Write about someone who grew up in a bunker, and lockdown life is all they’ve ever known.

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“Hidden love” by Swapnil Kamble

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It was During lockdown only I knew her inner hobby for painting.i .become engrossed in her passion about painting, she lived besides my house.she lived lonely with a child girl. , husband toured outside city regarding job work.he sometimes took a week to return home.she remained alone beside her hobby she paint on child painting book, she draw mostly upon two couple sit on garden nobody around her.some time shes uses dark paint to show her feeling and emotion.she sometimes make mask to a while away time.her child in kindergarten ...

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“Bunker of Hell” by Brittany Mountford

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Cold steel walls arched over me as I laid on my sad gray cot. My gray wool dress itched against my pale skin. My long brown hair hung in a braid as I looked around. This was all I knew, and I wanted out. Lately I have been having dreams of a woman with a warm smile and outstretched arms calling out Lily. However I did not have long to contemplate anything as the heavy hatch opened up and Dad came down the ladder with a pile of books and some food. He had on a pair of blue jeans and white t-shirt. "Why do you get to leave and I am st...

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“A Bunker Girl's Story” by Kristin Eller

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"It'll take you a while to adjust, but in time you will become acclimated to your new surroundings, your new way of life", the booklet seemed to mock Eleri, it had been given to her, along with an apartment, some money in a bank account, everything to start her life over. She'd only known one type of existence, in a military bunker, her parents worked for the government, both high-ranking intelligence agents, they'd been assigned to homeland security, given the task of preparing for the inevitable, another global pandemic. There are very few...

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“Hidden Existence” by Kimberly Larsen

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With one last stroke of red with my brush, I complete my piece. I gaze all over the painting in admiration and jealousy of what I could have, but never will: experiencing the world. Or at the very least learning in a real classroom. For the past almost 18 years of the pandemic, known as COVID-19, my Mom and I have lived inside this bunker in the woods to stay safe. Mom always said how it was best this way, everyone isn’t safe enough and mingles despite what is going on around them. I understand the concern, but I can’t help but wonder what ...

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“And life goes on” by Alvi Syahri

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"Wake up." My little sister, a girl of far too few of words for her own good, tries to wake me from my slumber. Sadly, the great villain known as my comfortable bed has taken me hostage, and nothing but the poisonous air could end this curse with my death. That's why, leave me, O' my sweet little sister. Live on without me-- *Bam* A kick, suddenly send me flying across the room. "Oarrrggghh!!" ...honestly, it's not really that hard. She's still just a small kid, around 8-9 years old, so it isn't really that hurt but I just wan...

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“They Say it Snows Outside” by DREW LANE

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“They say it snows outside.They say outside is another world, a world I’ll never get to see, let alone understand. A world I should fear. And they must be right, for how else could it be?But you say there's plenty to see and absorb.It must be deep, limitless. Bold. And I can't grasp it. But I trust you, when you say it exists. They once tried to illustrate that danger. With diagrams and arrows. They made it clear, on a blackboard where the chalk cringed with each point, that I should never get out. But I barely remember. Certainly, because n...

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“Go To Sleep Dear Child” by Ellasyn Carpenter

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"The world above is dangerous you silly child!" Grandma said with a loving smile fixed on her face. "But grandma what is above." A very small Evee had asked. Her grandma sighed, she did this a lot. "Magic sweetheart." Grandma grunted. "What's wrong with magic?" The curious child asked with big eyes. Her grandma didn't answerCheerabell had always been this way, frustrating. When Evee, her grandchild, was born, it was love at first sight.The only problem was that Evee was a curious little girl. Curiosity is ever so dangerous.Evee was just a ba...

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“The Andean Dragon” by Cora Barlow

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“Oh, the hole opened up again,” my mother moaned. “Man, that thing just won’t stay closed,” my dad replied, examining the break in the corner of the ceiling. “I don’t understand what’s so bad about it. It relieves the stuffiness in here, and the rain doesn’t come in because of the overhang above us,” I reasoned. “But what if a critter comes in? We don’t want the cat-mice stealing our food.” I sighed. For Mom, there was always something to worry about. The pipe was leaky and would cause mold which would stink up the house...

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“Stuck Underground” by Mikenzie Kulish

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Stuck Underground My name is Ken, I am 25 years old, and it is the year 2045. I have finally experienced what it is to breathe fresh air, and feel the sunshine on my face. For the past 25 years, I have been stuck underground due to the dreadful COVID-19 pandemic of the year 2020. Let me take you back to where my story starts, so you can see my view of what it was like to be stuck underground. It’s a sunny morning on March 12, 2020, in Bedford, Ohio. My mom is at the park with my sister Mia. She...

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“The Bunker” by Scarlet Scribe

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Gretchen was born during WWII in a bunker only her parent knew about. There had been no doctor for the pregnancy or for her birth. Her mother was Jewish but her father had worked for Hitler so the only safe escape was to totally disappear and their bunker was the only option they saw to use. The bunker started out to be a haven for Hitler but plans had changed just as it was completed. Hitler had died before he could use it and everyone involved in creating it had died as well – except for her father. When the Allies started invading Germany...

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“End of the Beginning” by Joe Swanson

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“Tripoli? This is Blue Sky. Can you hear me?” “Loud and clear, Blue. Long time……heard from you." "What you been up to? Nothing bad, I’m sure. Last time we spoke I hope I didn’t come across as being too inquisitive. I didn’t mean anything by it. It’s just that we live in such different worlds, such different lives, I just can’t envision what it would be like to be there with you, living like you live. Hope you don’t mind if I ask you about your life. Just want to know what it must be like to be fre...

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“Guilt” by Joshua Ng

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For Eunice, the kindest mentor I've met.*Mention of suicide GuiltHe ran away. Soon the snow went knee-deep. Shivering, he dragged one foot after the other. He could see the silhouette of its beckoning metal arches looming over the valley amidst the blizzard. It was so close, yet it seemed like the journey wasn't getting shorter.The pulse in his head was deafening. Excruciating pain shot through his left leg from the gaping bullet wound. Death was biting, and it won't let go.He didn't want to think about the mile he would have to hike uphill....

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“Canned Chili and Stale Crackers” by Paige Winters

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I run through my morning chores like clockwork. It used to be boring until I found an MP3 player stashed away in a spare bunk. I’ve never been able to figure out who left it in the bunker and I’m not sure if I want to know. I brought it to Sarge (It’s short for Sargent, his military ranking. But his real name is Isaiah) and he gave me some spare batteries then showed me how it worked. I bob my head to the beat as I walk down the long metal hall, checking gauges and dials, marking it all down on my tablet. Water pressure in the filtration sys...

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“PLANT” by Helen L

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I listened to my dad’s story for the 7th time. I sat down on the floor that was covered in a pile of masks - cushy cushy for the tushy, as he sang. His story followed: “The pandemic began with a seed. It was a seed that prospered in an old pot that I got from my mom when she was going through my Grandpa’s old stuff. It was this old porcelain thing, sturdy enough to grow whatever I put into it. As soon as I saw it, I knew it belonged on my studio’s dusty windowsill, next to my laundry basket where I threw my comfy pants that I wandered the ...

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“Exposure” by Rob M

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‘It’s nothing’ Dr Lachlan declared, after examining me. ‘Just a cold. One of the staff must have brought the germs in.’ Her nose crinkled. She looked around the sanitary, white interior of my bunker, evidently irritated that the outside world had managed to penetrate the place. ‘You’re getting fat, though. Ted’s been giving you sweets again, hasn’t he?’ I said nothing, and avoided her gaze. She sniffed and looked around the room. There wasn’t much to see: a desk with a couple of exercise books and pens, a neatly ordered bookshelf, an armc...

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Write about someone who grew up in a bunker, and lockdown life is all they’ve ever known.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 82 stories

“Hidden love” by Swapnil Kamble

“Bunker of Hell” by Brittany Mountford

“A Bunker Girl's Story” by Kristin Eller

“Hidden Existence” by Kimberly Larsen

“And life goes on” by Alvi Syahri

“They Say it Snows Outside” by DREW LANE

“Go To Sleep Dear Child” by Ellasyn Carpenter

“The Andean Dragon” by Cora Barlow

“Stuck Underground” by Mikenzie Kulish

“The Bunker” by Scarlet Scribe

“End of the Beginning” by Joe Swanson

“Guilt” by Joshua Ng

“Canned Chili and Stale Crackers” by Paige Winters

“PLANT” by Helen L

“Exposure” by Rob M

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Write a story that spans exactly a year and takes place in a single room.

Set your story in a post-pandemic world, where the effects are still felt even as your character attempts to move on.

Write about someone who’s trying to accomplish a task that used to be easy but is now made complicated by a pandemic.

Start your story with a character struggling to remember the date, because every day is like the last one.

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