Write a story about someone dealing with family conflict.

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“My Dad is a Serial Killer” by Adelia Marsa Calista

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My dad is a serial killer.It started when I kept getting new moms every month. I remembered some of them, mainly because they were kind, or super rude to me. I couldn’t remember my real mom, but the first three women that I could recognize weren’t easy to forget. They had beautiful blonde hair with bright blue eyes and they usually baked for me. Jen promised me that we would get ice cream on Sunday, but she disappeared on Saturday. Lora had the best cooking ever and when I told dad I wanted to eat her cook again, he sat me on his lap and sai...

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“Damn Hippie Vans” by George Georgerfrost@gmail.com

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While this is not about a family conflict per ce, it was a real event in my life that has a special meaning to me and those who shared it with me... If I were to mention New York, what comes to your mind? Skyscrapers, traffic jams, too many people living in such a small place, bridges connecting the Boroughs, harbor filled with garbage and refuse turning the blue water into an ugly shade of brown, images that are not flattering in anyway despite being home to some of the most famous landmarks in the world. But the New York I know...

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“The Vivisection of Edith ” by A. L. V.

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I peeked outside my bedroom window, a chill running up my spine as the thought of another person present made me tremble. It was dark outside, making it impossible to see anything besides the street lights and the scarce traffic below. It surprised me that even the city goes to sleep at night. You’re being paranoid. Stop being stupid. I thought, closing the curtains and turning away from the window, trying to collect my thoughts and keep my mind straight. To get my mind off things, I walked to my living room and sat down on the c...

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“Fight Until it's Won” by Maddie Logemann

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To a Vonn, horses were everything, because horses were business. Lilah understood that, maybe too well. But she learned from the best, trailing her father’s footsteps and sipping mint julep in the winner’s circle until she outgrew his footprints and stepped into her own. She learned to breed, to train, to race, to pick the very top prospects and push their talents into something special that would bring her family millions. But she also learned to lie, to manipulate, to peruse the shadows as a socialite and make a home for herself there. In ...

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“When everything changed for a daughter, twice” by Viney Kirpal

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“Mamta, you will not go to College from this June”, declared my Stepmother at breakfast, the day I turned 17. The dhokla I had enthusiastically made for the family now tasted like sand. My tongue was leached dry. I had just finished writing my Grade 12 final examination and was on vacation. I had two more years to graduate when this Fatwa was pronounced. I was stunned. Father looked at Stepmother questioningly while she went on like a road roller. “She should be married off in a year’s time.” Nikhil my brother, olde...

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“Light the blue touch paper and stand well back. ” by Sophie-Dominique Waddie

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The door slammed with a reverberation that made the whole room shake. The violence of the action caused a crack to appear in the aging wood. The frame shuddered and slowly an uncomfortable silence began to descend as the last angry footsteps pounded away into the distance. He was incandescent with rage. His stout frame was still physically shaking as he ran his hand repeatedly through his thick dark hair. His eyes were closed with an intensity which hardly seemed possible. The small, well-trimmed beard was slowl...

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“The Tunnel to Heaven Through the Fallout” by Ronda Everson

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I had grown up away from my mother's family, but before I left home, we moved to Oklahoma, where both of my parents were originally from. I really didn't know my extended family. However, I was slowly getting to know them. We didn't drink at our house except my dad having an occasional beer. We didn't smoke either except for my dad's pipe. We all went to church every Sunday except my dad. However, it was my mother's family I was getting to know. My mother was very strict. We were in her little car every tim...

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“Primogeniture In The Rear-view. ” by Tom Moser

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The framed black and white family photographs on display easels were arranged on top of the console television, surrounding the misplaced mantle clock. The RCA Victor television was also black and white, installed inside a walnut-stained pinewood casing, set on four spindle legs. William looked at the photographs arranged on top of the television, and the larger hand-colored photographs on the wall behind the television. The photos displayed the faces of family members he did not know. &nbs...

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“Beneath the Holes” by Sarah Butland

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Unlike her, the jeans came that way. That used look that was all the rage, with so little fabric creating holes and strings which left nothing to the imagination. She, on the other hand, was born perfect. Chubby, ten fingers, ten toes and a cute-as-a-button nose that caught everyone’s attention. All the nurses and doctors and other parents made remarks about her beauty but no one would commit to taking her home.So her journey began. Bouncing from foster home to group home, Lillith was nicknamed “Lil” based on her ability to stay tiny despite...

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“Forgotten, yet still Festering” by Noname Last

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"You step one more toe out of line, I swear to God I will kill you!"The woman's angry words rang with a stern tone of frustration that rose up peculiar feelings inside of me. I looked up from the napkin I was scribbling and scratching the points of my speech on.Sure enough. The words were not directed at me but they were familiar all the same.At this time of the day, there weren't all that many passengers on this particular bus and from where I was sitting, I had a good view of a red faced woman spouting words of apology while frantically di...

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“INFIDELITY” by Elaine Casey

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“It’s too late.” Susan slapped her hand on the table and pulled her hand through her short black hair leaving it spiked and unruly.“Come on Sue,” said Stu. He reached across the table trying to take her hand. “I do love you, you know. I made a stupid mistake. What more can I say?”“Don’t touch me. You’ve hurt me more than you will ever know. What about the kids? Didn’t you even think of them?”Stu looked down at his hands, weathered and dry. She’d touched a sore point; he loved his kids. He reached for the bunch of keys, jingling them on...

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“We are family” by Cindy Bennett

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Laney fell in love with her little sister, from the very moment she was born. Two weeks before baby was due, Carmichael Jones decided to walk out on his heavily pregnant wife and his daughter citing he "just couldn't do this anymore!” Sienna Jones never saw it coming. As far as she knew, her husband was still very much in love with her! Laney could not bear to see her mother curled up in a ball, night after night sobbing her heart out! Continuously rocking backwards and forwards. It was heart wrenching! The news of Sienna's beloved husband a...

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“Childish Things” by Amanda Thompson

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The December air stings my hands and bare knees, icy pain crawling up my body like a vine up a tree. I kick up some of the fallen leaves and watch as they flutter back to the ground in a tattered mix of browns and reds. The glow of sunset bathes the world in a sheen of warmth despite the cold and reflects on the stream’s surface beside me.I’m turning eighteen tomorrow. No one will notice. I can’t blame them. Lucas is coming home tomorrow, and that’s quite the big deal.I don’t want to think about it. I crouch and twirl a leaf stem between my ...

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“Comng Home” by Olivia Fairfax

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“Hello?” There was silence at the other end of the line, then a voice started hesitantly. “Hello, Mom. It’s Beryl.” Margery stood silently staring at the phone. “Beryl? … Beryl! … Oh, Beryl…” She wanted to say all the things she had imagined herself saying over the past ten years, but nothing sensible would come out. “Mom, I’m in Manchester. Would you like to meet?” “Oh Beryl, yes of course. Why don’t you come here?” “Will Dad be there?” “Well… yes, he will. He’s retired now you know.” “Gosh is he?” It had been ten years but it still c...

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“A strange day in July” by Sneha Chakrabarti

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Characters:Park Jimin: 19 years old boy, studies with JungkookJeon Jungkook: 18 years old boy, studies with JiminMin Yoongi: 19 years old boy, just finished school but is still friends with Jungkook, Jimin and JinKim Seok-Jin: 19 years old boy, just finished school but is still friends with Jungkook, Jimin and YoongiIsabelle: unknownJungkook P.O.V. “Yoongi, you need to start walking a bit faster.” I called out, groaning in frustration. Jimin, Jin and I stopped, waiting for Yoongi to catch up. Maybe we should’ve left him at home. After s...

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Write a story about someone dealing with family conflict.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 82 stories

“My Dad is a Serial Killer” by Adelia Marsa Calista

“Damn Hippie Vans” by George Georgerfrost@gmail.com

“The Vivisection of Edith ” by A. L. V.

“Fight Until it's Won” by Maddie Logemann

“When everything changed for a daughter, twice” by Viney Kirpal

“Light the blue touch paper and stand well back. ” by Sophie-Dominique Waddie

“The Tunnel to Heaven Through the Fallout” by Ronda Everson

“Primogeniture In The Rear-view. ” by Tom Moser

“Beneath the Holes” by Sarah Butland

“Forgotten, yet still Festering” by Noname Last

“INFIDELITY” by Elaine Casey

“We are family” by Cindy Bennett

“Childish Things” by Amanda Thompson

“Comng Home” by Olivia Fairfax

“A strange day in July” by Sneha Chakrabarti

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Write a story about someone discovering something new about themselves.

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