Write a short story about someone going to the corner store to buy an everyday item.

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“Quick Errand” by Laura Austin

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He couldn’t believe he was actually doing this. He’d heard the old jokes about embarrassed husbands heading through the convenient store checkout with their heads tucked down, avoiding eye contact with the cashier so they could purchase tampons for their wives. He’d never thought he’d agree to run such an errand. Why would he need to? Women drive! Taking out his wallet, he couldn’t believe his bad luck. He’d left his bankcard on his nightstand and had no cash. None. So. This meant he would have to drive the three miles back home,...

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“Bagged” by Ashley Jamele

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In a small corner store in a busy city in the darkness of the late night, there is a woman with her own panties over her shoulders, considering an aisle of bags. Plastic bags. Sandwich bags, quart bags, snack bags, gallon bags. Things being offered in place of bags, such as beeswax wrap or reusable silicone pouches. The sheer magnitude of the choices there are to contain our various objects is mind-boggling. She’s almost physically reeling with the decision, putting a hand out onto the shelves to steady herself from the internal spin.&n...

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“The Corner Store” by Cheryl Cecil

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The store was six blocks away. She remembered a day when she would have put on her flip flops and walked down there with no problem. She needed butter. That was it. Just butter to finish cooking the meal she was preparing for her daughter and her family. Elyse had been on disability for three months now and she hated every second of it. The most joy she had all week was when her daughter, husband and kids came to visit on Sunday. Elyse had suffered complications due to her diabetes six months ago, and the freedom of walking had been stripp...

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“The Eternal Now of Teddy” by Todd Jacob

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I have to potty. But it’s not time to go out yet. Katy is still looking at her big rectangle light. But the sun is shining in the window, and soon the That’s Not the Doorbell Stupid will ring, and Katy will stop and let me go out. I hope. I look up at her. She’s so great. She’s my best friend in the world. She feeds me, and gives me pets, and brushes me. I take care of her too. I cuddle with her, so she isn’t lonely. I do the protect when I think I hear bad guys trying to sneak in. We’re a family.I look at the That’s Not the Doorbell Stupid ...

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Write a short story about someone going to the corner store to buy an everyday item.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 64 stories

“Quick Errand” by Laura Austin

“Bagged” by Ashley Jamele

“The Corner Store” by Cheryl Cecil

“The Eternal Now of Teddy” by Todd Jacob

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Write a short story about someone heading home from work.

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