A chance encounter brings together two old friends who have changed in surprising or strange ways.

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“In The Library” by L. M. Grimes

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It was quiet. Near silent. The only sounds to be heard were the rustle of paper and the musical tinkling of her bracelets as she turned the pages of the book currently consuming her attention. She sat, curled in her favorite spot. Tucked back into the farthest corner of the library. No one bothered her here. No one ever seemed to venture this deep into the old stacks. She wasn’t entirely sure why. Her best guess was a combination of the age of the books themselves and the lack of avid readers. When she had first laid eyes on the ...

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“The Scavenger Hunt of Shame” by The Maine Man

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I stumble out of my bedroom, still wiping the sandman’s sand out of my eyes, and shuffle into the kitchen. It’s still dark out, but I didn’t get much sleep, because apparently Will brought home some woman last night, and things got loud.I’ll be so happy when his place is finally renovated. Sure, I have plenty of room and I agreed to let him crash here for a couple of weeks. But that was when I thought he would actually respect the rules of the place he was a guest in. Oh how wrong I was. He may have taken the phrase ...

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“Hurricane Joy ” by Alexandria Britten

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The algae eat our legs for their last supper because tomorrow they will be annihilated—they will die with Louisiana. But the algae doesn’t want to die. They want to live on our legs, keep us bound to the green still planet forever like we are aliens. Their bites are ticklish to us as we stand in the swamp where life does not seem easy beneath the hazel waters. We are one suddenly with the creatures of the shallow, one with the alligators, tadpoles, turtles, and maybe even the moccasins that we all try to stay away from. But this union will n...

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A chance encounter brings together two old friends who have changed in surprising or strange ways.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 48 stories

“In The Library” by L. M. Grimes

“The Scavenger Hunt of Shame” by The Maine Man

“Hurricane Joy ” by Alexandria Britten

🌟 Similar prompts

A character crosses paths with a stranger who looks eerily familiar.

Write a story that includes the line “Have we met before?”

Two strangers discover they have a hidden connection that alters their understanding of each other and themselves.

A character finds a clue or object linking them to a stranger.

Contest #271

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