Write a short story about someone writing Valentine's Day wishes.

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“WAITING” by Oluoma Akpotohwo

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For the first time in four years, her New Year’s resolution had changed from ‘I must keep waiting’ to ‘I will stop waiting.’ It was not an easy decision but she wanted to start all over again, she wanted to be alive again, she wanted to accept that he would never come back, she wanted to forget the hurt and pains of waiting every year and looking through her window every night hoping he would show up.“He’s not c...

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“This Year ” by Mary Lombardi

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My pen hovers above the piece of paper. Practically trembling with my plans for the year to come. This year will be the year that I turn myself around. Sure I said the same last New Year’s Eve, but this year will be different. It truly will! I will go to the gym! Finally, make use of that membership I have renewed each year hoping I will finally go. I will write a book! Finally putting together those incoherent ideas that I have dreamed into existence over the past few years into a comprehensible tale. This will be the year I kee...

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“The Wake-Up Call” by Kisha Wilson Young

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On November 23, just five days before her youngest daughter’s eighth birthday, Karen had died. By definition, her heart had stopped for three minutes after she had suffered a heart attack, brought on by a blockage in one of her main arteries. More than likely as a result of her high cholesterol, an unwanted hereditary risk factor she had been in denial about since diagnosis two years earlier.She remembered waking up in the unfamiliar hospital room, with the taste and smell of plastic in her throat and nose from the sterile instruments that h...

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“Unwritten Goals” by Soneal Pageot

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I thought about it so much this past week. My friends have the usual resolutions: "I'm going to quit smoking!", "I'm going to work out every day!", and other things that never work out after day two. I used to be that type of guy but this time, I've really thought about what I'm going to write down, what I'm going to promise myself, what I'm going to promise James.Some people use new year resolutions to post online and show people behind the screen how much fun they're having, how successful they are, and what a good role model they are. Las...

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“Someone I Loved” by Nile Kaiser

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7 November 2018 I met my first client today. It was a complete disaster—she almost refused to let me into her home. Under different circumstances, I think she can be a lovely old woman. She wears a shawl the size of Texas and owns enough tea to serve at least six armies. But apparently, there’s something about me which she despises. “You’re a psychologist?” &nbs...

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“An Assassin's Resolution” by Flooded Apartment

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Power. It is the only way to change the world, and Runar wanted it. He wanted it all - to be emperor, to control the most powerful cities in the galaxy, to have the power to conquer other planets. It had been on Runar’s New Year’s resolutions since 2722. The only problem was that Runar was not a prince. He was not even close. Runar was an assassin. The closest he had been to royalty was when he was slitting their throats or snapping their necks. But that was all going to change. In the middle of the Guilty Forest, lies the god of Time. Lege...

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“Pledge to the New Year ” by Laura Bartlett

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Bear’s feet hit the ground with a slap, slap, slap as he sprinted towards his apartment. Stupid, Stupid. He had lost track of the months as he went scrounging through the abandoned buildings for scrap parts. He had always been handy with his hands, but it had been a hobby, nothing that he thought his life would have to depend on. Bear cursed as he the thread of his sole unraveled, making him trip. His load flung from his arms as he threw them out to catch himself from face planting. His stack hit the ground with a loud bang, echoing around t...

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“The Lost Island” by Julie Le Blanc

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As the monster’s breath grew closer, wetter, and warmer, and the worn leather of his shoes slapped against the ancient stone, a detached part of Arthur’s brain thought that, it being the new year and all, he might like to add Refusing to Steal Idols from Ancient Temples to his list of resolutions. Arthur thought it was a great idea. The golden monkey statue stared at him with its ruby eyes. It poked its face out from the crook of his arm like one of those purse dogs, only this one was worth roughly $7 billion. The toe of his right shoe caugh...

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“Everlin” by Paige Allen

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I woke up in a cold sweat from yet another nightmare. I was watching TV in my living room, then I heard someone trying to get in so I ran into my room and hid in my closet. Then I seen a giant clock and sprinted for the door but my legs weren’t running fast enough and the clock was gaining on me. Once I got to the door it was locked and I was struggling trying to unlock it to open it. Once it actually opened the clock grabbed me and I jolted awake. My alarm clock was going off and it reminded me that I was about to be late for therapy. Again...

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“Lost and found” by Serein Ann

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It was dusk. The last rays of the sun were leaving its traces behind the high stoic mountains that she grew up seeing every day. The sky was turning into a blue-rose mixed colour of a cold early January evening. She sat outside in her porch and left all the noise behind, shut inside the doors of her house. It was freezing and she could feel the bitterness of the wind all over her face and hands but she kind of liked it. Being in nature, watching the sky that gave her hope. The sky was after all the ticket to anywhere. That what she wanted th...

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“The Magic Pen” by Migelin Benel

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“Thirty-two minutes,” Michael looked at his watch. That’s how much time he had lost going through each book on the self-help aisle. Are the books arranged by title or by author? Or is it just chaos? The aisle made little sense to him. When he was a child, he wouldn’t mind the delays and inefficiencies. Instead, he found joy in everything he saw and encountered. For instance, if he were still a child, he would see this as an adventure to find the buried treasure amongst the many towers of false boo...

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“Resolutions for Two” by Bethany Hackett

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“Three…two…one…and the party’s over, cue the guilt trip!” “I don’t know why you bother writing those things. Resolutions are just promises waiting to be broken. It’s like dating a jerk except the jerk is you! Besides, if I’m going to go on a trip, it had better be to Paris, Rome, or somewhere exciting like that.” “But it’s tradition! And anyway, everyone is going to ask me about my resolutions. I have to say something.” “And this is why we’re in therapy. Look, tell them resolutions are for the weak of heart. People make them to feel go...

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“Because I'm worth it ” by Cindy Bennett

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Each year I tell myself that" this is the year" I will change old habits, kick starting a new and improved version of me . And every year I found myself looking in the mirror at the disappointed face staring back at me ." Oh how I have let you down!" I don't know exactly what triggered me to really give it a good go "this time" , but I knew it would have to be now or never! If you really want to get into the Nitty gritty of it all . I suppose you could say it stemmed from my childhood . Always feeling like I had to live up to my parents exp...

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“The longest resolution” by Ruby Towvim

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Ezra Collins Mrinda Mitzcallt Charlie Fona Andy Car was his name. He had 20567 dolls, he ate pizza in the morning, and pancakes in the evening, and that is not all he has done wrong! So this year for Ezra Collins Mrinda Mitzcallt Charlie Fona Andy Car resolution, Ezra Collins Mrinda Mitzcallt Charlie Fona Andy Car will write the following:I, Ezra Collins Mrinda Mitzcallt Charlie Fona Andy Car promise to be Ezra Collins Mrinda Mitzcallt Charlie Fona Andy Car and eat pancakes at breakfast, and pizza in the evening, as I am Ezra Collins Mrinda ...

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“Resolutions” by Sofia Gonzales

Submitted to Contest #25

I wake up. I can't open my eyes just yet. I don't want to wake up. I force myself to roll on my side. I open my eyes. Today is December 31st. I really can't believe it's that time already. I don't have anything planned today. I reach for my phone on my nightstand. It's 8:16 AM. I make my legs walk me to the bathroom. I brush my teeth. I comb my messy hair. I walk back to my room and climb back in bed. My bed is warm and comforting. I decide to read a few chapters in my library book, then I scroll through social media f...

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Write a short story about someone writing Valentine's Day wishes.

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✍️ 49 stories

“WAITING” by Oluoma Akpotohwo

“This Year ” by Mary Lombardi

“The Wake-Up Call” by Kisha Wilson Young

“Unwritten Goals” by Soneal Pageot

“Someone I Loved” by Nile Kaiser

“An Assassin's Resolution” by Flooded Apartment

“Pledge to the New Year ” by Laura Bartlett

“The Lost Island” by Julie Le Blanc

“Everlin” by Paige Allen

“Lost and found” by Serein Ann

“The Magic Pen” by Migelin Benel

“Resolutions for Two” by Bethany Hackett

“Because I'm worth it ” by Cindy Bennett

“The longest resolution” by Ruby Towvim

“Resolutions” by Sofia Gonzales

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