Write a story that ends with a character asking a question.

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“The Julian Maxwell Experience” by Ryan Lieb

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“Where the hell is Julian?!” Mickey had reached the end of his patience. “If he’s not here in five minutes I quit. I’m serious.” “He’ll be here, man, he just texted me that he’s on his way!” Caleb said. “He’s over an hour late already! this is bullshit.” Mickey brought his drum stick down on a crash cymbal with a force that would have sent it spinning to the floor were it not secured tightly. Instead, the stand wobbled violently for a moment before settling back to center. “Honestly I’m with Mickey on this one.” Hunter was sit...

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“what if?” by Priyanka Thapa

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Like every other child I was very close to my grandparents. Especially my grandfather who was like a Santa figure to all of his grandchildren. He used to read us bed time stories, make us swings in the woods and even cook for us some times. Every time he had new stories to tell. Since he had served in the army, he used to tell us stories from his days while in the army. They were my maternal grandparents. My f...

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“Do i live or do i dream? ” by Anja Z

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Lost. That’s how I feel…in this world of corruption and lies. I think of myself as peculiar but peculiar is only a word to describe this emptiness inside me and how I keep on searching for myself. Myself, now there is a topic to dwell on forever and ever Mom had told me, but now it seems the topic of myself is just a word and with no description to describe it I’m once again lost…Each night I have these dreams these amazing yet most terrifying dreams and I don’t know how to describe it but if feels as if I’m more alive in my dreams than...

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“The bridge ” by Nunga Dorcas Mirande Amalia

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One little step, a mere second of inattention and nothing is left of of me but an empty bottle.Its not until the cold breeze brushes my cheeks that i realized i climbed on the edge with no second thoughts.I look down at the greenish river under the bridge ."Why?"Would be first question he'll ask once he sees me there but i wouldn't bother answering because my kiss, my touch and moans will say it all.My eyes leave the river to look at the dying sun and i still remember how we met. The sun was young and burning the only thing i wanted was cold...

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“Keene and the Locksmith” by Genevieve Taylor

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We must have made a strange picture, the group of us, huddled on the edge of the cliff, the wind in our hair. But no one was watching, and we weren’t thinking about our appearances. We had bigger things to worry about. “Guys, we have to do something.” Charlotte crossed her arms and shifted her weight onto one foot. “This can’t point back to us.” Milo, for once not cracking a joke, stared down at the two bodies at our feet. There was blood everywhere; we were standing in a puddle of it, and all our shoes were colored deep red. “Well the...

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“Only Humans” by Victoria Lendon

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Ikrani- What would you do if you weren’t human? I looked out on a dead world. What would you do if you weren’t human? Faced with billions of deaths at the hands of these beasts. A planet once decorated with trees is now littered with filth. I don’t see a distinction between a man, woman, or cow. I see life. There is a simple decision. My algorithm is sure I must pull the trigger. Humans create many thought experiments. One asks if you should pull a lever to redirect and prevent a tram from hitting five people, even if that means one unfortun...

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“all the time in the world” by Natalie Strawbridge

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“Tell us something you’ve never told anyone else.”In any other context, this would feel like a trap. But here, laying on the floor of the cabin Ella has called home for a week, the trouble is not the question itself, but that she can’t think of a single thing she hasn’t told at least one person here.It is the last night of camp, and here in the cabin they are stretching the time as much as possible, refusing to sleep away their last hours together. Lights out was at 10 PM, so they sit in the dark, clustered on the floor, whispering as if the...

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“snoitseuQ and srewsnA” by Joshua G. J. Insole

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“Because we’re here.”The words, which had not been casually proffered, hovered in the space between them for a moment; from the mind of one and into the ears and heart and soul of the other.The Questioner took the answer completely seriously. On the surface, it might have seemed like a flippant, even careless answer to what had been an honest, earnest question. But the Questioner knew better. The answer, although simple, contained a lifetime’s worth of wisdom, succinctly and simply presented in its most basic building blocks by the Answerer....

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“Just the Way You Look Tonight.” by John Steckley

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Just the Way You Look Tonight “I love you, just the way you look tonight.” He would certainly sing those words from the old song concerning the woman he was looking at right now. On a dare to himself, he had decided to go to this all-ages singles dance in the community centre. He felt that he had nothing to lose as there was no one important in his life at the time. Friends and close relationships from his past had all long ago ended. It was time for so...

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“Rain Over Snow” by Lea Sabb

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Who knew scent could be such a powerful memory trigger?My wife walked in the kitchen today wearing a scent called Vanilla Sunset. It took me all the way back to college. It took me all the way back. To her. Freshman year. I was so excited to have finally moved out from my little hometown in Michigan all the way to Indianapolis. I was so ready for all the parties and college chicks. Turns out girls don't tend to go for the guys studying Aerospace Engineering. Honestly, looking back, I don't think I would've found the time for all that. I...

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“What's in a Name?” by Deborah Mercer

Submitted to Contest #42

“Why can’t we call her Shalimar?” Stewart Lovell sounded far more hurt and puzzled than angry. He was the kind of man who hated confrontation and most certainly didn’t want it now, when his wife Wilma had given birth to the most wonderful and beautiful and miraculous small human in the history of the whole world, ever, only a few hours previously, and he still couldn’t get his head round the fact that he was her father. Looking at his two fantastic girls, he felt his heart and soul brim over with joy. So why was...

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“Glances Through Windows” by Michael Loss

Submitted to Contest #42

Author’s Note:Hey guys, it’s Michael. Thank you so much for taking the time to read my stuff!I just wanted to give you a head start on what awaits you:This is a complex story told backwards: each section represents an event that makes its way linearly until its end, the following section occurs before the previous event. (Exactly like Memento: a story told from end to beginning)----------????----------What good is trying to look into someone’s soul if their eyes are closed? If the eyes are the windows, the mind is the soul’s essence, it...

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“MARY, HOW'D YOU KNOW?” by Scott Smock

Submitted to Contest #42

"Nothin' Says Lovin' Like Something From The Coven!" This bumper sticker was proudly displayed on the fender of the VW Bug in front of Mary. Joseph and Mary Dubois had come to Princeburg Indiana to visit their daughter Cheryl, who was going to Princeburg Community College to study holistic medicine and coloring meditation techniques. Mary had wondered about that but set it aside. Cheryl had always been a free spirit and independent thinker. Going to Mercy Baptist Academy as a young teen Cheryl had shown all the signs that she'd end up at Jor...

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“Shadow of a Doubt” by Megan DeRouin

⭐️ Shortlisted for Contest #42

Shadow of a Doubt I’d heard the rhetoric before. I’d see it on television how men in overly starched suits, wearing too much expensive cologne laid out phrases of words that hardly meant anything at all. I had thought I knew what to expect. Now it felt too real. He was a man, not much older than I was. Maybe twenty-five, a few years out of college working a starter job in an office somewhere that had business casual as the dress code. He kept tugging at his red tie as if he wa...

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“Mysterious Colours of Life” by Rita Parekh

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"Chanduuu...,I told you not to leave dad alone",called out Sakha seeing her paralytic father-in-law struggling with his shawl."No didi,I am right here,had just gone to get some warm water for dad's sponge bath."soberly replied the caregiver."Okk..,after finishing with the bath help dad with the glass of orange juice that Kamala has kept ready in the kitchen,before you give him the medicines.I will be back by 12." Instructing Chandu Sakha left hurriedly in a chauffeur driven car waiting outside her 2 storey spacious bungalow.Today she wa...

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Write a story that ends with a character asking a question.

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✍️ 260 stories

“The Julian Maxwell Experience” by Ryan Lieb

“what if?” by Priyanka Thapa

“Do i live or do i dream? ” by Anja Z

“The bridge ” by Nunga Dorcas Mirande Amalia

“Keene and the Locksmith” by Genevieve Taylor

“Only Humans” by Victoria Lendon

“all the time in the world” by Natalie Strawbridge

“snoitseuQ and srewsnA” by Joshua G. J. Insole

“Just the Way You Look Tonight.” by John Steckley

“Rain Over Snow” by Lea Sabb

“What's in a Name?” by Deborah Mercer

“Glances Through Windows” by Michael Loss

“MARY, HOW'D YOU KNOW?” by Scott Smock

“Shadow of a Doubt” by Megan DeRouin

“Mysterious Colours of Life” by Rita Parekh

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