Write a story about summer love — the quarantine edition.

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“Love Under Wraps by Sheri McComb” by Sheri McComb

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I am so over the whole Coronavirus thing. I’m tired of masks, worrying about catching or spreading the virus, social distancing, and staring at the same four walls of my bedroom. I’m mostly tired of trying to take care of four children by myself. Cleaning up after children is like raking leaves in a windstorm; nearly impossible. I’m especially insulted that only “essential” workers are working, and apparently, I’m not one of them. Like being a mother isn’t essential. That’s a laugh. I’d like to see some of ...

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“A rainy Summer” by Jacklyn Pang

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I put my signature with the pen which symbols our love thirty-year on the marriage paper, and now on the piece of paper which end it. I threw the pen in the basket and walked out. My last tie to this man, which I once loved which turn to hatred for three years. I am a free woman, looking for a new start in my sixties. Little I knew.. what happens on forthcoming raining hot days Day 1s I was sitting on my sofa, watching “ Train to Busan. My eyes actually following the jerk around, minding he does not pack anything extra...

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“Freckles” by Nese Knows

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These days feel so brutally miserable nowadays. As I daydream staring blankly outside, sitting on a window sill; I can't help but to sob deeply. Releasing every emotion that has built up between the start of the year and present time today. Let me take you back to where my journey started, one in which I thought my first love story would begin!My name is Heather and I'm a 5'3" firecracker with a terrible sense of clumsiness. My face is filled with freckles, so many that it would take both my hands and feet to count. To top it off, I'm your t...

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“Meant To Be” by Yashaa Bajracharya

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COVID-19 kills more than 25,000 people...Stay home, stay safe, don't forget to put on a mask before leaving the house...Social distancing is important...I scroll down on my phone, reading the headlines in Google. I remember when I first heard about the COVID-19 virus in December, initially in Wuhan, China. I don't think anyone expected it to infect the world like this. Sighing, I opened Instagram and watched stories of my friends. Considering everyone's stuck at home, they have just kept memes of 2020 being a disastrous year or their daily a...

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“love, takeout, and peperomias” by Jessalin Lee

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She really was getting too old for this.Maeve’s eyes immediately darted to look at her phone as it lit up again. A giggle escaped her as she read the most recent texts. Subconsciously her fingers started to type back a response before she paused. After all, she didn’t want to respond too fast. She busied herself by watering some of her peperomia plants but she’d be lying if she said that the whole time her mind wasn’t preoccupied. She hummed and swayed to the invisible soundwaves of a sweet melody before she finally allowed herself to l...

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“To Andros With You” by Metaxia Tzimouli

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Greece, and it’s 38 degrees in the last days of July. The blue sky above is kissed by fluffy white clouds, a beam of yellow light touches the glistened-by the sun waves, and as they reach the shore and breakaway, the white noise all around is deafening. My heart swells at the view and I hear three little words in my head: Wish you were here. Now I am sinking from my elbows, the scenery has changed, a car horn blares out in the distance. I sigh and turn the computer off. A good dream though. With two angry motions, I cross the reminder...

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“eagle in the sky” by Taylor Pastore

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Every evening at about 9 o'clock, the sun dips just below the city skyline and the entire sky turns into a canvas of warm golds, reds, and purples. The trees glisten in the distance like a mirage, so out of reach. If you squint hard enough, they shimmer out of existence. It seems these days, anything could shimmer out of existence if you stare them long enough. Like looking out your cracked window at the cityscape, the glass disappears, and its just you and the outside world. It feels like the simulation glitches when the people pass by...

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“A Crack in the Wall” by Katie Moyes

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The San Pablo Apartments stank. No one lived there because they wanted to, they lived there when they had no options. To say it was a slum would be to grossly overstate the size of Laverican. It was not big enough to support any gangs or serious crime, only the occasional teen troublemaker. The whole town had been hit hard by the 2020 pandemic, but the Joaquin neighborhood had been especially hit hard. These were the living places of the downtrodden. Not of gangs nor criminals, but of seasonal and migrant workers and their young families. O...

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“Paying for Salome” by Naomie K

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Bhoke took her time to dress. This was the only official time she could dress for Godson. She did not waste such golden opportunities. At least the family was back to attending Church. The third week in a row! She was ecstatic! The lockdown had started driving everyone insane in the house. Godson loved her legs, so she was going to wear the new Ankara short skirt she had stitched. The patterns were bright and now that she had added some weight, the skirt held her in all the right places. Yellow always made her look bright and it matched th...

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“Bizarre feelings towards Him” by Fatima Faisal

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When the warm wind blew as a whistle on my fair skin, that’s when it all changed. In that brief moment and time, I felt the most fascinating feeling in my heart. It was beating rapidly and my heart rate kept increasing as he continued approaching me. I blushed a crimson red shuffling my feet lightly, anxiousness clearly visible on my face. I tucked a strand of my chocolate hazel hair shyly and quietly fiddled with my fingers under the clouded late-afternoon sky. But, I was immediately disappointed. I turn around, looking at the slightly narr...

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“ LOCKDOWN LOVE” by Favour Ileya

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Decision “Jemima, don’t take this the wrong way but I do find your body attractive.” I could feel my eyes rolling to the back of my head. I don’t believe it. “Let’s just stick to the intellectual part.” I reply. “Are we seriously debating about your body now? He asked feigning a frown. You need to work on your self esteem baby girl. It doesn’t matter whether you’ve ‘them' big or small. I appreciate you just fine.” He was trying hard to make me happy. To be honest, I felt better hearing those words. I haven’t always been high on s...

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“Open Windows” by Isabelle Bergman

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It starts the day I choose to open my curtains. It seems silly, me regularly leaving them drawn, but with my second-floor room looking over the street, I never felt like risking neglecting to close them and then...changing clothes, or something. The other window looks over our side yard, leading to the house next to us, and after noticing the window right across from mine, I sure wasn’t going to risk a neighbor seeing me in my one private place. Quarantine starts, however, and a week in I attempt to get ahold of my life. I do random ...

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“Romeo and Juliet for Adults” by Valerie Kaufman

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“My high school students love Romeo and Juliet,” she told the library check-out person a week before the library closed. “What do they love about it?” asked a stranger standing next to her. She noticed the liveliness in his eyes, did a quick survey of his handsome face, then paused briefly at his lips. His eyes made the same trip, from her eyes, across her face, to her lips. She felt surprised, delighted, nervous — all at the same time. “What do my students like about the play?” she asked, thinking out loud. “They like that Romeo and Juliet ...

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“Love Is Not In The Air” by Judith Buskohl

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Through the pane of glass, the world looked so different. One of her hands touched the coolness of the window as she watched the sun start to dip under the horizon, she was lonely sitting in er house with no one to talk to and the only voices, she heard was from the television. Those people were tucked away from her by thousands of miles. She wanted to hear another human's voice that wasn't coming from the television in her front room or the radio in her kitchen. She wanted a boyfriend that woulld risk being sick just to see h...

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“Sent with Love” by Iris Evans

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Dear Clarice, Writing letters is pretty old-fashioned, I know, but I’m almost positive that I can single-handedly end quarantine by sending a message because they never arrive before I need to go someplace. Hey, if I can manage to actually settle on what I’m writing to you, maybe we can even get back to school this fall. I question if I can settle on something to send you because this is the fifth time I’ve written this. They’re not in the trash yet -- yet -- because I’ve decided it’s far too cliche to crumple the letters up and ...

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Write a story about summer love — the quarantine edition.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 131 stories

“Love Under Wraps by Sheri McComb” by Sheri McComb

“A rainy Summer” by Jacklyn Pang

“Freckles” by Nese Knows

“Meant To Be” by Yashaa Bajracharya

“love, takeout, and peperomias” by Jessalin Lee

“To Andros With You” by Metaxia Tzimouli

“eagle in the sky” by Taylor Pastore

“A Crack in the Wall” by Katie Moyes

“Paying for Salome” by Naomie K

“Bizarre feelings towards Him” by Fatima Faisal

“ LOCKDOWN LOVE” by Favour Ileya

“Open Windows” by Isabelle Bergman

“Romeo and Juliet for Adults” by Valerie Kaufman

“Love Is Not In The Air” by Judith Buskohl

“Sent with Love” by Iris Evans

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