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Write a story about a rainy day spent indoors.

Posted in Spring on Oct 26, 2022

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Fireflies That Don't Stop Glowing When You Catch 'em

Submitted to Contest #34

Flames lick the side of the stone fireplace and cast a tangerine glow that dances listlessly on the worn walls of the small living room. Embers float from the burning logs, bobbing this way and that, like fireflies on a warm summer's evening in the garden. I cup my hands to catch them, trying my hardest to imagine that they are, in fact, fireflies, but their glow darkens in my palm, and they quickly turn to ash. I stand on my tiptoes, grasp the windowsill tightly, and press my face against the windowpane. Dusk's purple haze envelops the old ...

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Sweet Sophie

Shortlisted for Contest #34 ⭐️

Paul tugs the duvet up and burrows closer to his wife, tucks his nose into the curtain of fiery hair resting against her neck. He breathes in deep and lets the soft patchouli scent soothe him back into a half-sleep. He stirs again when she does, when thunder cracks loud and rattles the window panes of their small cottage. The sky outside is dark, overcast and grey. Paul aches for days like this; when the storm traps them in, not the rainfall but the flooded drive leading down to the main road. Some days they'll shove their feet into pai...

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Man in the Clouds

Submitted to Contest #34

Who is responsible for fate? Zeus? God? El Nino? Much like that Tootsie Pop mystery, the world may never know. But as I stare out the window as the rain pours down, mercilessly, I know at least one thing is sure: he’s a sick, twisted fuck. This is what dawns on me as I watch each droplet cling to the exterior glass. Each individual drop races down, leaving a watery trail only to escape from view, reminding me of a dashed opportunity named Chandler Graves.How can one describe her? Well, to describe her is to put her in a box as if beauty...

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I Know You Wanted Me Instead

Submitted to Contest #34

Many days have passed now,spent inside my tiny tiny room. All my bottles are empty. My plants have died.I have one bag of rice remaining.I changed my sheets yesterday. and I want to know why these sheets are-Why are these sheets making me so-Why are these sheets-Why are these pink sheets- uplifting me so?Or is it the rain?The rain that pelts violently onto the air conditioner vent- But looking outside. I see that it sounds heavier than it looks.Yet it patters so loudly and so I am thinking, that maybe it will make holes throug...

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Jason Do. Min. Go!

Submitted to Contest #34

Wiggling his butt cheeks against the open breeze flowing from his ceiling fan. Jason slaps the left cheek all while making Vogue faces in his pristine white briefs. Feeling particularly sexy he purses his lips together. Got to make the duck work. Ducks are ugly creatures. But the right type of duck face just might get him lucky one of these days. With a spicy sigh. Jason drops the sexy pretenses and accepts real life.Who is he kidding? It's been years since the last time Jason brought someone home. Let alone someone who was actually interest...

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Beneath the Stars and Rain

Submitted to Contest #34

Nate watched as rain fell in torrents outside, he laid his head against the foggy window in his small upstairs bedroom. A loud crack of thunder shook the house, jolting Nate from his stupor. He drew back from the window with a sharp intake of breath.  “Nate?”  Nate looked away from the gray landscape outside his window and at his older sister, Anne, who was standing in the doorway.  “Mom and Dad are leaving for work if you want to say goodbye.”  Nate nodded, risking a quick glance back at the window then followed his sist...

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Here by Accident

Submitted to Contest #34

I ran through the streets as the rain poured from the sky and down my face. This was supposed to be a nice sunny vacation with my family but as it turns out it became a total disaster. I'm not really bothered by the rain, I could just spend the rest of my days sitting in the rain, but it's cold and these wet clothes are making me uncomfortable. Not only did I get guilt tripped into sharing a rental home with three not-so-smart teenage boys, I got locked out and of course I didn't get any of their numbers and no ones answering the door. I pas...

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Acid Rain

Submitted to Contest #34

One day, there began an acid rain that never stopped. This wasn’t just an average acid rain. Besides lasting, as I write this, several decades now, the other peculiar thing about this storm is that that acid is extremely potent. It can hurt, it can burn, it can kill. Within the first day, over two hundred people died directly from exposure to the rain, and over seven thousand people reported severe burns. Like the Kennedy assassination, everyone remembers their location when it happened. I was in college, specifically my dorm room. My roomma...

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The Picture

Submitted to Contest #34

“Are hangover headaches supposed to last for a week? I still feel like my brain’s gonna explode,” Melanie said, flopping down on the bed next to Marion.Marion groaned and opened one eye. The only light on in the apartment was a lamp, but it was enough for her to see that her sister had an ice pack on her forehead. “Maybe you caught something,” she grumbled, closing her eyes again and rolling over.Melanie didn’t take the hint. “I don’t know. My neck’s been killing me, too. Maybe it’s from sleeping on the futon last night.”“You know the secret...

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The Endless Rain

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The darkness is a scary thing. Don’t you think so? ...A dream from the past…no…a memory from a time long forgotten…I could hear it…I could hear the sound of the heavy rain falling outside. It was pouring so hard. It was a if someone left the faucet on and the water kept on gushing out non stop, continuously...endlessly. It made me feel as if I was drowning in the tub again…I tried to open my eyes, but my eyelids feel heavy. I felt so tired and sick. My whole body was aching and in pain. It felt cold. So very cold. I tried opening my eye...

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Rain Cafe

Submitted to Contest #34

“Hell yeah. It's raining.”Denna was ready to tear off her ponytail when the air grew musty. A good sign for business, she stared at the wet pavement. Pedestrians hid their faces under bright umbrellas. A few of them showed distress and hurried inside the cafe. None of them ordered. “Welcome to Rain Cafe,” said Denna, smoothing her bangs to the right. “Are you ready to order?”The pedestrians shook their heads. Their trousers dyed into a darker color.“It's okay.” Denna signaled the pedestrians to wait and ran inside the cafe. "You ar...

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Fourth Wall Mystery

Submitted to Contest #34

“And I conclude that the murderer… is Bethany Hiland”. Shock spills through the room as faces turn to me, following the finger of the clever detective. Lightning follows his voice and whitens all of their horror for a split second. The room is silent afterwards, smoke drifting between each person from the pipe the Salesman puffs on. All eight people stare at me, the ruffian, the pinch faced woman, the suit man, the young daughter and the maid.“Clever detective, what ever do you mean”, the widow of the victim asks, turning back to him with a ...

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When the Rain Refused To Let Up

Submitted to Contest #34

The family was staying in the house a lot more than they used to. Another war? That was the first thing my mind leapt to. But as the younger brother carried in the mail, I scanned through it and noticed no propaganda screaming on the headlines. Nor any posters urging young people to enlist for the army. The father locked himself up in the office, the mother cooked for nearly every single meal, the younger brother and older sister did not go to school, even though it was a Monday. I was definitely not used to the noise. As I wrote in my jou...

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Anticipation and Anxiety in the Wide Gray World

Submitted to Contest #34

He awoke to the unmistakable pitter-patter of heavy rainfall hitting his window. It woke him up faster than his alarm would have- rain is often unwelcome in the schedule of a live performer.He looked outside and to the blurry sky, and the colorful array of umbrellas waving around on the ground. Is it cancelled? The laptop was opened in record speed. The internet was painfully slow, but his emails arrived after a moment. He sucked in his breath- the festival was cancelled.The forecast read the rain would only continue to come down, and it wou...

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Just Wet

Submitted to Contest #34

“Hello, yes, this is John Burt, yes I did, yes yesterday, about the roof, I called to see when you are coming to fix... yes I know but you said, well ok but oh...” “Well goodbye to you too” finishes John to the now dead phoneline.Tipping water from the crown of his soaking bowler hat into the bucket by his feet, he sighs then goes to the kitchen, kettle on, hissing steam, gurgling water wafting fragrance of India, no sugar just milk, dripping ceiling dropping rain into sink, lucky not the electrics, carries the full steaming mug through to t...

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