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

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“A Virus Story” by Christy Hartman

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It’s been four months since the first symptom. Since the world lost it’s mind, and is still trying to find it.They say he almost died. They say he was very lucky for surviving. They say he was very unlucky for getting so sick. They say a lot of things.In Houston, TX, Harris County, one of the most populous counties in the country, he was the 30th person to test positive for COVID19. In other words, he was one of the first. I‘m an overachiever, he must get that from me. He’s 42 years old, meditates regularly, has eaten a ridiculously healthy ...

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“The Blue Penny” by K Jane

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The ellipsis in the gray bubble loves to haunt me. I am so impatient. Antsy. I can hardly wait to find out more, more, more. It’s what makes me a great journalist—or so people have told me. But I can’t handle the mocking pulsation of the gray bubble that appears in an iMessage chat. It flashes to remind you that information is coming, but you don’t have it yet. I honestly can’t stand it. And today, it’s infuriating as ever. Except today, I’m waiting on very important information. Very. And all I have to show for it is a pulsin...

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“I want to learn but unfortunately I can't .....” by Saima Afridi

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This is quite a realistic kind of story. Once there was a boy,Ahmed in my class. He asked the Mechanic's teacher a question related to vectors and he really need to go the bathroom but he preffered to hold that for a while , as he thought what longer would that took him to keep that liquidy devil inside, but he was totally unaware of what was happening to him next. So when Sir was about to answer there was a knock on the door and a person with a really weird and huge moustache and bald head. The moustaches was so hairy that it kind of seemed...

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“What is "good"?” by Rose Buckingham

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When one is awaiting the answer to a question - or indeed, even when one has been posed a question and must respond - it is natural that one’s mind might wander whilst giving consideration to the reply. Take, if you will, the question of “good”. When asked if one is “good”, there are many angles to consider. What is “good”? How does one know if one is “good”? Can “good” exist if “bad” does not, or is it simply the positive that exists only to provide balance to the scales of life? I must confess that it is a question that I ponder frequent...

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“Waiting Game” by Rawn A Lynn

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Skyler is on his break from his shift. There has been a lot on his mind. Work has helped to distract his wandering thoughts. The other times, his mind tended to spiral on its own. He grabbed his sandwich from his locker and headed to the back entrance. None of the smokers were on break so the air was clear and refreshing. He took a deep breath. He ate his sandwich and thought of ways to keep his mind busy. He planned a nice after work run and an extravagant dinner for himself. They still failed to raise his spirits. He decided to take a peek...

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“Gut Decision” by Kelli Ayotte

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"I'll let you know," she answered coyly. The tiny granules scratched her toes as she dug them further into the mound of sand that held up her feet. She looked down and watched the tops of her toes peek out as the microwaved-hot-pocket-crust-temperature-sand-sprinkles trickled back down to join the others. Her head laid low and her long dark hair covered the right side of her face. Her expressions were minimal as her gaze remained fixed on the pillowy sand pile. "What about now?" he asked, eagerly. She sharply responded, "I said I'd l...

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“Do I?” by Pablo Mascaraque Glenn

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When pitched at 100mph, it will take a baseball just under 400ms to reach home base. Swinging the bat takes a professional batter around 150ms, while processing the pitch – was it a fastball? a slider? a curveball? at what angle is it going? – will take somewhere between 75 and 100ms. This leaves 150ms, give or take, to decide what to do. Swing? Or let it go? Is it going to fly within the strike zone? The stakes are high and you need to be quick in making your decision, else you'll lose the game. You're not exactly batting here, but you feel...

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“Wanting. Waiting.” by Lisa O'Dea

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Kevin glanced sideways at her from his seat at the bar. Though he had deliberately positioned himself in front of the mirror that reflected most of the restaurant, the one blind spot was the table to the right. The one she chose to sit at. She was laughing and touching his arm. They were awfully close, and Kevin feared the worst. She always made him feel like this: wanting, needing, exploding with desire. But he never let her know his feelings. If he did, he knew he would lose her forever.They worked for the same company, but not in the same...

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“What's Wrong with Me?” by Meijah Lieteau

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What's wrong with me? I got asked that question again today, and I'm... I'm so tired of feeling like I'm the problem. I hate that he always yells and yells about nothing. It's like nothing ever makes him happy. I don't care what he feels at this point. I'm done. I've given so much of my life to him and he doesn't see any of it. And he's so blind and stupid that any actual, real pain that he might feel he just bottles up. He doesn't understand how to feel his own emotions and it's bothering me... Well, I'm done. He's too old. Too old to be ...

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“The Quest” by Tommy Merriman

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Michael lived ten years in total happiness. Then he lived for ten years fighting through the reality he had come to know. Then he lived for twenty years in blissful ignorance. Of Michael’s forty years of life, thirty were dictated by a single question in which he awaited an answer. He first asked it when he was ten years old. How many times he asked, he lost track. Answers came and went, but nothing seemed to satisfy his thirst for an answer. In college, at 20 years old, he met Sandy ...

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“Odds on” by Cassie Gibson

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What Ellen was thinking about as she lay in the doctor’s office was the presentation of odds, one in ten, ten to one, 90%, which chance would you take? There’s a 90% chance I don’t have cancer she practiced saying to herself. But if there was a one in ten chance you would win a lottery wouldn’t those be pretty good odds? Who wouldn’t take that bet. The thing she didn’t like about results was knowing that the dice had already been rolled somewhere. You were stuck on that teetering point where it wasn’t clear if the dice would land on a fi...

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“Amnesia sucks, bro.” by Jane Syphert

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His head hurt. That was all that he could think about right now. He could see yellow lights to his left, but that was it. The yellow lights rolled nearer and stopped when they had almost reached him. A car door opened and closed again, and he felt someone helping him up. The sudden motion of being upright again sent his head spinning and he felt his vision blacken. When he woke up again he was in a hospital room. Everything was a blinding, sanitary, white that bored into his eyes and hurt his brain. A nurse came into the room with a clipbo...

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“Where do I go from here?” by Mwanga Tsidqenu

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My day, today, wasn't even that bad. I mean, compared to the messy days I'm so accustomed to now, today was one of the great ones. The Sun is kicking back, leaving ombre memories through the oranges, pinks, and golds. I kick back like the Sun, in my chilly blue Mercury car. I'm very much at home; yet my current situation, mixed in with this holy sky, makes me feel as homeless as cleary as I am. But, is it really deemed homeless if you don't have that said place to go, yet you have a way to go to that said place? Psh, at least I have a piec...

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“The Calculator” by The ShoeMaker

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In a massive, steel-domed laboratory overlooking the Charity Bay, two of the most powerful Signs were in the beginning of a conversation: one a tall, pale woman with long, graying hair, and the other a chubby teenager with dark skin and glasses. Fixing her lab coat, the Calculator spoke to the Genius."I have heard about you," she said, taking a sip of her hot chocolate, white wisps of steam escaping into the cold air. He looked around and admired the mechanics of the floor below them, which morphed to become a raised platform on the center o...

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“Althea's Answers” by Lori Svensen

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Althea fidgeted nervously as she sat in the stella’s waiting room. It would be her turn after the girl who just went in to see the ancient healer. She hoped they wouldn’t be too long. The past week had been almost painful. She could still hardly believe that she had given herself to Mellis that last night at camp. Maybe there’d been something in the nightbrew they drank around the campfire. Something to explain her irrational behavior. Sure, Mellis was extremely handsome, and had focused his attention on her most of the week. Maybe i...

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

Submissions are closed

✍️ 171 stories

“A Virus Story” by Christy Hartman

“The Blue Penny” by K Jane

“I want to learn but unfortunately I can't .....” by Saima Afridi

“What is "good"?” by Rose Buckingham

“Waiting Game” by Rawn A Lynn

“Gut Decision” by Kelli Ayotte

“Do I?” by Pablo Mascaraque Glenn

“Wanting. Waiting.” by Lisa O'Dea

“What's Wrong with Me?” by Meijah Lieteau

“The Quest” by Tommy Merriman

“Odds on” by Cassie Gibson

“Amnesia sucks, bro.” by Jane Syphert

“Where do I go from here?” by Mwanga Tsidqenu

“The Calculator” by The ShoeMaker

“Althea's Answers” by Lori Svensen

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