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“Heels Over Head” by Russ Lydzinski

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It was the morning of May Eighteenth, Nineteen Hundred Eighty. Mount St. Helen’s was erupting in Washington State, and Thomas was taking his morning walk in Penshaw, Ohio. He stood on a familiar street corner in a drizzle, watching a tall, slender woman cross the street. She wore a raincoat with a plastic hood. With her collar turned up, he couldn’t see her face, but she had glanced at him without making eye contact. Was it Sherri? He raised his hand to greet her but stopped, not wanting to appear a fool. Instead, he followed her from a dist...

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“Challenge” by Emerson Gayhart

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I play the song one more time and then I get the video ready in the car, and start it. Carter was looking out the window, trying to pull out of the parking lot. I was going to do the kiss your boy best friend challenge. Carter turns back around and I smile at him nervously. Carter has been my best friend since birth pretty much. Carter’s mom and my mom are best friends. Carter’s three months older than me. He looks at me confused, wondering why I’m staring at him. The time on the song is coming up. He has no idea what I’m doing. I’m so nervo...

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“A Melancholic Anniversary” by Emma Ruth

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Joshua was on his lunch break. He’d decided to pick up a quick sandwich at the drive-through and stop by the store to get an anniversary card for his wife, Marian. This way he could go straight home to be with her as soon as he got off work. As he walked in to the store, he tried to consider what Marian would want for this anniversary, since it was so tragically unlike any other they’d had before. He approached the greeting card aisle and perused their selection, trying to pick out a card that could express his sentiments. He thought of Mari...

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“The Space Between Us” by Del Majima

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I stepped into The Birdhouse, the best jazz club in the city, and made my way over to the bar. A quartet was on stage playing a variety of Chet Baker tunes, you could tell the trumpeter hadn’t yet lived life. I mean, he was in tune and really into the groove, but something was missing. An edge. He was playing “How Deep Is the Ocean,” and quite frankly, it seemed shallow to me. I took a seat at the bar, furthest from the stage. I love Chetty, but I want...

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“I Still Love You” by Thea Louchibelle Cabuguason

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From dormitory, I transferred to a boarding house for some reasons, it was located outskirts the University Wall near the vast woods, a creepy looking one. It was already dark while I was on my way there walking just after hauling my things to get some fresh air, the road was empty. This particular side had no establishments and only occasional street lights that went on and off. It does feel creepy to walk alone in here but it is soothing at the same time. I don't know why but I feel like it. New ambiance perhaps, away from busy universit...

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“Richard” by Serena Blade

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I took a look at myself in the mirror and made a face. I was not happy. I had a lunch date with Richard and I felt out of place. It had been ten years since I last saw him. I looked different. Age sure took a toll on me. I was not the same innocent teenage girl Richard had met. Not even with foundation, could I cover the circles under my eyes. Bearing two kids didn’t help either. Why was I being so harsh on myself? I was only meeting up with an old fling. Old fling? Ha! More like an old boyfriend. I sighed with nervousness...

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“Back to Work” by David Martin

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He stared at the empty glass on the coaster beside him, realising in that moment that it was a coaster she’d brought him back from a work trip to Sweden a few years ago. Unsure as to how the souvenir had ended up at his Mother’s house it was all the impetus needed to justify reaching for the wine bottle and pouring the last of its contents into that glass. Ian had vowed that he wouldn’t drink tonight, but clearly that promise had not been kept. Tomorrow was the first day back at the office and he was going to show up with a clear head and be...

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“Broken Pieces ” by Virginia Coleman

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I watch through the windows of the coffee shop as snowflakes trickle down to the sidewalk, forming a white sheet on the pavement. Pedestrians are walking around the street. Some carrying hot drinks and pastries. Some walking dogs on leashes. Some in a hurry, likely running late for work. Standing on the sidewalk is a young man who catches my eye. He is an attractive man with dimples and a warm smile. He looks oddly familiar, but I can’t put my finger on where I know him from. The man calls out to a young w...

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“Heptadecagon” by Alex Fry

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Heptadecagon 1 They were next to the fallen draperies. She rolled a dime across the floor and tapped out the count. “Even so, that’s not the only reason.” “Well,” he said, “where else is there to go now?” “What. Speak louder.” “What’s left?” “Don’t know,” then added, “they are too simple.” The dime toppled. She recorded the score. “Try to beat it. Here.” 2 They were in the basement. He examined the buttons in the jar. “Four deputy marshals were sent to corner them. One was informally processed by a judge. If that was illegal, h...

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“flawed” by B W

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Silently in the café that we always used to go to together, I wait for him. My mind runs wild with crazy thoughts but on the outside, I hold a calm and put together expression and stance. I stare at my coffee swirling as the unstable table wobbles when workers rush past. I think of the table, it’s placed on the wonky tiled floors, wobbles at the slightest of movement, and is the most difficult table to tolerate. Out of all tables in this whole café, I always choose this one. Why? Why choose to sit at the worst table in the café whe...

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“like grandfather, like grandson” by Karim Gamal

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A classic restaurant, big candles on the tables, soft lights, and high ceiling with huge chandeliers. Many suits and dresses surrounding the circular tables. A lot of waiters moving here and there, no music, just the noise sound of people talking at the same time, when you look at the scene you realize that no one is listening, everyone just talk, literally everyone ... except these two, they are sitting on two nearby tables, staring at each other’s eyes without even a blink. It seems that they don’t hear anything around them. It’s like they...

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“The Best View in the City” by Artemis Rowan

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I arrive at Toronto's Union Station. I'm planning to take the PATH to the CN Tower. That's where she'll be. While her text from last night is cryptic, I know her well enough to know what she means. Her text is referencing the restaurant at the top of the CN Tower. I'm almost certain of it. That is where the best view in the city would be.She texted me again this morning saying to meet her at 6pm. I'm early.Yesterday she stole the jewels that I had gone to the Royal Ontario Museum to steal. She left four of them for me. I had to use clues she...

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“Wonderland” by Hana Alradai

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Velvet waxy stick draw a line on her lower lip shape, changing its direction to upper lip it draw two velvet arches to assemble the shape of upper lip. With care and love, her finger spread color, she squeezed her lip then took a tissue placed it between her lip and pressed against it, the tissue printed with the unwanted velvet color from her lip. She waved her chocolate hair and stared at the mirror. She left her chin and kept going deeper and deeper into her sliver left eye. Amanda was not ordinary that for sure. Everything in hers was n...

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“Transcendence” by Tina-Gene Coetzee

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The view from the skyscraper was, for a lack of a better term, breath-taking; the streets, 150 floors below, stood empty, no sign of any cars moving around, no pedestrians wandering. The only sound being heard was the screaming of nearby birds, and the gusts of wind that blew trash around. “Should have figured that you’d be here, Melati.” Eyes of multitude, the colour of hot coals, moved from their observance, thin, bloodless lips curling into something that would look like a smile on anything else. Another Divinity suddenly stood on the led...

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“Cracked Hearts” by Emily Trucco

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Gemma stared up at the crack in the ceiling. If she squinted and tilted her head back into her pillow, she could trace it from the edge of the room above her all the way to the light fixture before the darkness absorbed its tail. Barely visible cracks covered the whole ceiling, but this was the most obvious one at night. It gaped down at her, threatening to bring the whole house crumbling down. Perhaps this is how her mother saw Gemma’s relationship. Or perhaps her whole life. Hamish was lying just out of reach, facing the door. Her pinkie ...

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Write about two people reconnecting after a rough patch in their relationship.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 247 stories

“Heels Over Head” by Russ Lydzinski

“Challenge” by Emerson Gayhart

“A Melancholic Anniversary” by Emma Ruth

“The Space Between Us” by Del Majima

“I Still Love You” by Thea Louchibelle Cabuguason

“Richard” by Serena Blade

“Back to Work” by David Martin

“Broken Pieces ” by Virginia Coleman

“Heptadecagon” by Alex Fry

“flawed” by B W

“like grandfather, like grandson” by Karim Gamal

“The Best View in the City” by Artemis Rowan

“Wonderland” by Hana Alradai

“Transcendence” by Tina-Gene Coetzee

“Cracked Hearts” by Emily Trucco

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Write a love story about an older couple who’ve been together since they were teenagers.

Write about a first date that surprises both people, but in different ways.

Start your story with one character setting up a romantic dinner, and end it with them looking at a framed wedding photo.

Write about someone asking out an old crush, only to realize their crush doesn’t remember they’ve ever met before.

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