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

Posted in Teens on Oct 26, 2022

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“Stories and Lives” by Kai Dalcassian

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Everyone has a story. The man at the bus stop, checking his watch over and over again. The clerk at the grocery store, forcing a grin all day long. The kid sitting in the back of the classroom, scowling at everyone. The old woman working in her garden, smiling sadly at a bed of roses. Individual threads in the woven tapestry of this world, heavy with the weight of what has come before and what they fear will happen next. I can see all of it. The thoughts and the fears, the befores and the to-comes. Everyone has a story, and I can read the...

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“The Civilian's Short Story” by Eric Martine

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“I remember speaking to Mr.Freeman about ‘The Underdog Oath’. I remember when we first came up with the rules of the operation. I had no idea what I was in for, to be honest. The beginning was such a leap, but it was a leap I woulda been stupid not to take. I thought Stu was gonna take my eye out and replace it with a fake that had a camera in it. Turns out the jar of eyeballs was for practicing some unrelated intraocular implant. I had a whole vision of me in that surgical chair in the basement of the barbecue bar getting my eye removed whi...

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“A Lost Function of Humanity Found” by Heather Scully

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Pushing the heavy double doors open, I breathe in the cool fresh air of the evening. I pass my hands down my tunic, carelessly smearing the blood that stains my skin, down the sides, as I walk with a slow but steady gait to the gardens. It’s ruined anyway. I’ll never wear it again. But a soiled tunic is the least of my worries right now. This is my one quiet place, separate from the room where I rest my head after long days and nights like these. No one is here, and I breathe a sigh of relief and blessing that I can have a few moment...

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

Submissions are closed

✍️ 108 stories

“Stories and Lives” by Kai Dalcassian

“The Civilian's Short Story” by Eric Martine

“A Lost Function of Humanity Found” by Heather Scully

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Write about someone who has a superpower.

Write the 'origin story' of a person who goes on to achieve great things.

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Write a story that features a protagonist with an archnemesis.

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