Write a story about hope.

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“The Big Ocean and the Big World ” by Rachel Manning

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There is a fleeting moment that exists between a dreaming state and consciousness where all thoughts and problems have not yet entered the brain. Evelyn lives in this moment for a few seconds before the sunlight shining from behind the curtain forces her to open her eyes. As the beams envelop her irises the anxieties of her current life rush into Evelyn’s head and her heartrate increases a bit. “Ev!” she hears from the kitchen. Her mom’s shrill voice sends a wave o...

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“Biggest Fear” by Staff.David Moore

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Biggest Fear I will never forget, upon entering, what I said, “Ah, a shower! There is nothing better than an opportunity to simply wash it all away!” “All” didn’t last long, however. As soon as I began to place shampoo upon my head to scrub the flakes of trailer-trash lice off of my skull, the incessant pounding on the door commenced. I hollered as loud as could, “It is my time! Leave me alone!” My sister po...

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“HOPE'S STORY” by Julia Corliss

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The heroine of this story was born in a small town called Hope shortly after WWII. Her parents and grandparents thought she was a sign that hope was indeed alive in the world, and so they all agreed to name her Hope. Little Hope grew strong of limb and mind. Most of the time she was sweet tempered, although as a toddler she would occasionally stamp her little foot and stand her ground when she was told to do something she didn’t want to hear or do. Her parents didn’t chastise her figuring that in this world there would be times she would ...

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“Blades of Glory: Rising Above the Ice” by Samira Rezwan

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Championship day. My time to shine. I would do anything to skip class today and practice for the ice skating championship. My team needs me and I can’t do my best if I’m in class. I’ve been the lead skater representing our team at championships and helping coaches choreograph the younger students’ routines. The only good thing was tomorrow was the last day of school but the bad thing was today is one of my finals in Algebra 2. After this year I can finally be homeschooled which gives me a lot more time in the day for ice skating. I wasn’t ab...

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“The Call” by Victoria Hayes

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The Call "The fact you came to this meeting means you want to keep working here, right?" Jack the District Manager said looking at the 30 year old shift leader seated beside all the while the General Manager, Ruby gave her a smug look. "T-The w-way this meeting has gone h-has helped me ma-make my decision," Katie stuttered as she shook but held Jack's eye contact, "I quit." "Alright, do you have your...

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“The Man Who Died” by Abbas Garmabi

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A man is sitting alone in a huge concert hall, and an Asian beauty is playing a beautiful violin, especially for him! She’s playing a classic overture on the violin in the middle of a dark stage, and she’s wearing an elegant dress in her supermodel-like body. He tries to see her face, but suddenly… snow starts to fall from above! From the concert hall ceiling?! “Am I dreaming?” he asks himself. He is now standing in the middle of nowhere in darkness, and snow is falling around him. Yet, he still hears the melodious violin playing. He smi...

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“Enough” by Lindsay D

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Happy New Year! New year, new me! What’s your New Year's resolution?“Ugh, enough,” Twenty-year-old Jacqueline Fenwick groaned as she scrolled the newsfeed on her phone. She fought the urge to roll her eyes each time she opened a text and fireworks exploded across her screen. With a deep sigh, she tossed her phone on the fluffy pillow next to her head, rolling over to her side and pulling the covers over her head. She shut her eyes tight as if that would keep the texts and posts at bay.Happy freakin’ New Year, she thought. It was ju...

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“The Timeless Man” by Veidi S

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There is a man, a timeless man. He has walked upon every forest and hill, crossed every ocean and sea, traversed through every constellation in the sky, drank the holy water from the rivers of the goddesses, and done so millions of times, for he is timeless. Millions, trillions of leaves had been swept up by the wind to meet him, but he paid them no mind. For the forests with their leaves and the hills and the oceans and the seas, even the stars would forever be there, as they had always been before. His footsteps are forever pressed upon th...

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“This time, ‘Gentlemen first, Please’” by Riya Narula

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People come to you only when they want something from you. Aren’t you tired of this greed, God? One day I’ll do something for you too once my duties for my family are fulfilled for their sacrifices need to be rewarded first. You’re the most powerful and I can’t do much for you, but you take care of my family and I’ll take care of you. I want to do something for God who gives to everyone..’’ innocent little Aurora lived her life on this promise.Who knew God would say, “Bring back my Boys!”This promise ran in Aurora’s blood her entire childhoo...

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“Hope” by David Nutt

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Hope On my desk lay the file of Michael Headstone, a new recruit that had recently joined our magazine empire. I quickly read his engagement summary. Recruited from Cambridge, Honors in English literature, 24 years old, single, first job, born in Taunton. I picked up the intercom and asked my assistant, Margaret, to ask Headstone to come and see me. Ten minutes later he sat before me. He was a tall young man with blue eyes, a generous mouth and freckles on his face. His long ginger hair was swept back from his forehead and tied in a ponytail...

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“The Drive, the spirit and the Sail” by Luis Vargas

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Alarm goes off, customary as always at 4:00 a.m. routine is nothing but glory even through his own personal havoc there is a solid respectful off grounds line of symmetric time as profound and grown as his love to dense dark roast. A series of coffee bean sacks rested idly against the clear white mosaics that made up his kitchen's backsplash of a wall, followed by a grinder and an espresso machine. Four upside down clean white cups awaited under the cupboards and a series of pill bottles of all chemical balancing sort were aligne...

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“New Year’s Eve, 0” by Mike Rancourt

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Sarah was aware of the absurdity that it was New Year’s Eve, and while she was on the precipice of a new year, she was also literally hanging on the precipice of a cliff. She was clutching a young pine tree like a cartoon and very much in danger of tumbling two hundred feet to her death. That little pine was only about three inches in diameter, but the roots—a couple inches of which were now exposed—must have been deep because it hadn’t even bent when the hillside gave out beneath her feet and she grabbed onto it as she slid past. After the ...

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“Hope” by Maximilian Gunnarsson

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When Amon was sixteen his mother died along with his younger sister. Sorrow followed him long throughout adulthood, and almost ten years after the incident that sadness eventually provided an ocean of loneliness around Amon. Saoirse Kieran had been forty-three, Grace had been ten. Amon counted down the days to the date on which he will be forty-three. He walked with his soles seemingly scratching the ground, he talked to his coworkers out of necessity, and he wrote formal letters to his father. He worked at a legal office in Cork...

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“Bishop Seymour Memorial Hospital” by Nick Baldino

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The Bishop Seymour Memorial Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana is a two hundred and fifty bed medical center. It employs 112 doctors, 401 nurses, 273 orderlies, 108 emergency responders, 52 janitors and fifteen receptionists. Only a few of them are happy. One of the 401 nurses on staff, Nurse Bradley, guides Nancy Peters across a two thousand square foot parking lot. In the morning, the lot is a sardine tin, but when visiting hours are over, the cars thin out, refusing adjacency. Right now, as the sun pulls behind the flat crimson roof (known...

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“Overnight” by K L Joy

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My feet shuffled along the soft carpet. The pale blue walls are pitch black now and it’s only my mind that leads the way, like a compass dragging me north. The room was dark, more so than usual. The cries were insistent. Desperate. The sound coming from deep in his throat, his little lungs working overtime. If only he’d given me another half an hour. Twenty minutes. Hell, I would’ve been happy with another ten minutes of sleep. But this was it. Some comfort and then rocking. It might be hours. It might be a little less. There’s always hope t...

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Write a story about hope.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 78 stories

“The Big Ocean and the Big World ” by Rachel Manning

“Biggest Fear” by Staff.David Moore

“HOPE'S STORY” by Julia Corliss

“Blades of Glory: Rising Above the Ice” by Samira Rezwan

“The Call” by Victoria Hayes

“The Man Who Died” by Abbas Garmabi

“Enough” by Lindsay D

“The Timeless Man” by Veidi S

“This time, ‘Gentlemen first, Please’” by Riya Narula

“Hope” by David Nutt

“The Drive, the spirit and the Sail” by Luis Vargas

“New Year’s Eve, 0” by Mike Rancourt

“Hope” by Maximilian Gunnarsson

“Bishop Seymour Memorial Hospital” by Nick Baldino

“Overnight” by K L Joy

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Write a story in the form of a list of New Year's resolutions.

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Write about someone trying something completely new.

Set your story on New Year's Day.

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