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Write about a person trying to see something from another’s point of view.

Posted in Nonfiction on Oct 26, 2022

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“MIDNIGHT SHOWERS” by Thomas Hall

Submitted to Contest #105

Another rainy, bleak afternoon in the city. Gray sky, gray clouds, and the constant rain give the air an almost gray-blue hue, like that of a faded memory or passing dream. Gregory had just left the cafe where he spent the last 30 minutes watching water droplets inch down the big, glass window in front of the coffee shop. Simultaneously tracking individual drops, seeing them race one another to the bottom of the glass while watching their trails of water for pictures, often faces: Gregory was the imaginative type, an idealistic child meeting...

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“I'll Never Know Why” by Ruby George

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He never gave me one reason for why he left - he gave me an avalanche of them. He wasn't ready to commit, we had nothing in common, he couldn't see a future for us, we would be better off as friends. It was quite powerful how such broad perspectives collapsed my life in a matter of minutes. Each day faded right into the next, in my universe. There was no separation of days, but rather just the separation of two people who would no longer be together. I cannot even say that I took one day at a time because all of the days were exactly the sam...

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“Life of Peter” by Katherine Doolin

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“Oh my goodness! Oh my goodness!” Peter panted, his tiny heart pumping faster than he could flap his equally tiny wings. “I need to find somewhere to land! But where? WHERE?” He spied a welcoming, white windowsill. Carefully, his six feet touched down on what tasted like a freshly cleaned ledge. He breathed a sigh of relief. He quickly raised his front two feet up and began to tidy himself up as the warmth of the sun shone through the window.  “Finally!! I have been needing to clean these grimy things since breakfast!”  he mumbled...

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“The Historian`s Struggle” by Andrew Sisk

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I set about my studies as ardently as I can this day, as I do most days, opening another large dusty tome from the university library and filling page after page of my journal with notes, musings and analysis. Looking at me from the outside would show a young historian with a fresh degree and nearly unlimited energy to delve into the past and all of its stories. I have returned day after day, my work ethic remaining as strong as ever and, I imagine, impressing a few people with my dedication. A few of my fellows have even expressed some exci...

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“Mrs. Manstey's View” by JOY DEEP SAHA

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Mrs. Manstey's View By JOY DEEP SAHA The sight from Mrs. Manstey's balcony was not spectacular, but at least it was full of interest and beauty to her.  Arriving late on the sidewalk and the gaps in the sidewalk would have stumbled Quinto Curtius, the widow of a clerk at a large wholesale house. His death had left her alone as their only daughter had married in California and couldn't travel to New York to see her mother. Perhaps Ms. Manst...

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“wrong verdict??” by Riddhi Malik

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'Oh god, I have to make my notes as well' said Sara in a bustle. Sara was a simple & affable natured girl who likes to be spontaneous in every scenario, even if its startling. She could give the answer to the most burdensome question i.e. "Who you like more 'dad' or 'mum'? She always said 'dad' in a blithely way. Sara was down to earth & a voracious reader. 'Mom, I'm going to library real quick, she asserted. 'I can make my notes there'. Her mom argued 'But why do you have to go there, you can make notes here as well'. These things i...

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“"Reveal their Truth"” by Arij Aamir

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Brenda, a 14 year old popular girl in High School. She starts acting weird and starts to stay away from her friends group. She used to do all sorts of things from bullying to disrespecting the teachers. What had happened in the past few days, that she became something else. She wasn't herself anymore.I was so anxious to know what had happened to her. I was about to tap on her shoulder when I heard a familiar voice from the back, " Rose come on, you're gonna get late for class." When I slowly turned around, I saw my best friend Jackie from ac...

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“Master of Mataró” by Zelle J Christian

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I begin to paint with a brush dampened by tears, as if my pallet contains shades of sorrow. I force myself to step into my patron’s shoes, wrap myself in her chiffon and silk, feel her sadness in the valleys of my soul. With a delicate smile resting upon her lips, my patron poses in the Baroque gold and white wedding-cake of a room. I can see melancholy veiling her gaze, that smile not quite touching her eyes. Yet, viewing life from her perspective, I cannot seem to grasp it. I have no poverty of compassion…perhaps simply because of my you...

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“Human's Gravity” by Jack Li Sunkarim

Submitted to Contest #105

Einstein's theory of general relativity changed physics and the world's view of space and time as a whole. Before Einstein's general relativity, the world was like a static stage. Stars and planets move as they should by Newton's law of gravity. According to Einstein, the world (space and time) is not passive. Space and time are dynamic and behave relative to what is happening. Space and time merge into spacetime which can be shown as a trampoline. If an object with a massive mass, such as a star or planet, is placed, it will make an inde...

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“Molly's Christmas” by Vicki Zafiropoulos

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                            Molly’s Christmas                  It was shady and cool hiding under the shrubs outside in the garden this Christmas morning, and it was fun spying into the house watching everyone going round and round in circles and in different directions. Molly fussed tirelessly preparing Xmas lunch and I...

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“Sparrow Killer” by Christine Calhoun

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Sparrow is my favorite meal. It’s why I frequent Willa’s yard at dusk. She spreads seeds on the porch railing in the evening and they flock without fail, shitting a dazzling white I can see from the air.  Usually, I don’t mind interrupting her meal on the picnic table, covered in papers, weighted down with rocks. But tonight she has a visitor.  “You’ve got another neighborhood done since last I was here.” The man gestures with the shining wine glass to the table, his head is ringed in a puffy gray down, he is round and shorter th...

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“I Think I Might've Loved You ” by Haseen Daryanani

Submitted to Contest #105

My hands are tied. I don’t mean that in a metaphorical, existential crisis kind of way, no. I mean that my hands are behind my head, knotted too many times to count, tied in the type of way boy scouts are taught to tie things on American television shows. They’re called impossible knots. I once knew a girl who lived on that side of the world. She knew what this feels like.  She told me she quite liked America. The part of it that you don’t see on TV; New York City at least, was impeccable. Eloise had a friend who lived on Bank Street i...

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“Time” by Hazel Osborne

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Lucas worriedly glanced around the small park, beginning to panic. Where had Melissa gone? “Melissa!” He called, cupping his hands around his mouth. He couldn’t spot the small 7 year old anywhere. He knew he was an awful father. How could he have not known she disappeared? Was she taken? He had looked away for 2 seconds. It was no wonder she didn’t like him. They were supposed to be having a fun picnic, something to have bonding time. He was not supposed to lose his daughter. “Melissa!” He called again, more urgently. He ...

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“DUTY CALLED” by Gordon Cairney

Submitted to Contest #105

How could she? How could she leave us like this? She knew how I felt about the war, how I felt about her recruitment. She just assumed we were gonna wait here until she returned? Fuck knows she expected us to. I thought, as my head dropped, sitting on an uncomfortably soft sofa, I barely ever sat on, in a living room, I rarely ever bothered to enter, except for the normal cleaning duties, or collection of toys, which Lucy left behind and screamed her head off for later. It sat immaculate and undisturbed. Tacky Chinese cat ornaments peered at...

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“You don't understand” by Ian Withintent

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“You don’t get it Dad.” my daughter told me emphatically. * She and I were having breakfast at Jerry’s Cafe on Barkley Street in St Kilda, as we do on occasion. Today happened to be January 20th, 2018. A year to the day after some crazy bloke had run riot with his car in Melbourne. He drove down and killing half a dozen people and injuring maybe twenty more on the Bourke street Mall. Of course it had been on the news again today, as happens with the news services on any anniversary of any and all bad stories. I gues...

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