Write a story about someone who must fit their entire life in a single suitcase.

Posted in Short Story on Jan 17, 2025

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“A Suitcase Full of Hope ” by Chava Gluck

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Sarina pushed open the wooden front door to her small and cozy house with Anya Prinsky, her best friend, hot on her heels. The two of them tumbled onto the faded, creaking couch, gasping for breath. Their noses were red and dripping, and their cheeks were flushed from the cold. The contrast in temperature was a welcome relief. The Warsaw ghetto was a cold, harsh place, even more so in the winter. Sarina wrapped her favorite blanket around her shoulders and breathed in deeply, savoring the scent of her Mama’s baking and the aroma of home.&nbs...

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“LIFE IN A SINGLE SUITCASE” by Wyvonne Page

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WRITING PROMPT CONTEST # 286 January 23, 2025 LIFE IN A SINGLE SUITCASE In worldwide news, Donald Trump has been sworn in as the 47th President of the United States. In local news, five inches of snow has fallen on the city of Gulfport, Mississippi, the first snow since 2014. In other current news, I, Wyvonne Page, am living out of a suitcase at Aunt Vi’s. The first time I found myself living out of a suitcase, it was 1972, right after graduating from high school. All my belongings fit into one 24-inch, pink, hard shell Samsonite su...

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“PACKAGED FOR THE FUTURE ” by Candy Burrowbridge

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Whining, crying, suffering day by day, haunted by the past, Sheila was on her way to another therapy session. Week after week, months have gone by, it's approaching a year and there has been no relief. Apparently throwing pharmaceuticals at a problem is supposed to solve it, drown it or hide it...but what it doesn't do is resolve it. Sheila meanders into the office of Dr. Hill, her therapist, for the fifty first time. Dreading every moment. Months have rolled by and her hope has dwindled. The internal havoc and choas are overflowing from he...

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“A Suitcase of Necessities” by Lauren LeCocq

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A short to-do list: Check out of the hotel, swing by the corner store and get another travel-sized body wash, get a taxi, go through airport security, check the email, get on a plane. The good thing about a short to-do list is that you can run it over in your mind until it’s memorized, and you can still forget to pick up the body wash at a corner store and have to buy one at the airport for triple the price. Lenore found her gate with the ease of someone who’s had to navigate airports regularly for the last 10 years. She was always more nerv...

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“The Photograph” by Mani Jha

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Chottu was the latest servant employed by Ranjit’s father. With a sick wife, he needed someone to do the cooking and the chores in the house. So he phoned his mother, who lived far away in the village of Darbhanga, to send someone to the city. He went to school in the village, but hated the discipline and rules there. He wanted to be free, to be able to do what he wanted, and not be in a jail guarded by the many tyrant teachers. Squashing the minimal opposition offered by his rather submissive mother, he left school after the 7th grade. One...

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“"The Last Resort."” by Tucker Sloan

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This short story contains some sexual and violent content along with substance abuse.“The Last Resort.”“Congratulations! You are the second person to win an all expense paid trip to Fort Lauderdale, Florida! How do you feel? What is going through your head right now at this life-changing moment?” “Well, Ron, I guess I will have to start packing!” The audience laughs and claps at Susie’s response.After purging most of her possessions, Susie packed her essentials, and all of her favori...

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“The Suitcase ” by Dani Sheehan

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Stanford checked the time on his watch that cloaked the pisiform on his left hand. It was a quarter after ten, Stanford was finishing up his second cup of coffee watching emails swarm in. The office he worked in wasn’t quite dull, there was a break room filled with snacks and the walls weren’t bare. His desk was parallel to a man named Bernard Berenstein who arrived ten minutes late everyday and always brought in his own lunch. Across from him was Janice Jacobson, she worked in finance. Stanford can barely recall saying more than five words ...

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“Letting Go” by Angela Zimmerling

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(1,805 wds) Letting Go Creepo - our landlord - and his greasy friends peed over the balcony railing again last night. They’ve done that every Friday and Saturday night for the past two months. Mum says she’s tired of asking him not to do that sort of thing. She says she has asked him to stop his friends from peeing off the balcony. She has tried to explain to him that the noise of his friends thunking around upstairs at three o’clock in the morning wakes us up. Mum says she reminded him that his rental ad said; ‘no parties.’ But every we...

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Write a story about someone who must fit their entire life in a single suitcase.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 113 stories

“A Suitcase Full of Hope ” by Chava Gluck

“LIFE IN A SINGLE SUITCASE” by Wyvonne Page

“PACKAGED FOR THE FUTURE ” by Candy Burrowbridge

“A Suitcase of Necessities” by Lauren LeCocq

“The Photograph” by Mani Jha

“"The Last Resort."” by Tucker Sloan

“The Suitcase ” by Dani Sheehan

“Letting Go” by Angela Zimmerling

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Center your story around a character who’s struggling to let go.

Write a story about a cherished heirloom that has journeyed through multiple generations.

Center your story around a character who’s afraid of being forgotten.

Write a story with the line “You never know a good thing until it’s gone.”

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