Write about someone who’s desperately trying to change their luck.

Posted in Teens on Oct 26, 2022

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“Only Luck Decides” by Lan Inu

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Moral luck is the pique of humanic ferocity. Even the slightest hint of the convoluted term could wipe out an entire nation if treated properly. It’s arguably the most intense form of humanity's greatest achievements and will continue to stay that way until the world has completely devastated itself. The universe is simply a game of chess in which everyone gets the opportunity to play, but unfortunately for the challenger, the opponent will always be victorious. It doesn't matter who possesses the better skills or the higher willpower, the d...

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“Never-ending Debt” by The Sundial

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"Now pay up Shamus, you bet heads five times and lose it all," said Delton. "You don't walk in here in debt, trying to pay off debt. We're an establishment not some back-alley chumps." "Here's the money, I'll have the rest next week" Receiving two blows to the face and knocking out a front tooth. Wiping the mud off his brown knitted suit. Tails he thinks; tails land five times, I'll be back tomorrow after work, when Old-Man-Willis clocks out I'll swipe the register and be on my merry way. At the register waiting for Willis to clock out...

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“WHATEVER IT TAKES ” by Suyan Budhoo

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WHATEVER IT TAKES “Luck favours the hard working”, that’s been my philosophy, and that’s what kept me working hard throughout my adult life. Even though I’ve been a work horse, luck seems to have eluded me like the plague. I’ve had bouts of luck from time to time, but nothing substantial to write home about. With most people, lack manifests in only one area of their life, but for some reason, it seems to have attached itself to me like a leech sucking on my blood. My lack of luck came in the form of an unsuccessful marriage, ...

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“Title assigned: Optimistic outlook to Luck!” by Yashpaul Kalra

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Manmohan the main protagonist of this good luck or Bad luck of this unfortunate story began his career at the age of twenty-two only getting a job of an office clerk at the Central Secretariat Office just four years after partition of India in 1951 when he was twenty-four years. Quite appropriate age not very late in life. He got a starting salary of one hundred and fifty rupees which was not a bad start in those years. &nbs...

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“A Dismal Pattern” by Philip Baker

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"It may sound superstitious," said the first man, "but every year, in the exact same period, something terrible happens. I'm telling you, I have seen it far too many times to fall for it again". His name was Mark and he was sitting in the far end of the white sofa, in a luminous cafe, filled with yellow warm light and low humming tones playing in the background, that would make the wooden walls vibrate with their low tone. Mark was a tall, lanky guy, with exceptionally large arms like a spider and a comely face and he was standing in full co...

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“Oasis” by Akra Carras

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An oasis. That’s what Fikri needed. The lightly-laden pony beneath him was flagging, having dropped from it’s all out gallop to the slower canter hours ago, and to a trot minutes ago. Without water, Fikri knew that the horse could simply collapse beneath him, and then he would be stranded in the middle of the largest desert in Ashal. The sun beat down on the two lone figures, both of them knowing that it was the hottest part of the day, the sun high above, its heat hitting the sand and seeming to make the air sizzle around them. It w...

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“Married to the gods?” by Prosper Peters

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Hoa felt the life sipping out of her. Her breathing was coming in slow. She felt lifeless on the raffia mat, the oil lamps were blurry and she wondered if she's truly going to come out alive. If she didn't then Chia had decieved her or maybe the dream was just a endless worry to stop what will happen at the festival of the masquerade of faces. But determination has brought her thus far. When at the corner of her eye she sees Anaguho lying in his own blood; the thought and smell filled her - she wanted to vomit then run out of this...

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“The President's Pet ” by Nadine Lacuarta

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Roq couldn’t count the times he had flushed the toilet. For some time, it was the only sound that he heard. He couldn’t recognize even his own breathing. The comfort room had given him more comfort than he had for the past few days (he chuckled at himself for the pun). Deciding he couldn’t stay inside any longer as it might draw suspicions, he returned to the room. No one was there to welcome him but a small, short-legged bed. His face immediately soured. He hated it. He absolutely despised the bed. It would have barely fit him if he...

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“Journeying Life through Faith.” by Mili Kumar

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The early age struggles have built up the resilience of the spirit of the woman who has evolved and sailed through the favorable and unfavorable winds. The challenges have kept up the learning and growing happening. At the same time leaving one a bit bitter discontent about life. However, the spiritual pursuits and the journey in Faith, has kept one steady with the resolve to win over the destiny. The struggles in the different stages of life for the particular woman in reckoning. It kept the urge to move forward & win over ...

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“Through the Wire” by Kwimbz Phiri

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It was a bright and extremely hot Monday morning. Shielding his eyes from the unrelenting sunlight accompanied by heat threatening to burn the hair on his head, he soldiered on towards the towering building looming ahead. The pavements seemed to be absorbing all the heat as they enveloped him in an embrace that felt like he was bathing in a volcano. Once again his poor planning had got the best of him and he was penniless forcing him to walk all the way to his destination. “Damn! I hope my armpits don’t just pour open, “ he thought to h...

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“Consequences of Inertia” by Maisie Sutton

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It started with the little things. Like not being able to get a parking spot in front of his house for the third day in a row. Or when he went to his favorite burger bar only to be told they were out of buns, but could give him a lettuce wrap instead—um, no. Diego really started to suspect that his luck had turned when his dog Bruno got sick, seemingly out of nowhere. The dog recovered but inexplicably began leaning to the left when he walked, his previously expressive giant brown eyes replaced with a pleading, vacant look. Diego could barel...

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Write about someone who’s desperately trying to change their luck.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 101 stories

“Only Luck Decides” by Lan Inu

“Never-ending Debt” by The Sundial

“WHATEVER IT TAKES ” by Suyan Budhoo

“Title assigned: Optimistic outlook to Luck!” by Yashpaul Kalra

“A Dismal Pattern” by Philip Baker

“Oasis” by Akra Carras

“Married to the gods?” by Prosper Peters

“The President's Pet ” by Nadine Lacuarta

“Journeying Life through Faith.” by Mili Kumar

“Through the Wire” by Kwimbz Phiri

“Consequences of Inertia” by Maisie Sutton

🌟 Similar prompts

Write about a family with a long-standing tradition, whose members all have conflicting origin stories for it.

Start your story with a character having a premonition, but no one believes them.

Set your story on (or in) a winding river.

Write a story involving a character who cannot return home.

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