Write a story where a meal or dinner goes horribly wrong.

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“Nothing Ever Happens in Breda” by Carla McKirdy

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Nothing ever happened in Breda. Josephine had that realization much earlier, not long after arriving in the provincial Dutch town. A gentle bolt of excitement had jolted through her body back then, as she packed up her bags following her marriage to Joost to follow him back to his hometown. It had been what people call a whirlwind romance, yet falling into every category of predictability. They met through friends in common in college. The courtship was brief and he showered her with spring tulips throughout. By the next fall, they w...

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“Special Dinner Guest” by Brenda Radchik

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A desperate banging on the door caused the fork to slip, the clattering mixed with the banging was enough to declare her day ruined. She approached the door and let her hand rest a moment on the door. Wondering if on the other side she’d find another pair of delusional children. So starved they’d thought her house was edible candy. Ha! It was almost funny. “Please, please open the door!” No, the voice was much older. Agatha sighed and swung the door open. A woman with disheveled black hair stood in the doorway. Her red-rimmed eyes we...

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“At dinner with the Life” by Rodica Niculescu

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Medea breaks her hands, her trembling hands, which she feels cold, although sweaty. She was pacing in front of the restaurant where she’s invited Sonia’s father. She is not sure that she will come and thinks with horror what she will tell the girl if he does not appear at the dinner. Sonia is a teen who passed all her life under state authority. Her mother passed away at her birth and her father never shown a minimum curiosity to meet his daughter. Sonia lived all the years of her existence with a dream: to meet her father. One day she came ...

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“Another Sunday Dinner” by Rebecca Hackney

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Sasha hated this time of the month, she dreaded it. The third Sunday of the month was the mandatory family dinner. Those who did not attend the dinner did not get their monthly allowance from the inheritance. For Sasha though it was no big deal because she had a good paying job and wasn’t just a freeloader like the others. She mostly went to these things to keep face and catch up on the drama. She did truly dread it though because she was still the single one and everyone gave her a hard time about it. It did not matter to the family that sh...

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“The Gumbo incident” by John Dansk

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John William-Gracie opted for pork ribs to start. It had to be that Carolina sauce, not the texas stuff. The Texan BBQ was too dry. The rubs tended to be salt and double pepper, classic in a sense, but rudimentary for Gracie’s taste. The sauce almost always on the side with Texans, like it was to sacrilege to pour some sauce over the meat. If they smoked it for hours, baked, and then cremated it on a flame, sure he’d take it. He’d never pass up good BBQ, but he doubted they would spend the time on it to make it just the way he liked it. The ...

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“The cycle of feasts” by Kartik Pawar

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The darkness enshrouded the streets as Thomas hurried his way home. He swung his office bag with every step he walked. His heavy footfalls demanded authority, as if he intended a fight with the darkness. The street lights flickered, they feared of him. The sun had settled and the night had taken over. The darkness did not bother him, instead he felt immune around it. It was one of the perk of being a raven. The only companions he had for his walk were small glimmers of moonlight and his thoughts. “It has been a week since I haven’t seen ...

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“Just Another Anniversary Dinner” by Shreya Thennanchar Rajaram

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Just Another Anniversary Dinner After finishing up the day’s work, I logged off and put my computer away. I was giddy with excitement. It was our five-year anniversary. I’d left work earlier than normal to get things set up. Walking over to my room, I smiled at the framed picture over the fireplace. It was taken exactly a year ago, right after Kieran had proposed to me on top of the Ferris Wheel. Just as I opened the door to my room, I heard some noise. I wasn’t sure if Kieran was home. He should be home earlier than normal, considering wh...

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“Forgiveness” by Valerie Preston

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Forgiveness “What time are they coming?” he asked angrily, as if it was the bailiff coming to repossess their house. “You know what time. You’re just being annoyed because you don’t want them to come” she replied holding a wine glass up to the light and rubbing an imaginary mark on the glass. “And you haven’t actually shown any interest in helping me to get it all ready”. “Don’t start for heaven’s sake, I’ve been asking you what you want me to do” he retorted watching her trying to fold the napkins into swans to pop into the glasses, ...

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“Just Another Dinner” by Sack Dom

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Steve Goode and Kathy Shapiro finally got engaged after several years of dating. As soon as Steve arrived home that weekend, he could not wait to share the news with the entire household. Everyone in the family took the news delightfully, especially knowing that Kathy was the heiress to her father's multi-million dollars shipping company. Although, Steve kept telling them their union was not for money, his folks couldn't help but celebrate such good fortune. Steve then informed them, of his inlaws forthcoming visit on Sunday for a formal din...

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“Breaking Bread” by Cheryl Robertson

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'Angel, said James as they sat down to breakfast, I was thinking that as the kids are not coming for Christmas that we could invite a few friends around to celebrate with us here. Much nicer than going out, don't you think?' Well, if the truth is told, Lucy was looking forward to going out instead of spending the whole day cooking, but as Jack seemed so keen on the idea and it would be nice to spend a Christmas dinner with friends their own age and once the...

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“Dinner disaster” by Poornima S

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“Today was a very important day nothing should go wrong” with half eyes open I saw my mom and dad conversing something. “It’s still 6.00 am go to sleep maria” my brother nagged twice for disturbing his sleep. Unable to do anything I went back to sleep again, our eyes opened when my mother shouted at 10.00 am in the morning. “Don’t sleep like a donkey come for breakfast” her one shout is equal to thunder and storm hitting our head. I kicked my brother to wake him up, we both went down stairs to have a breakfast. When al...

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“The Stew's Real Good, Isn't it?” by Joel Malvo

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Heavy rain rattled against the windows and loud thunder shook the house from within. A cottage out of the many in this small town in the middle of the forest. This house belonged to the Rockwells. Jack Rockwell set the table while his wife stirred the stew. It was dinner time and their two boys weren’t home from playing yet. The mother wasn’t pleased. She had prepared their favorite beef stew. There were three knocks on the door, which meant it was the kids. Living in a community in the middle of the forest where three murders had been com...

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“What a dinner bash” by Writing Caia

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The sun was still high in the sky when Diana started the preparations for the dinner party that night. It was the first time in many years she had a place of her own and people she could invite for such an event, but she was nervous, insanely so. Her all-consuming doubts and self-loathing were difficult to manage. People’s judgment and deceitfulness, their unreal expectations, and her pain, hate and guilt had birthed monstrous debilitating thoughts even if for some time now, she had been able to keep them at bay in the past years. But...

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“The Recipe for a Healthy Marriage” by Jessica Maffitt

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You know your relationship is in trouble when you turn to Cosmo for answers. It wasn’t deliberate or anything, but the person ahead of me at the dentist’s office apparently needed much more than a cleaning and my phone only had a 7% charge, so I settled in. Does your hubby often work late? Yes. Has he been paying less attention to you? Than what? Than I pay him? Than when we were first married? Than other people pay to me? Geez. You need a guide to answer these quizzes. Unfortunately, under most options, the answer is still yes. Does he...

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“Meal gone wrong” by James Mckinley

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Allen was looking at his watch as he left out of the building. He didn’t want to be late for his next appointment. That was the scheme of Allen’s whole life, planned down to the second. Every since he got out of high school and got into a prestigious college, he has been a stickler for detail. It is time management, precision in everything that is his key to success. He practices it in his daily routine right down to a bathroom break. Now he has to be on time to keep up with his schedule. So he is out of the building and to the Taxi sta...

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Write a story where a meal or dinner goes horribly wrong.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 201 stories

“Nothing Ever Happens in Breda” by Carla McKirdy

“Special Dinner Guest” by Brenda Radchik

“At dinner with the Life” by Rodica Niculescu

“Another Sunday Dinner” by Rebecca Hackney

“The Gumbo incident” by John Dansk

“The cycle of feasts” by Kartik Pawar

“Just Another Anniversary Dinner” by Shreya Thennanchar Rajaram

“Forgiveness” by Valerie Preston

“Just Another Dinner” by Sack Dom

“Breaking Bread” by Cheryl Robertson

“Dinner disaster” by Poornima S

“The Stew's Real Good, Isn't it?” by Joel Malvo

“What a dinner bash” by Writing Caia

“The Recipe for a Healthy Marriage” by Jessica Maffitt

“Meal gone wrong” by James Mckinley

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