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Write about a character arriving in a place unlike anywhere they’ve ever been.

Posted in Novel on Oct 26, 2022

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The Creature With a Pelt of Stars

Submitted to Contest #59

The last glimmer of starlight dims and goes out as the holes in the sky are sewn up. I look around me, hoping to somehow find out where I am, where I came from, and who I am. But all I see is black."Haley." A female voice calls out softly to me, almost a whisper. I drop a crumpled up piece of paper I didn't realize I had been holding, but I pay no attention to it. I turn around, but see nothing. The floor of wherever I am is covered by water, about half an inch deep. It is warm."Who are you?" I am confused. I am worried. I am scared. I have ...

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The Wedding Coordinator

Shortlisted for Contest #59 ⭐️

Dearest Reader, if you are a wedding-coordinator, please be advised that your boss might be withholding a secret inhuman-identity. If you are considering a job as a wedding coordinator, then be aware that “wedding coordinator” is code for “virginal sacrifice.” If you are like me and already aware of this troublesome fact, then my condolences. We are trapped, as the human offerings of a wedding between Gods. I hope your boss wasn’t born from Chaos, like mine.  My name is Maggie Adams. I’m nineteen years old, and my life is over.  ...

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Flushed Away: Rhyming Review of The Film

Submitted to Contest #59

Hugh Jackman plays as lots of things A  sad singing Frenchman A master of circus rings A steadfast cowboy A Wolverine But the thing most do not know Is that he was carried away with the flow The flush of a toilet took him away As a rat, he learned To see a new way.   His name was Roddy And he was well off To the slobby intruder Sid He said, “Goodbye! Mazel tov!”  But Sid would not leave He liked the rich house He was a stubborn guy An unwanted louse. Roddy had an idea  To get that dude away But it came back to bite h...

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Alaska

Submitted to Contest #59

When Doctor Mitchell swung open the door to Alaska’s hospital room, her stomach plummeted. The doctor was surrounded by nurses, all of which Alaska had come to know quite well over the past six years. It wasn’t the grim expressions or tight-lipped smiles that gave her a pause; it was the lack thereof. Pitiful glances and shadowed faces were what she had become accustomed to at Walkine Hospital. Now, her doctor and nurses all wore the same countenance—bright sparkling eyes, crinkling at the corners from their outstretched smiles, arms pinned ...

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Cyrus's Trip to a Strange London

Submitted to Contest #59

Cyrus Darkmore came to London to find her and this small man keeps telling him something about a stupid number.“Sir, if you want to contact her, I need a number" he explains, holding a newspaper dated from yesterday, May 1st, 2000.“How dare you speak of her like she’s just a number? She has a name, Sierra.” Anger shows in his tone, but he pronounces “Sierra” as if the name reminds him of both sorrow and love. The man behind the counter looks startled.“I’m sorry sir, but I need more than a name. And I meant her telephone number.”“I don’t have...

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Atlanzia

Submitted to Contest #59

"Hold on... You're telling me that all this time you haven't been sneaking about with some hot dude but you've been sneaking around to be in the water", I shook my head trying to make sense of the far - fetched story my roommate/best friend said. "I'm sorry I haven't told you about who I am. But you gotta give some credit", Brin/Aerwyna said. "And who is Aerwyna?", I asked confused after hearing an extremely long explanation of her entire life story. "That's me. I changed my name to Brin so I could blend in the crowd", she remarked. ...

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Leaf Them Alone

Submitted to Contest #59

“You can’t go back.”“I must.”“It’s sheer madness, Your Excellency. At least allow a retinue of your finest soldiers to join you.”“No, my soldiers have seen enough. This is my burden, anyway. I will bear witness in their stead. And I will suffer in their stead.”“But, Your Excellency—”“Not another word. I leave at dawn.”🌱The man who once ruled the world hauls a solemn canoe across liquid sadness. There is an ache in his arms, but it is the sweet ache of action, of blood coursing through once-slumbering musculature. The salt on the breeze swarm...

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The Ward

Submitted to Contest #59

       Ruthie was left at the ward one early Saturday morning by her ailing parents. The other nurses shunned them for leaving her there, but it wasn’t their fault. What else were they to do? They were both old enough to be patients themselves. How could they be expected to care for a grown woman with such big needs.           They rang the buzzer and I could see their three forlorn faces in the oblong window. I unlocked the unit door.  “Good ...

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The Old Woman at the Cottage

Submitted to Contest #59

It was a glorious Saturday morning as James stood leaning against the front door frame of his tiny cottage sipping a warm mug of coffee gazing out into the far distance as his mind started to wander. He had been travelling across the country for months, finding work where he could, never sticking around for more than a day. He had felt like a wanted criminal on the run from the law.  It's been exactly a week since he came to live in this small seaside town. He'd been practicing medicine at a reputed hospital in the big city for...

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A Farmboy's call

Submitted to Contest #59

For the first time in his life, Samuel Mcbee was nervous as he entered the small town airport glancing outside the glass windows in the distance he could see his grandfather's farm. As a young man, he had taken this flight every summer after his grandparent's divorce. Though this time to visit wouldn't be joyful it would be a moment of mourning for a great woman. With a deep tired sigh, he got in line every other person in front of him in line had on sneakers and flip flops. With a quick glance at his boots, he smiled to himself; all city sl...

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All in the Sword Part 2

Submitted to Contest #59

Author's note: This story is a continuation of All in the Sword. You might want to read that first before reading this part... Grayson stops scratching with his quill, thinking about what he saw. If he was right, he needed to contact someone. “‘Lady Ella! I need to ask you something,’” Grayson mutters. “No, that wouldn’t work, um, ‘Excuse me, may I ask you something in private?’ No, not that either.” He paces around his room, pondering. “Excuse me, Sir Grayson?” a voice calls out, making Grayson jump out of his skin. “Um, yes?” “Lady Ella ...

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Mystic Isles

Submitted to Contest #59

Under the big old banyan tree, you would find me here, all the time. Always alone sitting in deep thought. Wondering and being curious about the world around me. I believed in magic. For some reason, deep down, I knew that magic was real, whether others believed in it or not. If we do something for others, magical things will come to you. But, day after day, I’m not so sure anymore. Just because I believe in magic, somehow it changes the way people think and view me as a person. I wish they would just accept me for who I am. But no...

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Welcome Third Graders!

Submitted to Contest #59

      Sophie had the extreme urge to scratch her face. Claw at her cheeks, pat her forehead, rub the whole thing, but she wasn’t allowed to. Touching her face would mean that she would be sent home, and she couldn’t be sent home because her parents were at work and there was nobody home to take care of her.           Sophie wriggled in her seat instead. It was plastic, red, and creaky—a screw was probably inching its way out—and tapped one finger against her...

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I Found Out Lava Won't Kill Me

Submitted to Contest #59

An entitled-looking white woman with a Karen-haircut and a handbag that cost more than my house stared at me as I worked on the engine of a helicopter with Paradise Tours and a huge hibiscus flower painted on the side of it. “When’s my tour?” She demanded.“Sorry, Ma’am.” I wiped the sweat from my tan skin. “There’s no tours today.”Her eyes flared with anger. “Yes, there is.” She ripped a colorful schedule with Paradise Hotel and Resort—the business I work for as their only helicopter mechanic and pilot for all volcano viewing tours—written o...

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The Lass We Found In London

Submitted to Contest #59

I couldn't breathe through the burlap sack over my head. It was suffocating me. My arms were tied behind my back and my legs were tied at the ankles. They had forced me to my knees and left me here. I had no way of telling what time it was.After what felt like an eternity, I heard the door open, then shut. Someone with a strong grip cut the rope on my ankles and forced me to my feet. They led me to a different part of the room, and forced me to sit in a chair. Someone took the sack off of my head and the room had one light, and was barely br...

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