Write a story about somebody reminiscing on an event that happened many summers ago.

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“Good Day” by Erin Potts

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Gamble Rivend stood with one foot on the guide rail at the lodge of the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. It was a place with some memories for him, though he wasn’t old enough, in his reckoning, to reminisce. Even so, he couldn’t help but remember the long summer solstice he’d spent here fifteen years ago. The sun broke over the ridge line and set his golden hair aglow in the morning light. He was a tall and stocky person, broad-shouldered but still lean. It was a different visage from the first time he’d watched the sun come up on this longes...

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“Bazaine's Defeat” by Kevin Schenk

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The bees where humming and buzzing all around the garden as they gathered up the sweet serum and distributed the pollen. They've been doing it for millennia and were truly experts at their craft. Highly efficient, dedicated, and focused. Much like grandfather had been his entire life and something that had been drilled into him from an early age, as it had been for all the boys at the time. Diligence was everyone's middle name. He had truly been a busy bee most of his life. Now he was quite the opposite as he lounged on a chair in the garden...

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“A Puppy for Christmas” by Kayley Dickins

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He hadn’t intended on remembering the date on which they had been partnered together at work, it had just happened, implanted itself on the inside of his skull awaiting his perusal whenever he desired to peruse. If asked why he remembered it so clearly, he would answer with one of the three explanations he had crafted that he deemed nonsuspicious, the favourite of which was that there was a good game on that day that he had watched at the pub in the evening. This was the favourite story because it was true, and the safest way to tell a lie i...

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“Seventy-Five Not Out” by Barry Smith

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Seventy-Five Not Out Joy put the postcard down, dried her eyes, and stepped out into the East London morning, sun just rising over the trees opposite. It promised to be a glorious summer day and she had to do a few errands, like she'd done almost every day all her life, one of the things that got her up and out in the mornings. At 82 you needed to keep moving. She'd been talking to Sylvie, her friend of three quarters of a century. She'd shed a tear, not because she was sad, but Sylvie had sent her the card with a particularly smutty joke,...

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“Finally, Something to Crow About” by Sharmila Shankarkumar

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TW: Attack by a crow It was in the summer of 1984 when the crow first started attacking my father. Boom! It began, just like that. None of us can remember what started it. One day everything was fine, and then the next, my dad was the crow’s sworn enemy, a mortal threat, a foe to be vanquished.The attack would happen when my father left for work in the morning, at 8.30 am. At the time, we had just moved to Delhi for his new job and he was driving his own car to work. This was before he’d secured the perk of getting a chauffeur. Now that I th...

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“Black-Eyed Susan” by Cannelle L

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There was a black-eyed Susan.Always a black-eyed Susan. I never liked black-eyed Susans, their yellow petals too flashy and flamboyant, their dirt-brown center too dark and dreary to be any Susan’s eye color, yet lately, they seemed to be the only flowers I long for.Out of all the flowers that bloom in summer, she's my favorite. I shot up before the sun even dared rise. One foot stumbling after the other, I staggered out of bed. It was out of habit for me to be sprinting about at such an early hour, but I couldn't help it. It was s...

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“Letting you go ” by Hannah Jin Geromo

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I woke up as the sun light caresses my cheeks. I sat down and look at my phone. '7:35 am April 10th' I smiled and prepared to leave. I wore the dress my best friend gave me and looked at the mirror to admire myself, I sighed, I tied my hair in a half up bun and put on my necklace.I dusted my dress, took my things and went out." Barrette and necklace double check,bag check,helmet check,phone, keys, wallet, triple check... I think I'm ready to go" I put on my helmet and rode my bike. I smiled as the wind touches my face.I stopped outside a sho...

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“Something Blue” by Briana Spring

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The first time she walked down the aisle had been magical. Sunlight streamed through the church's high-paned, mosaic windows, casting an orange glow over the guests' beaming faces. Her dress was a dream made of silk; pearl-white and long-trained, trailing behind her on the red carpet. A symphony of sweet-sounding violins accompanied her parade down the aisle. She held lilac flowers in her hands; fresh-smelling and full of life. She had seen the photographs later, and she could never understand how the camera had captured her in a way that ...

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“On July 31st~ You Gave My Life Such Meaning~” by Grace Mulrain

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Warning: Discussion of past abuse and suicidal thoughts While everyone else was playin' volleyball... I was just chillin', inside the luxury beach house that was big enough to fit a big family. I was readin' a novel that was on ma' phone when I decided to turn to my right where the beautiful, glass window was at, I was gazin' up at the sunshine that was really pretty. So beautiful. So nostalgic... very nostalgic... it just takes me back to the times when I was li'l, like around... eleven or twelve years old. I remember the time when...

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“A Guard's Duty” by J.A. Blackmore

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This is a story that goes along with my novel I'm currently working on, and I encourage you at least know some about Fae and the creatures and people that live in it before you read this. You can find the link to my novel in my author bio. Thanks!!!"Emily?" Michael put a hand on my shoulder. "Come inside, it's getting late, and cold."I said nothing, and kept staring out at the ocean from my high balcony, praying that it wouldn't happen. They'd said they would come for me the night before the next eclipse.The Rising Dawn. I'd defeated their ...

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“Sweet Dreams” by Lavender Blue

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SWEET DREAMS It was windy, that lovely summer day, when I first met her. She was dressed in a colorful cotton sundress and wore light blue sandals on her feet. Her hair was held back by a greenish ruffled scrungie and small pieces of it had escaped to blow gently in her face with every warmish breeze. A small backpack was on her back and around her waist was tied a silky scarf. Looking every bit the essence of summer she smiled at me across the picnic table and, no matter how silly this may sound, I fell in love right then and th...

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“The summer that lingers on our minds. ” by Mayflor Bagood

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Flashback to our lives many years ago, our mixed emotions and different feelings on the summer of 1989. We were married by then and really felt excitement and joy to think that we would be able to see my parents in States. We were eager and curious for our first trip to another country. Then comes another feelings of fear and fright, knowing that this travel isn't for a holiday ,after mom told us that dad was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer on his big intestine. It sent me goosebumps and shivers ,scared of losing a dad who gave us everything a...

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“Looking back on my adoption ” by Taylor Thompson

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Grandma Jane opened up her old dusty brown picture book. Wow, I exclaimed, mesmerized by the black and white photos in front of me. Grandma Jane, I said, who is that woman? Oh, that is my real mom, she said. Your real mom? Yes, my real mom. So Great-Grandma Gene is not your real mom? No honey, she said, She is not. I thought you knew that? She said with a grin on her face. No, I quickly said as I pushed for more information. Well, let us go sit down over here, and I will explain. I followed Grandma to the couch. She pulled out another...

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“Searching for Independence Day” by Kiren D.

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At noon on the last July 4th of his life, Mohan sat in his seat at the kitchen table, staring through the window at the lawn he used to tend, now out of his reach. “Asha beti, we just want to wish you a happy birthday” said his wife, Rani, seated at the telephone desk behind him.“When will she be here?” Mohan asked expectantly.“Darling, I told you, she is not coming,” Rani said in a voice tired from its continued burden, omitting the reminder that their daughter who lived a continent away in California had chosen not to spend her birthday in...

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“It must have been love...” by Angele Blanco

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I'm a long way from home and I miss you so much. I'm stationed in Spain. Here it feels like home, but everywhere I go... I envision you beside me. A cold feeling on my skin runs down to the tips of my toes. The feeling of loneliness and imagining your embrace on me. As I was walking out of the Naval ship, I smelled your cologne and laundry smell, I know so well. It took me back to the summer's ago... In the summer of 2020, it's me and you. We're so young, so in love. We were at the camp in North Carolina. I believe the camp was Camp Mondamin...

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Write a story about somebody reminiscing on an event that happened many summers ago.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 217 stories

“Good Day” by Erin Potts

“Bazaine's Defeat” by Kevin Schenk

“A Puppy for Christmas” by Kayley Dickins

“Seventy-Five Not Out” by Barry Smith

“Finally, Something to Crow About” by Sharmila Shankarkumar

“Black-Eyed Susan” by Cannelle L

“Letting you go ” by Hannah Jin Geromo

“Something Blue” by Briana Spring

“On July 31st~ You Gave My Life Such Meaning~” by Grace Mulrain

“A Guard's Duty” by J.A. Blackmore

“Sweet Dreams” by Lavender Blue

“The summer that lingers on our minds. ” by Mayflor Bagood

“Looking back on my adoption ” by Taylor Thompson

“Searching for Independence Day” by Kiren D.

“It must have been love...” by Angele Blanco

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