Write about someone who’s so obsessed with a goal that it leads to the destruction of their closest relationship.

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“Gladiolus ” by Amethyst Violets

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It is said that music acts like a time machine. A simple verse of lyrics, a melody, a chord progression, can take you back to a moment in time like nothing else can.If it's true, what moment would you go back to? Would I be in that moment, frozen in time, making music with you? -----------------------------------------Leonard is thirteen when he first meets Alexis. He walks briskly in an almost anxious manner down the corridor. Maybe, he thinks, there’ll be no one there this time. But the moment he pushes the door open the tiniest bit, he he...

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“UNCONDITIONAL LOYALTY” by Mike Williams

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Mark and Ted had been best buddies all during high school. It had been years since their high school graduation and they continued their fond friendship. They considered themselves to be smooth operators, and as such, able to understand what motivated, and what might threaten, one another. &nbs...

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“Zeroes” by Christopher Cayen-Cyr

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“It will be so much fun dad, can’t wait. See you Monday!”“See you Monday, sweetie. I love you.”She hung up the phone, leaving George in disbelief. His own daughter, transferring to the high school where he taught out of the blue. The daughter he only saw every other weekend since his acrimonious divorce three years prior. Finally, they would get to spend time together, quality time. Lunch times, breaks, extracurriculars: he would make sure to seize each and every opportunity given to him to make up for the time lost. Carpe Diem.This unexpect...

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“Harvard Heartbreak” by Christian Wolfe

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High school is a bore. Sure, sometimes I may be challenged by the curriculum, but that’s only because of my large family and my late-night weekend job. I get along fine with most anybody. I don’t really fit into a certain group of people. It is mainly a bore because I can’t wait to get to college. I’ve already been accepted to Harvard- last year. Two more months and I can use my summer to start preparing for the rest of my life. The next ten years are vital. I need to complete my first four years with an average of a 3.8 GPA. I also need to ...

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“The Long and Short of It” by Scott Snyder

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“Thanksgiving was terrific,” Brad said. “I actually enjoyed having less people there. It was more quiet, cozier, and the food was better.” “Katherine was ridiculous with her mask,” Calista said. “I mean, caution is one thing, but behavior like that is just attention seeking.” “She’s always been like that.” “Yeah.” “Your pies were good,” he said, touching her hand lightly. “You can tell that because I didn’t get any of the chocolate custard. It was crumbs by the time I got to the dessert table.” ...

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“Curtain fall” by Arjun Prasannan

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It all began at the age of 18 when I received the first prize for a short story writing competition at Rendezvous, the annual cultural festival of IIT Delhi. I was in my first year of Mechanical Engineering at Delhi Technological University (DTU) then. Being the only female student of my branch, I was noticed by everyone, often by the name of “Mech Queen”. This recognition gave me the additional tag of a writer, and some of them proclaimed I would go places. Yes, they were right. That was the only beginning; the journey from the “M...

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“Cassidy” by Maisie Brooker

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Cassidy and I had always been close friends since high school and were totally inseparable, we did everything together, nothing stood in our way. When Cassidy I graduated from college they decided to go back to our home town in Jasper, Canada. I went back to my parents and Cassidy went back to her boyfriend but before that I asked her "Hey Cass what are you gonna do now we've graduated?" and she said to me "I don't know I'm considering settling down with Aaron and getting married" I thought she was crazy to say that she was more intelligen...

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“The Woman From Clairsville” by CeCe Kuri

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Most people never leave Clairsville. It is the type of town that has one of everything, one doctor, one bank, one school, one baker, and one woman that desperately yearns to escape it. The woman sat erect on the train station bench, impatiently awaiting the sound of screeching metal, the sound of her new beginning. It was not as if Clairsville had ever wronged her, or had been unpleasant in the slightest, in fact, the very gloves she adorned were a gift from the town seamstress, the woman who used to watch over her while her father was at th...

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“Drip” by A Mehendale

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“Well, if that’s your decision.”The knife glints in the flickering fluorescent light.“Let me know if you change your mind.” It sinks to the hilt into his gut, slow and deep and deliberate.Retreating footsteps. They pause.“I wouldn’t wait too long, though. If I were you.”Hinges creak as the door swings open and shut.And there is nothing left but pained gasps, shallow breaths, and the slow drip of blood.****************************************************************************“Have fun in there?”Avia’s waiting for her outsid...

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“dear journal” by Moon Bookstore

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june 24th, 2018 yesterday in therapy class when i was new all over again, i come up here every year and today will be the rest of my perfection of behavior. today i am to be the subject in therapy class. i walked in and the atmosphere told me they already had their talk as an issue. while i seemed no point to stay i asked to be removed and they had no reason to do so. they told me they all had a problem with me and to no awareness they were all let out of the class. and new people walked in as the group i will be joining forever. the sound...

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“Hopelessly Holding On ” by Cathy Liz

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I cried every day. Every single day, everything inside of me hurt. The loneliness I felt for my whole life expanded so much more after I got married. I thought he loved me. I thought he cared. I thought he was my best friend. Everything from the moment I said “I do” came down to how much expectations I had of him that he lied about when we said our vows. I had hoped for unconditional love, attention, respect and friendship, all the things I had been investing in us all along. After all marriage was about us, not me. Instead I got blamed f...

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“Nepotism” by VM Roberts

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Part I As I climbed the subway steps at 8th and Market Streets my phone rang. It took a few minutes for me to get service. By the time I was halfway at 8th and Chestnut Streets, my service was back at 100%. My phone beeped. The caller had left a message. I stopped in the middle of the sidewalk to retrieve the message. People rushing to work walked around me, complaining. A man walked into me and didn’t say anything. “Well dag! It’s not like you didn’t see me!” I yelled at him! “Get out the way! People are trying to get to work!” The man y...

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“BROKEN PROMISE” by Soma Dutta

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Simran picked up the vegetable basket and hung it to the handle of the perambulator. She made Shina, her ten months old baby daughter comfortable in the pram and started pushing it slowly. It was 12.30 pm ; she had to reach home within ten minutes and make the lunch ready. Her son Ishaan’s online classes were supposed to be over by 1.30 pm. It was mid winter. There was chill in the air even in the afternoon. Delhi in winter is usually beautiful with a lot of seasonal flowers here and there. But the pandemic had been threatening people ...

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“Gone Benji Gone” by Rajesh Patel

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Today, day one, on starting a new novel. My publisher gave me a strict deadline to complete a final draft. I was asked to complete a horror novel worth at least 200,000 words. About 450 pages. A daunting task considering that it had to be delivered within three weeks. The payout was huge if I kept the end of the bargain. Hacksaw, my publisher, was in need of a big hit. A best-seller. They came up to me for this mega project with a sensitive time constraint. The end of year approaching, we are in the last quarter of the year and we are c...

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“Autumn Daydreams” by Mars A

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It all started with this dream...fragmented and bare...whenever I tried to think directly of it, it would escape my mind, like a slippery eel. Only when I least expected it was I indulged in details, but even then they were glimpses, smudges of what I dreamt. So far, I understood that the moon was unnaturally large, a pungent green color, and the dream consisted of this beautiful girl, who’s face I can’t remember...normally I don’t give a second thought to my dreams...yet whenever I wake up I do so with a gnawing, uneasy feeling,...

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Write about someone who’s so obsessed with a goal that it leads to the destruction of their closest relationship.

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✍️ 154 stories

“Gladiolus ” by Amethyst Violets

“UNCONDITIONAL LOYALTY” by Mike Williams

“Zeroes” by Christopher Cayen-Cyr

“Harvard Heartbreak” by Christian Wolfe

“The Long and Short of It” by Scott Snyder

“Curtain fall” by Arjun Prasannan

“Cassidy” by Maisie Brooker

“The Woman From Clairsville” by CeCe Kuri

“Drip” by A Mehendale

“dear journal” by Moon Bookstore

“Hopelessly Holding On ” by Cathy Liz

“Nepotism” by VM Roberts

“BROKEN PROMISE” by Soma Dutta

“Gone Benji Gone” by Rajesh Patel

“Autumn Daydreams” by Mars A

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