Write about someone who always comes to the aid of others.

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“The Aid of Others” by Nix ♞

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He moans and moans. I sit there. I rub his back. Under his shirt. I rub it under his shirt. The skin feels terrible. This happens when he tries to stop. He aches, and shakes and sweats, too, and sometimes he sees things, even. I wonder if he stops seeing things, if he stops seeing me, he must, I figure. I figure, in order to see something, you have to stop seeing something else, don’t you? That’s what they call zero-sum. There’s seen, unseen, a winner, loser.Now and then I leave the room just to check, when the feeling gets big enough, ...

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“Plates” by Nicole Won

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Everyone has collections. As kids, we're told to start a collection of stamps, snowglobes, baseball cards, maybe even rocks, for those who spent a few too many hours solving puzzles in the classroom and not enough at recess. James was one of those kids in his childhood, always turning in his tests while half the class was stuck on problem 4. He heard about the idea of starting a collection from a friend, who gathered arrowheads he found in the woods, and James worried for a while over what he could collect that wouldn't involve rummaging aro...

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“Father” by JULIET EJEZIE

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Father’s phone rang halting the journey of a forkful of pasta into his separated lips, the kind lady from the drugstore who was battling with cancer felt that it was her time to leave this world, her husband an unbeliever didn’t see the need for a confession but he would do anything for the beloved woman who he had known for almost half of his life. Father cast a sorry look towards mother, apologising for not having dinner with us for the fourth time this week. He took his coat which always hung on the kitchen door, an emergency coat he had ...

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“The Healer” by The ShoeMaker

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In a dark bedroom, a scrawny teenager on the edge of his bed made his hands glow green. Cracking his knuckles, Rick observed the light green hue that shone from his skin like a glow stick. Tiny tendrils of green electricity traveled across the palm of his hand, darting here and there and disappearing as fast as they appeared. He didn't know how they worked, but he knew what they did. All he needed was a single touch, and his power would bring someone to their optimal condition. Bones fractured straightened up, chronic disorders removed, miss...

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“The Lawyer's Gunslinger” by James De Mont

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Benjah pressed his hands into his face. It was the end of his career. Perhaps his life if the stories of the Westlevain prison were true. ‘Do you contest the verdict Mr. Moirson?’ The judges deep jowly voice, quite comical with his bulldog appearance, now cut through him like a winter chill. The fraud accusations had come mere days ago. His files had overflown with condemning evidence, any lawyer had recommended he call it in and pray. Benjah made to speak but his lips stuck to together and his throat had become so dry he coughed. Taking a ...

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“Only Human” by Craig Passons

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They say guilt is the ruiner of the soul, little do they know… My name is Samuel Walsch and there is little I would like to share of myself with the rest of the world. Self security is my protector, and exposure is my ruiner. So, I stay seated at a hole-in-the wall diner on 18th and Main. It is a quaint little shop I have been frequenting over the course of roughly five years, give or take. To be absolutely honest, the time ruins into days, into months, and into years as one granulated body forming the sands in the hourglass of destiny. ...

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“THE PHOENIX FROM ASHES OF BEING UNWANTED” by Kamaru Tk

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Good morning ma'am. Today I'm here to interview or to talk with you for sometime"the intervwier said with a bright smile. "How do you feel ma'am on this auspiuous day?"."Really great , I feel very happy and I'm very glad to be with you." Never replied.".So ma'am your experiences brought you her,so can you please share it with us?"the interviwer asked with a twinkle in his eyes."Sure,my life is my teacher.There were always new problems, knowledge and new people. But for my family I was the unwanted........" Neenu was born to...

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“LIKE MAGIC ” by Rose Mary

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Was it a sad thing or a good thing? I can feel it in my bones the way people wish to feel. As if someone gave me a unknown super power without asking. Sometimes all it takes is a conversation and immediately I can feel what the person wishes for. It's almost like a burning sensation if I don't try. My face gets all red and I feel the powers start to bubble. I feel the beam of light trying to get out. When I met her I had no idea shed become my world. She had it all figured out except she didn't. Her world was turned upside down after I ent...

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“The End of the Week” by Carrie Thorne

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Thursday night. Best night of the week. This week anyway. Last week it was Monday. Two weeks prior, it was Sunday. Marise ran tugged at the hair tie, loosening her tangled knots from the tight bun. Ugh. Her hair was still damp from this morning. Twelve on, twelve off, four on, three off, five on, four off. Whoever said nurses spent too much time eating bon bons at the nurse’s station, waiting for a patient to need them was utterly deranged. When she’d graduated from nursing school three years ago, she’d sworn to never “do it this way whe...

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“Yellow Iris Flower” by Rajesh M

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Introduction Charlotte is a single mother and also dumb who takes care of her two kids, elder girl Eva (13 yrs) and younger boy Oliver (10 yrs). They live in New Brunswick, Canada. She works in a wheat farm; her daily wages will be food cost for a family. She leaves the home at 7.am and return back from work by 1.pm. At that time her both the kids will be at home and Eva is elder girl so she has a responsibility to take care of Oliver. 1st July 1867, New Brunswick, Canada ...

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“Altruism still exists.” by SANYUKTA SAHA

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Loaning assistance to others in need is only god in camouflage. Many have their own difficulties for which one needs to scrap out certain strategies or stunts to get a way. In any case, if circumstance compounds and on the off chance that somebody ventures forward with entire heart to help, at that point that individual is honored . Well, Helping to someone, is not an easy task. In the Modern era, nobody helps without any profit.Individuals these days are so occupied in their own life that nobody tries to see whats occurring outside their re...

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“Dump Star” by Gideon Gichohi

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In the wake of the tenth decade, a child lay at a trodden dumpster aware of the world that lit above, buzzing flies big as corn seeds and small as pin heads. The drool that felt its way into an unpacked yogurt did but add a glitter in its river-like meander. Down it went from the small pink lips to chubby cheeks, away from a fragile neck to the well jumbled discard. The comfort provided was a shawl able to be traced to a Jenn-Fib line of fabric, best industry in damask and wool curtains. “If they throw a comely bear like you, who should be...

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“A letter from Ansley ” by A S

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Ansley stared out the window in awe of the others. It was a chilly night, perfect to catch fireflies in a Mason Jar, but unlike the others she couldn't go outside, at least that's what her letter said. Every year on her birthday she got a letter from her future self, a week after her birthday. The past letters have been normal, dont wear nail polish, it doesn't look good on you or even dont become friends with a girl named Ashley, in which she obeyed every year. This year however was different, the letter spoke "Dont go out side tonight, it'...

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“Rise of Nighthawk” by Brigidh McKeen

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Years of training and learning within the Xaviar school for gifted children had done a lot of good for Dianna. She had been invited to join the X-man forces but had declined. She wanted to go home and be with her family. She had made a few friends during summer breaks over the years. Tony and Josie were her two best friends. Josie wanted to be her lady on the mic, and Tony had a degree already in IT and engineering. He liked to tinker and make cool gadgets. He had graduated a year ahead of her, in 2004. She always knew...

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“Nothing After All” by Elizabeth Moore

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The train rattled and swayed as night slipped past outside. Halfway down the car sat one other passenger: a boy, maybe twelve years old. It was hard to tell, children seemed to grow up faster here, so she often found she was wrong. The boy looked like a mark if she had ever seen one. He didn’t look rich, but he looked like someone cared, which probably meant he had some cash in his pocket. That was a dangerous way to look around here. The train stopped, the boy remained seated, and three guys boarded. The guys were early twenties, clearly ...

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Write about someone who always comes to the aid of others.

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✍️ 108 stories

“The Aid of Others” by Nix ♞

“Plates” by Nicole Won

“Father” by JULIET EJEZIE

“The Healer” by The ShoeMaker

“The Lawyer's Gunslinger” by James De Mont

“Only Human” by Craig Passons

“THE PHOENIX FROM ASHES OF BEING UNWANTED” by Kamaru Tk

“LIKE MAGIC ” by Rose Mary

“The End of the Week” by Carrie Thorne

“Yellow Iris Flower” by Rajesh M

“Altruism still exists.” by SANYUKTA SAHA

“Dump Star” by Gideon Gichohi

“A letter from Ansley ” by A S

“Rise of Nighthawk” by Brigidh McKeen

“Nothing After All” by Elizabeth Moore

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Write about someone who has a superpower.

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