Write a story about summer love — the quarantine edition.

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“Quarantine Love Letter” by Kat Gruszka

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To the love of my life, This straight up sucks. I hate that I cannot see you this summer. This is the worst year of my life. Scratch that - ever! This is all stupid. I hate that the airports are shut down that I have to wear this dumb mask everywhere and worst of all, I hate that I cannot see you. Allow me to continue on this hate tirade. I also hate that we never talked about our future together. All we would ever dream about was the upcoming summer, which has now been taken away from us. I wish I would have gotten to you soone...

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“Love in a Time of Corona” by Angela Morrissey

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‘Hands off! It’s mine!’ ‘No it isn’t! I saw it first!’ Mikey watched as the two overweight women fought over the last packet of toilet rolls. They were wearing face masks and gloves but you could see their Bonds underwear, which had been pulled up instead of being hidden by their tracksuit pants. That’s when he saw her. A woman in all her youthful splendour. A lock of coal-black hair had escaped from her green hijab. He continued to stare at her from where he stood in the aisl...

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“Face Time” by Matthew Turner

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The room was dark. Craig rolled over and looked at the clock. It was 11:40. He had to think for a moment whether it was 11 in the morning or 11 at night. He reached over and moved the sun blocking curtain. Light shot in and illuminated a cylinder of clarity in the darkness. Must be morning. He figured now was good a time as any to wake up. He got out of bed and put on the same clothes he had on yesterday. And the day before that. What was the point of changing clothes? He wasn’t going anywhere. He wasn’t doing anything. He shuffled down the ...

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“Valeridit <3” by Risha Chaurasia

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Quarantine has given me a ton of free time, but an increase in free time means more time to overthink and scrutinize every life decision I have ever taken. "I wasn't worried Coz I knew you were mine," Blasted the radio in ny room as the calm voice of Jake drowned in. This song is like a time machine, it takes me back a year, way before all this pandemic happened, when I met Valeie. We instantly clicked and after a few months of hanging out, i finally asked her out. Flashback!! I may be leaving Cherry wood with a large shining silver ...

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“Hay Fever” by Sprite Akuma

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Online meetings suck. Especially the ones where you’re required to keep your camera on. In my opinion, the teachers don’t get it. So what if I want to leave for a second to grab a snack? I did it all the time in regular school except this time my kitchen is my locker. I shift in my chair, holding my computer still so it doesn’t shake. My science teacher doesn’t notice, yet of course she would notice if I switched my camera off for a few seconds. It baffles me how teachers don’t trust the students to stay in meetings yet they’re planning on ...

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“THE POPSICLE LOVE” by Arvind Kashyap

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THE POPSICLE LOVE Popsicle that Tom Sen had was melting in his hand. The paletero was regular these days passing through street at around 12.00 noon and Tom Sen had made it a point to purchase the cheapest of popsicle. The whole of north India was under intense heat wave. As if that was not enough, there was COVID 19 pandemic. It was spreading faster now. All had hopes the high temperature of t...

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“Love Through Lock Down” by Chris Manders

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Bloody pandemic, bloody Boris, Mac thought as he scowled with his head turned away for fear of being seen. “Well it looks like it’s just you and me now old girl”, he spoke in the general direction of Kate. He was cross that they were both considered “vulnerable”, because of their ages and must stay at home. She did nothing to hide her grimace as she said “I do wish you wouldn’t call me old girl and we’ll just have to grin and bear it won’t we dear?” Hoping that the sarcasm on “dear” wasn’t lost on him. We’ve been grinni...

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“Grace” by Silver Fish

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I met her at the park. Since quarantine started, I’d been going on evening walks. The park was usually empty, eerily silent but also peaceful without the usual scream of soccer whistles. Most of the time I would have the place to myself, an abyss of green fields, abandoned baseball diamonds, and a gravel trail through the dense woods. I would go around sunset and find myself marveling at the fiery sky as the sun sank into the horizon, coloring the clouds. &nb...

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“Rekindled Love” by Fraser Ramus

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Boxes littered the living room floor and for as far as you could see. I pulled one down from the stack that had built up. If truth be told I had started to build a fort. Childish yes, I know, but I had needed something to entertain myself…. maybe this was why she was leaving.I sat myself down upon it to watch the news report. With most of the furniture having already gone. My sister’s words rang out in my head “Look on the Brightside bro things can’t get any worse!” Oh, but they can I thought and just had. The reporters message rang out that...

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“Public Safety” by Link Oberon

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(Max is the first to sign on. They sort through some papers, neatening their workspace, laying out all the pens they may use, etc. Georgy signs on. Max doesn’t notice, busy as they are reading through some prepared notes.)Georgy: MAX.(Max jumps.)Max: Fuck, Georgy. Don’t scare me like that! (Georgy laughs raucously while Max angrily recomposes them-self.)Georgy: (smirking) Where’s Lance?Max: Late.Georgy: You startle like a frightened pigeon. (Makes startled pigeon noises - scared cooing I gues...

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“Love From a Distance ” by Jessica OConnor

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I can’t help but feeling giddy when I look into his eyes each morning. Benjamin is quite possibly the best thing that has ever happened to me. When I wake up and before I go to bed, he reminds me that I am so beautiful and so worthy of love. There is no single quality about him that a girl wouldn’t love. I can’t deny that he is an absolute dream. I have so many dreams for Benjamin and myself. Dreams of us driving with the windows down with the tall trees looming over us. We turn the radio up as loud as it...

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“Fate and Fortune” by Anastasia Ifinedo

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I dreamt of this: you walking down the aisle, flower in hand, radiant smile. But that's what it was, just a dream. Who would've thought we'd beat the statistic. Our story began the summer our mums met. I was eight, you were nine, and Cupid was only a name. We hid behind our mothers' skirts as they bonded on the bus, and I pretended you weren't watching me with those obsidian eyes. It was when my mother said Why don't you say hi? that I found the courage to meet your steady gaze. From that moment, I couldn't look away. Some days after, we...

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“Love Lockdown ” by Lee Dickinson

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Love Lockdown I live alone in my solitary and uninspired flat. Plain, cream coloured walls with one single movie poster displayed above my bed. The only company I have is my small house plant that sits on my coffee table. Over the past few weeks, I have gotten into the habit of whispering to it as I water it and, even recently, just talking it when I get out of bed. It is nice to hear a real voice, even it is just my own. It has been painfully quiet in this room. I have taken for granted all the visitors that used to pester me. Even my ol...

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“There was a song” by Josephine Andersen

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There was a song. There was a song called “All alone” (Irving Berlin). I am all alone now. My boyfriend has left me . Why do I feel sorry for myself? A lot of people are alone, isolated, in quarantine. We are all in quarantine. Everyone in the world is in quarantine. Quarantine- a restriction of the movement of people. We are all in the same boat. I am isolated in my apartment, single , without a partner. There is no relief from my own company. Twenty -seven years old and I am locked up or “Locked down”...

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“It's just like high school again, really-” by Calvin Belton

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The two of them speak in static-filled phone calls, horny text messages, and poems sent through email deep into the night. Made in voice-memo of course, since you aren’t supposed to write during Shabbat. Eddie still doesn’t know if this was going to work out in the end. Granted, his last boyfriend broke up with him on Christmas Day over text, so he might just have trust issues. Jules says the dating started in January, a ...

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Write a story about summer love — the quarantine edition.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 131 stories

“Quarantine Love Letter” by Kat Gruszka

“Love in a Time of Corona” by Angela Morrissey

“Face Time” by Matthew Turner

“Valeridit <3” by Risha Chaurasia

“Hay Fever” by Sprite Akuma

“THE POPSICLE LOVE” by Arvind Kashyap

“Love Through Lock Down” by Chris Manders

“Grace” by Silver Fish

“Rekindled Love” by Fraser Ramus

“Public Safety” by Link Oberon

“Love From a Distance ” by Jessica OConnor

“Fate and Fortune” by Anastasia Ifinedo

“Love Lockdown ” by Lee Dickinson

“There was a song” by Josephine Andersen

“It's just like high school again, really-” by Calvin Belton

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