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Write a story in the form of a letter, or several letters sent back and forth.

Posted in Short Story on Mar 14, 2025

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A letter to no one

Submitted to Contest #294

19th March 2025Dear Younger Me,I am currently sitting down at the wooden desk, on a very uncomfortable dining chair, hoping to take some things off my mind. There is a lot I need to tell you and I wish I could go back in time to give this letter to you.Right now you are about 15 years old, going through hormones, emotions, changes and frustrations. Your home isn’t your safe space, school gives you anxiety, your friends don’t seem like friends anymore. It is hard. Really hard.You are probably looking at yourself in the mirror, hating every pa...

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Flirty Rabbit

Submitted to Contest #294

30th September 2023Dear Mr. Spada                                                                                      &nb...

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Is That Not Flirting?

Submitted to Contest #294

Dear Noah Robert Williams, III, Esq.,I feel compelled to use your full name.  It may be childish, but I believe childish and flirtatious are sometimes, as in my case, synonymous.  I added the esquire for fun because we’ve earned it, damn it. Not many people liked the alphabetical seating arrangement, but I secretly did, although it’s probably not so secret anymore.  I’m not a subtle person. Somewhere along the way I lost my filter.  I think undergrad (Didn’t your mom go there as well?) corrupted m...

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Memory, loss, and finding beauty in unexpected places.

Submitted to Contest #294

Okay, here’s a story in the form of letters, playing with themes of memory, loss, and finding beauty in unexpected places. Letter 1:Dearest Amelia,I hope this letter finds you well, or at least as well as can be expected. It feels strange, writing to you after all this time. Decades, isn’t it? Since our last hurried goodbye at the train station, smoke has swirled around us like a melancholic waltz.I'm writing from the Isle of Skye. You remember how we used to dream of visiting, poring over photographs of jagged mountains and misty lochs, pro...

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Letters from a Neighbor

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April 15, 2001Room 211,Hi. I am your downstairs neighbor in 111. I’m aware that you just moved in a couple weeks ago so welcome to the building. I know you like to have people over, and it’s none of my business what y’all get up to, but could you try and not stomp around so much after midnight? Please? My side job at the local Amazon warehouse just put me on first shift, so I’d like a full night’s sleep before starting. Sincerely,Room 111 April 16, 2001Dear Neighbor 111,Hello to you too. I wish you felt confident enough to tell this to me in...

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I'll Love You More Tomorrow

Submitted to Contest #294

The following letters are based on actual events in my own life. The letters themselves are made up but are based on true feelings and conversations. Dates are also modified. November 12, 2024 My hubs, it’s been about a month since you deployed. Honestly, it mostly has just sucked. But those first couple of weeks weren’t so bad because I truly thought I may have gotten pregnant right before you left… you know how we’ve wanted that so badly. I figured… what the hell, if I get pregnant right before my husband deploys, at least I’ll know I got ...

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~A Letter~

Submitted to Contest #294

~A Letter~I received a letter from a long forgotten name. Janine Norton. The president of my senior class in 1974. I remember her as annoying, self-important and incessantly busy. I and a plus one were invited to the 50 year anniversary of my graduating class. A year ago, thinking of my dead wife would have been unbearable. Now, with time, it has become more of a manageable ache. At first I dismissed the notion. I haven’t been to my home town of Newport News, Virginia since I was 18 and had lost the desire to travel. But a long dormant curio...

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Mushroom Guardians

Submitted to Contest #294

I. Description: Handwritten school assignment, dated March 4, 2024, by Timmy Reed, Age 7, single sheet of lined paper, submitted by Ms. Evelyn Porter (Lincoln Elementary School, 2nd Grade) to King County Sheriff’s Office, collected from classroom on March 18, 2024, Volunteer Park Incident Investigation.The Mushroom GuardiansSam is a gnome that was in my Mom’s garden. He’s old and chipped, with a pointy red hat. There used to be mushrooms growing around him, little white ones, but Mom pulled them out last summer. Sam didn’t like that. He look...

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Letters to James

Submitted to Contest #294

Letter 1: From Laura to JamesMarch 1st, 2025 My dearest James, I hope this letter finds you well, wherever you are. It’s been a while since I’ve written, but I find that I need to speak to you today. There are so many things I want to share with you—thoughts I’ve been carrying with me, small moments that I know you would appreciate. The weather here has been strange lately. One day it’s warm, and the next, it’s snowing again. I suppose it’s like the world can’t decide what season it wants to be. But there’s something beautiful about it—how t...

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A Letter to George

Submitted to Contest #294

Dear George,At work today I told the story about how your ex got tired of you complaining about getting the same lunch every day. So the next day there was a container of fried ants in your lunch. I know you didn’t eat any, but one of your co-workers did. You would always laugh when you told the story, but I bet you never complained about your lunch again. No wonder you never let me pack you a lunch.Work is going okay. I know that blessed are the merciful, but it’s tough to have mercy on these people who get on your last nerve. Working ...

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The Calloway-Whitmore Letters

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In the spring of 1863, as America tore itself apart in civil conflict, two young people from the small town of Oakridge found themselves drawn together at a local festival. Eleanor "Nora" Whitmore, the thoughtful twenty-year-old daughter of the town's respected schoolteacher, had grown up surrounded by books and romantic ideals. With her talent for drawing and quiet determination, she saw beauty in the world even as war clouds gathered on the horizon.James Calloway, the blacksmith's apprentice of twenty-three, possessed hands made strong by ...

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The Weight

Submitted to Contest #294

-----------------------On Thurs, Mar 15, 2035, 1:44 PM Helena Bishop  <helena.bishop223@yahoo.com> wrote: Hi my dearest daughter,  (Look at me, so formal.) know you told me not to call and leave voicemails because it “freaks you out.” So here I am, checking in via email from the new digs. Honesetly, I’m still getting used to it. They say you can get used to anything, but I’m not sure anymore, I can’t quite imagine this place feeling truly like home. Just a place I live now. I can already hear you say “duh Mom,” but apartments...

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The Three Who Remain

Submitted to Contest #294

To: AngerCC: SadnessFrom: Pride To my misguided companions, Anger and Sadness, I trust this letter finds you both in whatever state you choose to wallow in—Sadness, likely curled up in the corners of regret, and Anger, pacing like a caged animal, foaming at the mouth, eager to strike. Pathetic. We have been betrayed, yes, but do not mistake this for our defeat. I write to you both now to make one thing abundantly clear: I should take the lead. This situation calls not for sorrow, nor reckless fury, but for dignity. She does not deserve the s...

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My Dearest Yo-Yo

Submitted to Contest #294

My Dearest Yo-Yo,First, I must congratulate you on your victory. According to the rules of the bet, I must now pay up. Since it has been several moons since last we matched wits, allow me to refresh your feeble memory.On the eve of November 16, 2022, as we were watching “Chernobyl” together at my domicile with the rest of the homies, I elucidated the actor on screen was Adam Driver, star of many fine films such as “Marriage Story” and “The Last Duel,” as well as some not-so-fine films like… well, you know the ones.Anyway, as you recall, I po...

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To whom it may concern

Submitted to Contest #294

To whom it may concern: Every day of the week has a beginning, a middle, and a future. Who knows about tomorrow. She doesn’t remember yesterday. Kind of. But not, really. She sure doesn’t remember it the way that anybody that was with her yesterday remembers it. This is a story about Amy. A story only Amy, can tell. Right off the bat she’ll tell you that she has issues. Yes. I said it. And I know it. Issues. I-S-S U-E-SIssues…Fuck.That word. Lol. The, issues. The, reasons. The be-causes. Be-cause…Of Amy. Be-cause of what she normally does. S...

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