Write a story about a character making a big change.

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“Overthink” by Mishael Norgaisse

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March 7, 2007Hi, my name is Emma. Me and my mom are having the best time I can have before the surgery I'm gonna have tomorrow. Its actually the first time I'm going to be in a hospital today ever since I was born, and I'm 18. I don't play sports that much, so I don't get fractures or dislocated shoulders. I'm not clumsy either. I'm pretty sharp and alert, so I don't fall and hurt my face or cut my self when helping Mom cook. So I have never been to a hospital since my birth. I guess all things come to an end. I am having a heart transplant ...

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“Moving On” by Stella Ford

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The time has come. It’s sad, but I knew the day would be here eventually. I stand on the porch and lean against the sturdy wood post. The lake glistens in the dancing, morning sun. The smell of pine trees and firewood dance around me. This is for the better. I have to leave this house now, but that means I’d have to leave all the memories created in this house behind as well. The memories that have made me who I am today. I remember like it was yesterday, building this house with my wife. Her smile in the light, her hazel-green ...

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“This New Life” by Gabrielle Marie

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The apartment stood bare before me. The vacuum lines were still visible in the carpet under visions of where new furniture would go. If only there was a moving truck downstairs, waiting filled with kitchen utensils and memories, but there wasn’t. Right now, this was all I had. An empty apartment. An angry meow pulled me from my thoughts. “Sorry Amelia!” I meowed gently back at her as I knelt down and opened the pet carrier. She normally would have shot out of that carrier like a calico bullet, to hide in a closet or perch on top of the recli...

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“Killer Sloths” by Elizabeth Turner

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Maranda sat at her computer, blank screen. The black cursor blinking with every impatient pulse. She had to put something on this document, but what? Her boss gave her so many prompts – cursed dragons, killer sloths, enlightened geese – but she can’t seem to pick one. One was a serious adventure tale, one was a hilarious short story, and one was just a fun little story to write for some kids. But which one should she choose?! “Ok” she murmured to herself. “Just start typing. ...

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“Regret of a Conquistador” by Neil Sharma

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Rafael spat his chewing bamboo, coughing out blood as he sat down on his chair at the army camp. His men coughed, fed up with the rampant stink of the camp, and the hot mosquitoes that infiltrated their clothes and armor. The freshwater lake spring had been spoiled by the Aztec Rebels, poisoned beyond belief. Murky as hell. Devoid of happiness. This was to be their last resting place. And somehow, Rafael felt a foreboding move towards Heaven itself. Cortes may have wiped out the Aztecs, but their diminished population put up a fierce resista...

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“Unicorns and Plushy Pajamas” by Kitty Lancaster

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It isn't a new idea for Ned Peters, sitting on the foot of his bed admiring the tight pants and white unicorn tank top. He bought the outfit three weeks ago in secret with the intention of wearing it the first day of his senior year. Fear overpowered the urge to be himself and he wore his normal baggy jeans and a Doja Cat T. He is popular and loved at school. He is the starter of the basketball team and all the girls swoon over him. Ned is the stereotypical homecoming King, yet has never had a girlfriend. He tells his boys that he finds ...

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“Release” by Jason Griffith

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In room 23 in a run-down, seedy motel in Bakersfield, California sits a man on the small, surely dirty bed in his room he purchased for the night. He's naked, overweight, and sweating profusely in the fan-blown, dry desert air of the room, a .357 magnum in one hand, as he stares at the paper thin wall in front of him.He leans forward to listen more intently to the sounds coming from the adjacent room. A man and a woman, from the sounds of it, mid-coitous, the head board of their rickety bed thumping in an almost rhythmic bump, semi-animalist...

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“A Real Butterfly Journey” by Corné Lamprecht

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It was jet another day in the life of Layla. She hated the circumstances she worked in, but dragged herself to work, day after day. As this was her life. She had to financially contribute to maintaining their household. She couldn’t wait for her daily lunchtimes, as it was a short break that she could escape her circumstances. This day wasn’t any different. On her way back to work, she remembered something that she had to bought and forgot about. She ran to get it… She knew that she was going to be in trouble when getting back at w...

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“Asylum ” by Kimberly Moorhead

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Oralia’s daughter sleeps upright with her back propped against the concrete wall. Her head rests upon a worn canvas bag. The seams are split and frayed, bound together with thick silver tape. Her black hair is dull and matted, falling to her shoulders in tangled knots. Even in her sleep, she scratches at her scalp and the skin around her neck and ears. Oralia doesn’t know if it’s lice, or fleabites, or both. The streetlight arched high above them casts a pale yellow halo over the dark alley where they’ve stopped for the night. She reaches ou...

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“Bad Herb Day” by Jori Sheppard

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“It WHAT”, He shrieked, slamming down animal skin parchment and stone tablets. The tablets clatter and the one made from delicate sandstone crumbles half into red dust. The young person below him flinched. The Chief was no abuser and usually was a gentle giant, but the waves of pure fury that rolled off him terrified the person crouching under his throne. The chief rose to his feet, a great heave from his stone crushing hands and his heavy legs took his globular body. Veins in his muscled arm pumped blood rapidly, almost as if they were shiv...

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“Angel Hair” by Olivia Strom

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Her beautiful, pale blonde hair fell in flowing waves to her waist. It verged on white, and when light struck it I swear she had a halo. She was as beautiful as her hair was and just as fascinating. I had never talked to her but merely saw her pass in the school halls, her hair trailing in wisps behind her. Junior year I believed it was fate that she sat in front of me in most classes because I loved looking at the back of her head. Admiring her hair everyday became something I looked forward to. She is the most petite and ...

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“ Joe Alone” by Will Sully

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Joe twiddled his thumbs and tapped his heel on the carpet, waiting. He tried not to look at the large mirror stretching lengthways across the wall to his left. He’d made that mistake twice already as he sat in the cold metal fold-out chair. He needed a haircut. He’d known it for weeks, but his looks never took precedence over his classes, his job, or his writing. So, he placed reminders in the back of his mind, pushing them to the bottom of his to-do list. The problem with his list is that he never reached the bottom. Not that the list was l...

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“The Human farm ” by Miriam Moore

Submitted to Contest #33

There is seemingly no finality to this existence. However, the end lurks in a crevice somewhere unknown to you. He waits and watches you wander through the days that fade in and out like waves crashing and receding from the shore. He finds pleasure and beauty in bringing a cease to such a mysterious, fragile, and contradicting being. “How can I hate you and love you simultaneously? How can you be so astonishing, in the way you exist so loudly and beautifully; yet you destroy yourself?” He marvels life, and he env...

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“A Bloodcurdling Experience” by Nirmit Mittal

Submitted to Contest #33

A Bloodcurdling Experience It all started on an extremely awkward day. I awoke groggily and glanced at the window against my bed. I was taken aback when I saw the view outside, the sun setting in the far distance, just over the horizon. Still in sleep mode after this immensely long nap, I headed towards my bathroom to freshen up, still not believing that I almost missed the whole day. When I was brushing my teeth while staring at my twisted and tangled hair, I felt a sharp pain in my lower lip. That is when I lowered my gaze from my ter...

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“Shopping day” by Daniel Longoria

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“WAKE UP! TIME TO DIE!” “I hate that alarm tone.” “I know, my sweet. I’ll change it later.” Alexi sat up, his legs creaking as he sat momentarily, waiting for the dizziness to stop. He turned off the cellphone alarm checking the time on his watch. 1:00 am. Plenty of time to get ready. Shower, shave, the usual waking up ritual. Looking out the window. It was Snowing, heavily, in April. Climate changed has screwed up everything. R...

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Write a story about a character making a big change.

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✍️ 65 stories

“Overthink” by Mishael Norgaisse

“Moving On” by Stella Ford

“This New Life” by Gabrielle Marie

“Killer Sloths” by Elizabeth Turner

“Regret of a Conquistador” by Neil Sharma

“Unicorns and Plushy Pajamas” by Kitty Lancaster

“Release” by Jason Griffith

“A Real Butterfly Journey” by Corné Lamprecht

“Asylum ” by Kimberly Moorhead

“Bad Herb Day” by Jori Sheppard

“Angel Hair” by Olivia Strom

“ Joe Alone” by Will Sully

“The Human farm ” by Miriam Moore

“A Bloodcurdling Experience” by Nirmit Mittal

“Shopping day” by Daniel Longoria

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