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

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“Laughing In The Darkness” by Kelly Vavala

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LAUGHING IN THE DARKNESS “Stop laughing at me, YOU big mouthed, red nosed, shiny partially bald headed, orange colored mangled haired, evil eyed creature from the darkest pits of hell! Were you misinformed, you ultimate entertainer of discomfort, YOU were supposed to make one laugh…NOT CRY? The aluminum façade of the zany architectural structure, advertised a giggling, chubby girl with chipped painted cobalt blue eyes, blonde pigtails and rosy red cheeks, palms held out inviting you in for fun! The red and white stripes of the billboard ...

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“Begin Again ” by Ivy Moonlit

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“You should really start writing again, you were really great.” Abygail popped the bubble she was making with her gum. “Yea, I miss all that crazy talk you used to do.” Sam ran a hand through her curly orangey blonde hair. “Yea and you should go to a real hair salon to get your hair done,” I rolled my eyes, knowing it was one of the many things she wouldn’t do. “I swore off going to hair salons because of a traumatic experience. You on the other hand, have no excuse.” I shook my head again, “I was never cut out to be a writer. I was never go...

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“The White Canvas” by Sophia Cantiller

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The silence. The drought. The slipping of passion between the very tips of my fingernails.It was sickening.All the colors were dull to her, a mixture of all grays and browns, a monochromatic scale with horrifying blacks on both ends. She lays in her bed every single night, finding the silver in the swirls of black and blue. It was a never-ending dilemma.Three years. For three long years her days have been a series of monotones, a static line either waiting to jump out or be cut off. Her once prismatic world now reduced to a desperate figment...

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“The Returning” by April Summers

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“Well...it’s now or never.” I said aloud pressing the bottom of my retractable gel pen and hearing the click of the tip popping out of the comfort of its home. “I know how you feel bud but this is for the best.” I slowly and carefully wrote in the top left corner of the college ruled paper the date and took my ruler and pencil and made a box enclosing it. I was very meticulous and then titled my head from side to side to see if it was crooked or not. I could hear in the back of my mind a little voice saying, “You’re already procrastinating ...

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“My Story” by Alexi Delavigne

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My alarm is ringing. I reach over and grab my phone off the nightstand to turn it off. Rolling onto my back, I stare up at my ceiling. A ceiling I know so well after years of laying in this very spot, studying the minute details above me as a way of escaping the thoughts in my head. I pick up my phone again and squint as the dazzling light from the screen hits my eyes. I check my email and Instagram feed to see what the world has been doing while I’ve been asleep, but find nothing more exciting than my neighbor’s post of her new manicure and...

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“And yet we write” by Marte Van Der Linden

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She takes the dirty bandages off the day she is released. There will be scars. That is fine. She will always walk with a limp. That is fine, too. But her broken fingers haven’t mended, and that’s not something she can live with. So she finds an apothecary who owes her a favour and spends the first night of her newfound freedom biting down on a piece of wood, while he breaks her fingers again and sets them properly. “They’ll heal,” says the apothecary, once he has finished with splints and bandages. “But it’ll take time.” “How long?” “Four w...

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“DARK NIGHTS” by Uzonna Cyril

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DARK NIGHTS Come on Miral the sun is setting let’s find some shelter for our self, you never can tell what the outcome could be the more we delay. I am sure that with such intense as reflected in the sky that the story will not really end well like ever. You know where such has blown us. Larry, no need to worry so much about me, if others find it difficult trusting me, I am gifted with self trust and love, which am sure will see me through. If at all I do not know you, I know pretty well that you have always being adamant whenever it c...

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“Chain” by Chloe Alistar

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In the bottom of the neglected junk closet was a large box filled with various reminders of her past. Unaware of what it contained, Phoebe wildly searched through the mess of long forgotten things as if she was looking for the meaning of life. Behind her she had tossed all the unmatched vintage shoes, empty storage boxes for outdated appliances, books that haven't been read in decades and other miscellaneous stuff collecting dust at the bottom of her closet. She dug in the disarray like a miner sifting for small nuggets of gold.She kept sear...

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“Melodious Healing” by Nichole Kaye

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Eva softly closed the door behind her, dusting off the paint chips that rained down from the once-white but now peeling door. It was still raining outside, but the pouring had subsided and gentle rays of warm sunshine started to peek through the windows. She walked aimlessly through the hallway, her mind blank and body numb. At the end of the hall, she timidly turned right instead of left, coming face to face with the closed door of her mother’s bedroom. She opened the door and stepped inside. The room still smelled like her mother, a m...

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“Motherhood” by Eve Naden

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The trophy was laughing at her. The formidable glass sphere sat atop a stand of obsidian, smiling with diamonded teeth. Carved in silver were the words, ‘Best Debut Novel 2004’. A decade later, the Award was still sitting on a shelf above her desk, covered in a sheen of dust. Emma Simmons paused above her keyboard staring, as she had been for the past few days, at a blank word document. The cursor blinked, as if mocking her. Her fingers hovered, teetering over the Caps Lock button. Three days since she’d announced the sequel to ‘A Flower...

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“Creating Eve” by Audrey Winter

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It was a dark and stormy night. Snow shot from the sky, already gathering in large piles. The wind howled like a lone wolf in the darkness. No one in their right mind would be outside on a night like this. In the wind, snowflakes transformed from fluffy cloud pieces to sharp ice daggers. One single figure fought its way through the unforgiving weather. Dressed in thick layers of wool, it moved slowly, working its way Where was it going?The figure squinted its eyes, barely visible through scarves wrapped around its head. A light. Far awa...

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“The Purple Pen” by Natalie Dafoe

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It’s a purple Paper Mate pen I swirl around in my fingers, unwilling to touch it’s tip to paper. Perhaps I should have grabbed another pen, Maria had pressed the tip so intensely into her colouring paper the ink had long become inconsistent. When I used to write, I had a beautiful fountain pen. It’s ink, the colour of the sleek black night sky, would flow neatly onto the crisp paper. Characters seemed to form themselves from the tip, spilling out onto the neatly lined pages. The piquant scent of old paper still remains, wafting gently out ...

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“Mehndi Your Own Business” by Synia Sidhe

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"A package?" Ahmed's voice floated in under Dacon's door from the front room. Dacon shook himself awake, always having one earbud out due to paranoia, on the bottom mattress of his bunk bed. Sweeping the black-out curtains rigged to the frame aside, he strode towards the door. He cracked it open and stared at his distant grand nephew's back. He took a step into the hall, but the sun hadn't fully set yet, and his skin began to crawl as the ambient sunlight washed across him. "Kya yeh mera hai??" Dacon hissed in Hindi. Ahmed pretended...

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“My Sister the Storyteller” by Izzy Glickman

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Ever since my brother Allie died, all I've wanted is to be with him again. I miss him every single day. He died when he was 11, I was 13. I'm not going to lie it was hard, we were close considering how young and clueless we were. He had cancer, leukemia to be exact. Phoebe, my younger sister, is 85, and I am 91. She is the mere thing that is keeping me alive. She visits me every Monday and Friday, or whenever she isn't playing bingo and canasta with her girlfriends. Our eldest brother used to come too, but he died a few years ba...

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“This is just the Beginning!” by Arvi Krish

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Tik tik tik tik ! “Nope”….. Tringgggggggg “Delete”. Tik tik tik tik tik tik ! “Nope”…...Tringgggggggggggg “Delete”. This is the sound of me typing and deleting on my computer off and on. I’m not sure how many times I have done it, but trust me, I know I have done it quite a number of times. Arggggg!……It’s so difficult! Why is it so difficult for me to even start this story? How should I start? What am I going to write about? Oh My God! I have no idea at all. Should I really be part of this writing community? Am I really capable ...

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

Submissions are closed

✍️ 185 stories

“Laughing In The Darkness” by Kelly Vavala

“Begin Again ” by Ivy Moonlit

“The White Canvas” by Sophia Cantiller

“The Returning” by April Summers

“My Story” by Alexi Delavigne

“And yet we write” by Marte Van Der Linden

“DARK NIGHTS” by Uzonna Cyril

“Chain” by Chloe Alistar

“Melodious Healing” by Nichole Kaye

“Motherhood” by Eve Naden

“Creating Eve” by Audrey Winter

“The Purple Pen” by Natalie Dafoe

“Mehndi Your Own Business” by Synia Sidhe

“My Sister the Storyteller” by Izzy Glickman

“This is just the Beginning!” by Arvi Krish

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