Write a story about someone discovering something new about themselves.

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“Keep Running ” by Fatimah Gomez

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“Bet you can’t beat me in a race to that tree,” I smirked at my best friend Reece. He frowned, eyeing the distant tree at the end of the sidewalk with his soft, dark eyes.“Bet I can.”“Yeah right,” I shrugged off my backpack and dropped it on the grass. We were takingthe usual shortcut home from school through our neighbourhood park. “You’re gonna lose. Youalways do.”“Maybe not this time,” he argued and dropped his bag next to mine. He was three yearsolder than me at sixteen, but a lot of the time I felt like I was older than him. We were tig...

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“A night to remember” by Shifa Asif

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To feel a vague, sweet gladness, and he was aware of wild yearnings and stirrings for he knew not what. Sometimes he pursued the call into the forest, looking for it as though it were a tangible thing, barking softly or defiantly, as the mood might dictate. He would thrust his nose into the cool wood moss, or into the black soil where long grasses grew, and snort with joy at the flat earth smells; or he would crouch for hours, as if in concealment, behind fungus-covered trunks of fallen trees, wide-eyed and wide-eared to all that moved and s...

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“A False Utopia” by J J

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My whole life I had been taught how to live. How to dress. How to act. How to talk and how to fit in. How to be just like everyone else. And that was just how it was for us. Our community believes in absolute equality. That everyone should be treated the same. Call us what you will: a faction, a group, a Utopia, but we were much more than that. We are Uforanderlig. Uforanderlig is not just the name of our home. It is the belief that there is an ultimate and universal truth, and that there are objective and unchanging moral standa...

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“Trinity” by Sumayah Y.

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Mother said she liked Emma best. Emma was the nice one. The one gifted with manners that could make a monarchy jealous— with a voice so sweet, it could draw in the bees. I told her Emma was the sort of girl who skipped in fields of barley, and lay beneath the sun’s rays until it rained. Then dance for a while, until she arrived home with her dress sheer, and sticking to her skin. In secret, I envied her. She was everything I was not. While she was full of life, I was miserable in mine. Where she saw colours, I saw grey. I wished I could...

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“Unfortold” by Terri Rupert

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This feeling of unease continues to grow. At first, I recognized it as just a feeling of unwell. It physically manifested in my physical body, seeming affecting nearly every aspect of it. My sleep is disturbed, my whole body flushes hot, my skin feels irritated, my digestion becomes a noticeable issue, my head pounding with pressure as if in a vice. My eyes go from previously uncorrected, to unfocused burning and irritated orbs. My ears ringing, an internal drumming as if the blood pumping through my veins is rushing to my ears.I've become ...

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“The Vebwy” by Jamie Shaw

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"Average". That's what the teacher was saying to Miara. The rest of the teacher's words faded while the student continued to day dream. It wasn't the first time "average" was used to describe Miara or the things she did: her grades were average, she put in average effort to complete projects and she was even told she looked average. Oh well... The best part of her day was about to begin. School was over for the day. She was about to meet-up with her "not average" friend Jai. Jai was everything Maira was not: gorgeous, a jock, straight A stud...

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“Rumors ” by Lily Elborn

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At 17 years old I thought I had it all. I was acing my classes, held a 3.8 GPA average, captain of the cheerleading squad, vice president of the student council and my high school sweetheart and I were campaigning for (and sure to win) Prom King and Queen. It’s not like I wasn’t self-aware though, I knew I was a walking high school cliché, and that’s probably how I won the popularity contest we call senior year. I was not only sitting at the popular table at lunch, but I had a chair reserved at every other table in the cafeteria, the reason ...

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“Lost in a Bayou” by Kali Sayovitz

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Johnny Boy asked me to marry him. He had a ring and everything, a twisted piece of wire and a pretty pearl we found in a clam. Told me he loved me more than anyone in Louisiana. Johnny was the only one to really love me, my parents left a long time ago and I don’t really remember them. Auntie June took me in, but I was rather lonely. Then I met Johnny Boy, he lived in town with his momma, didn’t have no pa. He bought a little plot of land on the edge of the bayou with a house a wood furnace. Said we were gonna have babies and live a...

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“The white box ” by Nina Hadzi

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Renee was breathing heavily. Her eyes were trembling under her lids and her limbs were spasming. Her heart seemed like it was going to jump out of her chest, as tiny droplets of sweat formed all over her forehead. Her hair was tangled and her skin was red from the heat. If you listened closely you could hear the pulse of her heart: bom, bom, bom. You could feel the moments go faster. Bom, bom, bom. And then her eyes sprang open! Red veins were prominent around her pupil. They were wide. She opened her mouth. And then she screamed....

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“Why Do I Do This To Myself” by Kelly Eggert

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WHY DO I DO THIS TO MYSELF “Look out!” Those would be the last words I’d hear before everything went black. As I opened my eyes it took a matter of two point four seconds to realize that this was gonna be the worst day of my life. I guess I should have figured that out at four forty five this morning when my cat decided to eat something gross and share it with me by hacking it up on my pillow. You see last night after dinner I made a crazy desperate decision. I was going to make myself be bold, no matter the cost. &nbs...

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“The Blue Bowl” by Rob Sutherland Sutherlsand

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He had a hazy recollection of the fight. The hotel security guard insisted that he’d been the instigator. ‘Him... with the black hair started it,’ he’d yelled pointing, and the police officer took Joey’s details. He was charged with disorderly conduct. Joey and his friends Phil and Moz had been watching football at the sports bar. Moz didn’t appreciate the drunken bloke beside him denigrating his team. It was a blur after that. They each got a $4OO.OO fine. Joey’s parents didn’t believe it when they heard the news of the altercation. He’d ne...

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“A Fear of Drowning” by Amanda Lewis Silva

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This is it, I thought. This is the moment when I die. I was twelve years old, drowning in Tommy Graham’s swimming pool. The bastard pushed me in.For as long as I could remember, I have feared water. I read in a textbook once that it only takes four ounces of fluid in a grown man’s lungs to kill him. It forever baffled me that such a small quantity of liquid could take your life, and yet otherwise responsible parents willingly let their children cavort about in thousands of gallons of the stuff. While other children were content to run f...

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“Ana's Quinceañera” by Friday Elliott

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Your head is killing you. You shouldn't have hit the tequila so hard last night. But seeing as your little sister only turns 15 once and your primo Miguel always brings the good stuff to family parties, here you are. Never again, you tell yourself for the millionth time. Do you even believe that anymore? Staggering to your feet, you are surprised for a moment by how weak you feel. Your eyes are blurry and thinking is slow and fuzzy. You need water. Juice? Something salty and lots of it. Glancing down, you...

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“Messages from.the sky ” by Charles Peschel

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Very long ago two tribes we're allies.Man of the ancient old, and man of the new now. They were enemies at one time, but became allies for a common issue. The snakes, more so than your common serpent,( but a snake no less) that was of the Dragons Clan, would like nothing more than to kill every last human thought to be unworthy. In peaceful silence man now calls upon something old and mystical, that deals in what we call magick of sorts, the owl and the raven. They know not what they seek or the consequences of their requests!The tribe of Ra...

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“Petals and wings” by Kasuni Gomes

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“Mom" I heard a voice of a little girl who has just got out from bed, leaning to the bedroom wall she was looking at a lady who is busy arranging white roses into a vase. "Yes darling" the lady replied, without turning her head. Neither of their faces was clear to me. Who are they? I asked myself. The little girl in her nightgown, with messy hair, slowly walked to her mother, and pulled her white satin dress, trying to get her attention "Mom... why we have roses all the time?" The lady carefully adjusted the vase, on the oak cabinet. Oh! I ...

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Write a story about someone discovering something new about themselves.

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✍️ 52 stories

“Keep Running ” by Fatimah Gomez

“A night to remember” by Shifa Asif

“A False Utopia” by J J

“Trinity” by Sumayah Y.

“Unfortold” by Terri Rupert

“The Vebwy” by Jamie Shaw

“Rumors ” by Lily Elborn

“Lost in a Bayou” by Kali Sayovitz

“The white box ” by Nina Hadzi

“Why Do I Do This To Myself” by Kelly Eggert

“The Blue Bowl” by Rob Sutherland Sutherlsand

“A Fear of Drowning” by Amanda Lewis Silva

“Ana's Quinceañera” by Friday Elliott

“Messages from.the sky ” by Charles Peschel

“Petals and wings” by Kasuni Gomes

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Write a story about someone dealing with family conflict.

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