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Write a short story about someone searching for the perfect gift for their partner.

Posted in Romance on Jul 22, 2021

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Modest Lola

Submitted to Contest #19

I am strolling through the aisle between long shelves of detergent at the local supermarket, I am heading to the gift shop ,I am done shopping for groceries. It is Ben's birthday in two days ,practically a day and half. I need to get get him a present fast. A wonderful gift ,a gift that is significant, a gift that will serve as a memory. That's why I haven't bought a long large bar of chocolate and junks . Ben is a dab hand at junk consuming. I remember meeting him for the first time in an ice cream shop with lot of it on the ...

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Full Moon in Ludingsburg

Submitted to Contest #19

“Well holler if you need anything,” she said walking to a closet towards the back of the store. Charles looked at the ring again. “Why does it have the words, Olivia & Charles?” he thought to himself this time. He went up to the counter where the lady was standing.  “How much for this ring?” he asked. “$12,” she said with an evil smile upon her face. “I’ll take it,” Charles said handing her the $12 dollars she said it was. He was wondering what was up with the weird smile but didn’t care much. He took the ring quickly and hurried ou...

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The Thought That Counts

Submitted to Contest #19

It's the thought that counts, but you've known me for two years. You should know exactly what to get me.His words bounce around in my head as I enter the mall. No pressure or anything, I just have to get him the perfect gift. Truthfully, I have no idea what to get him. He doesn't have a lot of room for stuff, and he doesn't really talk about the things he likes. I kinda just have to guess. Walking into GameStop, I browse around hoping to get ideas. I could get him a new video game, but he's really picky about them. If I get him a gift card, ...

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A Bigger TV

Submitted to Contest #19

My teeth chatter and bones rattle beneath my big wool coat. I didn't layer nearly enough to wait outside this Target for what feels like an hour. Really it has probably only been about thirty minutes. Time truly freezes when you're frozen. I am packed in against the entrance like a last minute toiletry stuffed inside a suitcase, bursting at the seams. At this point, I don't even remember what I came here for; do I even have a plan? The bundled-up ladies next to me equipped with Venti Starbucks lattes seem to have a whole itinerary. I envy th...

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The Christ-mouse Present (a festive tale for cat lovers)

Submitted to Contest #19

This story is dedicated to the author's beloved, handsome long hairedpussy-cat, Tommy Fluffy-Ruffles, (who can't hunt) and also dedicated to anyone that loves cats. My name is Tom, although my owner calls me Sir Tommy Fluffy-Ruffles. My owner’s name is Alice, and she could not decide between calling me Tommy and Sir Fluffy-Ruffles, so she asked her boyfriend who said ‘Why not both’. I’m not very keen on the name but there’s not too much I can do about it. Alice is a wonderful owner, apart from her unfortunate habit of standing on the door st...

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The Perfect Gift

Submitted to Contest #19

The Perfect Gift Christmas is my favorite time of the year. It’s a magical time filled with love, laughter, hugs, gifts and most of all SNOW! My least favorite thing about Christmas is the gift shopping because finding the perfect gifts for your loves one can be challenging. We all want our loved ones to tear open their present and see the look of excitement and pure joy when they open their gift. We never want to see a disappointed frown or disinterested look when they see their gift. That’s why I’m slightly stress while driving to the mall...

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Christmas shoes

Submitted to Contest #19

There is no too much time left, after Juliet was diagnised with cancer stage four. Each day, each moment her strength continued failing her. Looking as she lied down helplessly, surrounded by her family. Tears couldn't stop running down my cheeks, even though I tried to close my emotions inside my heart, they always found a way out of my heart. Hiding my face right at the corner of the room, being noticed by Juliet's sister as she held my shoulders trying to console me. Looking directly at her, "why Juliet my love, I wish I could be on her p...

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The Magic Typewriter

Submitted to Contest #19

Jacob sighed; he was struggling to find the perfect birthday gift for his wife. It wasn’t helping that his 8-year-old twin daughters were helping him shop. With his mother-in-law’s sudden illness he had to bring both the twin with him because his wife wanted to take care of her mother.              It had been a hard year for his wife. First her father past without warning and she lost her dream job as the top writer for the city’s newspaper. Now eight month later her moth...

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Rose

Submitted to Contest #19

I paced around the dining room with my arms folded across my chest as I began to brainstorm ideas for the perfect anniversary gift for my wife. My hand lowered to clutched my stomach gently as I stopped in my tracks to sit down at the dining table. I took a pen and notepad out of my purse that resided in the chair next to me to compile a physical list of gifts. I started with something simple - a bouquet of her favourite flowers. The list stayed small as I added only simple items she's sure to love. I bite my lip gently as I put the last ite...

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Our Little Forever

Submitted to Contest #19

As soon as I woke up, my mind was clouded with dizzying thoughts.It was my boyfriend Jared's birthday, and I'd forgotten to buy him a present.I turned over in bed and checked my phone.25 missed calls and 39 texts.Another text.'You obviously don't need me, I'm too ugly for you. There's no reason to live anymore.' it read.'I love you, and you're hot babe, don't go crazy like that!' I replied.'If you love me, why didn't you answer my calls?' came the reply.'I was sleeping, Jared.' I answered.'Excuses.' he retorted back.I thought about just brea...

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SOMETHING ONE LESS

Submitted to Contest #19

Sharavanan asked his wife, Krithika, what she would like to have for their first wedding anniversary, falling due shortly. She, thrilled by the offer, expressed her desire to go to Hongkong, now in China and a part of China. He surfed the net for flight tickets, hotel and other arrangements. So sad! He was advised not to go there, as the beautiful city was now under turmoil and was facing terrible violence due to local issues. It would take quite sometime for the city to come to normal terms. He asked Krithika, ‘Then what next?’ She too was ...

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Gum Wrappers

Submitted to Contest #19

What a wreck, Christmas shopping. It seemed in the moment that I begin my trek for picking the perfect gift from the shelves of a local retailer I forget everything I know about every person I’ve ever met. But here I was, scanning the aisles for what I know will match their wishes. So was everybody else, unfortunately. You can never describe the look of a Christmas shopper until you look one in the eye in the invasively cramped space in the aisle of a local Target. There is a mania to it, a wild-eyed panic that spreads across the countr...

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The Perfect Gift

Submitted to Contest #19

The mall was a warzone for Luna. She hated how terrifying human beings became during the holidays. Her mind often got stuck on the news story from four years ago about the woman that was stabbed over a coupon for ten dollars off of a popular gaming station. Luna also worked retail for many years. The horrors she experienced would haunt her forever.  As much as Luna hated the mall before Christmas, she loved Erik more. Erik was the kindest, gentilest man she had ever met. They had been dating since January and they had just moved in toge...

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The Christmas Gift

Submitted to Contest #19

Really it should be easier than this, it should, christmas shopping should not be making Artemis’ heart pound. And it should most definitely not make her palms sweaty, or her breathing to become uneven, except that this time it did. And for good reason, this was not just any Christmas gift, no, this was the christmas gift. Something that she had been planning for over a year and a half, well, really since Ria thought their first date was the best she’d ever had (even after Artemis spilled water all over her, and even after they both end...

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A Reason to Like the Holidays

Submitted to Contest #19

This, Horen thinks as he glares at his email, this is why I hate the holidays.He doesn’t even really celebrate them.  At most he does a festive lunch with friends which may or may not include a kris kringle depending on how well everyone’s doing money-wise.  Last year, he mixed it up by having a small ‘early Christmas’ with Jeremy before Jer left for his annual family get-together and that was the most festive Horen’s been in… well, ever actually.This year Jer decided they should spend Christmas together, and together they’d decide...

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