Write about a character coming out of a long hibernation (either literal or metaphorical).

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“Apocalypse Man Rising” by David Moyer

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Author's Note: This is the second installment of my "Apocalypse Man" story, it starts where the first chapter left off. The first chapter is also posted here on Reedsy during contest # 82 (https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/contests/82/submissions/56228/) and I highly recommend that you read that one first before starting this one. But it's your call. Alright then, here we go... I blink my eyes a few times, letting them adjust to the brightness around me. I’m not entirely sure when was the last time...

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“AFTER MISFORTUNE STRUCK” by Sivaram Govindaraj

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I was back home after 24 months. I liked the feeling of being free and at home. My son had picked me up at the appointed hour which was 3 PM. I surveyed my garden. The plants were in good shape. A gardener saluted me and I acknowledged. He was new. The old fellow must have quit I thought. I knew an honest couple had taken care of my house in my absence. I got a phone call which my son passed on to me as I had as yet no phone of my own. It was the head of a religious organisation which I had sustained during my years in power. I thanked the c...

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“NEW WORLD” by Deryus Snow

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DEVIL'S WIND: THE GREAT HAMATHANIt came without our knowledge, deadlier and scarier. So they kept us.They said we were the hope to humanity's curse. For a hundred years we stayed hibernated after the Devil's wind attacked.The devil's wind came along with creatures unknown by the men of science. So ancient lore whispered that they kept us here for the future.The whole of room Africa shrouded in Mist and hunted by devil creatures.For a hundred years the mist reigned along with the creatures and they won us.We lost to them, humanity's greatest...

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“A Bearly Bearable Spring Equinox” by Charlie Murphy

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Bright yellow light streamed through my eyelids. I groaned and tossed around. "Just five more minutes, baby,” I told my totally hot wife.“But, my buns are getting cold!”“OK, I’m comin’,” I said.“You know how to treat me right."“Yeah, I do, baby!” I said and I opened my eyes and stared into the bright blue sky.“Spring!” I said, stood up, and sprinted out of my dark den. I romped around the meadow and smelled the flowers.BUZZ!I looked and jumped back as a bee flew around.“Sorry little dude!”“S’alright,” he said&nb...

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“Out” by Sandra Claros

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I tossed my cigarette butt into a pool of water that had formed right at my feet. - Yes, I said, the rain has already passed away and I think it would better go to that cave behind those two trees, over there. And so, I lifted the two days of laziness, crabapples and one-eye-opened naps. I looked at the sky turning blue and at the few drops of rain that slipped between the leaves and the iridescent sap of the tree. That intensity did not last long, because at that very moment I heard the branch...

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“Leaving” by Hope Eure

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The day had come. She knew it would. It had all led up to this moment. She should have known. But love makes a wise man dumb, an artist blind, a faithful man sin. Love. Is that what it was? Or was it all a facade? Was it just a prison presenting itself as love? The memories flooded her, pushed her down under the currents of her emotions. Like a surfer sucked under a wave, she felt her spirit suffocating, churning in the tides, unable to catch her breath. Slowly drowning, fading away. She revisited every moment, every detail that they had sha...

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“Numb” by Ashley 💜

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The numbness surrounds me like a blanket, but this blanket is not comforting. On the contrary, this blanket restricts my every movement, my every thought. No, this is not a blanket, this is a straight jacket. I can feel myself ebbing away, losing the strength to fight the tight grip of depression. A sudden sadness envelops me: will I ever be free of this? It is immediately flushed away by the tiredness that takes its place. I'm tired of being tired.I look at my computer screen and try to focus on the words swarming across the screen, I'm rea...

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“Vincent and Aart” by Maria Pecora-Miller

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For seven years, exactly one hour before the start of his shift, Aart de Boer quietly walked into the Van Gogh Museum's self-portrait room. His bloodshot eyes, the aftermath of another restless night's sleep, inspected the walls punctuated with Van Gogh's most celebrated works. Aart's favorite piece changed at least once a month and at times with his mood. For the last few weeks, he stopped by Self-Portrait and tried to find something new about it every morning. A few days ago, he came across small fern-colored brushstrokes peppering Vincen...

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“Phantom Reality” by Thompson Emate

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“You can’t understand. You can’t really comprehend. You can’t relate with the burdens I carry.” “How? What do you mean?” Lester asked. “I fight everyday. I fight fierce battles. I fight to keep my mind in place. I fight oppositions it’s a tough one.” Lester nods and responds, “Ok. It’s normal. We all fight everyday. We all fight for our dreams and ambitions. We all fight for what we want. Every sane human being does that.” “Oh! I said it. You won’t understand.” Timothy holds his head. “Then please make me. Am your friend. I need to know wher...

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“The Hibernation” by David Dicaire

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The Hibernation It was deep in the forest an area that few if any had ever entered. The trees were tall, majestic, the foliage was thick, apparently impenetrable. The snow that the sun could fire at had melted, but the white crystals that managed to fall out of the zone remained like a lump of grey cauliflower. Amid all of the changing face of nature was a hut almost totally unseen. In fact, if someone was foolhardy enough to try and break through the thick foliage of this particular area, they would probably miss it. The...

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“Still Asleep” by Cynthia Brennan

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Still Asleep By Cynthia Brennan Crystal waited with sick anticipation for the doctor to come. Filled with dread, her stomach felt as if she’d swallowed a stone. She had been through this before, but as she waited for the results this time, she was having a hard time staying calm. The stakes were so much higher than in the past. All that money she had piled up over the last few years would be of no help to her if things didn’t turn out the way she hoped they would. The only difference that being well off made now was...

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“Dark night of the soul ” by Jinger Stukes

Submitted to Contest #86

The dark night of the soul..what is that. Something stupid obviously something fake. I’ve never know someone who’s gone through that? Have I...oh no...pacing, cold under the weather they say. No something else...something different. It’s like who I was does not exists and who I will be hasn’t been created so where do I land? Where am I..who am I? Pieces of me start to fall off. Purging and aching my body is in flames. It hurts so bad I can’t feel anything. Ripping me piece by piece. Section by section psychically, energetically mentally and ...

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“Plant A Tree” by Amber Zhao

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‘Plant a tree!’ Jillian laughed, her streaky horselike mane of chestnut flying in the early spring breeze. All around her and her sister, Georgia, were luxurious pale green leaves falling softly like stardust, and birds mirroring their joyful cries as they cascaded into the unbelievably baby blue sky. Snippets of song flew on the friendly wind, and perfumed meadows filled with swaying flowers beckoned beyond the playground. Fertility was encompassing this wide green land: the lush, untouched hills and paddocks of grass, the glorious butterfl...

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“Awakening” by Joe Swanson

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One minute we are there, and then we are here. That time it takes to change from a then to a now, is it part of the present or the past? Or is that time, lost for all eternity? The prospect of having missed something, possibly life altering, or even in that moment of careless abandon where you just say to yourself, “to hell with it,” and close your eyes and hope to regain the vision of a calm sea at midnight, won't abandon you. But that time, does not occur, for if it did you would have lost one more physical tie to a wo...

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“Here Come the Sun” by Jennifer Engel

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Do, do, do, doDo, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, doThe sound of an acoustic guitar was reaching her ears, slowly luring her out of a state of heaviness into the grogginess of being some-what conscious. The lyrics of the song began to kick in now: Here comes the sun, do, do, doHere comes the sun, And I say, it’s alright. Is it though? She rolled over asking herself. Little darling, it's been a long, cold, lonely winterLitter darling, it seems like years since it’s been here. It sure has. Reaching for her cell phone that ...

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Write about a character coming out of a long hibernation (either literal or metaphorical).

Submissions are closed

✍️ 158 stories

“Apocalypse Man Rising” by David Moyer

“AFTER MISFORTUNE STRUCK” by Sivaram Govindaraj

“NEW WORLD” by Deryus Snow

“A Bearly Bearable Spring Equinox” by Charlie Murphy

“Out” by Sandra Claros

“Leaving” by Hope Eure

“Numb” by Ashley 💜

“Vincent and Aart” by Maria Pecora-Miller

“Phantom Reality” by Thompson Emate

“The Hibernation” by David Dicaire

“Still Asleep” by Cynthia Brennan

“Dark night of the soul ” by Jinger Stukes

“Plant A Tree” by Amber Zhao

“Awakening” by Joe Swanson

“Here Come the Sun” by Jennifer Engel

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Set your story at a park during a spring festival.

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Start your story with one character pointing out the first sign of spring to another.

Write a story where flowers play a central role.

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