Write about a character who risks everything to pursue their heart’s desires.

Posted in Romance on Sep 9, 2022

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“Dysphoria ” by Caleb Weingarten

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Our Golden retriever Charlie looked at me before he left the front door. His wet nose glistened in the light, and I could see my reflection in his dark brown eyes. "Take care of yourself," Laura told me. I said nothing. My daughter Berry held her hand out to me from the front porch. "I love you, daddy," she said softly. "I love you too," I replied, "forever and always." Berry glanced up at her mother. &nbs...

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“The Other Woman ” by SONDI S

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Sitting in her dark room with nothing but the vanity lit, she looked at her naked skin, wondering if she was as beautiful as everyone else seemed to think. Picking at every flaw from her eyes to her teeth. She put on her low maintenance makeup, and she began to think of how tonight was like any night, a night of socializing and being the only woman at the party with no one to hold on to. Seeing all the women with their arms wrapped around their lovers’ arms, she knew she would walk in beautifully yet pitifully with no...

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“CSS 45” by Kurtis Leong

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It wasn’t supposed to be this successful… The Duck Song: A multibillionaire company originally formed from the premise of a simple lemonade stand. It now stands as the omnipresent global empire for both wealth and complete control. Its customers, once a purchase has been made, will provide a complete vulnerability of everything within their life to the company. There used to be a way to prevent this, a way to stop the tyranny of The Duck Song from dismantling the very roots of civilization, but I was too late to stop it from happening. ...

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“The Instant American” by Delbert Griffith

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THE INSTANT AMERICANPablo Rendez woke up early on an August morning in 1947, and at that moment he decided firmly that he would become an American. The fact that he had lived his entire life in Texas, as had his parents, didn’t seem to detract from his belief that he wasn’t an American. He wanted to be an American like the white kids.Pablo reached under his bed and pulled out an old cigar box that his tía Tina had thrown away, and he had retrieved from the trash pit at the edge of the village. It contained a broken watch, two ancient half-pi...

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Write about a character who risks everything to pursue their heart’s desires.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 19 stories

“Dysphoria ” by Caleb Weingarten

“The Other Woman ” by SONDI S

“CSS 45” by Kurtis Leong

“The Instant American” by Delbert Griffith

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Start your story with someone breaking an awkward silence at a family dinner.

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