Set your story on a warm summer evening with a full moon, when everything feels magnetic and your character’s about to meet someone important.

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“Sea Foam” by K A Hamilton

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The moon hung low and full like a lantern over the bay, and warm breezes scattered its reflection like lace. A handsome waiter offered Elle a complimentary spritzer, which she accepted with a smile. The citrus-y bubbles and mint leaves tickled her nose. She studied the seat opposite her with anticipation. Soon, he would be here. The laughter of a passing couple caught her attention. They were quite ordinary-looking, she thought, yet they seemed to glow in the light of one another's mutual gaze. They stopped at the railing to view the night...

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“Strangers in the Night” by Natalie Warren

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“Wond’ring in the night, what were the chances, we’d be sharing love, before the night was through?”Frank Sinatra lilted through Laura’s headphones. She flicked a mosquito off of her face. The moon hung high in the sky, glowing with the light from the far off sun, but the warm, sticky, summer evening was getting to be too much.She had vowed on New Years that she would go for a walk every other evening. Her beginning of year self-had been all about “wellness” but now she was tired and less inclined to listen. After all, she was older and wise...

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“Stone” by Marnie Simpson

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Under the twilight sky, in beautiful Saint-Germain-des-Prés, the cafes were beaming and it seemed that the whole city of Paris let out a sigh of relief that the work week had ended. Under one of the awnings of cafes sat a young man alone at his own table. On the table in front of him was a book, a notebook with sprawled writing filling the pages, three pens, an empty mug and a half-drank vodka soda. The weather had only recently turned warm and yet the swarms of tourists were already filling the streets. Most Parisians, from the young man’s ...

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“A Miracle in Moonlight” by Vince Salamone

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The cabin waited for her at the foot of the mountain, sheltered in its shadow like some forsaken traveler, weathered and crooked with age, and abandon… Yet, for all its scars, for all the time apart—twenty cycles hence—it stood preserved, as if made manifest from the very depths of her memory. A warm breeze pressed against Ahmelia Valunkroft’s back, gentle and carrying the life of summer with it. Insects chittered their songs to the evening sky while somewhere in the forest climb a valun cried out. The grass dragged its fingers against the ...

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“I want to be alone in the night, but you won’t let me” by Heloise Petit

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trigger warning : mental health, suicidal ideation and alcohol consumption.It’s funny how night and day are such different worlds.In the daytime it’s so busy and at night time so calm, or so I assumed. In my imagination, the city at night would have been quiet and asleep, except for cats, who sneak out of the comfort of their owners houses to wander, for reasons unknown to us. It has actually been a subject of fascination for me, especially when I was little. I remember watching a documentary where pet owners installed GPS trackers on t...

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“Under the Moon” by C. Charles

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What a fucking asshole, Amber thought as she made her way down the stairs toward the deck overlooking the lake. Last summer we’re hot and heavy and then I come back to find him drooling over that bitch Vicky Baker. I thought he was gonna be around to punch my ticket this summer but I guess he’d rather work for it.Before Amber stepped onto the deck, she looked back up at Angel’s parent’s cottage. It was a large, wooden A-frame with lots of windows. She could hear an Eagles song being blasted over the sound system and the loud whoops and laugh...

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“Under a Second Moonlit Reverie” by Jules Truong

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TW: brief description of body contortion, blood He blinked and in the next moment, he was standing in a long flowing robe, a salty breeze catching it and his long silvery hair. The months of dirt and grime and dried blood peeled off into nothing as he felt cleaned and enveloped in a warm embrace. His once raging heart calmed, and slowed, until it was finally a gentle, constant thud in his chest, and the only sound around him was the soft crash of waves upon the shore. The air was hot, and he knew that he was far beyond the freezing waste...

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“On the Shores of Elysium” by John Weyermuller

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Emily curls her toes into the soft white sands of the shoreline as she walks along the silky smooth beach just out of reach of the calm waves breaking peacefully against the shores in the soft light of the two moons overhead. She raises her head to stare at the stars, the constellations bright and twinkling, to the west, the faint purple hue of the water is barely discernible. Emily breathes in deeply, the smell of the sea, the sand, the palm trees, and coconuts fill the air. She brushes a wayward strand of hair from her face that’s come loo...

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“Forever vow” by Kevin Shelley

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Adam quickened his pace up the alley behind his work. He just got done with his shift and his coworker Carl was charging up the alley to his favorite bar. “Come on” Carl yells as he opens the back door of the bar and heads in. Adam followed and as soon as he got inside, he was sorry. A little group of full of themselves college boys in one corner and his buddy Carl at the bar already wrapped around his new girlfriend while she was gushing on him. He got his round and then headed to the table just in time to hear Carl’s girlfriend squeal a...

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“COMMANDMENT” by Fi Brie

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As my right knuckle connects with the door the third time, I realise my keys are clasped in my left first, but both of my hands are shaking. I hear Mum’s movement inside, shouting that she’ll be there in a sec and I hear the slam of an oven door and the pitter patter of her slippers. Her face is first expectant, then confused, then concerned. “Mary-Jane?” she says as my knees give way and I fall without a word at her feet. ————— I’d told her it was just a little break. A trip to the coast, in need of a little sun on my face. You’re look...

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“The Carnie” by Amy Shawley

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Warm summer evenings in Central Pa have always made me feel alive. And none more than when I was sixteen, innocent and dreaming of my first kiss. I loved sitting outside in the hot evenings, watching the stars and breathing in the sweet grassy air, and dreaming of the boy who would love me, or at least kiss me. I knew I would fall easily and I wasn't afraid of heartache or break. I longed to feel it all. I wanted to know that pain brutal as it may be. The fireflies dotted the sky and I smiled just knowing something magical was a...

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“The Red Robin” by Colette Manaloto

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June 2nd, 1999: I had just moved to Portland. I was trying to get away from my past, from all that had attached itself to me. The pain was something I no longer could bear. I just remember sitting on the bathroom floor of my New York apartment feeling my damaged soul cry from within. I remember how numb such pain had made me feel as I had laid amongst the cold, wet tile for nearly 3 hours with a sense of loneliness beginning to linger upon me. It was then when I realized I must leave it all behind as the string that once attached me to him h...

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“SWEETNESS TRUMPS BEAUTY” by Roger Skrypczak

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SWEETNESS TRUMPS BEAUTY Allen Larson had just gone through a divorce and was not handling it well. He worked as a reporter for the LA Times where he met his wife. Sandra who was a gossip columnist’s assistant. She was tall, just over five feet ten inches, had long flowing blond hair, ample breasts and very shapely. She was also great in bed. Although they both worked at the Times, they actually met at the local watering hole where many of the Times staff would gather after wor...

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“At the Speed of Thought” by Seraf Al Zaurak

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They say we glow. Our eyes can be bright or light up or gleam. Sometimes we even radiate and sometimes we go so far as to shine. Lightbulbs turn on in our heads. Walking, I had felt the light rising in my body, slow sparks swirling up from my root chakra all the way to the crown. There, fireflies were etch-a-sketching in my head. Nerves reaching out aimlessly. Would I be able to hold it together this time? “10 guys, 10 gals. The odds are fair my G. We are going to get our chimneys swept tonight or face extinction. Come on ye dudlies- light...

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“Jasper” by Jk Basra

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"I never felt so wanted in my life," she said. She couldn't be serious, could she? This was so unorthodox for her. I mean, we hadn't seen her in weeks, and I guess this explained why. But honestly, I didn't know how I felt about it. She was so happy, and I wanted that for her, given everything she had been through, but this summer was about to get a whole lot weirder. "It's like when I'm there, it's inexplicable— it's magic. I just don't think you guys would understand," she said with so much enthusiasm. I mean, yeah, I don't know how she ...

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Set your story on a warm summer evening with a full moon, when everything feels magnetic and your character’s about to meet someone important.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 75 stories

“Sea Foam” by K A Hamilton

“Strangers in the Night” by Natalie Warren

“Stone” by Marnie Simpson

“A Miracle in Moonlight” by Vince Salamone

“I want to be alone in the night, but you won’t let me” by Heloise Petit

“Under the Moon” by C. Charles

“Under a Second Moonlit Reverie” by Jules Truong

“On the Shores of Elysium” by John Weyermuller

“Forever vow” by Kevin Shelley

“COMMANDMENT” by Fi Brie

“The Carnie” by Amy Shawley

“The Red Robin” by Colette Manaloto

“SWEETNESS TRUMPS BEAUTY” by Roger Skrypczak

“At the Speed of Thought” by Seraf Al Zaurak

“Jasper” by Jk Basra

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Write about a character having a spiritual experience at a concert or a nightclub.

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Write a story about someone who finds someone’s diary, and tries to reunite it with its owner. It’s up to you whether they read it or not!

Write a story about a character who returns home changed by someone they met on a trip.

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