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

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“Shatterd mirrors ” by Eccentrical Spikethespyder

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My fist are bloody and bruised. My mind feels used and abused. Just a minute ago I stared in the mirror and screamed “ Who are you?”. Only silence came of course. So it became another victim to my fist. This is the fourth mirror I broke this month. Why do I keep buying them when the leader takes me out and who is that staring back at me, who am I ? I am waiting for the answer to that question but it never comes. Searching for answers in a mind were nothings stirs is like searching for summer berries in a cold harsh winter. It is a ...

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“When Will The Storm End?” by Connor Andrei

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“It’s still raining. It’s been raining for three days now, and it still hasn’t slowed down. I think it’s actually raining harder than ever now. When will it end? I feel sorry for those less fortunate than us — those poor souls who have farmland down in the valley. It would take a miracle to save their harvests now. Maybe not though, it’s a lot of rain but wheat is a hearty crop. I’m certain that it will be fine. The Lord wouldn’t want us to starve. “I’ve been praying at every spare moment, asking how we may appease the Lord, what we did to ...

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“Waiting in Hell” by Karen L

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Someone recently decided that Hell should be run like a human technology company. This meant that any decisions we made should be “supported by data.” The boss decided that the best way to assess whether humans were being properly tortured was to send out field researchers to interview victims. I was nervous to receive my research assignment. But it turned out that all I had to do was pop into a victim’s torture chamber and ask a few questions like, “What is your name?” and “How do you feel on a scale from 1-10, with 1 being complete...

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“A Long Wait in the Rose Garden” by Cain Adomnain

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“So, you waited 28 years for your wife to die. Did I understand you correctly?” June Maxwell had stared at her notes so long without making sense of them that she wondered if she was ill. She read the words over and over, but no meaning formed from them. As her words echoed back to her ears, they sounded more accusatory than she intended. “Well. Not exactly. I was trapped in a marriage, and I waited 28 years for it to end.” “With her death?” “Yes, from cancer. Cervical cancer. Actually, it had metastasized everywhere by the end.” ...

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“Firecrackers” by F David

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“Please tell me about your home life.” I often felt like I was a detective in my own home. I might as well be hired to be some sort of private investigator or in a law department by the amount of questions I ask to get to the bottom of things, successfully, I might add. I always found out what I was looking for, though. That’s right. I always do. The truth comes out and there’s no denying that. Persistence always wins. Robbie and Scotty are my top two persons of interest whenever anything goes wrong. And I mean, a-n-y-t-h-i-n-g. Th...

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“Who Killed the Neon God?” by Dana Goss-Dickie

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Who killed the neon god? Frank Rucci took another drag of his cigarette. He forgot what he’d mixed into his tobacco that morning, but it made the burned out reds of the brick dance in front of him. He adjusted his coat to warm the cold inside him. It was dawn on a cold and hazy day. The headquarters of Sally O'Connell lay in front of him. Boarded up windows hid the ash land ambrosia that lay within. Sal was an old friend. She’d know what happened, and Frank would know what to do about it. That was their bedrock. Memory crept up the smoke...

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“A Letter for My Parents” by Paige Turner

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Dear Mom and Dad,Why do you guys fight so much?For a while now, but especially for the past year, I’ve been feeling very hurt, stressed, angry, scared, and hopeless, and it’s because of you two.Before I say anything else, I want to say that I know I’m a horrible daughter and a screwed up person in general. I know I’m prideful, spiteful, disrespectful, so selfish, and so so many other things, and I’m truly sorry. I’m trying to be better, but it has been hard because I have so much pride, and I’m so sorry. I also wanted to say that you guys ha...

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“Lost Kindship” by Christopher Michon

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It is December 31; only seven minutes till midnight. Everybody in New York City is anxious for New Year’s to come. At a French restaurant, to celebrate their five year relationship, Arthur and Rhonda are enjoying themselves and the fine dining by eating their French cuisines silently. Arthur Sharp is a Computer & Information Systems Manager at a well paying company. He is good hearted, loyal, but often socially awkward. Since he could remember; Arthur had grew up belie...

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“Hope You Like Life Savers” by Chlorine Smith

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The sun blazed on to her azure skin as red as a tomato. Healing from a sunburn, freckles freshly forming, and her tank top blowing in the wind. People smiling all around not able and not wanting to ever stop smiling. The waves crashing on the shore. People run around playing volleyball, swimming, and reading, yet even though they are all doing different things they all are having fun. Everyone can see once they step on the beach that there are two types of people at the beach. The people that are confident in their body wearing ...

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“YES OR NO” by Sumayya Choudhary

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Sara thanked her driver and got out to enter the building where she worked. She briskly stepped into the building and in the elevator zooming up seven floors, thinking about what reply she would get. Ten minutes later, Kesaria, her assistant handed her coffee which she accidentally dropped while trying to catch, spilling it over her desk. "Oops." She gave Kesaria a lopsided smile and pushed her keypad and mouse to a corner to avoid them getting spoilt. Luckily the part of the desk with the things was relatively not affected by this...

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“The Worthy Answer” by Shagun Priya

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I am waiting.I have waited for long now. Yes, I am frustrated and irritated.You have always avoided my question. You have always paused the discussion and jumped to a different story. I don't want this to happen now. I am tired ,tired of waiting now. My husband and I were married 5 years ago. It was an arranged marriage and yet a very different one. It was love at first sight when we met each other. Since then it has been that he had laughed at my jokes when I didn't ,cried on my sorrows when I didn't ,Slept on my behalf when I felt sleepy...

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“What Was I Thinking” by Denise Brackett

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I sat at the window wondering if I should have mentioned my idea to him. He never really suggested that he wanted to go that far or even if he had any such intention. Maybe I should have given it some more thought, or done some kind of survey first. When I had asked him I had actually expected him to respond right away, I mean, how often do you have someone ask you such question, let alone a woman? My mother thought it was crazy to have asked him, my friends thought it was cool, but I was honestly having second thoughts. The f...

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“Lost” by R K

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***** The most instrumental day of my life--but not as planned… ***** ...And as I knelt, pulling the ring out of my pocket, her jaw fell open and tears glistened in her eyes. “Angelica, I have a…” At that moment, four heavily armed men in black pulled up in a sleek car, jumped out wielding guns, and marched up to me. “Ellis Jackson?” a husky voice called from the group. “Can’t you see you’re interrupting something?” I responded, seething with anger. Barely controlling my flaring temper, I waited for the man to attempt to justify th...

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“The window” by EMMANUEL CHERY

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Ms. Moore was a tall, thin woman who had too many frown lines upon her forehead for her young age of 32. She wasn't interested in forming meaningless relationships with her students, and that feeling was mutual. Her students did not like her or the rules she put in place to keep order, but they respected her teaching abilities. She was okay with the whisperings of cruel nicknames and hateful rumors so long as she felt as though every student could understand her curriculum. That, of course, was her job, and what people said behind her perfec...

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“Deer Run” by John Meiners, Jr

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Deer Run by John Meiners, Jr. &nbs...

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

Submissions are closed

✍️ 171 stories

“Shatterd mirrors ” by Eccentrical Spikethespyder

“When Will The Storm End?” by Connor Andrei

“Waiting in Hell” by Karen L

“A Long Wait in the Rose Garden” by Cain Adomnain

“Firecrackers” by F David

“Who Killed the Neon God?” by Dana Goss-Dickie

“A Letter for My Parents” by Paige Turner

“Lost Kindship” by Christopher Michon

“Hope You Like Life Savers” by Chlorine Smith

“YES OR NO” by Sumayya Choudhary

“The Worthy Answer” by Shagun Priya

“What Was I Thinking” by Denise Brackett

“Lost” by R K

“The window” by EMMANUEL CHERY

“Deer Run” by John Meiners, Jr

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