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Write a story where flowers play a central role.

Posted in Spring on Oct 26, 2022

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“Flower Power” by Andrew Fruchtman

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  The flowers stopped arriving in early December, nearly four months after her husband, Harry, had succumbed to the Coronavirus.  Harry had been a robust man of sixty-four who still maintained a full head of hair, albeit bordering on white. Leah, his wife, would call him her Silver Fox and after forty years of marriage it still made him blush. Erect back and spry steps gave him the appearance of a younger man, but he knew that even a few years younger was still old.  No matter, he intended to keep working till h...

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“Stranded” by Nettle Swanson

Submitted to Contest #86

Dear Journal, I’ve been here a while. I’m not sure how long, exactly. When I arrived here I wasn’t exactly in a logical state of mind. To be honest, I’ve lost all hope of returning home, or even talking to another person again. At least there are no taxes here. This could be the perfect vacation spot, but all I think of when I look into the horizon is how Hell would slightly resemble this place. Funny how perspectives can change so suddenly. For water and food I’ve been relying on a bush of flowers, they produce purple berries...

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“The Tale of A Dancer and A Singer ” by Jovon D

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In front of the wooded fortress lies a sea of red roses that stretched over a mountain and ended before a forest. On every petal was a droplet that slowly moved its way to the center of the stigma. A blue butterfly with white spots lands in the center of the rose and collides with the droplet. Neither party was at war with each other nor served to nourish the roses. It flew away, knocks over old petals, and heads to the forest. As the sun shines over each rose, a wind emerges, lifting withered petals into the sky, and maintains attitude. The...

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“Trailing Swamp Tulips ” by Christian Hinrichsen

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Trailing Swamp Tulips Jordero, Spring Festival The party returns to the fairgrounds of the Spring festival of Chauntea. Agnes greets the party but spots several commoners being escorted to the triage tent of the spring festival. Merrill joins Druid Waite as the two reports of the events of the previous day. Uncertain in what to say Agnes expresses concern to the party-goers. “I am sorry the Cockatrice acted strangely but ` you must have stumbled across its lair. I am sorry we had three commoners injured by the attack. But in Chauntea f...

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“Angeline” by Ren Laurens

Submitted to Contest #86

She’s not wrong. I am nothing if not rare. Still, Angeline bugs me to no end. Do you know how incredibly infrequent people like you are, Ben? It’s a blessing you were born. Yes, yes, Angeline, a blessing. As if I weren’t aware. My whole life, my whole existence, a blessing. A blessing should still be allowed to be a cynic though. A blessing should still be able to laugh at the world. So when Angeline comes to me with her gratefulness nonsense, I’ll tell her, Do you know, Angeline, what it feels like to wake up with a hundred noisy people cro...

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“Forget Me Not” by Melina Gardiner

Submitted to Contest #86

The only thing he had to complain about, he supposed, was that the filtering morning sun didn’t land perfectly on his corner of the world, his dainty flower shop. The rays looked so holy descending to Earth, and it crushed a piece of his heart every time they settled shy of the rows of plants.  A hulking, slightly overgrown Norfolk pine was stationed in the corner of the store, and Raul could see its symmetrical, spiky green limbs dipping over magenta petunias at its base. He sighed, fed up as always with this particular inhabitant. It...

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“Look At The Flowers” by Joyce Schook

Submitted to Contest #86

They greet you at the local café. They are the first things you notice as you enter your supermarket. Their beautiful hues of fuchsia, violet, orange, gold and emerald greens await you before you make it to the check out line. This is exactly what you needed on this cool and windy first day of spring. They smell just as amazing as they look. You breathe in their fragrant scent and try to chose just one. But each one is lovelier than the next. You have made your decision. You reach down and lift two bundles from the green plastic cones in whi...

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“Unnatural Love😍” by HASWANTH KIRVAN

Submitted to Contest #86

Once upon a time two brothers Damon and Stephen came to palace in search of work. Somehow they both landed a job in service of the King. They both were happy when they got Job. Every time Stephen wants to share his feelings with someone other than his brother. But, unfortunately they parents were dead when he was 6 years old. Damon won't talk much with anyone. He just take care of his brother and mind his own business.   On the first day of their work the guards show the king's room and their rooms for to live. The king's room ve...

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“Among the Flowers” by Lori Koenig

Submitted to Contest #86

She was not a morning person.  Not by sentiment.  Not by culture.  Certainly not by habit, as she could often be found, blanket swaddled, cuddling with her mattress until the mid morning hours. Drooling on her pillow was the norm of her wake up routines, and hitting her snooze button several times became a most regular occurrence.  It had always been this way, as she often took a while to fall to sleep and once there, would succumb to nightmares which woke her, then it was back to fitful sleep again.  On one occasion...

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“My Weird Date with "her"” by Ruhi Nishat

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Quick-witted narrowed red eyes seemed somewhat tipsy, uncombed and rumpled streaky hair delineated his "Wake-up" story all night. Dressed in a ruffled white night suit, he sat down proclaiming the chair opposite to his father. Mr. Brown - "Good morning!" Did you tussle all night?" (Mr. Brown emphasized on tussle) "How was your project?" Harry - "As usual, although Katherine committed to producing work that meets high…" Mr. Brown was friendly and ready to gab at all times about just about anything, loquacious, talky, and likely to you...

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“Buttercup Braids” by Hannah Fransen

Submitted to Contest #86

I remembered the days in the schoolyard, sitting on the grass with my friends. The sun shone brightly on the uncovered blacktop, so it would quickly become too hot to the touch for the bare legs that stuck out under our skirts. We would run towards the fence as soon as recess began, specifically the far right corner, where the weeds grew freely, having won the battle for territory over the groundskeeper, whose riding lawnmower could not quite fit. From there we rooted through the tall grass for dandelions, both the kinds that dawned bri...

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“"Violets is Sometimes the Answer” by Neama Saood

Submitted to Contest #86

“Violets is Sometimes the Answer” When I was younger, Baba always told me, “even when someone is unkind to you, show them kindness.” I would ask him why, and he’d say, “because that is how I want to raise you and Ayaan. I don’t want my kids to arbor ill feelings and hold grudges. I’ve seen it tear my own family apart and I refuse to see it ruin your generation. Be better.”            At the time, I knew he was talking about how his whole perception of marriage was messed up in his youth...

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“The Dying Flower” by Georgia Burtt

Submitted to Contest #86

My mother never spoke to me anymore unless she was telling me how I was a mistake and when she did, I could smell the rancid scent of strong whiskey on her breath and choked on the stench of rotten flowers radiating from the excess of expired perfume. Her blue eyes, now cloudy from years of cigarette smoke and never seeing the light of the sun, would stare at me, full of resentment and loathing. She always told me that if it weren’t for me, she would have been the most famous artist, a painter of unimaginab...

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“The blooming beauty of life” by Jaymie R

Submitted to Contest #86

The golden sunlight beamed through the large window behind the couch stirring up the dimness of the living room into a glow. It glazed the television and kissed Flora’s blush shoulders exposed by her tank top. She shielded her eyes as she rested her arm on the warm velvety cushion and gazed at the empty street and lush lawns. The snow had finished melting a few weeks ago and began the start of a damp, sweet smelling season.  Just below the window, where Flora peered out of, almost out of sight from inside was a collection of carnation...

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“The Night Flower and its Delusional Petals” by Vijay Krishna

Submitted to Contest #86

The Night Flower and its Delusional Petals    The beautiful grandiose garden filled with ornate flamboyant flowers welcomed the spring season in an ostentatious mode of fashion. Every flower in ‘Garden of Heaven’ was blossoming, smiling and were spreading sweet odours to each snouts of living creatures enduring in an alluring hill station of Yercaud. Excepting from the sporadic type family of Sun flower, a Flower plant known as ‘Moon Flower’ looked worried, broken and hopeless. Moon flower plant bloomed large sized t...

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