens I fall in, colliding with her onto the ground, crazed, entwined with one another. Woollen hat sails across the room, coated in snow brought in on the sharp wind that blows in, in from the bitter Winter once kept at bay by the door I stumble through. On the ground with me, the poem I had fallen for, crumpled, folded up. Desperate, my gloves smooth her out, pale parchment, and hand her back to the wom...

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“Happy Not Writing” by Gary Smith

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John tapped the ballpoint pen against his chin, purposefully not looking at the blank page in front of him. He had forgotten the difficulty of writing the first few words. He hadn't sat in front of a blank page like this in over 45 years. John's focus drifted continuously away from what he should be writing and towards why he hadn't written for such a long period of time. His reason for not writing could be pronounced loudly with one word: life. Or, to be more precise, a life of happiness. The last 45 years had been spent with his family...

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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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“Paradoxical” by S. Wu

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He stepped up to the piano with his heart hammering double-time. He bowed toward the audience and sat down before the old Steinway. It looked back at him equal times intimidating and comforting, a reflection of its past owner. Taking a deep yet shuddering breath, he delicately placed his hands above the white and black keys, closed his eyes, and exhaled. Water trickled down in parabolic arches, each geyser perfectly spaced down a seemingly never-ending line. The night was warm and cloying but intermittent breezes swept through the palace, ...

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“My Corpus Callosum” by Aliza Thomas

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Dear Cassius L. Carmine,“You spent the greater part of your youth aiming to earn your medical doctorate and to add degree after degree of accomplishments, accolades, and Ph. Ds to your ever-growing resumé. In all honesty, I am a fan, and as many are, I am humbled by your work. When I learned you had published a book, I went to buy it immediately. But I was surprised to find it wasn’t scientific, but a young adult novel. Nonetheless, I bought it under the pretense of my own burning curiosity. It was phenomenal. However, the person who wrote t...

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

Submissions are closed

✍️ 185 stories

“Puzzles and Poems” by Stefan Matthews

“Happy Not Writing” by Gary Smith

“Back on the Saddle” by P.J. Lowry

“Paradoxical” by S. Wu

“My Corpus Callosum” by Aliza Thomas

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Write a story about someone experiencing a lightbulb moment of writing inspiration.

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