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

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“An Anticipation of dream” by Abarnaa P

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Waiting for something in life is a novel experience. Particularly, answer to a question of which will change your life upside down. We wait for the moment and hoping for the answer! Kamali, a girl from a lower-middle-class background, wanted to achieve her dreams. Her dream is to build! Yes, to build actual buildings. Home to the homeless is her dream. God blessed her with total supportive parents and a lovely sister. Poor Kamali was born in a family where girls could not go to other countries or states to study. Because they live in a fearf...

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“The Ten Commandments” by Rita Janela

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I woke up with my head throbbing and an unfamiliar pain on my chest. Looking around I realized I must be in a church, but a really dark and empty one. There were no stained-glass windows filled with important biblical illustrations, no fancy shrine. As I clumsy got up from the stone floor, a seductive voice snapped me out of my thoughts.“Mr. Solis would you mind waiting for a brief minute? Father Osiris is just finishing with your wife.” I glanced up and found a younger version of Sharon Stone addressing me. Sinful women like her should not ...

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“Waiting for a Bus” by John Steckley

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Waiting for a Bus Two people, a woman, and a man are sitting together at a bar. They were a few seats away from each other up until a few minutes before, but she moved over to talk to him. “Hi, my name is Jody. I’m new in town. I have a story about what happened today while I was waiting for a bus. I really need to tell someone about it, and I don’t know anyone. So if you don’t mind, I’m going to tell you the story. I’ll buy your next beer.” The man nodded his head, and said, “Go ahead and tell it. I...

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“Worth the Wait...” by Tracie Jekel

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Why am I going to pick this girl up? She’s always been so nasty to me! Always telling me my clothes are bad, I need to wear makeup. You're fat, you're ugly...but I'm also the only one who ever shows up to help her... Why do I keep doing this? My conscious tells me, “You’re doing it because you don’t want anyone to feel alone. You know the feeling, and wouldn’t wish it on anyone.” Dammit, conscious…you’re right again. I know she's going to be nasty to me, but she needs someone with her right now. Even if she won't admit it. I pick her ...

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“After the Fourth Period Bell” by E.F. Peterson

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"Well?" Mrs. Davis asked as she lowered her glasses down her nose to look at me. Her dark glasses made her seem scarier than she actually was. My eyes looked at the big red clock ticking slowly. The seconds were getting longer and longer and the pressure that I was feeling kept crushing me further. "Why did Henry the Eighth break away from the Catholic Church?" I remembered reading over this last night. It was the page with all the drawings on it. I remembered thinking that Henry the Eighth was rather fat. I remembered that the page th...

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“Things worth waiting for” by Ben K

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Bursting through the front door of the emergency waiting room. Jack makes his way past the security guards and metal detector. Pushing his way through the people crowding the front desk. Placing both hands firmly around the edge of the desks wooden frame, he leans forward asking. “Excuse me, my wife arrived here not too long ago. I was hoping you might be able to help me find her room?” Without looking up from his computer, the desk assistant sifts the mouse around a few times. Matched with a few clicks, the assistant ignores Jack and start...

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“Heavy Words and Unanswered Questions!” by P. Jean

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(Write a story about a person waiting for an answer to a question.) If I may, I’d like to share with you, as I can’t share with any others, my thoughts, my dreams, my conundrums! Each and every day begins the same, it has been this way for more than a decade! I wish way back then, I had had the courage to jump left or right. If my night was restful, on waking I think….”maybe today is the answer day”. And I smile for a moment. If my night was unsettled and I wake tang...

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“The Sword.” by Len Mooring

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The bitch couldn’t take a joke. She ran me through with a damn sword. Not a nice shiny stainless steel sword, but an old-fashioned rust pitted sod, no doubt harbouring bloody germs from the sixteenth century to boot. You can imagine the sort of shit I had to put up with at the local asylum they call a hospital. “Fallen on your sword, have yer pal? Did you get the dragon, or what? Did you rescue the damsel?” Bastards! The irony of the situation was that I was trying to help a damsel in distress, except it obviously wasn’t a damsel at all. It ...

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“EBB Tide” by Kathleen March

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Lavinia was sitting in the back of A Tertulia, the little bar that was still being remodeled. It was dark now, almost time to leave, but she found herself looking at another handwritten page. She had yet to figure out how the contents of the box seemed to be increasing, and in a sense she didn’t really want to know.Even people who never read poetry, as well as those who say immediately that they don’t understand it if they hear the word poem, have heard the first line of what Lavinia knew was a sonnet, if for no other reason than the fa...

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“The Answer” by R L Brewer

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"What! He expects me to wait? The hide of him, he'll regret this!" "My liege, please, His Majesty had no idea when to expect you, I am sure there is no offense meant," the guard said softly, seeking to calm his prince. "That stupid excuse for a royal advisor in the hall...what was he supposed to be?" "I am pretty sure he is the prime minister." "What a fawning nuisance of a man!" "Yes, yes, sir. Your patience and mercy are legendary, as everyone can plainly see." Prince Ivar sat thoughtfully on the chair in the corner of the gues...

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“A Life for a Life” by Mry M

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All these years he thought that he was a champion and unbeatable but it was only because he competed with those below his standard. Now, it was his time to realise how small he was. He thought he was a big fish but it was because he was in a small pond. What he tried to play with this time was too big for his size. His teeth were too tiny to chew that big piece of meat and never was he going to finish the digestion process. The food was going to choke him and kill him. Like a baby, he was crying for his mother who was long gone and by this t...

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“Silence” by N. Thorne

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Snow falls like an unwelcome blanket, covering the surrounding landscape, billowing over trees and rock outcroppings. Biting wind Frigid chill Shallow breaths Almost there. Hopefully. Gazing up at the bleak motionless sky, blinking away the minuscule icy daggers leaving pin pricks on my skin I try once again to determine which way the sun is setting. But the phantom glare only leaves me in confusion, tirelessly disoriented. Then I see it, the rock that looks like the face of a man. This is ...

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“Waiting For Her Chance” by Katharine Tierney

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Margaret sat in the cafeteria, sipping a cup of mediocre coffee and people watching. Ever since she was a child, she loved just sitting quietly and observing the interplay between strangers, guessing at the relationships between them and making up little stories about their lives. Today, though, she was just too nervous to get into it like she normally did. Adjusting the scarf wrapped turban style around her head she looked at her watch for the umpteenth time. 10:05... exactly two minutes since she had last checked. She had always loved this...

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“BOY ON THE BURNING DECK” by SHYAMALA BHUVANACHANDRAN

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Waltair was not paying much attention to the discussion going on in his class room. A small poetry about a ‘Boy on the burning deck’ was being explained. While others were busy paying attention to the teacher, who was discussing various aspects of the poetry, Waltair alone was sitting disinterested and aloof. Teacher noticed him and questioned. In a very stern voice he asked “What are you doing there eh? Stand up. Look at me and answer.” Waltair said in his low tone that he never liked any poetry or story with tragic ends. He said he was bus...

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“Pain to Power” by Gayatri 21

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“Waiting for you is the hardest and most beautiful thing I have ever done in my life. I can't wait for the day to wake up, turn my head and kiss you.” Woke up with a lot of these thoughts and surrounded by my people all over cheering, encouraging and wishing me luck for what I am about to do. Quickly finished my shower and did some prayers while waiting for the big day. “Anu are you ready, it’s already time shall we proceed”, heard a voice from nurse Mary. I am in this hospital for my delivery.According to me, I was ready for delivery. While...

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

Submissions are closed

✍️ 171 stories

“An Anticipation of dream” by Abarnaa P

“The Ten Commandments” by Rita Janela

“Waiting for a Bus” by John Steckley

“Worth the Wait...” by Tracie Jekel

“After the Fourth Period Bell” by E.F. Peterson

“Things worth waiting for” by Ben K

“Heavy Words and Unanswered Questions!” by P. Jean

“The Sword.” by Len Mooring

“EBB Tide” by Kathleen March

“The Answer” by R L Brewer

“A Life for a Life” by Mry M

“Silence” by N. Thorne

“Waiting For Her Chance” by Katharine Tierney

“BOY ON THE BURNING DECK” by SHYAMALA BHUVANACHANDRAN

“Pain to Power” by Gayatri 21

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