Write a story that includes the line “Fate is resourceful.”

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“Water Baby” by Christine Cameron

Submitted to Contest #274

Like sap rising in a maple tree, fall fuels my spirit with energy and inspiration. Autumn infused itself into my DNA at birth. Although I arrived in the last dog days of summer as the sun defiantly blazed its omnipotent heat, cooler weather snuck in snapping like a twig, turning the air crisp overnight. Southern California did not have what some would call weather, but we had abundant sun, water, and wind. Once the warm Santa Anas blew the last vestige of warmth from our midst in late October, we prepared for autumn to usher in a delightful...

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“Chance Meeting” by Simon Ireson

Submitted to Contest #274

The wheels of Julia’s bicycle crunched through fallen leaves as she came to a stop beneath a maple tree. Clouds of breath puffed through her self-knitted scarf as she rested the bike against the nearby bike rack. A short rummage in the wicker basket above the front wheel produced a battered U-lock. She stuck it through the bike frame and trapped the metal rack with the metal bar. There was no attempt to find a key since the lock had long since broken. She figured cycle locks were mostly a deterrent. Locking it was a waste of time – she had y...

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“A Matrix of Fate” by Sonnenstrom Solutions

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"Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony." - Laurence Fishburne, 1999 (Morpheus, in The Matrix) A groundbreaking film that has directly inspired the directorial efforts of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Matrix still continues to impact lives today with its discussions of free will and fate, and how the two are intertwined across the ripples of time, if such a concept even exists. Fate can be devastatingly true, yet has a funny way of working to impact one's life and psyche. However, fate is inevitable, and allows one's self to su...

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“Ventra’s Gift” by Cody Taylor

Submitted to Contest #274

I remember being dragged through a forest. I remember someone shouting, though I couldn’t understand the words, not at first. A woman. The one who was dragging me. She was calling out, and at first no voice answered. I drifted back down, into black forgetfulness, and when I came to again there were more voices. I was being carried, slung between the woman and a man who had rushed to join her. They sounded worried, but also excited, though I still couldn’t make out the words. &n...

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“Eternal Thread ” by Abdulla Alshamsi

Submitted to Contest #274

Anna stood at the edge of a dilapidated dock, her gaze lost in the sluggish, dark river below. The night air was thick, almost suffocating, as if it too bore witness to the sorrow pooled around her like ink. She clutched a worn-out photograph in her hand, its edges frayed, its image fading yet branded into her memory. Two laughing children—a boy and a girl, with sunlight glinting in their eyes. Their smiles now felt like the ghost of a life she could barely remember. "Fate is resourceful," she murmured to herself, words that had echoed in he...

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“What's Foretold in the Gilded Ink” by Charly Rivard

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If fate were the weather, she would be a hurricane. A storm of turmoil brewing in the distance, foreseeable though how would one know how severe the disaster would be until savage winds rasped against the windows of homes and uprooted the bottoms of dreams, displacing everything in its path for the sake of inevitability. The cruelest thing the gods gave humans was the illusion of free will, believing in choosing their lives while their path was written in dark ink, smearing. There was only so much the future could change. Above t...

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“The Inheritance of Empty Rooms” by Todd Beller

Submitted to Contest #274

Professor Helen Blackwood had always assumed that if fate wanted to change your life, it would use grand gestures – lottery wins, chance meetings, natural disasters. But as she stood in the foyer of her late aunt's Victorian mansion, holding a letter that seemed to mock her with its impossible demands, she realized the truth: fate is resourceful. Sometimes all it needs is an empty house and an old woman's peculiar will. The house loomed around her, its high ceilings disappearing into shadow despite the morning light streaming through tall wi...

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“My fate is not my own ” by Jupiter Alexander

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A person is watching me in my dreams. This is not the first time. It’s a reoccurring theme that haunts me. It all just started with no warning. I fell asleep one night and my dreams were more lucid than normal and everything felt off. I looked around where I was and realized that I couldn’t control the dream I was in. So I stared walking and everything was silent. I changed my rhythm to walking in circles not taking anything serious until I eventually stood in wait. Everything was at a stand still and I realized that even though I was dreami...

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“Out to Lunch” by Con Murray

Submitted to Contest #274

The note was waiting for me when I checked into the hotel room. Considering I had chosen the hotel at random and been assigned this room only five minutes ago, this was odd. Not alarming, not even surprising. Live for a few centuries and the supernatural stops surprising you. Then again, I had come to New York City to disappear. I had already messed that up. Great. Good start. I snatched the note from the pile of towels room service had left. A spider scampered across the bed cover. Maybe it was just a spider. Maybe it did not indicate the ...

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“A Boy Named Merle” by Eric E

Submitted to Contest #274

Fate isn’t talked about much around these parts. Maybe it’s something that is more felt than expressed - you spend long enough seeing all these rich people and their mega-cottages and their boats come and go, you start to feel like your path was decided for you. To me, it’s more luck than anything else. Some people are just born on third base. But even saying that, I wonder… I wonder about something bigger, about a grand design with a plan in mind and the means to accomplish it because fate is resourceful. See, this story is about a boy and ...

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“Home Sick” by Cayleen Hall

Submitted to Contest #274

TW: Violence, Mental Health I've never been one to be homesick. I seem to have an odd apprehension about being home, actually. I haven’t been home in years and, if it hadn’t been for a few cataclysmic life events, I’m sure that streak would have been continued. It's not that home was ever a dreadful place, one that you would despise or fear returning to for any particular or horrible reason. In fact, home could be considered quite normal, if not a little drab and mundane. My parents were caring, if a little detached from things of modern in...

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“MY FATE IS IN THE HANDS OF JESUS ” by Terry Gartner

Submitted to Contest #274

Now I am young, but I know I will change, every year I will get bigger and stronger and wiser. Now my Parents tell me what I can do or not do. But what will happen as I get older and I will have to make decisions for myself? Is my life already decided or will fate decide what will happen? Fate is Resourseful-I can control my fate by thinking ahead, I'll start thinking now. I will write down my plan and then see what happens? I go to Church and Sunday School. I go to a Christian School. I am surrounded by God. God I think has a plan for me. S...

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“The Story of the Lake” by Pamela Rose

Submitted to Contest #274

The old buildings in Lublin's central, historic, yet slightly feral neighbourhood didn't seem very inviting to Camille, as she approached the door leading to an even older staircase. She did not hesitate however, as it was her city, her hometown, and, unlike other women, she had no fear of anything bad possibly happening. Not ever. Not to her. The "crazy" she could turn on at will, would scare away any potential criminal and she knew that. That was also the part of her that led her here - to this project, to art, to these strangers. As she e...

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“CUSPIDS” by Ethan Michael

Submitted to Contest #274

CUSPIDS By Ethan Michael THE HUNT ENDSThe rusty Cages stinking of Piss and Blood. Horrific howls of pain and torture screaming throughout the night. The dimly lit Jasper-Green Crescent moon barely allows any light to pass through my eye. Right of me, my Kins Cold lifeless bodies rest; Ulric & Thea were their names. &...

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“Fatespeaker” by Cameron Snider

Submitted to Contest #274

Winds broke against the sandy mounds as Clyde strode down a half paved walk-way to the shores. One hand didn’t leave his hat, so as not to lose it in the gust; the other was crossed against his jacket to keep it tucked.Fall had just begun, and the added particularity of the location made for sparse company. You wouldn’t think it was all that bad, though, since the resplendent fade of the sun made for a glowing golden ambiance against the scattered overcast. And there she was, as Clyde had suspected. A newlywed Mrs. Johnson was sitting a...

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Write a story that includes the line “Fate is resourceful.”

Submissions are closed

✍️ 77 stories

“Water Baby” by Christine Cameron

“Chance Meeting” by Simon Ireson

“A Matrix of Fate” by Sonnenstrom Solutions

“Ventra’s Gift” by Cody Taylor

“Eternal Thread ” by Abdulla Alshamsi

“What's Foretold in the Gilded Ink” by Charly Rivard

“The Inheritance of Empty Rooms” by Todd Beller

“My fate is not my own ” by Jupiter Alexander

“Out to Lunch” by Con Murray

“A Boy Named Merle” by Eric E

“Home Sick” by Cayleen Hall

“MY FATE IS IN THE HANDS OF JESUS ” by Terry Gartner

“The Story of the Lake” by Pamela Rose

“CUSPIDS” by Ethan Michael

“Fatespeaker” by Cameron Snider

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Center your story on a character filled with love and fear in equal measure.

Use a personal memory to craft a ghost story.

Write a story where a creature turns up in an unexpected way.

Center your story around a childhood fear that – as much as you try to shake it – still resonates in adulthood.

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