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“Koala” by Hope Wells

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RIP LEWIS. Your furry life has ended now. Bush fires rage on. A brave grandmother tried to save you. Justice hasn’t been done-your species is functionally extinct.The image plays over and over in my mind-the squeal of the broken alleluia from the broken koala limping from the flames.Alleluia Alleluia-you are in koala heaven. A koala chorus from the highest of heights. Blue skies overhead. The fires rage on.Stalking-do new eucalyptus stalks come from fire? Does fire need to burn to bring the stalks? Does the fire stalk the forest or...

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“The Book Box” by Robin Owens

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The frustration took hold of me, tensing up my whole body, so to shake it off I had to get outside. I grabbed my hat and my house key, checked my beard in the hall mirror, noticed my bloodshot eyes, took off down the front walk, and promptly forgot if I had locked the door or not. So, I trotted back up the walk and up the porch steps to check. I had. This was another point of proof that I needed to clear my head. I turned left on my street heading for the beauty that lives just two blocks over. I hung a right at the first intersection, the...

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“Waverley Writers” by Deborah Mercer

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One of my kinder Twitter followers (yes, I have Twitter followers, and some of them are kind) has told me that you know you’re really arrived as a writer when you’re invited to teach at a Creative Writing Course. In principle, I don’t disagree, and not just because it massages my ego. But I could still wish that it was at a retreat on the Yorkshire Dales founded by a Poet Laureate or on a cruise ship (IN MY DREAMS!) or at least somewhere worthy like a women’s refuge or a prison. Though on reflection, t...

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“dripdrip-drip-drip--drip---drip-----drip” by Hassan D

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Maddeningly irregularly, water dripped from the faucet down the hall. Every drop was the same, and yet there was no discernible rhythm to the sound they made as they were crushed against the steel sink.I was rocking back and forth in my chair, oscillating, vacillating. I puffed my cigarette. I looked at the sky. The ceiling, I mean. Blank. My mouth was blowing smoke. No sound; it was shooting blanks. Oh, ha, word-play. Hello! My thoughts carried on like this for a while. Hours, or minutes. I don’t have a watch, so I shouldn’t tell with any s...

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“The Tale of a Drunken Writer” by Patricia Srigley

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A knock sounded on my apartment door. I jumped and spilled my glass of wine all over the keyboard. “Damn.” I flipped the keyboard upside-down, shook it around a bit, and checked my watch. It was only four-thirty. I hid the empty wine bottle under my desk, tossed a piece of minty gum into my mouth, and promptly choked on it. I hacked with enthusiasm until I coughed the minty white square out of my lungs and into my mouth. I chewed frantically. The knocking resumed, with gusto. “Hold on, hol’your horsies.” I trotted around the couch and tri...

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“For Whom the Light in the Bulb Flickers” by Sarah Burke

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The bulb hanging over my head filling me with the long-lost need to write doesn’t give me light to see by as I make my way down the path set before me; no, this one is a black light that points out every flaw and chink in the armor I hide behind. This one makes visible to the world the monstrosity that looks back at me every time I have the misfortune of passing a mirror. For the first time in a long while, I sit in front of the keyboard she...

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“Song of Solomon” by Julia Gibson

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He had grown weary of late winter, that time when a dirty crust of snow still covered last year’s garden and the early robins fought over worms, rising from secret hibernation to turn the earth. The pale sun peeked through the trees, barely warm enough to turn the dusting of snow on the juniper tree to little icicles, cascading down the twisted branches. The wind blew against a branch and with a tinkling sound, the icicles broke free and tumbled to the ground, shattered like so many dreams.Snowshoe rabbit tracks bounded through the garden, f...

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“The Green Meanie” by Sue Marsh

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The Green Meanie Suzanne Marsh I sat staring at the blank computer screen, drawing a complete blank, talk about writers block, this was it. I had no idea what I was going to write about, but I knew somewhere there was story that would be fun to write and my deadline was fast approaching. The story was supposed to be Science Fiction. My fingers were willing but my brain said: 'I don't think so.' I finally went to bed, my husband was already asleep, he began to snore and I stared at the ceiling, hoping I would get some sort inspiration and soo...

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“Thank You, Kyle From Art” by Izzy G

Submitted to Contest #46

I sit, staring at the little curser, lips purses in a confused frustration. I sigh, tapping my fingers over the keys randomly, trying for a second to read the alien language I created before deleting what I wrote. I look up at the ceiling, following the moth slowly with my eyes. The front door creaks open. I ignore it and hold down the 'e' key without looking away from the fuzzy, fluttering miller. My brows furrow in contemplation. Why does my family call moth's millers? I shrug at my own question. I lick my lips, tracing my tongue over them...

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“The Mom In the Moon” by Allison Courtenay

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The dreaded final bell rang announcing the end of the day. The classroom filled with the sound of the metal chair legs scraping against the tiled floor as all but one student stood up to leave. A little boy remained. He had long hair, about shoulder length. It was clear that although the boy attempted to take care of his hair, he had never been properly taught, for his wavy hair had been brushed with a small-toothed comb and poofed outwards engulfing his small face. A small hand--with nails painted in chipped blue polish--reached up to his h...

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“College Class” by Zakaria Attioui

Submitted to Contest #46

For the past two months my imagination grew empty, nothing formed. Sitting in Reinforced Concrete class wasn’t helping either, or so I thought at first. Professor McMill blabbered about things I didn’t care about and by surveying the classroom, many student didn’t care either—most were on their phone, while others on their laptops. But there were a handful of student who did pay attention to every small detail she spat out, even the unimportant details about her life. I called them the Front-Row Students. Their eyes never left McMill or the ...

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“PARADOX” by Keerti K

Submitted to Contest #46

All inspiration comes from Source, my spirit whispered in the silence of my gaze.C'mon, of course not. Just try a little harder, my ego-self screamed as I stared into nothingness struggling to find the motivation to pursue my long lost passion. Until that moment, when all heaven broke loose.No, literally... That fateful day, the Universe's database had crashed. My daughter had just fallen asleep in my arms, as we listened to the heavy downpour of rain droplets knocking on our windows. With darkness around and her asl...

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“To Boldly Write” by Magnet Marsdaughter

Submitted to Contest #46

And all of a sudden, there it was. I had it! I had an ending! For two weeks and three days, I had been stuck. Like many fellow geniuses before me, I had written a book, but I didn't know how to end it. For two weeks and three days I had painstakingly lounged on the couch, binging Netflix and eating ice cream in a shrewd attempt to trick my brain into coming up with a finale for my finest work. It rested in my study as it had for the past few weeks. I had furiously typed it up and printed it as I wrote it, page by page. It sat in tall stack o...

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“A New Love” by Jenessa L

Submitted to Contest #46

Aimee chewed on her pencil absent-mindedly as she stared out the window. She watched a hummingbird flit past and land on a branch of the overgrown bougainvillea that was planted in her neighbor’s yard. It suckled the nectar out of one of the bright orange flowers and in the blink of an eye, it was gone. “Sure, leave me. Go enjoy the sunshine and the flowers while I sit here doing nothing.” The notebook lying open in front of her on the desk, was all but empty, save for some scribbled doodles in the margin of the page. She was supposed to b...

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“"Then it Happened"” by Andra Boudreaux

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Gloria has always felt that she had so much in her to share with others. Words that would be of help, hope and encouragement. There was always this monologue going on in her head between herself and herself. Gloria has always struggled with self-doubt. The thought of her sharing her thoughts on paper with others gave her pure anxiety! Writing for others to read, pass around to share, criticize, misunderstand; something she could not control the distribution of…pure anxiety!!Despite Gloria’s timidity and lack of self-confidence, her friends c...

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Write a story about someone experiencing a lightbulb moment of writing inspiration.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 140 stories

“Koala” by Hope Wells

“The Book Box” by Robin Owens

“Waverley Writers” by Deborah Mercer

“dripdrip-drip-drip--drip---drip-----drip” by Hassan D

“The Tale of a Drunken Writer” by Patricia Srigley

“For Whom the Light in the Bulb Flickers” by Sarah Burke

“Song of Solomon” by Julia Gibson

“The Green Meanie” by Sue Marsh

“Thank You, Kyle From Art” by Izzy G

“The Mom In the Moon” by Allison Courtenay

“College Class” by Zakaria Attioui

“PARADOX” by Keerti K

“To Boldly Write” by Magnet Marsdaughter

“A New Love” by Jenessa L

“"Then it Happened"” by Andra Boudreaux

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