Write a story where a character relives the same event over and over again.

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“The Package” by Hunter Whitlow

Submitted to Contest #282

Twelve times. The same package has arrived at our front door twelve times in as many days. On day one, I assumed it was my wife who had ordered it. She insisted it must have been me. On day two, I was sure she was playing some sort of prank on me. “Didn’t you say you took this back to the post office?” I asked her. “Yes! I swear I did.” She insisted. On day five, we made a little game of it. “I’ll take care of breakfast; you watch the peephole.” “Deal.” After a few minutes, I had finished making omelets. “Anything?” “Not a single delivery va...

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“The Sentinels ” by Robyn Clemen

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The Sentinels A line of Norfolk Island pines stood along a curve of coastal road where a public summer palace overlooked the ocean. The trees whispered in unison and bore witness to the morning, yet again. On the shoreline, gentle waves carried the body of an aged woman, then withdrew, reluctantly, leaving her naked and face down on the water’s edge. A moment passed. Her fingers moved, clawed into the sand as she pulled up her head to stare with dull surprise at the seaside pavilion. Again? But how? Why? This art nouveau style...

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“Time After Time” by Bianca Riddle

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My self-soothing mantra is, ‘it’s just twelve seconds’. There’s always an uncontrollable muscle tick in my right wrist afterwards, which I have to shake out. Usually, it’s a more mundane repeat. The exchange of a dollar bill to pay out a receipt. Happens once, twice, eleven times, with the same polite hopeful question ‘enjoy everything’ – because if you give people an option for feedback, they might just find something to complain about – followed by generic well-wishing parting words. Or maybe it’ll be a sneeze, ‘bless you’, interaction bet...

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“Rest In Peace” by Kimberly Scheffer

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Rest In PeaceI walked into the break room to get a drink and found Pam, the midwife, sitting at the table staring blankly out the window that overlooked the parking garage. As a labor nurse, I worked with many providers including midwives. I didn’t work with many of them often as each practice had several and I was only working 3 days per week which didn’t always align with their 1 day spent on labor and delivery per week. Pam was one of the sweetest midwives we had, often making strong bonds with her patients and serving as a true, gen...

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“Men Grow Together ” by James V

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Sunrise. Shivering. The advertised 32 degree sleeping bag did not stand up to the 25 degrees that it was outside the tent. Henry's eyes fluttered open with the normal sleepies being replaced with that it felt like ice. He looks around the tent and the subjects that he is studying are not in there with them. Henry reaches around until he finds his watch and takes a look; 8:38. Surely he can’t be the last one up. He gets up from his sleeping bag and throws on his boots. God it is so cold he thinks to himself. He grabs his blankets lined jacket...

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Write a story where a character relives the same event over and over again.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 35 stories

“The Package” by Hunter Whitlow

“The Sentinels ” by Robyn Clemen

“Time After Time” by Bianca Riddle

“Rest In Peace” by Kimberly Scheffer

“Men Grow Together ” by James V

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