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“In Wonderland” by Art U

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She saw a place that was so vivid and full of life. Beauty like no other and comfort for her to roam free. The sweet scent of freedom filled her nostrils. She could be herself here. She did not need to pretend, in fact, she could not pretend. Her walls came down as her eyes widened in wonder. Everything seemed so real, so alive and so connected to her. This was a place like no other, and she was glad she made the trip.The colors of this land were bright, and deep as the waters of the Pacific Ocean, she remembered growing near. She was far fr...

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“From Peanut Town to the Big Apple ” by Rose’s Music

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“I think I’m ready!” exclaimed, excited yet nervous Maybelle. “Honey, we’re gonna miss you.”, said her sniffling parents. They were nervous about sending their child, who was only eighteen, across the country. The Millers were from the small town of Kinsey, AL. Which is right outside of Dothan. Maybelle was the youngest of four kids. So, all of her brothers had already moved out. Maybelle had recently been accepted to The Juilliard School, In New York. She had an astounding voice. She could play the piano and the guitar. She wo...

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“December of Remember” by Andrea Smith

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"Never have I ever ... taken a tin can shower in a desert" Everyone’s hand held a small can of soda, waiting to take a sip at the appropriate moment of the random game they were playing to pass the time. "Does Phoenix count?" All of us rolled our eyes in unison. "Seriously Lefty?" A mini can of orange Fanta explodes into a burst of crimson spray near the right boot of Sargeant "Lefty" Ortega. “This is a stupid game without beer anyway man” Hoff complains. Hoff had the talent to make any bad situation worse a...

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“Redemption In Another Dimension” by Ryan Haynes

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*There was a man named Hugh from another world, who came to the Earth to defeat evil. He created a network of heroes all over the Earth, bound by crime fighting technology. This story begins with a hero named Jirk, doing battle in a ruined city. However, the focus will not remain on our hero....* Jirk stood in the destroyed city facing his foe, grateful for the hero network he was a part of. Not only was the network able to provide him backup that evacuated the civilians in time, but the network also equipped him with a special dark helme...

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“Madness in the woods” by Sachin Janwadkar

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"Horrible beyond conception was the change which had taken place in my best friend, Gavin Philips. I had not seen him since that day, two months and a half before. When he had answered my awed and almost frightened remonstrances by driving me from his house in a burst of fanatical rage.He told me about the monster who lurks in the forest, which will turn you insane."Gavin Philip's Diary 11th September 2021 Craterville, MaineAt that moment, I immediately knew, I will be dead the next morning. My memory is broken, I do not ...

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“10:10” by Nikhil Kurien

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10:10 It was a much quieter morning for the city which had a torrent of rain falling harshly during the last night. There was a bit of drizzling in the early morning hours and day light had not yet been able to make a fenestration through the gloomy clouds. The billboard of the Meridian Times which advertised their latest model of wrist watch looked clean as if wiped with a wet duster except fo...

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“Blue Moves” by Kimberley Silverthorne

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I am fourteen years old and I can't stop listening to Elton John.I need to write this down because I'm confused about a few things I think have happened.I have memories mixed up with other memories; images of people and places that look different to the faces and places that I know now.For example, I remember picking chestnuts in a park full of tourists with a couple of friends of mine and we collected them from among the rusty, orange leaves on the ground.But now I learn there are no chestnuts where we live and never have been, so I don't k...

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“Names With No Faces” by Tim Maina

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When I met death, I can't remember , maybe it was before ten. I thought"It was when you were still on your mother's breast" I had a voice."Who is that?" I asked in vain. Maybe it was an echo in my brain. But I stayed silent, awaiting, if it will speak again."You called my name!" it said. Fearless I had become. I said"Death, my time has not come"It laughed, closer, it come. It was Cold, so calm, so dark. The whole room was covered with a dark mist, grey smoke, with silent lightning flashing,glowing, in it a form, a man I thought, a man w...

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“Coming to America” by Ann Rapp

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The plane began its descent through the clouds and Lucy’s eyes widened as she looked down on the famous Chicago skyline and Lake Michigan, sparkling in the sun. It didn’t look real, but like a cinematographer’s creation of a beautiful and magical lost city at the far reaches of space, the plane their spaceship about to land, strangers in a strange land. The plane banked and turned away from the magical city, flying over mile upon mile of suburbs, to the edge of the vast, flat Illinois prairie farmlands, ready to land. During the flight from...

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“The Snow Runs Into the River” by Thea Brown

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"Why am I here?" I asked again, although everybody seemed to not hear me, again. "Now, you'll be sleeping in this quarter," The nurse is in white. Everything is white here; even outside. It's a blizzard. I've never even seen snow before. You can see the ice glittering in the window, from the fluorescent lights. The sun isn't out; I haven't seen the sun since I had to leave Japan. Wyoming was plain, even in it's best pictures. The grass is never green; it's a stout, dull brown in the summer and pure white in the winter. The lack of seas...

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“A King With No Crown” by Kane Fedde

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The air was crisp, and cold, and reeked of fish, and piss. The people danced and flitted around him, pushing past rudely, without even a care in the world for who they bumped into along the way. Lord Pendragon had enough when the forth person in the last minute shoved past so that their shoulders collided. “Excuse me, but do you mind not being so horribly rude?” he demanded while brushing off his fine black coat, as though she had gotten it dirty The girl only gave him a confused and almost disgusted expression in turn. As if she had t...

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“Why Am I Here” by Amy Coy

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SURROUNDINGSWhy Am I HereI woke up staring at a grey colored cinder block with etchings of names and symbols I did not recognize. I released my gaze from the one block and realized I was in a room, a very small room, encased in grey cinder blocks with unidentifiable etchings carved by the unknown. To me that is. “Where am I?” I wondered.I looked down at my chest and body and saw myself covered in a scratchy wool blanket, also grey. “Where am I?” I wondered aloud this time. I was answered immediately by the vision in front of me. Looking ahea...

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“Nimbus Novus” by Emily Brownlee

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“Now arriving at: Nimbus Prime. Please gather belongings and prepare to deboard.” A robotic voice gargled through the rusty speakers of the passenger cabin. Vallen’s lips tightened nervously and she studied the speaker nearest to her intensely to try and take her mind off of how afraid she was. It looked like an old tin can, she thought, imagining the robot announcer at the other end of the line speaking into a second tin can, connected to the first by a length of string. Her mother had told her about an archaic children’s tradition like tha...

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“cornfield summer” by S. K.

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The cornfields looked positively frightful at night. “Are we nearly there?” My sister leaned forward, peering out the front window. Ahead, the headlights illuminated the road for maybe 20 feet. Beyond that, all was in shadow. Rows of corn stretched to all sides, their sharp leaves rustling in a warm breeze. What little moon was visible shone feebly, doing nothing to alleviate my sister’s anxiety. I caught a glimpse of two pale eyes, peering at us from among the shadowy stalks. Then we were past. I pressed harder on the gas pedal. “Think so...

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“Heading south” by Stephen Timm

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We were descending into another world, as our bus steadily made its way down a mountain pass. From high up on a ridge, a canopy of green stretched out before us. We had left behind a dry savannah-like plateau and were now entering the temperate rainforests of Patagonia. Beside me sat a German girl who’d climbed aboard the small 32-seater bus in what seemed like the middle of nowhere, with nothing but forest for miles. From the window of the bus I had watched as the bus driver helped her stow her large backpack in the luggage compartment b...

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

Submissions are closed

✍️ 198 stories

“In Wonderland” by Art U

“From Peanut Town to the Big Apple ” by Rose’s Music

“December of Remember” by Andrea Smith

“Redemption In Another Dimension” by Ryan Haynes

“Madness in the woods” by Sachin Janwadkar

“10:10” by Nikhil Kurien

“Blue Moves” by Kimberley Silverthorne

“Names With No Faces” by Tim Maina

“Coming to America” by Ann Rapp

“The Snow Runs Into the River” by Thea Brown

“A King With No Crown” by Kane Fedde

“Why Am I Here” by Amy Coy

“Nimbus Novus” by Emily Brownlee

“cornfield summer” by S. K.

“Heading south” by Stephen Timm

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Write about a couple who have just moved to a place that one person loves, and the other hates.

Set your story in a place with extreme weather, but don’t use any weather-related words to describe it.

Write a story that feels lonely, despite being set in a packed city.

Set your story in a small town where everyone is suspicious of newcomers.

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