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Write about the longest day of the year, or a day that never seems to end.

Posted in Summer on Oct 26, 2022

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“It Could Have Been Worse” by Rose Tilly

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I'm sitting on the bench in the mall. I'm waiting for my sister to get out of work. I'm on my phone, browsing Instagram.        BOOM!!! A loud noise came to me. Flashback:        It's the day after Thanksgiving. It's November 29, 2019, Black Friday. My sister was working at the mall until six pm. My phone ding. I got a message. Franny: Done with work. Still at the mall. (4:23pm) Me: Coming. (4:26)         I walked to the mall. It wa...

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“Cold Sunrise on Mars ” by Vanit Shah

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Even after 4 years, I’m still not used to seeing the blue-grey sunrise on the horizon, peeking just above the Gusev Crater. Funny how Google Images only ever shows you pictures of Mars in the afternoon, when the sky is a pinkish-red, a hue that people have come to associate with the Red Planet for millennia. But standing on a rocky outcrop atop Anseris Mons, gazing at the purplish expanse of sky before me, I can say with qualification that the Curiosity Rover (and much of mankind) missed out on just how mystical the Martian sky can be during...

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“Twenty-one” by Austin Diaz

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On the morning of the longest day of the year, a fog swept into the Rhine valley and choked off the morning sunlight. Only hints of the rooftops and dim squares of light across the street from Anna’s kitchen window poked through the dark and it felt like Phaeton had died a second time and the sun was in mourning for his son, leaving it to the incendiaries to light the world again. Anna set aside the Kahlua she’d planned to tip into her coffee and drank it black.      She decided to go for a run. Her body, she told he...

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“Interminable Illness” by David Brown

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“Good morning, Mama. How are you feeling today?” I asked, expecting the same answer as every other time over the last several months that I’ve visited her at the Flats, a superlative dementia-friendly residence just outside of Bristol.“Mama? Young man, just because I am old, doesn’t mean that I’m somebody’s mother…or grandmother. You know…I do have a name,” she said, bothered.“Exactly the same reaction as yesterday…and the day before,” I sighed to myself.“What was that, fata? Speak up.” She called me fata…kid or lad. Often times she’d switch...

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“Don't Call It A Night” by Masha Kamenetskaya

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Don't Call It A Night I originate from St. Petersburg, the city where daylight and darkness chase each other in an eternal battle. When darkness takes the lead, people get gloomy November without any sunlight or hope for it. When the light breaks through and, eventually, replaces the night, this happens to be the season of the white nights. A short and therefore even more precious northern summer. This is a purely geographical event. I mean, St. Petersburg doesn't even have the whitest white nights. People who live near or above the Arctic...

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“00:00” by Alina Starling

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Today is the longest day of the year. I sit here, on my bed - and wait. There is nothing else to do but wait. My body is seized up, incapable of movement – yet every other time an involuntary spasm courses through my veins, up my neck, down my spine, into my toes, and I twitch, and it does not feel like my limbs are my own. My teeth are ground into dust from the pressure and there is a constant lump in my throat that I cannot swallow no matter how much water I guzzle down. My stomach is turning. It is the only thing that is turning in this q...

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“The loop ends, kinda” by Grace Kelley

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The longest day that never ends, well I would like to say it's me sitting in a classroom, but it's not school time, it's summer time. I could say it's the long summer nights spent awake looking up at the stars, but it's not, the longest day of the year, the day that never ends, is well today. Not your today, my today, it would be your maybe three years ago today, but for me it's been the same summer day over and over again, it not a bad actually, no school, I can goof off and do whatever I want, can rob a bank, travel, meet whoever I want,...

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“"Madam Cecilia And Her Ignorance Of Solstice"” by Philip Ebuluofor

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  “Madam Cecilia And Her Ignorance Of Solstice Days”   Madam Cecilia was once in the past the Secretary if her town women organization, never you think that I thought much of or impressed by that position as being significant or worth a fucking penny in my estimation, but it means a world to her. I cannot place myself as a joy killer to deny her that happiness. But truly speaking, it is a glorified position. Those women were so illiterate that you will begin to wonder about madam Cecilia herself. I know you her put two ...

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“Day Of No End ” by Leigh Minarapa

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It’s difficult to remember what the dark looks like. Sometimes I collect all the blankets in the house, lay them on top of one another, and bury myself underneath. Sometimes I dive deep into the town pool and clench my eyes tightly. Sometimes I lock myself in the pantry cupboard and tape the cracks. Still, the light finds a way in. Between the blanket layer, and the air bubbles and the small splits in the wood, it always finds a way in. I heard some people on the television talking about places underground where you can pay to visit the dark...

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“Nectarine Dreams” by Megan Schrader

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The fruits of summer had always been the sweetest. As he sat on the coast, snacking contentedly on plump nectarines and cherries, their sticky juices streaming down his chin and fingers, Daimon wished he could sit beneath the hot summer sun forever. Lazy days by the water, a gentle breeze on the air, the promise of sunshiny, saltwater days yet to come - he might have been young, but Daimon could not picture a life more perfect than that. And while the sun would remain high above the horizon for many more hours still, a nagging voice reminde...

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“The Day That Never Ended” by Sarai And Skylar World

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I just had to deal with the day that would never end. It was a rather interesting day, considering that my life is pretty boring. But I was, at least, called responsible enough to drive to the music festival with my friends, Calliope and Natasha. I don’t think I was ready, though. I’m only sixteen. Here’s how it all started.June 21st I woke up at eight o’clock with a smile. I usually never wake up like that. Waking up that early felt really good. I made some breakfast, but it was not successful.I was too focused on my toast to check on ...

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“FOREVER” by Alviya Meenam Z

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"Get your lazy ass up Ruby or you will be late for your wedding . God! what am I supposed to do with her !" 3 2 1, the door of my room opens with a bang , so ladies and gentlemen let me present you my dear mother her face mirroring an expression of shock and surprise . Yes surprise, because I had been late to many important events of my life like my graduation and many more, but here I am all showered and ready to go to the venue. Oh ! wait did I introduce myself ? alright I have short term memory loss just kidding . As its an important day...

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“The Sun is a Bully” by Ken Guidroz

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The Sun is a Bully The sun is a bully. Not a mean one like that kid in fifth grade. But more like that friend who doesn’t just come to your party, but makes an entrance. He yammers loudly, seems to be everywhere at once, with remarkable dexterity and consistency he redirects all conversations back to himself. Once tired of with redirects, he just starts talking over everyone. After a while he has exhausted all your guests, making them content to stew in their muteness, wondering which TV show awaits them on their DVR when they return home. Y...

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“Not Even A Tick” by LOUREN JAY CABALLERO

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It was sunrise, and the sun was about to scorch the field with its sizzling heat. I was lying in my bed looking at the bare ceiling over my head, attached a two-winged fan with massive dirt all over it. Not a three-winged ceiling fan anymore because I accidentally broke it when I cleaned it with a broom, and it got stuck in the fan, which causes my fall bringing with me one of the wings. My mom used to remind me that it is called blades, but I refuse her term and called it wings because it sounds good to my ears when I say it, and also it so...

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“Artsy” by Ron Connors

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I saw her approaching. My goodness but she is fetching. My English has improved with my travels, fetching is a word of the elite. “That’s who she is! She is that beautiful woman from the lacquer painting class. An Aussie I thought but maybe a kiwi. Shoulder length brown hair perfectly coiffed to expose the exquisite lines of her beautiful visage, she had one of those faces designed to smile. She would never age; added years would do nothing but further expose her grace. “ My thoughts raced as I imagined the conversation we would have.&nbsp...

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