End your story with somebody stepping out into the sunshine.

Posted in Summer on Oct 25, 2022

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“Transiit in Itinere” by Drei Etsocal

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Brmmmmmmmmmmm!Licinia Prima stretched her arms grumbling back on the sound that awaked her. 'Sol has not even lit up the world yet. I hate you, grumbling sound!'She rubbed her eyes and yawned as she slowly sat on her old wooden bed. Her head sluggishly turned towards her siblings who were still in deep sleep. 'I wish Morpheus and Hypnos would give me the same sleep and dream as theirs.'She heard someone also got up from somewhere in their house. 'Must be Mother.' Prima sighed tiptoeing out in the yard. She sat on a long bench outside their h...

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“A Heart of Gold” by Anuthaman The_ripper

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It is 3 weeks more to summer holidays but to most of the students of Hidshgen Middle School it feels like a year. It’s because of the grade bully Michael. He had been terrorizing the students. By either pushing people into lockers to do his homework or shooting spitballs when they are presenting some or the other work. He had no friends as he always badmouthed the ones who tried to initiate contact with him. He also used cuss words against students,teachers. Ajax was the newest kid to school and had never experienced bullying. Th...

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“Upward” by Jon R. Miller

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Sursum grimaced and yowled as he hauled the climbing rope with both hands, helping Eripio scale the final distance onto the lip of the cliff. His guttural vociferations echoed off the cave walls; startled glow-beetles scuttled deep inside their crevices. Sursum planted his feet firmly into an indentation in the rock and pulled with all his might. “Come on, Eripio, I won’t have you fall all the way back down home,” he said through clenched teeth. “Or else this’ll be the shortest expedition in history.” Eripio’s fingers emerged, latching onto ...

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“Glimmer of Light” by Britt Michielsen

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My eyes open slowly. I wince in pain as my head hits the headrest of the passenger seat of a familiar car. It’s pounding so loud I can’t even hear myself think. But I have to. I have to focus. I have to get us out of here. I look to the left and immediately panic. “Neal? Neal, wake up!” I yell as I prompt myself up against the car seat so that I land onto my knees. My hands are tied together with duck tape so I kind of have to be creative as to how I can move around in this tiny space. “Neal! Neal! Wake up, Neal!” I scream again, even loud...

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“If Only” by F. G.

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I knew I had to make it stop. I closed my eyes, breathed in slowly, held it for a short time, and then released it just as slow. Out of instinct alone, I reached for the still cold ground. My hand thrust through the soil and I felt the roots. I started combing them with my fingers. The cicadas yawned from too much sleep and began to sing their song.I opened my eyes and watched them climb up the old oak tree. The one that grew the tallest at the center of the land. ( I don't remember a time when it wasn't there.) I sat on the ground listening...

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“Am back ” by TomfliXA Ng’ang’a

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She woke up all happy and pretty pleased with herself. It wasn’t almost herself to be optimistic, not with her poor life. Mombasa must have been an exciting experience for her it seemed. She whistled softly as she peeled off the covers off her.“Hey bestie. I am broke and desperate. So could you do me a favor and sort me out please? “ She asked her friend Jayson, way later in the day. “I would like to, but you are the queen of the non-debt payers remember. “She stared at him long and hard before smiling and left. She threw her backpack on her...

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“Dorsey Mansion” by Annalisa D.

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Why did I ever let them talk me into this? The gray house looms over me. Vines stretch up the walls and twist around gutters like the earth is getting ready to swallow the house whole. Gargoyles perch on columns guarding the main door like the creators wanted it to be a haunted mansion one day. As the legends go, this dreadful place was first crafted to be the home of Blair and Edgar Dorsey. They were a yo...

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“Brighter Days Ahead” by Sloane Sanders

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This is not a place of joy. Nobody ever smiles here unless it is their time to leave. Everyone is restricted to their cramped quarters and kept to themselves. Visitors? You can forget visitors. No one knows you are here, and no one cares. Any memories you had of family or friends from before become foggy and eventually disappear altogether after enough time in this place. Making friends usually does not happen either. You ar...

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“Rain-soaked Nightmares” by Aurelia Lye-Cull

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Soft, swishing beads filled the world like a giant bathtub, silently drowning hopes, thoughts, and lives. Buildings swayed gently yet roughly, and Abigail was there when the screams fell into silence. The tapping turned to slamming turned to wrecking, and no one knew who was next. It didn't help that Abigail was drowned in the horrors of absolute darkness, the power having been disrupted when the storm started. She trembled on the cold, shaky floor of her room, grabbing onto some unknown piece of furniture, waiting. All she could do was wa...

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“A Twist of Time ” by Cindy Calder

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The day was a formidable one at best with the downpour of rain and the occasional streaks of lighting that stretched across the expanse of the skies as well as the ominous rolls of thunder. Looking out the large window that practically covered the entire wall of one side of the den, Piper yawned and relaxed, sinking deeper into the cushions of the comfy sofa, the book she was reading perched on her chest. It was such a dreary day that she could not help feeling sleepy yet again even though she’d slept later than usual that morning.Her normal...

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“Happier with you” by Najah B

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Tw: homophobia I had always been “different”. People come and go once they notice. They call me weird and don’t want anything to do with me. Why do they say such a thing? I’m just an average girl, a girl who just wishes someone will love me for the way I am. Just hate that I care so much about people’s opinions of me. I shouldn’t and I realize very often how bad it is, but I can’t help it. Society wants men and women married with a happy family and I don’t want that. It’s so normalized that the world is so blinded where they forget...

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“Misplaced” by Kayley Dickins

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“Complete Sentence” by Jamie Harvey

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I, Martha Jae, am leaving this place today. I have waited six long years, but today I am leaving. Breakfast was cold porridge and dry toast with a glass of water. Just like every day for the last six years. The last 2,190 breakfasts have been exactly the same. It was warm already. The thermostat by the table where I ate said 82 already at seven-thirty in the morning. The summer humidity in June in North Carolina filled the air and weighed everything down. It was the time of year when everything fel...

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“The Withering Willow” by Hugo Millaire

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CW: Mention of death and suicide. Not a single object is lit. Darkness cradles me from all sides like the cold water in the depths of the ocean. But how do I know the ocean? I can’t tell where I am, nor what I am. I don’t know how I speak nor how I know. A strange touch of smooth and crumble surrounds me, stopping me from seeing more. But how do I know there is more? Well, I feel vibrations above me, quick thumps from something unknown. Slithering touches my skin every so often, a wet slimy feel. Every so often a distant sound can...

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“Believe” by Hanii Aburame

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Alex looked up to the fading sun as it began its' descent to the horizon dying the sky a purple orange hue. People in red robes similar to his own bustled around rubbing melted butter on rocks situated in a circle to prepare for the summoning ritual. As he looked around his eyes landed on Cory, the girl that brought them here today. With a clipboard in hand she directed people, handing out their designated tasks to insure the ceremony would go smoothly. Her face was slightly swollen, as it had been ever since the doctors said there was no...

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End your story with somebody stepping out into the sunshine.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 211 stories

“Transiit in Itinere” by Drei Etsocal

“A Heart of Gold” by Anuthaman The_ripper

“Upward” by Jon R. Miller

“Glimmer of Light” by Britt Michielsen

“If Only” by F. G.

“Am back ” by TomfliXA Ng’ang’a

“Dorsey Mansion” by Annalisa D.

“Brighter Days Ahead” by Sloane Sanders

“Rain-soaked Nightmares” by Aurelia Lye-Cull

“A Twist of Time ” by Cindy Calder

“Happier with you” by Najah B

“Misplaced” by Kayley Dickins

“Complete Sentence” by Jamie Harvey

“The Withering Willow” by Hugo Millaire

“Believe” by Hanii Aburame

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