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

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“The Not So Lost City Of Atlantis” by Lily Rebecca 🐰🐾

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Imagine this: You’re on a boat sailing away into the middle of the ocean. All of a sudden fog comes out of nowhere! You’re swept off the boat and thrown into the ocean. The water crowds around you filling your lungs with it’s dark and dreary feeling. You sink, down, down, straight to the bottom. A hand grabs you by the stomach and brings you ashore. You awake to find two purple eyes staring down at you. Startled, you get up. The eyes are attached to a weird creature unlike anything you’ve seen before, it looks like a cat and a unicorn merged...

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“The Old Man's Words” by Tim Law

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I spoke the words the old man had taught me and at first I was disappointed. Nothing seemed to be happening; the mirror merely showed me my reflection, mocking my inadequacies. I thought back on how I had been taught to pronounce those foreign syllables, that awkward language. I replayed those words, the infliction of each, and the way my mouth had felt when the old one had cackled gleefully assuring me I had the incantation perfect. As I pondered for that moment where and when I had spoken wrongly it occurred to me his final advice, patienc...

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“Enter the Dream” by He!do I.A.P.N

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Note:(This story didn't turn out how I thought it would...But I hope you still enjoy it. I think the place for this story, despite Havenmoor, is more like arriving to a different mindset the character has never experienced before, which makes her see things differently) Azalea had only heard stories of Havenmoor. Being from a small town, most people had thought it was a myth. It was only confirmed to her of its existence when she travelled to the Capital to go to school at a university she had been accepted into. That day had been one...

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“One Of Us Is Comfortable” by Iona Cottle

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“You don’t have to come with us, you know?” Jack started, not having realised that Rowan was looking at him. “Nah, it’s fine. Why wouldn’t it be fine? It’s fine.” “D’aww, what’s this?” Alice said, leaning over Jack’s shoulder. “Is my little brother embarrassed?” That much was clear to anyone walking past them on the street. Jack’s cheeks were redder than the traffic lights, and despite the cool autumn air he had a thin trail of sweat down the side of his face. At being called out though he clenched his jaw and squared his shoulders, sh...

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“Astella: The Partner of My Dreams” by Vinci Lam

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I am Xion. I am writing this because I am, well, confused. My bunkermate Cass suggested this. Considering my distress recently, she introduced me to this type of writing therapy. “They used to call it ‘confession’,” she said, her hands gesturing outwards as if presenting the word in the air. She explained very little but said that her “parents” made her do this once and she’d felt better. Cass is from the Trad Tribe, a growing group of historiarians who follow the traditional methods of human living passed down from the early 2000s. ...

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“Jadivolett and the Shining City” by Michael Boquet

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The Xulch Desert's sands had given way to barren earth five days ago and the next stone marker still seemed to be hours away. The rays of Ottbof the Sun God bore down ceaselessly as Jadivolett and Tiego trudged across the Ermo Wastes. They sought a city hidden somewhere within the wasteland. The only way to find the city was to follow the markers, large pinnacles of stone that rose from the arid landscape. Yet, Jadivolett felt that they had been traveling in circles. One marker seemed to lead to another that lead back to the first. It w...

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“Where Could I Be” by Loretta Moore

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Where Could I Be By Loretta Moore A wall of water washed over me, thirty-year-old, single Larry Jackson and I struggled against it as it pushed me downward toward death’s cold embrace. I fought hard to hold on to life but found myself drifting into a frightening, dark watery mass. I felt like Jonah in the belly of a whale. Loneliness engulfed me. A white light traveled toward me, and I felt myself dissolving into a world of shadows and realms and dimensions on a boundless journey, walking in ...

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“The Fig Tree” by Dustin Softman

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Beyond the tips of outstretched fingers, a beautiful ripe fig twisted in the breeze.Andrea’s foot began to numb as he wedged it deeper between the trunk and the cliff. He had nothing lose; he told himself. There was no other time this could ever be done, therefore climbing back up empty handed was not an option. ‘Andrea! Just give up already!’ ‘Everyone knows Lolo is the only one who can bring one up,’ a shower of...

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“The elephant in the room” by Shikainah Champion

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“So, there’s an elephant in the room and I’m not talking metaphorically!”“Wow! What did you do then?” asks my elderly great aunt as she tries to sit up on the bed with difficulty, her rheumatic joints, notwithstanding. I know that that headline would indeed rivet her attention.“Well, he had got into the check post room in front of us. When there's an elephant in front of you, you don't challenge him. There’s only one thing you do. You stay still inside your car, turn off the headlights and hope he soon retreats to his home in the forest beyo...

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“Heaven Can Wait A Hundred Years ” by Marcia H.

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The sky was colored with hues of purple, green and blue. Purple was in the middle and green and blue were on both ends similar to a half of a rainbow. There was also a deep fog, so deep that you couldn’t see your finger if you held it in front of your face. The image of people with blurred faces were also floating in the sky. You couldn’t see their faces on the outlines of their bodies. Nobody said anything. There were no sounds and no words spoken. “Where are we?” Annie asked her best friend, Ida as she tried to look around an...

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“Cold is Cold But This Is Ridiculous!” by Sue Marsh

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Cold is Cold But This Is Ridiculous! Suzanne Marsh The QBC beeped three times, we had a load. The first beep was for the load assignment itself, we were going to Menomonee, Wisconsin. The second beep had the directions, the third was a message stating: this is NOT GOING TO MENOMONIE FALLS, WISCONSIN. Then I accepted the load. In 1995, there were no cell phones nor was there such a thing as a GPS. Rand McNally and the pay phone were the only tools to get from point a to point b. This point b was rapidly turning to the load from a frozen hell....

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“Knight of Another Realm” by Jill Davies

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Gwen wasn’t quite sure what happened. One minute she’d been home, helping the girls decorate the Birthday cake for Mark, the next, she was here. To make matters worse she had absolutely no idea where here was. She ran a hand through her short, blond hair— it was just starting to grow back evenly enough to style— and tried to think. Maybe she was just confused. She pushed a little too hard this week and she was tired, that’s all. She just forgot where they were. Making a Birthday cake for Mark must have been a dream. After all, Rachel had b...

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“A Weird Car” by James Offenha

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We leave home, my master and me, but I don’t know where we’re going. I never know, but I’m glad I’m going. I’ve been begging to go. I tried sneaking into the suitcase, but he found me, but I’m going. That’s the important part is I’m going. He zips up his suitcase and takes it out to the car. Then he comes in and puts me in the passenger seat, turns the car on, and cracks the windows open. I smell out the c...

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“That's Not Me” by Mark D

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That’s Not MeWhen I regained consciousness, I couldn’t move. I don’t mean I was paralyzed, I mean I appeared to be trapped in some sort of box. I was laying on my back. My feet were touching the box below me and it felt like I was wearing dress shoes. My legs and arms could feel the box as well to either side of me. And extending my arms forward confirmed that the box was closed above me. It was pitch black and I heard what sounded like the pattering of rain against the box outside. But then the rain ...

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“Shooting Stars” by Jia Kausar

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‘Attention, passengers. Our ship will experience a little space turbulence in a few minutes. You might want to buckle up in your seats.’ Nico’s collection of shooting stars was scattered on the bedroom floor, which he scrambled to gather as Jacob’s voice crackled at him from over the intercom. ‘I repeat: passengers, you are requested to retrieve your places as we are about to go through a patch of bumpy vacuum here.’ Nico snorted, wondering from where Jacob had learned all the fancy words as he made his way to the bridge. The intercom crac...

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

Submissions are closed

✍️ 198 stories

“The Not So Lost City Of Atlantis” by Lily Rebecca 🐰🐾

“The Old Man's Words” by Tim Law

“Enter the Dream” by He!do I.A.P.N

“One Of Us Is Comfortable” by Iona Cottle

“Astella: The Partner of My Dreams” by Vinci Lam

“Jadivolett and the Shining City” by Michael Boquet

“Where Could I Be” by Loretta Moore

“The Fig Tree” by Dustin Softman

“The elephant in the room” by Shikainah Champion

“Heaven Can Wait A Hundred Years ” by Marcia H.

“Cold is Cold But This Is Ridiculous!” by Sue Marsh

“Knight of Another Realm” by Jill Davies

“A Weird Car” by James Offenha

“That's Not Me” by Mark D

“Shooting Stars” by Jia Kausar

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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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