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“Our Marriage for the Kingdom” by Josh C

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Katarina stared at the heavy wooden gaol door and adjusted the crown on her head before patting down her elaborate dress. One of her soldiers fetched the keys and she traced the dark stains on the wood with her eyes, spying the rusting bolts on the frame. Behind this very same door countless prisoners, mostly peasants, had wasted away. This cell had probably never held such a distinguished prisoner as the current occupant: Katarina’s husband and the former King of Diovasille. The heavy latch unlocked with a loud metallic clunk, and one of ...

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“A Friendship Rebound by Letters” by Cassia Savage

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Note: the storyline is nonfiction. The ending, where Ver and Cassia remain friends - and Ver’s explanation, is not completely true, but it is in progress (I’m not sure if Ver’s excuse is true, I honestly have no idea). They did not write letters to each other in real life, and the names are fiction. As you may have guessed, Cassia is me and if you read my bio, Ver is my chess and writing friend. Ver, Whenever you smiled at me it made me love you more. But now, when you smile at me it feels like a smirk. And it makes m...

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“Sober” by Gerald Daniels

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I woke before dawn, opened my eyes to the blackness and sighed out the remains of a dream that was already slipping away. The darkness slowly turned to a murky blue and I focused on a circle of damp plaster on the ceiling above my bed. A shaft of light seeped around the edge of the window blind and lit a slither of carpet that extended to the end of wardrobe. I watched two flies gyrate slowly around the naked light bulb until it became bright enough for...

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“Frozen Yogurt After A Year ” by KENNEDY PLANT

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I am so stupid. So incredibly stupid. How could I ever fall for this? When I finally was getting over this play boy, he pops out of nowhere. Well, I guess not nowhere. I probably should have thought of the possibility that Emma would set me up with my ex. I have been on plenty of blind dates before, and I can admit I like them. The element of surprise is fun, and I honestly think that blind dates are good for you. Let you get out there. I, myself, don’t really need to get out there though. My mother always told me to date aroun...

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“Half Empty ” by Zach Knight

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" Your not serious.. are you?" I could feel my heart pounding in my chest. It's not everyday you get a message in your Instagram dms from a stranger telling you that your significant other cheated on you. As any normal human, I was very suspicious. I mean after all, this person didn't even have a profile picture, it was default. But as much as I wanted to ignore it, it was strangely too straight forward to be a joke. " Your girlfriend Hannah cheated on you.. with me." the text message read. I stared at it for a while, letting it seep in to m...

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“If Today was Not Today” by Ishita Nigam

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The phone rang to pull her out of the stupor. Jena picked up the landline sitting in front of her.It was her colleague.“Hi, Jena’s line…. Sure, Audrey. I’ll take care of it.”She had a task at hand. She had to complete the contract and send it to her boss before 5 pm today.But today was a problem. She was distracted today. She was supposed to get married today.If she hadn’t broken up with Kevin earlier.She pulled her focus back to the laptop in front of her. She had been staring at the contract for nearly two hours now. And it was already 3:3...

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“After the Lunar Eclipse” by Vijay Poolakkal

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“I wish to meet Mr. Pradip Sengupta,” the girl told the security man at the gate. “Who?” the security man asked rather rudely. Perhaps he was annoyed to see a young girl at the factory gate early in the morning distracting his men’s attention at a time when workers were queuing at the punching area for going out after the night shift. “Mr Pradip Sengupta, Chemical engineer,” the girl repeated slowly, stressing each syllable. “Sorry, no such person is working here!” The security man did not think twice to answer her. The girl appeared unc...

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“Second Chances” by Ryth Lebron

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"Valentine's Day Madness! Buy One Get One Free! Matching Couples' Sets!" I sigh, remembering the pain of why I’m now single. It all happened two months ago, on December 22nd. It was a snowy day. My boyfriend and I were walking through the park, holding hands and acting like everything was fine when just the opposite was more accurate. “Babe, I think we need to talk.” my boyfriend had admitted, pausing and turning to look me in the eye. &nbsp...

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“Matters of the heart ” by Victoria Hungwe

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All she could do was look at her phone, with tears clouding her eyes she knew her world had been shattered. Just one text mesaage had changed it all, ' how could he, after all that we have been through', four years meant nothing to him. A simple text message was like a hot slap across the face. Deep down she had felt it, for weeks she knew something was up but couldnt put a finger on it. She had tried making him open up on what was wrong and all he had said was i cant talk about. Man and their emotions, who ever said talking about your troub...

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“Overwhelmed by uncertinity ” by Nouman Awan

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IIt's not as simple as some people think about life. May be it is for many, but not for Raina and Halid. Both had good time together and are ready to knot up in marital relationship. But suddenly, a rough air scattered them into opposite sides of pole. Despite seeming soul mate, both have to live on alone. Both swore to live together until last breath. Everything became worse and worse afterward that day and had to live own life. Man came here in this world to live-just to live. There is nothing more than that in it. You have to live and hav...

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“The mean girl” by Akash Kumar

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“Do I want to do something? I mean people out there are doing this and that. Achieving success and great heights what am I doing. Just fooling around, sleeping, wasting my life. “the girl was just done with procrastination today. She had so much work to do. She has to solve physics; she has to complete inorganic revisions. She had so much to do. She was preparing for JEE (Entrance exam for engineering colleges in India) and this was her drop year. I don’t know what I will do if I couldn’t clear it this time. All her friends were already in s...

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“Coming back together ” by Samantha Baker

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We had been apart for 34 years when we found each other again. It was 2019 and we had come full circle since 1985,who knew that we were destined to find ourselves back in each other's arms again after so many years. We met the summer of 1985 and we were introduced by my foster brother Gary and little did we know what was in store for us that year. We were fiery hot blooded American teenagers that couldn't get enough of each other. We had just broken up when I found out that I was pregnant with our daughter and my mother said that I didn'...

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“Begin Again” by Amanda Wisdom

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12.12.2020 “And where’s there?” “Where’s what?” I answered. “Where does the road end? What are we driving to?” He inquired, curious, and reasonably so. I hadn’t told Ben anything yet. How strange it was, to have him here beside me, in the passenger seat of my small, dark blue honda civic. He looked so different from the 18-year-old boy who left me at Homecoming. But right now, I didn’t want to answer him yet. To be honest, I was surprised that he already didn't know. Years ago, we took the school bus here, together. W...

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“Working to progress” by Benny ...

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“You were supposed to be watching.” “I’m sorry.” “Just a few stragglers slipping by would’ve been fine, but an entire horde of the undead?” Jamie had been trying to ignore the sounds of the hands pounding against the wall of the farmhouse, the boarded windows felt like old, unlocked doors; willing to swing open at the lightest tap. The pistol in her hand felt as if it was shrinking with every uneven breath she took. She kept her body turned away from Mai, refusing to look her in the eyes, much less acknowledge she was there – Jamie wa...

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“Diary of thoughts: After He cheated” by Trishie Chikerema

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Myleene shuffled through the pages of her diary. Her face saying nothing about the thoughts whirling in her mind. Only the tremor of her hand when she reached the faded page inscribed with a somewhat shaky handwriting betrayed what she was feeling. She bit her lip nervously and her eyes darted across the room though she knew she’s utterly alone. Her hand rested on an entry from a year ago and a haunted look came over her face, her bony frame taut almost as if she was about to confront the ghost of her past. Everything about the scene screame...

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

Submissions are closed

✍️ 247 stories

“Our Marriage for the Kingdom” by Josh C

“A Friendship Rebound by Letters” by Cassia Savage

“Sober” by Gerald Daniels

“Frozen Yogurt After A Year ” by KENNEDY PLANT

“Half Empty ” by Zach Knight

“If Today was Not Today” by Ishita Nigam

“After the Lunar Eclipse” by Vijay Poolakkal

“Second Chances” by Ryth Lebron

“Matters of the heart ” by Victoria Hungwe

“Overwhelmed by uncertinity ” by Nouman Awan

“The mean girl” by Akash Kumar

“Coming back together ” by Samantha Baker

“Begin Again” by Amanda Wisdom

“Working to progress” by Benny ...

“Diary of thoughts: After He cheated” by Trishie Chikerema

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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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