Write a story about a person waiting for an answer to a question.

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“A test of loyalty.” by Jordan L

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The light of the orb began glowing with a glistening magical aura, someone had finally answered. 'They’re closing in!' He immediately yelled, not knowing what else to say. 'What do we do? Should I do it?' He rushed out. The sound of explosions slowly began creeping through the castle halls, reaching even the basement he hid in. The distant screams of his allies and enemies locked in battle could be heard whispering behind them. There’s no way we can defeat them without it, he thought, They must allow us to proceed. He saw a large figur...

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“Waiting for Tonight” by Eliza Herrmann

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How could she just hang up on that note? What kind of ‘Goodbye’ was that? Not that it really was one. Looking down at the now black screen of my phone, I shove it into its home - my back pocket - before standing from the old leather couch in my living room with a sigh. “I got something really important I need to tell you later, but not over the phone. Got to go now!” Why couldn’t Cora tell me over a line? That doesn’t make sense. Actually, she probably just has nerves that she’d rather get off her chest in person, which would m...

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“Is daddy dead?” by Juliet Asike

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“Is daddy dead?”, David asks his mummy, interrupting her YouTube session. She was watching a video about a family playing pranks on each other and having fun. She didn’t know when he crept in on her, neither did she notice he’s been staring into her iPad for the past 2 minutes. Straightening her hair, she asks in a distractive tone, “are you done with breakfast?”. “No, my mummy”. “Then go finish up your meal”, s...

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“WAITING WORKS OUT IN THE END” by Maitreyee Joshi

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Neetu stood in front of the kindergarten gate sobbing. Fear gripped her chest, and her sweaty palms forming fists clenched the tiffin basket handles as she held it in front of her. People with their vehicles zoomed past her in the lane, and rickshaws crawled through slowly to find a customer. She tried to see every rickshaw driver's face to find if it was Vitthal, and finding strange faces instead of him made her cry more.Vitthal had got late once again today to pick her up from school. Neetu waited panic-stricken until all the kids left but...

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“Closing Doors” by Amy Lancaster

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Closing Doors By Amy Lancaster If she looked away, even for a second, it would move. She knew it. In its own way, it was more realistic than a photograph. Nonetheless, the interplay of light and shadow in the painting had completely bewitched her. Her eyes followed the pale stone columns as they twisted upward from the floor of the balcony, smooth and cold. They caressed the glossy greenery, springing from cool shadows as it trailed over the window ledge. They delved into the rich, velvet tapestry that cascad...

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“"Whats the Deal With..."” by Sarah Phillips

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Jacinda always seemed to be in a daydream, lost adrift in her mind, fantasising the day away, but about what? What did Jacinda think about? What did she waste countless hours on? Who knows? Well, Jacinda knows. Ever since she was old enough to have a thought, which was unusually early for a "normal" person she had only ever thought about one thing, some say it drove her to madness, some say it drove to resolution, but Jacinda will tell you herself, it drove her to the very literal end of the road. Growing up in a claustrophobic city, barely ...

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“Bugs” by Kristina Raynor

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Her body is still warm when Ralph checks for a pulse. Jellyroll the bulldog won’t stop yipping, and several of the electronics are flickering and buzzing in wavering tones along with the rumbling storm. “Who’s her stalker?” the detectives ask Ralph when they arrive with paramedics to collect his cousin’s body.*****Soft mist swirled around the redbrick building of Plasco Prison & Rehabilitation, clinging to both the pleasantly green landscape and the electrified fences. Weeping willows, with their graceful curtains of lush leaves, st...

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“The Inner Monologue of Time” by Abigail Oshell

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It’s astonishing how much humans have progressed, yet how little they have truly accomplished. Humans are truly fascinating creatures and I believe anyone observing them with an outside perspective would be inclined to agree, death certainty would. But unlike death I don’t believe in fate and I never have, nor will I ever be able to. You see time cannot condone fate and because I am time, fate is off limits. It is not as though I am a physical thing, but I am an ever present thing. I watch over those...not really below but rather arou...

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“What she never wanted” by Michaela Parižová

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The cold breeze of the evening rushes past a still form of a young woman. She is sitting on an old, rusty bench in an empty park, devoid of any sound other than the occasional rustling of leaves. She stares at a small envelope in her hand, the first tear catching onto her lashes just as the faraway bell tower chimes midnight. She takes a shaky breath and slowly opens the letter that she knows will change her life, turn it upside down. Inside she finds a single official letter, the thing she was fearing to receive for the past week. Her ...

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“The light turned red.” by Anuja Thatte

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She woke up with a blurry vision and noticed that it was Saturday. It took her less than a minute to register that, this was it. This was the day when she finally gets to meet him. She still had to make a decision. She thought of the day when he had proposed to her and had asked her to be his wife. They were on a date at her favourite restaurant. The restaurant was awfully quiet. He had booked the whole place for that night. He had made sure that the whole place was decorated with lilies and had a wedding theme. The manager of the restaurant...

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“"AN ANSWER"” by Aryana Saba

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Late night. But the city is illuminated. There is no sound anywhere.The wind seems to be moving independently.The leaves of the tree and sometimes changing their position with the wind. The streets are silent as if listening to an unknown story.Only in a house, in the midst of silence, is the longing of a soul.Agirl.A basket of hundreds of questions in her eyes.Through the window,her tear-soaked black face has become bright in the dim light of the moonlight.Who knew what had happened to her.Her gaze doesn't tell any story doesn't tell any dr...

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“Are you Mad at Me?” by Noelle Lee

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Jayden stared at the email for the fourth time since Tuesday, trying to read it in Stella’s voice so he could hear it the way she meant for it to be read, but he kept getting stuck. He couldn’t imagine her actually saying these words to him: I can’t connect with you anymore. I wish we could empathize with each other, but it's different now. I’m sorry. I loved our friendship. I’m glad we had those years together. I just can’t spend time with you on Saturday. Do you understand? What had happened between them in the past 10 years? The la...

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“Fourteen-year-wait” by Book Worm

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Pratiksha waited for fourteen long years for an answer to a question. Fourteen years is a long time to wait. Since Kaikeyi, King Dashratha’s youngest wife, demanded the throne for her own son and a fourteen-year-long forest exile for Rama in the Ramayana, the magic number has echoed in the Hindu mind as a signifier for an interminably long period. True to the meaning of her name, Pratiksha [Hindi waiting] decided to play Patience and put herself in the position of Rama’s newly wedded wife Sita who had to face enormous hardships and trav...

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“The Defense” by Paul Malionek

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Billy sat in his office with a fresh coffee ring on the naked wooden table. It was the second fresh pot he made. The first was a gesture of hospitality. The second was a result of frustration and boredom. He looked at his watch that read 9:30am, and then through his window to see the rain flooding down the glass. Moments later Billy heard the bustling of someone wiping their feet on the floor, immediately followed by the opening door. “Sorry I’m late,” said an older man in a black raincoat and a briefcase in hand. It was Alistair. A fairl...

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“Blink ” by Holla Bread

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“Write a story about a person waiting for an answer to a question.” When will the right time come? I fidget with the pen in my left hand, the end practically bitten off from all the times I’ve nervously nibbled on the side. I can feel the blood pulse through my right as I lay it perfectly still against the desk, breaking off from my major veins and splitting off like lightning through my fingertips. My throat runs dry and someone’s up their gutting themselves but I can’t hear them over the thrumming beginning to grow as I realize I’ll...

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Write a story about a person waiting for an answer to a question.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 171 stories

“A test of loyalty.” by Jordan L

“Waiting for Tonight” by Eliza Herrmann

“Is daddy dead?” by Juliet Asike

“WAITING WORKS OUT IN THE END” by Maitreyee Joshi

“Closing Doors” by Amy Lancaster

“"Whats the Deal With..."” by Sarah Phillips

“Bugs” by Kristina Raynor

“The Inner Monologue of Time” by Abigail Oshell

“What she never wanted” by Michaela Parižová

“The light turned red.” by Anuja Thatte

“"AN ANSWER"” by Aryana Saba

“Are you Mad at Me?” by Noelle Lee

“Fourteen-year-wait” by Book Worm

“The Defense” by Paul Malionek

“Blink ” by Holla Bread

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