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“Love Letter from the Past” by Amy Green

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Love, one small word that defines so many of life’s connections. From the beauty and innocence of one’s first love, to the enduring love throughout life’s most challenging times, love plays a part in most stories worth telling, but often where you least expect it. It was 2012 and my husband John, and I were almost five years into our marriage. Although still very much in love, we were buckling under some of the challenges that came with our union. Navigating the needs of two people in a marriage can require some trial and error, howeve...

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“Painted Memories ” by Z B

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It was a chilly day, and the sun teased the edge of the sky with bright hues of orange, yellow, pink, and purple. It was a wondrous sight, the lightness of the sky fading, beckoning ever so slightly the night, it held promise. An old soul sat on the sandy soil that was the beach and stared out at the blended colors that vacated the sky. His eyes held a semblance of longing, of aching. He smiled, small crinkles forming at the edge of his eyes and atop his frail forehead. He closed his eyes and took in a deep breath: taking in the salty smell ...

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“Live and Let Die” by Clyde Laffan

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With deliberate intention, Adrian Wallis had not answered the door to a caller in 30 years. Unless he needed a plumber to fix a leaking pipe or the gas man to read the meter, there was no reason to take visitors. And if a faucet did need mending, then Adrian supervised closely; no need for wandering eyes or feet, stumbling across a man's secrets. So, when the doorbell did ring on a Sunday morning towards the end of November, the jolt of surprise was enough for Adrian to drop the newspaper he read onto his lap. Several pages came loose and fe...

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“The Rest Was Ours To Make” by Amanda Wisdom

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Can we ever really fuck up? I mean, to the point of no return. When the person you once loved couldn't give two shits about where you are, how you got here, or even who you are, as you write this.You hope that they'll stumble upon this note, “accidentally,” and that they will wish they could have done more.But we both know the truth; they left because there was no fixing us. We’re broken people, with broken hearts, and we’ve tried every which way to be better.I guess we could have tried a little bit harder, to stay in each other’s lives...

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“In the Past” by Adam El Nabli

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The mother pauses for a moment and takes a deep breath before knocking on her son’s door.“Come in!” she hears. She then gently opens the door and softly asks,“Hey, son. How are you?”“I’m alright. Just reading and trying to pass the time until tomorrow. You know, I’ll be leaving pretty early to visit her in the hospital so don’t be surprised if I’m gone by the time you wake up.”With a dreadful look in her eyes, her son could sense the burden weighing on her lips.“What’s wrong, Mama?”The tension strangles her. She squeaks out a jumpy stutter b...

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“Nanna's secret” by F.O. Morier

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The canyons were beautiful, with their boisterous dancing streams, thick foliage, and flowering shrubs. Not too much time passed before the small villages grew into large cities. The tidal wave of miners who returned from the West lived there. That was a long time ago. There weren't even railroad or overland stagecoaches crossing the plains. The only people to be found there at the time were the immigrants, who made their way slowly through the winding valley towards the far west. Attracted by the promise that riches would wait for them in t...

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“In the Next Life” by Laura Rosario

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I stepped into an empty bus. There were only a handful of people inside. Not paying much attention I sat at the closest open seat. I took out a book from my bag and started reading it. “Dream State” “There are discussions over what dreams could possibly be. Some say dreams are just the brain trying to compartmentalize day to day events. While others say they are messages sent by higher beings. However some dreams feel too real, you can almost taste it, breathe it in. Could dreams also be memories of another life?” I contemp...

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“Looks” by Stella Bee

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Her name was Michelle and I thought I hated her. She was perfect. Too perfect, in my opinion. She had thick, black hair that swept her shoulders. She had dark, warm eyes that seemed to say a million beautiful things at once. She had a nose so unique, you’d never forget her face. She was short, no more than five feet, four inches. She was petite, breakable even. She was beautiful. She was perfect. And I thought I hated her. There were many times I’d catch Michelle staring at me. Mind you, I’m the only black kid in class. There were white...

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“That Love” by John K Adams

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Jammed with glasses and bottles, the bar table barely had room for Maureen’s ashtray. The crowd gathered to celebrate Dan’s recent divorce. Some knew him their whole lives. People circulated in loose orbits from table to bar . Many toasts were made to his third ‘post mortem.’ Dan’s friend Gabe held his glass up and spoke. “Cats have nine. You’ve completed three. Dan, time you break the habit and quit while you’re ahead.” Hilarity ensued. Friends urged Dan to speak. Swaying, he said, “Thank you. I hope you’ll attend the next.” Applause...

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“Unfinished” by Jordan Caves-Callarman

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Outside, the wind howls. Lightning crackles, thunder crashes, so deep and close the bedroom windows rattle in their frames. Rain hammers at the house in endless wind-tossed sheets, shrouding the night in a churning veil. It’s a lovely evening. I wish I could spend it with you. From my chair by the window, I watch the raindrops race in wild rivulets across the glass. I look over at her, asleep in the bed. She reminds me of you sometimes. You have the same glossy brown hair, though hers wants to curl while yours fell in delicate waves. T...

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“This is Not a Love Story” by Ashmit Kar

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It started with a bang, the threads pulling at the old counterpoint like a pair of oxymorons straining at the leash. It began, as all things do, with two polar opposites. It was an upheaval, the polarity coming apart at the seams. The entropy was a living thing, starching across Space, bringing Time down in a bundle of singularity covered in ephemeral Gravity. There was a point, a massive completeness that existed as all things exist, in perpetual disarray. There was an Order to its Chaos – a Yin to its Yang. (this was a tim...

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“When I close my eyes” by Annabelle Bentley

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I walked on the elevated ledge of the boardwalk, his hand wrapped around my arm to keep me from falling. We laughed as we talked about our week, I told him about my family, and that weird guy at the coffee shop, he talked about school, and how most of his professors sucked, but there was one that he really liked, because he made the lectures interesting, and he talked to them like ‘real people.’ I could still hear his voice say the words, and see the one side of his mouth lift while he talked. His hair flew in front of his eyes as we walked....

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“Feminist Vigilante” by Cassandra Harrell

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Her patience ran out hours ago, and she was starting to create a draft with her pacing. Out of boredom, she started playing with her knife hours ago. The walls were littered with holes from where she’d thrown it into the drywall. The squeaking from the rats in the walls wasn’t helping either. When one dared to dart across the room in front of her, her knife sliced through the air impaling the rat to the wall before it could disappear into the crack it was aiming for. She smirked as a sense of satisfaction coursed through her. She grabbe...

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“Love Immortalized” by Katie Eash

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Albert Edwards thought of her as he put on his new uniform. I wonder what she'd think of me in this uniform, what she'd feel, he thought. He also wondered if he'd happen to see her brothers, Evan and Mitchell. Would he be able to do his duty if that time came, or would he, in his love for her, pause long enough for the enemy to strike him? Albert sighed, forced himself to put all thoughts of Elsa aside, and put on his service cap, completing his new military uniform. &nb...

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“The Run-in” by Susan Lynn Zenker

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Amanda Billings shuffled to her breakfast nook to fix the morning coffee. She hit the light switch. The side door stood wide open. Her feet froze in place. Her breath caught in her throat. She grabbed a cast iron pan, lifted it, ready to bash any intruder drawing close. “It’s me,” a little voice greeted her. “Come out, Mom! You gotta see.”“You scared me! Why are you outside so early?”Andrew looked through the viewfinder on his new Vtech camera. “The sunrise, look! All pink and yellow sherbet, like Dad always said.” He pressed the shutte...

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Write a story about somebody in love with someone from their past.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 79 stories

“Love Letter from the Past” by Amy Green

“Painted Memories ” by Z B

“Live and Let Die” by Clyde Laffan

“The Rest Was Ours To Make” by Amanda Wisdom

“In the Past” by Adam El Nabli

“Nanna's secret” by F.O. Morier

“In the Next Life” by Laura Rosario

“Looks” by Stella Bee

“That Love” by John K Adams

“Unfinished” by Jordan Caves-Callarman

“This is Not a Love Story” by Ashmit Kar

“When I close my eyes” by Annabelle Bentley

“Feminist Vigilante” by Cassandra Harrell

“Love Immortalized” by Katie Eash

“The Run-in” by Susan Lynn Zenker

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Write a story about a scientist.

Write about a character who gets called an Einstein ironically.

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