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Posted in Romance on Jan 27, 2023

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“A Meeting of Minds” by Ron Davidson

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(T/W Sexual Content, Profanity)My eyelids weigh heavily as a talking head wearing a wrinkle-free pantsuit sits at the front end of the boardroom table, purging a steady stream of the industry’s latest buzzwords. I now secretly refer to this person as “The Head” to keep my relationship with her and her horrible business-minded enthusiasm as detached as possible. When her mantras are uttered, their motivational intents have the complete opposite effect on me. My anger builds, and I find myself sarcastically thi...

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“Shannon and Socrates” by Alan Ross

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TALK ABOUT ATTRACTION OF OPPOSITES Alan Ross <alanzip@gmail.com> 3:36 PM (11 minutes ago) DIALECTICS AND THE ATTRACTION OF OPPOSITES. Or SHANNON and SOCRATES I stayed with my grandkids in Dallas, over the Xmas holidays. I had hoped to jump on a plane to visit my ex-wife and two daughters in Maui, but somehow the airport game did not appeal to me, which in hindsight was a smart move. (Did everyone and their baggage finally arrive at their destination, I wonder?) Seeing the airport chaos it invoked. I think ...

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“Discovering the Real Chemistry” by Bob Faszczewski

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Cecelia Ainsworth pulled the ribbon from her luxurious blond hair just at the right moment for it to cascade into the sightlines of every male in the vicinity of the Riverwood High School senior class entrance. Her hair crowned an outfit worthy of the top runway models at the 2023 New York Fashion Week and a body that would outclass the stars of the runway at any of the highest grossing movies in the year’s cinema lin...

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“The Safety of Mabel” by Madeline Honig

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Trigger Warning: Contains sensitive content related to abuse and rape. Today “Dennis, can you please pass the salt?” Sarah asked. Sarah’s hair was tied up in a knot on top of her head and she wore the blue dress with tiny flowers Dennis bought her. She always wore the blue dress with tiny flowers. She curled a foot under herself as she touched the other one lightly with her toe. “Here you go, baby.” Dennis passed the glass shaker. “How is the chicken? Is it cooked all the way through? I was ner...

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“Emma & Lars” by Esther Andrews

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“You gonna stab me with those scissors?”“Yes. Yes I am,” I quipped. “I’m going to puncture your flesh with dozens of wounds. I’m thinking I’ll fashion a very large and extremely conspicuous pattern on your torso. Maybe a pentagram. Maybe a peace sign. I haven’t decided yet. Then I’m going to cut you up into tiny little pieces with these very same scissors. I’ll do it slowly. One tiny hair or fragment at a time. I’ll really relish the process. Then I’ll dispose of each individual specimen in a solitary and extremely isolated location. A ...

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“But Soft, Sad Little Boy” by Graci Melbourne

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Trigger warnings: cursing, light drug use, attempted suicide, light violence.I thought it was hot when you paid off the theatre teacher.“They spelled it wrong,” you said, when we were necking on the hood of my dad’s Pontiac Phoenix. You were yanking on the beads poorly applied in my hair, biting my collarbone with your vampire teeth, and I was like hot damn.“Theatre is spelled with an ‘re,’” you said. I said I didn’t care, and you slipped your hands up my shirt and I put mine down your pants.Sometimes, I take the Julius Caesar playbill from ...

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“Jack and the Elephant” by Kelly McCluskey

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Rachel was not excited to vote. She had not missed any elections since she was eighteen and she was not going to miss the presidential election this year. It was important to her. Rachel could not understand anyone who said, ‘I don’t do politics.’ She felt that line was such a cop out and how you could not “do” politics in some way. And by “doing” did not mean running for anything to her it just meant following news and politics regularly and being engaged to make a good voting decision. She was taught by her mother a...

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“Salad Bar Dating ” by Bonnie Sanders

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“The Dance” by Judith Blevins

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I step into the shadows of this dark, putrid alleyway anticipating her arrival. The night creatures that scavenge about in this filthy, garbage strewn thoroughfare skitter in all directions when their survival instincts detect the danger of my presence. After a few moments, utter silence surrounds me. Alone in the darkness and barely breathing, I wait. She always accompanies me for collections of this sort and I long to see her, feel her luminous energy. I learned eons ago to thrive in her light. Now, I yearn for the warmth of her presence. ...

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“Good Life” by Emma Martin

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“First off, no one has any proof whatsoever that I robbed that bank.” I said, trying my hardest to sweet-talk the officers out of my incredibly unreasonable arrest. It was just not fair. I needed that money. I lived on the streets in a cardboard box for Pete’s sake! “But I’ll plea guilty! Please, Anything! I cannot go back there again.” I couldn’t help it anymore. I was starting to panic just a little bit. “Save it, kid.” The woman officer barked as she wrenched my arms around my back into a pair of cold, steal han...

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“Indulge” by Alexander Walters

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Warning: Insensitive language, body stigma. The fatties aren’t happy this morning. In fact, some might argue that they aren’t truly happy any morning, of any day; Keith Taft is one such person. Keith Taft is thin, and this morning he also happens to be the special guest on Riley Thompson’s podcast, Indulge. Riley Thompson is fat. She’s also upset. Keith Taft doesn’t care. “You guys are always talking about, ‘trust the science, trust your doctors’, how come that same sentiment doesn’t apply to weight or obesity? It doesn’t track!” “Keit...

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“Marwa and Sukayna ” by Ksenija Rubež

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“How about we invest the money intended for Green Owl into building the architecture for our writing hub?” “No. We should use the space that we already have for a smaller scale presentation of our idea, and then if the investors like it, then we start investing more money” Sukayna – who was her only interlocutor in a meeting of twelve people – flipped the pen through her fingers, and gave a sarcastic smile to Marwa’s reply. Managing not to throw the pen right between her eyes, Sukayna says “Our project involves a lot of people...

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“Opposites Attract” by Andrés Marticorena Hillman

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Howard POV The hallway lights were always too dim even during the day, but, standing alone with the person I hated the most in this life, I found myself grateful for the muted, yellow glow of the fluorescent lights and thanking the universe this was happening at night, so it’d be as dark as possible. When I made the final step toward the blonde girl standing in front of me, I felt my nose wrinkle unconsciously. I noted that her shirt was the one she had worn yesterday and today at school, too. Her shorts looked a size too small for her, an...

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“Do Opposites Attract? Oh Yes!” by RICHARD SEELY

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They were different: One short, the other tall. One slow and deliberate, the other always buzzing around like a bee. One needed to be taken care of, the other determined to be a caretaker. What a surprising love story! Hattie, the first in her family to move away from Ogdensburg since the Westbrook ancestors arrived in the 1700’s, took a teller’s job in NYC. Tremaine - from the Finger Lakes - was happy working in the 1920’s as a reporter for one of his father’s newspapers. Then the stock market crashed, Tremain...

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“Unexpected Love” by Lara Baron

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Love is a force that cannot be controlled. Sometimes two people fall in love easily and quickly, other times two people live parallel lives that eventually cross paths. I think that the love me and Elizabeth share is the most meaningful kind. The kind that no one could have possibly seen coming. The kind that no one can seem to understand. The kind that belongs only to us. The world cannot accept our love because we are complete opposites. I grew up in a home with crystal chandeliers dangling from ten-foot-tall ceilings, butlers and...

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Write a story about two opposites finding themselves surprisingly attracted to one another.

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✍️ 48 stories

“A Meeting of Minds” by Ron Davidson

“Shannon and Socrates” by Alan Ross

“Discovering the Real Chemistry” by Bob Faszczewski

“The Safety of Mabel” by Madeline Honig

“Emma & Lars” by Esther Andrews

“But Soft, Sad Little Boy” by Graci Melbourne

“Jack and the Elephant” by Kelly McCluskey

“Salad Bar Dating ” by Bonnie Sanders

“The Dance” by Judith Blevins

“Good Life” by Emma Martin

“Indulge” by Alexander Walters

“Marwa and Sukayna ” by Ksenija Rubež

“Opposites Attract” by Andrés Marticorena Hillman

“Do Opposites Attract? Oh Yes!” by RICHARD SEELY

“Unexpected Love” by Lara Baron

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Write a story about someone who is cursed to always say the opposite of what they mean.

Write about a character who uses sarcasm as a defense mechanism.

Write a story that includes the line “We’re just too different.”

Write a story about two characters whose paths briefly cross, but are actually going in opposite directions — whether literally or figuratively.

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