Write about a few people spending a long-overdue weekend away at a cottage.

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“Weekend of Discovery” by Helen Hewitt

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Packing a suitcase for a weekend away is a nightmare. I had just finished packing mine as I walked into the wardrobe to see my partner of 5 years: with clothes all over the floor looking very forlorn, head down and eyes bulging as he looked up at me saying, "what do you pack for a weekend away when you don't know what you'll be doing," I knelt down beside his clothes and looked up at him saying, "just a few outfits that you'll feel comfortable in and clean underwear for two, maybe three days." He still looked confused so I grabbed some...

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“ "DREAM COTTAGE"” by Vickie Culbertson

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In the dream sequence, all the searching was over and the twin sister I grew up not knowing was here. She is waiting for me with open arms. My longing in my aching heart is still with me and always will be. A part of me is gone from this earth and that void will never be completely filled. I do have the comforting presence of her son, his wife, and thei...

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“Ha Ha! funny!” by Tejas Chandna

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"Ha Ha! funny!" said the car as we both drove back home tired and sad to a weekend we were about to cancel. Sad because we regretted the day when we planned it. I wished we planned it well, but let's see how an unplanned weekend goes.It was in college that my two best friends planned a weekend out with all of us leaving all our gadgets, books, and worries behind. Who knew it would start to explain to us the meaning of life.The car was promised to be a two day weekend. It went on laughing on our stupidity that a weekend is of only two days. W...

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“Away for the Weekend” by Lisa Sedley

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Music played over the radio and the wind blew through Nicolas’s hair. He inhaled and smiled against the warm rays of sunshine that illuminated his face. His engine purred and his wheels spun on the fresh blacktop. He tapped his fingertips on the steering wheel as his anticipation grew.Nearly there, Nicolas thought.A few moments later he was pulling into the driveway of his mate Raymond Wilson’s summer home. He called it a cottage, but it was big enough to be deemed a mansion. There was a swimming pool in the back and a tennis court on the si...

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“The love of friends” by Ashley Patterson

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It's been years since I last saw my four best friends and this weekend was going to be very much needed. Bethany is a lawyer, Joey is at Teacher, Gabe is well….. let's just say a people's person, and lastly my sweet Karen owns her own bakery. And then there's me Shontae, I'm the only one with kids and a spouse. I work as a full time writer. Imagine trying to get work done with a 1 and 3 year old around. We met in college 6 years ago, the good ol days when time stood still. Parties and alcohol was our motto not a single care in the world, so ...

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“IN THE COMPANY OF SIRIUS” by Dolapo Omoleme

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It had been more than 6 months since they last met. After they left college they met at the cottage once every two months to spend a weekend together. It helped them keep up with each other’s lives and maintain the support group they’d individually depended on since their first years in college. The cottage was located in a wooded area an hour away from the city, in a small community made up of no more than 30 houses sitting in the middle of a valley – a sharp contrast to their lives in the city, where a single apartment block consisted of...

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“LONG WEEKEND” by C Alexis McGregor

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Do you remember, when you were younger, how time flowed freely, being unencumbered by duty, and a weekend at the cottage simply entailed tossing a suitcase in the trunk cuddled up with a plethora of alcoholic beverage? Welcome to adulthood brimming, overflowing, drowning your hold on life-work balance. Here you sit, a sweating can of cider on the Muskoka chair arm, face warmed by the flickering flames of the fire, part of the circle of your dearest beloved friends. Oh, also, their partners, kids, pets, yeah: just like you remembered! Aroun...

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“Rest your blade.” by Jordan L

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‘That’s the last of them,’ She stated as the goblin chief fell to the ground, sheathing Hien, the once mythological dagger of a giant Oni into its large sheath on her back. She walked past the rest of the troupe to the stone deck of the large cottage, her fiery hair blowing with the late summer wind as she exited the sliding doors. ‘You boys can clear this up without me right?’ she looked back at her apprentices who merely nodded before they began organising the clearance from her slaughter. Smiling to herself as she turned, she sat on the d...

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“The Elementals” by Gillian W

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"Hey, Launa, we need to go!" Fourteen-year-old James shouted, shoving a few more books into his pack. "Coming! I swear!" A voice floated down the short, rotting, hallway. A girl, about 13, was packing with her cousin to leave. Why? Because people were Hunting for them. Recently, it was discovering that Launa could be an Elemental. In a society that was... well, non-magical, magic folk - called Elementals- were rare. And extremely valuable. So, they were running. Through a mountain range. To find their parents, hide from the Hunters,...

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“The Seashell” by Linda Rossi

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Captain Brandon Burns briefly lost consciousness. His co-pilot had already been out for several minutes. Panic started to set in on the experienced pilot. He struggled to stay conscious. He thought he had already radioed in a distress signal, hadn’t he? He couldn’t remember. Things were very, very foggy in his brain right now. Brandon was flying the small private plane very low over the Pacific Ocean.&nbs...

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“Secrets and Surprises” by Mae Obusa

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I was practically bouncing on my feet. Excited is the understatement of how I felt. After years of scheduling, postponing, and waiting, I and my band of friends are finally going to Stephen’s family’s cottage in the woods about a hundred miles from the city.Stephen is Katie’s cousin who happens to be my best friend. The two other guys were Stephen’s best buddies in high school, Mark and Ollie. I had a crush with Mark when we were in high school but as a lady’s man, Mark almost always had a girl hanging on his arm so I didn’t stand a chance. ...

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“The Cottage” by Lavinia Hughes

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Lavinia M. Hughes Word Count: 1,733 LHughes4277@gmail.com #204 775 East Falmouth Highway East Falmouth, MA 02536 U.S.A. THE COTTAGE By Lavinia M. Hughes Another 10-hour day, Kate fussed to herself as she put away the vacuum cleaner, pulled the files for the next work day’s patients, gathered her things, and headed for the door of the...

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“Memories of Rosewood” by Mello Timothy

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"Hey, come on, it's time to go", Sophie heard her friend's voice and snapped out of her thought. She wasn't thinking about anything in particular, more of a feeling. She loved the feeling of the hot sun on her skin. It made her feel safe and comfortable. When everyone was complaining about having to wear masks in the heat, she didn't mind at all because one, she loved the feeling of warmth, it had always brought her great calm and two, masks were to protect you and others around you. She tied her braids back, they were swinging on her face a...

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“The Silver Locket” by Alana Lawlor

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We edged our way through the bushes and wet leaves. They stuck to my boots as I walked. It was the dead of night, but the moon was bright and we didn’t need to switch on our headlamps yet. I was in the middle, Kate was ahead of me holding the branches back. Brian was behind. I could hear his heavy breathing and clumsy footsteps as he struggled to catch up to us. “Christ, you didn’t tell me we’d have to trek through the wilderness.” “You knew it was down the country,” Kate said. “Everything is miles away from everything else here.” Kate...

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“The Memory Tree” by Bill Brooks

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It was never easy being married to one of the preeminent science fiction writers of our time, let me tell you. Emmett lived more for the interview and the adoring fan than he ever did for me. Don’t get me wrong, this isn’t a whining session or a pity party. I knew all this going in. I knew that the world had stolen his heart long before I’d gotten there, and that I would forever be relegated to the back seat of his life. I made my peace with that early on, and he and I learned to love each other in our own unique way. ...

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Write about a few people spending a long-overdue weekend away at a cottage.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 124 stories

“Weekend of Discovery” by Helen Hewitt

“ "DREAM COTTAGE"” by Vickie Culbertson

“Ha Ha! funny!” by Tejas Chandna

“Away for the Weekend” by Lisa Sedley

“The love of friends” by Ashley Patterson

“IN THE COMPANY OF SIRIUS” by Dolapo Omoleme

“LONG WEEKEND” by C Alexis McGregor

“Rest your blade.” by Jordan L

“The Elementals” by Gillian W

“The Seashell” by Linda Rossi

“Secrets and Surprises” by Mae Obusa

“The Cottage” by Lavinia Hughes

“Memories of Rosewood” by Mello Timothy

“The Silver Locket” by Alana Lawlor

“The Memory Tree” by Bill Brooks

🌟 Similar prompts

Write a story that begins with someone's popsicle melting.

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