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“Drive In” by Christa Lee

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Drive In The rules were straightforward and the same every time: Cooper pays for the movie, then the next time Joe, and after that Isaac, then it rotated back around to Cooper. The person paying lets in the other guys through the back door, the one near the east parking lot. Wait until the previews start just to be safe, otherwise the assistant manager with a stick up his ass might find out and they would be banned from the theater. And most important of all, the payer picks the movie. That was incentive enough to want to pay, especial...

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“Ordinarily Extraordinary” by Shiloh Kiefer

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Benedict Meyer was an ordinary little girl. Well, mostly ordinary. She was ordinary height, ordinary weight, ordinary brown hair, ordinary hazel eyes, just ordinary Benedict. The one thing about Benedict that was unusual was the fact that she was five, but still couldn’t speak, or some would say, wouldn’t. Benedict understood everything going on around her, she knew perfectly well how to speak, she just never had the desire to do so. Benedict had never had a father, he had left when he found out her mother was pregnant. Benedict’s mot...

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“Self Discovery” by John Steckley

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Self-Discovery It was deep into February, but not too cold for her to want to be outside. The strong wind that had been blowing hard enough last night to freeze her face twice over had died down in the morning.. Sixteen year old Mia felt that it would be okay for her to take a walk in the woods. That’s where she did her best thinking. She needed some of that right now, as she was wondering a lot about her future these days. What did she want to do for a living? Did she want to become a school principal ...

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“The Pains of Abnormal.” by Peace Nakiyemba

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‘Oh good, you are awake. It’s about time too or the boss was going to employ unkind means,’ he heard a squeaky voice say and thought he hadn’t been able to shake the bad dream he was having. He closed his eyes and thought, one more minute and I’ll wake up in my bed at home to mum’s shouting and Ella’s whining.He opened his eyes and an old face was just above him. Startled him a little but it’s had to run anywhere when you are lying down.‘Up, up, up!! We have no time to waste,’ the old man said as he walked to the wall and pushed it revealing...

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“Learning from a Kid” by Cory Pines

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I lived in a small town filled to the brim with Christians over 65. There was a church on every street corner and no one argued when it came to the word of god. Everyone knew everyone, though we didn’t talk much outside of church.I grew up here, and after I went to college, I came back here to live out my life as a simple cashier at the local food market. Like most people in the town, I went to church every Sunday and prayed before every meal. Life was plain, but I didn’t mind it that way. I enjoyed living in my small town with a small ...

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“The Patience of a Friend” by Rebecca P

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Julie stood in the doorway with her jaw practically dropped to her knees. Stunned, she deliberated between succumbing to the wave of hysterical laughter caught in her chest or simply turning round and leaving so as not to be caught up in this next chapter of lunacy.Meredith had well and truly lost the plot, she thought.“What have you… I mean… why…?” Julie sputtered.Meredith stared back at her, a vacant expression washed over her face. Julie couldn’t tell if she’d upset, enraged, or in fact provoked any reaction in her. As a matter of fact,...

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“An Angel Gets His Wings” by Fenrir Elder

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The day I learned something new was anything but happy. I was both astonished and aghast and the memory will forever haunt me. Father always told me that when a bell rings, a solider is created and blood is unleashed.People always tell me about the possibilities. About the good that can come from becoming me, my destiny. But I can't help but feel that all is in vain. How could I possibly be happy when I'm always in pain?I'd do anything to take back the day, that horrific ghastly night. The moment I lost all I had, my shining knight. The day ...

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“How I learned to stop worrying and embrace lying” by Vince Seese

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As I try to live a good life in my adult years, I often think back to the day I learned the lesson of a morally correct lie from my father. I’m certain it was not the lesson he wanted to teach me at that time, but in my impressionable youth, that's exactly what he did.I grew up in the old days as a good Catholic. This was before all the scandal, before saying you were Catholic immediately drew titters and questions about “were you an altar boy?”. Yes, in fact, I was an altar boy. And no, the vaguest hint of abuse was neve...

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“Dragon Blood” by Kylie Loren

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As I sat down for English, my partner seemed really disturbed. I mean, ok. We were doing Story writing today. I guess he knew how much I sucked at that. He was probably wishing that I had been dead or something, the look of disgust on his face reaching to a frightening level. "Look, can you just spit out whatever the hell you have to say?" I asked irritably. "This indecision is killing me."He rolled his eyes. "Don't show me that attitude, ok? You're gonna fail if you don't have my help on this thing."I looked at my own blank paper....

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“Icarus” by Chris Dante

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All I wanted was a chance to make sense of everything. To have a normal high school experience, like everyone else. Graduate and leave, like everyone else. But you ruined it. You decided to be different. You inspired me to be different. You ruined my chance to be normal, and now I’m peddling 20 miles per hour in the pouring rain, just to keep you around. This is like those indie movies you love, and you just had to thrust me in the middle of one. God, my head is spinning. Ike, please be okay so I can kill you.When we first met, you didn’t ha...

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“I Will Say Their Names, Now” by Tyler Duggan

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The Droid knew of a list of names that came before Death and it was the first thing the Droid recalled when Death suddenly appeared in the canyon. The Droid knew it was unlikely, but it was going to try to escape. It ran as fast as it could, it’s metal foot-like structures ping-ing and pang-ing against the rocky base of the canyon, echoing off the canyon walls. The sound of metal banging against ore and graphite repeatedly would have been an unnerving sound to most, but to Death it was familiar. This sound had b...

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“Pants” by Martin Leigh

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One day there were seven pairs of underpants. They were not ordinary. They were evil. At least that was the impression Gary wanted to give to anyone who dared venture near our den. He said any of the boys from the other gang would be terrified at seeing one pair of pants nailed to a tree, let alone seven. ‘They would be shit scared’, he said at our meeting. ‘The Wileys will wonder what happened to the kids who wore the pants and steer clear.’ The Wileys were the kids from the other estate, the Wiles Estate, which backed onto the woods. ...

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“Past Reality” by Simran Koul

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Here comes another day at college, and since the past year I haven’t felt that tomorrow is going to be a “new day, new opportunity”. So I do what I do on regular days, brush my teeth, take a shower, and put on the first pair of blue jeans I find in my closet with a red hoodie. I take a quick look in the mirror and fix my hair and rub a little concealer beneath my eyes to cover up dark circles. I usually don’t get those except the times I have nightmares or disturbing dreams. I rush to my mess and grab the first two bread slices I see on the ...

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“At Sixteen” by Valerie Kaufman

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He was six-foot-tall and broad-shouldered, but I was blind to his charms. His doeful brown eyes stared dreamily at me in class behind studious-looking glasses, but his oversized nose seemed to push me away. The fact that he liked me made him foolish, since I wasn’t worthy of anybody’s attention. But he was smart in school, and well-mannered, so I told him yes, I’d go with him to see the musical playing that weekend at the open-air theatre of a nearby beach park. I had dre...

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“It's Important” by Karen Avizur

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“If I’m turning to go run a few times a month and have to deal with this shit at school-” “Language, Allison!” Lillian Thatcher exclaimed. “…I have to deal with this stuff at school,” Allison amended. “And it’s a gigantic part of my life, so why shouldn’t I be allowed to march in the Pride parade? I understood when I was too young to even turn, but I’m thirteen now.” She turned to her mother. “You agree with me, ...

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Write a story about someone discovering something new about themselves.

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✍️ 52 stories

“Drive In” by Christa Lee

“Ordinarily Extraordinary” by Shiloh Kiefer

“Self Discovery” by John Steckley

“The Pains of Abnormal.” by Peace Nakiyemba

“Learning from a Kid” by Cory Pines

“The Patience of a Friend” by Rebecca P

“An Angel Gets His Wings” by Fenrir Elder

“How I learned to stop worrying and embrace lying” by Vince Seese

“Dragon Blood” by Kylie Loren

“Icarus” by Chris Dante

“I Will Say Their Names, Now” by Tyler Duggan

“Pants” by Martin Leigh

“Past Reality” by Simran Koul

“At Sixteen” by Valerie Kaufman

“It's Important” by Karen Avizur

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Write a story about someone dealing with family conflict.

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