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

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“Dreams of Alpha Centauri” by Paula Dennison

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“Exploration is in our nature. We began as wanderers, and we are wanderers still. We have lingered long enough on the shores of the cosmic ocean. We are ready at last to set sail for the stars.” –Carl Sagan Over the past few weeks, Bancroft’s team and another group led by Markus Marcoski of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) have been trying to glimpse Alpha Centauri’s putative worlds with the help of two different giant telescopes in Chile and the use of new high-precision starlight-sifting instruments. Jedda Delareaux, graduate o...

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“THE TRANSFORMED BIBULOUS CHAP” by Kennedy Safari

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Mutune had just excelled in the in the national exams and joined the best university in the country. The bloke being lithe and supple in body physique, he was gifted in class, very adroit and intelligent. He was always the top student in his entire academia. His desire was was to be be a barrister. Even in debate clubs, he had profound knowledge and savvy epitomizing a good debater, true demeanor and disposition that mirrors solicitors who litigate in the courtrooms. Mutune was in his right career path!Mdiambo was his alias name and moniker....

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“Asleep Among the Stars” by Robert Consiglio

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Asleep Among the Stars By Robert Consiglio “We are in scanner range of the bogey, Captain,” says First Communications Officer Borlov. “It’s definitely a ship of some sort, but it has no heat signature. It appears to have lost power.” What could it be doing here, so far from any planetary system? the Captain thinks, swiveling his command chair slightly to glance at Borlov, who is bent over his computer, scanning and analyzing the mystery ship. &nbs...

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“Changing signs changing times” by Kathy Landes

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The two bear cubs were about 8 months old. They had been having a great time learning to climb, swim, hunt and play. Their mother had spent a few months finding them a really nice cave to hibernate in and made sure their bellies were full before they settled in for their winter sleep. The winter months were harsh with deep snow and sub-zero wind chill. The cubs had never experienced winter and when they first got to the cave wanted to play. Mother bear let them frolic and went on the prowl for one more kill. They snow had come early th...

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“Missing Pieces” by Sjan Evardsson

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The doctor said I have to go out today. I don’t know why she’s doing this to me. She doesn’t listen when I tell her I’m not ready. It would be better if she’d said I have to go “outside” today, because I’ve been doing my exercises. Yesterday I stood outside the door forever… well, five minutes, but it seemed like forever. She’d show up, wearing her bright colors and cheery smile. I liked that. There wasn’t much about her I didn’t like, even when she was poking around in my head to find my hurts. It’s just that she’d been going too fast for ...

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“ESCAPE TO SPRING” by Pam Hicks

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Sara Jane stretched and slowly opened her eyes. She glanced at the old Mickey Mouse clock sitting on her old bedside table, the one her father had made for her 10th birthday seventy years ago. She couldn’t believe her eyes, it was 11:30. She had slept the morning away, that was a common thing these days. After all, what reason did she have to get out of bed? She slowly got up and reached for her robe lying on the pink chair in the corner of her bedroom. Walking into the kitchen, she went over to the coffee pot and started her morni...

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“Metamorphosis” by Shoaib Khan

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'Confused' that's what my mind was able to register at the moment. Confused and alone. The world around me didn't make sense, neither did my body. My hands and feet felt numb in this incomprehensible universe I found myself in. Everything was a murky purple shade; the sky and theground. I was standing on absolute nothingness. I tried to remember where I was. I tried to understand where I was but all that came to mind were distant jagged thoughts. Why can't I remember anything? I tried, desperately to cling onto faded memories that seemed for...

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“Life, As We Know It” by Tanja Cilia

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Hibernation is for hedgehogs. And skunks. And bears. And me. That thought was on a loop in my mind as I left the Clinic. “It’s something between torpor, and sedation, and suspended animation…” The doctor had explained. “This is a very, very innovative and exploratory therapy. During the time you will be under, you will have time to dream, to think, to examine your life so far… and make plans for your future. There will be Life, but not as you know it right now. There will be Friendships, Motion, and Sustenance, so do not worry...

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“False Spring” by Shari Tiedens

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Anastacia woke alone. It was cool and dark in the Den, the pods around her still and silent. That was wrong. Some should be out by now, aglow with pre-revival routines. Others should be awake. She should not be the first. Not if everything had gone as it should. Wake up, Canary, she thought, with a tight feeling inside. She unfolded from her sleep on unsteady legs, every inch of her trembling. An inquiry to the ship’s computer revealed the problem. A triggered perimeter alarm. But the numbers that should have told her where and when were a...

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“Artio” by Lexi George

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Her eyes fluttered open. A dim blue light shone into them. She ignored it and closed her eyes; she was not ready for wakefulness. Just a few more weeks, she thought. And with that thought, her dreams twisted around her, and the light was forgotten. A month later, her eyes opened fully. They were swirling gold, ever-changing like flames. The light was brighter now, and it annoyed her. Silently she cursed it, then yawned, closed her eyes and return to sleep. As she did, prayers of far off people entered her mind. They were asking for spring, f...

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“Sodade sem fim” by DREW LANE

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Dear Philip, Such a delight to, at last, feel the pen roll onto the paper. I would like to thank both Maggie and you for sending me pictures of the paths you hiked and the mounts you reached, despite my lack of answer in years. Knowing that someone cares somewhere means the world to me. Those three years without Laurie felt like an infinite drift. Across waves and storms. Clinging onto rafts thicker than my sorrow, at times. Illusory and shallow, at others. But I somehow managed to build a raft for myself and it seems I may now be ...

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“Awakened” by Stormi Gales

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The sound of a door slamming echoed through the empty halls. A bright harsh light blinded her. She had not seen light in such a long time, she had almost forgotten what it was. She squinted, lifting her arms above her head to shield her throbbing eyes from the unforgiving shine. As she began to sit up, unfamiliar grey flowers that had grown along her slumbering form began to fall away before her. Through shadowed eyes she watched them whither, die, and dissolve into ashes around her. The sun shone brightly through the broken windows of her c...

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“Yellow-haired Stranger” by Lalisha Grubisic

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Hello there, yellow-haired stranger. You stand there with such curious poise. I wonder if you’ve ever seen me here too, But I wouldn't want to suffocate your yellow with all my shades of blue. It’s 5:06am, and Winter’s sun has come to kiss me good morning. I awake from my hibernation, still stuck on the same rattling bed in the same milk-coloured room. She beams through my little window, unaltered in her path of warmth and celebration. Her rays hug the ivory walls and tug at the places left shadowed by nurse’s cupboards and h...

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“Small act of Love” by Amogh Bodhi

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Orange rays of setting Sun travelling through the branches of the trees touched me through the window, but could lighten nothing inside me. That place beside the window is where I sit for hours, in company of a mild but persistent headache and never passing body pain. It is vividly visible that nature follows a routine, a cycle, a pattern that transforms the world around and that’s how life keeps going. But what happened seven months ago has frozen the nature inside me, and left me only with the pain in my heart and body both. I always grie...

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“The First Time” by Cam Foster

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Before Layla, my three-year old German Shepherd, and I finally arrive home, I notice a feeling of regret. I decided not to take the train. I don’t wanna get sick, and it would take longer. I pull into a corner parking space in my apartment complex, looking in both side mirrors to ensure the car was accurately within the bounds of the faded yellow strips of the spot, while lowering the whispering sounds of one of her favorite songs, hearing, “And I held your hand through all of these years, but you will still have, all of me.” I stop the ...

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

Submissions are closed

✍️ 158 stories

“Dreams of Alpha Centauri” by Paula Dennison

“THE TRANSFORMED BIBULOUS CHAP” by Kennedy Safari

“Asleep Among the Stars” by Robert Consiglio

“Changing signs changing times” by Kathy Landes

“Missing Pieces” by Sjan Evardsson

“ESCAPE TO SPRING” by Pam Hicks

“Metamorphosis” by Shoaib Khan

“Life, As We Know It” by Tanja Cilia

“False Spring” by Shari Tiedens

“Artio” by Lexi George

“Sodade sem fim” by DREW LANE

“Awakened” by Stormi Gales

“Yellow-haired Stranger” by Lalisha Grubisic

“Small act of Love” by Amogh Bodhi

“The First Time” by Cam Foster

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