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“A Battle Against Cancer” by Elaina Goodnough

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The day before the horrid news came I was spending the day with my Grandma Jo. I was nine at the time. I had gone to a small second-hand store and bought a used toy to play with and plague my mom's clean side. (Occasionally you got a stuffed animal and fleas for the price of one!) My grandma has this wonderful trait, she always visits the elderly, so I would accompany her on such outings when I was with her. We decided to visit my great grandparents, Albin and Elle. They certainly were elderly, especially at the age of nine I always assumed ...

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“Night robbery” by Tee Jay

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It was on a windy night, the night that frightenes everyone in the community. The Robbery night. Hello, am Kimberly and I'm new in the neighborhood.wondering why I wrote that above? your question is about to be answered.The Robbery night was a night for robbers to come and raid the community. “It all started in 1956 in East Midlands England when the robbers of the community and the government had a truce that on the declared night, the robbers will have the night to themselves and from that day henceforth it became a law...

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“The Night the World Stood Still” by Angel Brookins

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Ninety-six years old, Berdi Daniels hobbled out onto the stage. With every step, the staff that she leaned on shook in her withered hand. I watched with bated breath, half afraid that she would fall before she reached the podium that had been set up in her honor. It was June 5, 2070, the fiftieth anniversary of the great uprising. As someone who was very young at the start of the Global Revolution, I had often been jealous of those that had been present and active in the fight. I hadn't stopped to consider that like all ...

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“The City of Sorrow and Shame” by Lynn Gorski

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THE CITY OF SORROW AND SHAME September 15, 2020 marks the 57th anniversary of one of the most heinous crimes committed against the African American community in an attempt to slow the pace of desegregation in Birmingham, Alabama. Birmingham, Alabama 1963. Racial tensions are at an all-time high. A federal court orders schools to integrate. The local Ku Klux Klan (KKK) fights every attempt by the African American community to bring integration to Birmingham. The KKK bombs African American homes, businesses, and churches in retaliatio...

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“Fighting for a Warm Brush of Air” by Esprit Bijou

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A cold brush of wind blew against the shell of my dark ear. I fell to my knees and did not care as they hit the light wood with a slam. All I could care about was that my father had been shot by a man. I just wanted to run. To run away from that man who didn’t have any guilt on his face and to run away from my father’s gentle face that was now constricted into fear and humiliation. And that I did. I ran away from that moment that would forever be engraved in my mind for months to come. I remembered it during his funeral in which no one but m...

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“Skin deep” by Sam Blythe

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I seldom talk about my time in jail.It's just not done in polite company.It was 1988, I'd travelled from Perth into the Roebourne via Wittenoom, myself, my 3 year old son and young German Shepherd named Mosè in our Kombi stopping and camping along the way.Wittenoom Gorge is old, so old, layers and layers of time compressed into rock, it speaks of the beginning of time, as the earth as we know it was still being made, lush, and fertile - an oasis in a vast harsh desert, a world of canyons, clear water and endless stars....Sadly destroyed for ...

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“Striking With Fire” by Ronda Everson

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Right after the revolution in Romania, the world had been turned upside down. Everything had to change, and it was downright hard on the Romanians. Romania had been Communist, and the were changing to Democracy. It was effecting everyone in some way. It was downright hard to change from Communism Democracy, but it had been so bad under Communism that the people were determined to change. Change is never easy, and change was a nightmare for many Romanians. Life was so hard right after the revolution that the people were calling themselve...

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“A helpful hand and warm hearts.” by Sarah Ogle

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"Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!" The sound of the alarm clock drilled through Jenny's peaceful rest and straight into her brain. With a loud grunt, Jenny grabbed the alarm clock and flung it across the room, where it proceeded to break into multiple pieces. Great, she thought, one more thing to add to my day. Sighing loudly and pushing aside the blanket, she set her feet down on the cold concrete floor, hissing at the coldness of it. Even though she by no means wanted to walk across that cold floor she had to get ready or she was going to be late. ...

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“Citizens of Centervale” by Marian Reiley

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Ugack was an Orc living in a supposedly enlightened age and land. It was the begining of the Mellenium of the Azure Lamb. The last two hundred years had seen a lot of change for Orcs.Ugack's great great paternal grandfather, Gelub, had been brought to the Kingdom of Dinastia as a slave. Her mother, Poh's heritage was complicated. Poh had a human mother, Sabrina, and an Orc father, Viguka. Sabrina and Viguka's union had to be kept secret from both their families. Interracial relations had been illegal in Dinastia until about fifty years a...

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“There's No Place like Home” by Hope Wells

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There’s no place like home It is amazing to come full circle. To look back and realise that in the words of a well known film: ‘there’s no place like home’. I used to watch ‘The Wizard of Oz’ every Christmas as a child and tears would stream down my cheeks, as I heard Dorothy recite wistfully: ‘there’s no place like home, there’s no place like home’, as she clicked her heels together, wearing her wondrous sparkling red shoes. These words always resonated with me, possibly because mum and I were nomadic when I was a baby, wandering...

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“Community” by Homayun Mohammadi

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I’ve been working in the community for over ten years and it’s a ‘community in crisis’. It’s in an urban location that has multiple layers of disadvantage. You know what these dimensions are: high levels of intergenerational unemployment; increasing rates of illiteracy and truancy, drug and alcohol abuse, and spiralling levels of child abuse and domestic violence.There are very few thriving businesses in the community. The locals don’t support the small strip of shops, preferring to go to supermarkets in neighbouring suburbsBecause it has be...

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“My dear bullies!” by Keerti K

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Which sane human insists that he be buried in a coffin of his skin color?I cannot dissociate myself from my ethnicity to get away from a few obnoxious bullies.Anna had considered me a bully in school. Yes, I was one. Then. But now. I catch myself thinking more about her than my man as I walk down the aisle. Anna, my bridesmaid.Tall, dark, and curly hair. I didn't know if she was wise or weird. She spoke short and crisp. I have this seemingly strange urge to use unusual words to describe her. Condensed talking? Anna and I went ...

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“The world unites ” by Leanne Drain

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Coming together all over the world , to join forces in a circle chanting peace saving the world with beautiful glory . I remember a time when a community of people came together to protect a world from falling into darkness the people protected there community by listening to each other’s alluring thoughts speaking out in golden time they spoke of how a world together is a better world , they spoke of how a world is slowly becoming a democracy however there were outsiders that threatened to break the circle the power of friendship , came&nbs...

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“The Next Bhulla” by Barbara Eustace

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Bhulla Theresa is dying. For tens of years she has been the heart of our village. Our village is ruled by men, as are all villages. But it is Bhulla Theresa who tells the men what to do, what to think, what to say. It is Bhulla Theresa who advises on where game can be caught, where fruits can be found, though men ultimately decide if they should follow this advice. Bhulla Theresa is crafty though. Bhulla Theresa will tell men where to go to catch a large antelope, or if they think best to go elsewhere, but ther...

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“The Suitcase” by Susan Young

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THE SUITCASEThe two little girls ran.Their dirty, bare feet pounding the earth, their breath sharp and laboured, their filthy arms trying to a keep grip on the bounty flung from the moving train. It was a pattern. They knew the drill. The exiled passengers…. their people…thought they were keeping their precious belongings, but of course it never happened. Always, around the underpass, the Soldiers would fling their un-necessary cargo out of the train, to make room. Some suitcases fared better than others, tumbling effortlessly down the emban...

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Write a story about community.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 65 stories

“A Battle Against Cancer” by Elaina Goodnough

“Night robbery” by Tee Jay

“The Night the World Stood Still” by Angel Brookins

“The City of Sorrow and Shame” by Lynn Gorski

“Fighting for a Warm Brush of Air” by Esprit Bijou

“Skin deep” by Sam Blythe

“Striking With Fire” by Ronda Everson

“A helpful hand and warm hearts.” by Sarah Ogle

“Citizens of Centervale” by Marian Reiley

“There's No Place like Home” by Hope Wells

“Community” by Homayun Mohammadi

“My dear bullies!” by Keerti K

“The world unites ” by Leanne Drain

“The Next Bhulla” by Barbara Eustace

“The Suitcase” by Susan Young

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Write a story about solidarity.

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