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“IOTA” by Jay Kasperbauer

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Just west of Socorro, New Mexico where the highway splits from the interstate due south west, the soapweed yucca and sage brush screens the vast flat land as far as sight allows. Yellow wild flowers grow in the shade yearning for the hot desert rain. The arid sand floor is alive with creatures, indistinguishable from far. At a blurry distance the surrounding earth appears pale terracotta.He shifts his big rig downward as he approaches the paved descent. The inside of his cab smells of stale air. The pine-scented air freshener bought in Amari...

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“Cold Arctic Zone ” by Mike Vokos

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by Mike VokosLeonard looked at the ship arriving at their port and felt sad.He walked over to the window and considered their frozen surroundings. He always loved cold Arctic Zone with its icy, snow-dancing storms. It was a place that encouraged his tendency to feel creative. ‘Oceans SOS’ a non-governmental org, confided him in the last 16 months to research and report about carbon dioxide (CO2) ramifications on the increasing aggressiveness and death mortality of polar bears on the Arctic Zone. His findings were colossal. Thirty billi...

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“The Friendly Neighbor By Albert Zygier” by Albert Zygier

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I won’t lie to you, after my forth divorce I packet it in. There will be no more husbands in my life. I am 47 years old, with one daughter and a good career. I am chief editor of a large book publishing firm and I live in a condo I purchased with my second husband’s settlement. OK, so he fooled around with my young assistant for two years before I wised up but I made him pay for it. He was the CEO of a large trust company so I made out quite nicely.I won’t bother you much about my third and forth husbands. One was an artist without talent. T...

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“Love?” by Sophie Young

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"Behave. Don't be annoying or rude. I can't have you ruining tonight, Alex." My mother said nervously before walking into the dining room. We both know what tonight is, we watched the clock that I wore around my neck slowly count down the seconds to meet her. Tonight was inevitably the anxious night I met my soulmate, tonight is the night I reluctantly find the love interest of this minor story of mine.I take a breath before I enter the room. I know I'm not prepared to meet her. I know I'm not ready to be someone's soulmate. But life has an ...

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“More” by Covadonga Botas

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A quick transaction. Money from one hand to another and, in an instant, I'm getting a shot of Heroin.I've missed the feeling. The heat throughout my body, the peace, my mind floating. I’m not broken when I’m with Her.I can almost hear the blood flowing through my veins, intoxicated with that brownish liquid, from which I can obtain so much pleasure. I don’t know how long I'm on the floor. This is the last one, I promise myself while I try to sit up. But I know it won't be the last, it never is. I can spend some time without Her, of course, b...

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“Rosbif and Frog” by A. Tahsin

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My hands were buried deep in my pocket. Head down. Chin hidden behind the worn-out scarf. The tittering December cold left my face in bright hues of red.I shuffled my wrist around in my oversized Christmas jumper enough to hitch up the cloth over my LED watch that I got from my brother Fat. Get up. Work. Oversized. This will let you keep track of how long you work out. but still allowed my hands to remain in the radiating sanctuary: 1:17Lovely. It has been precisely two hours and nineteen minutes since I stormed out of the house with a ...

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“My time” by Lori C

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"Hey Cath, are you going in your date after work?" The young woman said to me, while I was typing in my computer. I nodded but I felt induced to say, "Yes". "So what's your type? I know, it's the sports type. Since you are a baseball fanatic." I closed the search tabs, filled with late baseball players, and continued the report I had to finish today. "Just asking," she murmured and got back at work. "Is someone from work?" "I didn't know my personal life was that interesting," I said. "But as adults those things shouldn't be remarkable." ...

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“Skinny Yin” by Helen O'Connor

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The old man was going to sea. This fact would be revealed to him in twelve minutes time. Presently, he was battling the stubborn lid of the marmalade jar. Click. Finally. Ahhhhhh! That smell! A clandestine night-time plucking of oranges on a Spanish street had gone into making that sweet preserve. Victory achieved, Jack sent his knife into the very corners of the jar. He scraped the amber jelly onto his single slice of wholemeal toast. That was the last of it now. Oh well, there we go. Outside, chill rain mithered...

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“So I Married My Stalker” by Ann Winfield

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Despondent, depressed, discouraged: Harold felt all those "D" words since his wife passed away. The art gallery disliked showing old paintings but his heart wasn't open to creating new ones. The gallery owner called again last week, "Harold, when can we expect a piece from you?" "Don't start with me Lou." Harold's voice monotone through the cell phone. He couldn't muster enough energy to modulate it. &...

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“Fugitive, Guard” by Lily White

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Putting her hands in her skirt pockets, Katie Zima walked quietly for a while. I don’t have duty tomorrow.. Maybe I can go back to the Rowdy Raven for a few more drinks. She looked up when she heard ravens cawing at each other. Smiling softly, she made her way to the bar again, taking much less time than it took to get her friend out. Sitting back down, she ordered another drink, listening contentedly to the music and chattering. "Hello there." Said a voice. She gla...

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“Anywhere ” by Gaia Sicolo

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The orange light of the sunset seems to soften as it washes over the neighborhood, rows after rows of the same suburban houses. For a moment they look like perfectly squared, immaculate cubes of bright whites and pinks, then Harper blinks and every detail that makes a house comes into focus: terracotta roof tiles, the texture of the plaster, an array of aligned windows. Right as they think there should be flowers poking from behind the glass they spot some from the corner of their eye. Their best friend, Neta, is standing next to them, one f...

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“Love Knows No Bounds” by TANYA A.

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“Order up!” Ron yelled. Trisha was so tired that she could not see straight, but she made it to the counter to get her customer’s order. She had worked a double today at the diner because Brenda, the other server, called in, yet again. Plus, she could use the extra money. The books for this semester’s classes were crazy expensive. Trisha, or Trish as everyone called her, was in her last year of school to complete her bachelor’s degree. She wasn’t your traditional college student, at the age of 26, but she figure...

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“Angels and Demons” by Julianna Murray

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"Angels and Demons. Enemies since the beginning of time. But why? No one really knows.""Then how do we know we're enemies?""I'm not explaining our entire history to you child."I huff and cross my arms over my chest. The old lady turns and walks away. I guess I'll ask someone else then. I turn and walk out of the building. I walk around in the darkness,little red lamps light up the sidewalk and street slightly. I end up at one of the elders houses. I knock on the door. Its pulled open roughly a minute later."What do you want?"An angry voice a...

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“Mad crush for Miss Rainbow...” by Matthew Harris

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A smidgen less than two score and half years ago, this then sixth grader (at Henry Kline Boyer Elementary School located in Evansburg, Pennsylvania) underwent a visible transformation. As a socially outcast (podcasts, instagram, facebook... nor other social media yet to be invented or conceived), painfully shy, tremendously withdrawn prepubescent, my existence practically invisible. Never sought out to bolster any reign dear team, nor stroked as the teachers’ pet, I figuratively donned an invisible cloak. In essence, I played a constant meta...

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“The Winds of Change” by Daniel Kiss

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Tyler, a socially awkward kid who was always interested in the fantasy aspect of life rather than reality. His parents could never understand why, and his father would always question his son’s ability to be able to find a good friend group and even a girlfriend, for his other brothers Eric and Aaron had already been dating their girlfriends for about three years now. Tyler was indeed only in his third year of high school but that didn’t stop him from trying to find girls who would be interested in him. Wanting to make his father proud of hi...

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Write a story about two unlikely people falling in love.

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✍️ 40 stories

“IOTA” by Jay Kasperbauer

“Cold Arctic Zone ” by Mike Vokos

“The Friendly Neighbor By Albert Zygier” by Albert Zygier

“Love?” by Sophie Young

“More” by Covadonga Botas

“Rosbif and Frog” by A. Tahsin

“My time” by Lori C

“Skinny Yin” by Helen O'Connor

“So I Married My Stalker” by Ann Winfield

“Fugitive, Guard” by Lily White

“Anywhere ” by Gaia Sicolo

“Love Knows No Bounds” by TANYA A.

“Angels and Demons” by Julianna Murray

“Mad crush for Miss Rainbow...” by Matthew Harris

“The Winds of Change” by Daniel Kiss

🌟 Similar prompts

Write a story about someone who finds life meaning in an unexpected place.

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Write a story about someone striving for a "comeback."

Write a story about someone who is tired of their day-to-day routines.

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