Write about a character putting something into a time capsule.

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“C'est La Vie” by Ryan Taylor

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Tears were streaming down my face – leaving behind their mark as if they were permanent markers. As I tried to stand, it felt as if my legs were experiencing an earthquake that for some reason everyone else on earth was completely oblivious to. I struggled to comprehend the information that I had just been told. Was she dead? Is this just some sick joke? This feels like one of those moments where you wish that that the ground would just swallow you whole. As the officer stood there offering his condolences, dripping wet, all I could hear was...

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“time after time” by Snjeguljica 33

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The idea of storing something in a time capsule at this point seemed like something almost like healing? After all the shit that has happened to Alice lately, these thoughts have caught on like a straw to a drowned man, or to a woman, these are just details. She will put aside his failed relationship full of misunderstandings and lack of any empathy on Tim’s part. Especially the last few years. She will also leave his bad relationship with his family. It will leave, at least for a moment, that bad feeling in her stomach that she has ever...

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“Mementos” by Starla Taylor

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"What's so special about time capsules?" My seven-year-old niece, Nia, asked. I started to answer, but she scampered away before I could open my mouth. She doesn't realize the importance of this object to me. It's a small, shiny stainless-steel container that's smooth and cold to the touch. I trace the words Vanessa Ann Davis engraved in loops and swirls, with my fingers. Time capsules are supposed to be great bonding activities and a way to express thoughts and feelings. To her, time capsules are for storing old toys and digging them up lat...

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“The Measure of Things” by Shaelyn Bradle

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The lights slowly began to dim as the tone signaling the start of the show rang throughout the theater. People filed into the seats just in time for the lights to completely go out. A wave of silence swept over the audience. The curtains opened slowly revealing the stage with three spotlights. On the left, an old man sat in a chair, a box placed as his feet. On the right, four children crouched around an identical box. No one moved, frozen as if the moment had been paused or captured by some realistic photograph. The third spotlight was empt...

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“The message ” by Charles Wasilausky

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One afternoon, during history class, Alex had a sudden thought. What if some of the people in history were trying to leave a message for them in the future? Then he suddenly thought, if he and his friends were to try leaving a message for the people in the future, what would he say? Then Alex decided to put together a time capsule with his friends. Suddenly the hell rang signaling the end 9f the day. Alex found his friends Nikki and Doug by the bike stand waiting for him. He wasted no time in telling them about putting together a time capsul...

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“Digging in the Darkness of the Night” by Hannah Bickom

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I sat down on the cool, prickly grass, letting the harsh wind of the night blow my long black hair into my face. All I had to see was the soft glow of the moon, which dimly illuminated the small hole I had just dug in the back corner of my fathers backyard. Laying down my rusty shovel, I breathed in the cool midnight air, letting the freezing air fill my lungs and make me shiver. This feels right, I thought, untying the sweatshirt knotted around my waist and putting it on to cover my goosebump covered arms. With careful hands, I grabbed the ...

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“Secrets” by Sandy Buxton

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The pint-sized tornado met Ben at the door as he arrived home from work. Her eyes sparkled with excitement as she brandished the paper for his review. “A time capsule, Daddy,” Sophie said. “We can put anything into it and read it fifty years from now.” She whirled around him, dancing a jig while he plucked the paper from her hand. He read the flyer and noted there were two options available – fifty years or one hundred years. A random thought formed in his mind as he considered the possibilities. “OK...

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“"An evening of laughs"” by Mithila Nanhe

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Hello!! Rucha, this is me Poonam, I am so excited and happy to tell you that i have come to your town, the last night. So when are you going to visit my place? when are we going to meet?.. should I send you the address ? Oh! Oh! Oh! firstly you take a breath and wait for a moment, are you kidding me? I asked. She took a long breath and said no my dear, I am really here,in your town. I am shocked,as how ? because from past 6 years you were in Calcutta, and how come all of a sudden in Nagpur ? Is it all ok? What's the matter? I enquired....

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“A letter on time capsule” by Ava Sunuwar

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Busy take caring of her child and home as a house wife Sharon is now 38 years old. Looking her now and before its really different never knew the Sharon at 28 years old and the Sharon now at 38 years old looks a vast difference ever since her best friend Nina died due to cancer. Ever since her best friend died from cancer she hated her and tried to get rid of all her memories. She left her hometown and she is all alone in this town where no one is her friend. Now she only live for her family. Her life was as usual taking caring of her chi...

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“The Confection That Travelled Through Time” by Uday Doiphode

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"What on God's grey earth is a liquorice string? I thought pills were ample for all of us ?" said Liza , with her eyes bulging brutally , anger or incredulity was indistinguishable . She then took a peek inside the pig sized cylindrical capsule full of red and green and magenta and cyan strings and pill-like brown stuff labelled 'Edible Toffees'. She glared at old Edward standing at an impassé beside the capsule but it appeared as if he was lost in deep thought. "Edward ! Edward ! What are these objects and why do you know ab...

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“Emil was always the favorite.” by Camille De Mott

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Emil felt the card from his grandmother, the glossy finish now matte from years of him caressing it. “Today is the day.” He whispered. “The day for what?” Mom asked. Emil glanced up, eyes glassy, as he held up the box of trinkets. “I’m going to put these in a time capsule for Ellie.” A thin smile wrapped around his face as he sighed. “What will Ellie do with a time capsule about a woman he’s never met?” Emil stared, flabbergasted. “What…” he hesitated as he searched for the response in her confusion, “what will she do with this stu...

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“TO REMEMBER LOVE” by BRIG CORBAN

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It was a very sizeable hole. The word 'hole' almost seemed inappropriate considering its size. She stared down into it; her mind was so confused and unbelieving that her first thought was that it would make for a nice pool. It was deep enough! And then her mind went quiet. Blank almost. Her eyes just stared, but nothing was registering. Her lungs inhaled and exhaled, deeply, slowly. Her heart continued to pump blood through her veins, though she felt cold. Her body was functioning as usual, but her mind was not. You could say it was fati...

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“The Ones I Truly Loved.” by Chisom Nnamani

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I have a friend, Angela. My best friend. We grew up together, did everything together, graduated from the same college, got married to the same man. It wasn't planned. We've always loved each other and wanted the same thing but I took it a notch up higher. I wanted the same man she had but she was the one that got the ring. I was truly happy for her but happier that she found the kind of man we both wanted. She got pregnant with her first child and I knew I had to come in. I had to fill in the gap and keep him company. The husband. We ha...

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“A Moment in the Wall” by J.B. Dixon

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A Moment in the Wall Berlin. It was still hard to believe he was taking her to Berlin. A city she’d always wanted to visit, and around her favorite time of year made it all the better. The weather was windy and cold but Terry never minded it. The sharp bite brought back memories of her as a child, playing for hours in the snowbanks in her neighborhood outside of Chicago. She could hear the sounds of half-frozen snow crunching under her flower-print boots, the wet smack of a packed snowball hitting her in the head, her friends giggling as s...

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“Dear Julianne” by Emmeline Bisiikwa

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Trudy knew that she was not going to make it through the night. In the year 2080, to control population, the World government had made genetic modifications to all women at birth. They could only have one child, and they didn't survive the birth. A life for a life, it was called. As the storm rallied and the wind blew, she cried and screamed in labour. She was pregnant with her daughter. She was saddened to know that her daughter would grow up without her parents. She suddenly knew what she had to do so that her daughter didn't feel alone. ...

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Write about a character putting something into a time capsule.

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✍️ 141 stories

“C'est La Vie” by Ryan Taylor

“time after time” by Snjeguljica 33

“Mementos” by Starla Taylor

“The Measure of Things” by Shaelyn Bradle

“The message ” by Charles Wasilausky

“Digging in the Darkness of the Night” by Hannah Bickom

“Secrets” by Sandy Buxton

“"An evening of laughs"” by Mithila Nanhe

“A letter on time capsule” by Ava Sunuwar

“The Confection That Travelled Through Time” by Uday Doiphode

“Emil was always the favorite.” by Camille De Mott

“TO REMEMBER LOVE” by BRIG CORBAN

“The Ones I Truly Loved.” by Chisom Nnamani

“A Moment in the Wall” by J.B. Dixon

“Dear Julianne” by Emmeline Bisiikwa

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Write about a character who can suddenly only “remember” their future, not their past.

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Write about two characters on the verge of a life-changing event, but one has rigged the outcome.

Write about a character preparing to go into stasis for decades (or centuries).

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