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

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“Dying Hearts” by Susannah Meghans

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Dying hearts Mark stared at the newspaper before him and reread the news clipping again. He was stone-still and felt numb to the bone. There was no denying the words written in front of him, no matter how many times they flew through his mind. His dark brown eyes began to rain upon his cheeks falling like whispers. His heart ripping into shreds quickly bleeding out. The blood bloomed on his shirt starting to stream down like rapid waters from his pants, spilling onto...

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“A Love Lost” by Rebecca Stack

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Life is a struggle, especially with this Simon shaped hole in her heart. `God, how she misses him’, she dreams of him often and wakes all upset realizing she has to let him go all over again. They’re dreams she doesn’t want to wake from as she never wanted to let him go in the first place. They were pulled apart before she was ready to leave; they have unfinished business. Her heart constantly feels as though it’s weeping. It’s yearned for him ever since that last day they said goodbye to each other at the train station. ...

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“Skin Deep” by Linda Hershman

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In France, I walked naked on the beaches. Whether strolling the quiet shores of La Rochelle, dotted with a few families, or picking my way through sculpted singles on the Riviera, I’d shed my clothes the moment my feet sank into sand.My public nudity shocked me, like the stab of seashells biting into the soft soles of my feet. At home in Philadelphia, I spent a lifetime hiding my body, strategically draping clothing in hopes of directing the eye away from hips that strained my hip-hugger bell bottoms and a J-Lo butt in a Twiggy generation.In...

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“Remembrance Through The Lens” by Cody Cooper

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It had turned into a nightly ritual for Dave. He couldn’t go to sleep without seeing her face. He needed to see her smile. Her blond hair. Her rose-tinted cheeks. Those green eyes that could get your heart rate pumping just by looking at you. He lay in bed scrolling through her Instagram profile on his iPhone. It didn’t matter that she was married now and had two toddlers, a boy and a girl. He pined to see her photo, to revive the memories they had together. Looking at her smiling face, his thumb was ready to press the button to send a mess...

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

Submissions are closed

✍️ 79 stories

“Dying Hearts” by Susannah Meghans

“A Love Lost” by Rebecca Stack

“Skin Deep” by Linda Hershman

“Remembrance Through The Lens” by Cody Cooper

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Write about a character who gets called an Einstein ironically.

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