Write a story about a group of sisters, or a group of brothers.

Posted in Vampire on Oct 26, 2022

Submissions are closed

Sorry, we are not accepting submissions for this prompt as it is not part of an active contest. Make sure you don't miss our next contest by creating your free Reedsy Prompts account.

Or create a new Reedsy account:

Why not check out our active contest?

✍️ 35 stories

“Love Ain't Blind, Grief Is” by Zack Powell

🏆 Winner of Contest #131

Content warning: Cancer, language, and death. Dad begs to be cremated but Aldon won't hear of it. Never mind that he's saying this at the table right in front of our old man, or that he has less money than the rest of us to spend on a casket and burial plot. As the oldest son, he thinks whatever he says goes. "It's not right, being cremated," he tells us. He's got this look on his face like Dad just asked him to eat some roadkill. "It's just not right. And besides, you should want to be next to Mom. Did you forget we buried her too?" D...

166 comments 166

Read story

“Get Thee to a Nunnery” by Deidra Whitt Lovegren

Submitted to Contest #131

“Sister Theresa, what time does the new applicant arrive?” Sister Pauline asked politely, to avoid Sister Theresa’s wrath. For a Franciscan, Sister Theresa could be entirely uncharitable, even to the abbess herself.“Oh you old cow, I’ve told you twice already!” Sister Theresa replied, throwing the bread dough she’d been kneading into a large wooden bowl, as if the water, flour, salt and yeast had purposely annoyed her. She punched the dough down a few more times, then covered the bowl with a kitchen towel to let it rise. In an hour or so, sh...

40 comments 40

Read story

“Off Season Girls” by Story Time

Submitted to Contest #131

We borrowed the car to see a movie with subtitles. It was playing one town over. Something in French. Something with a beautiful man in a top hat singing to a woman. A married woman. A married woman with a gorgeous name who we all wanted to murder because the man in the top hat loved her instead of us. We bought popcorn and smuggled in candy. We filled up a cup with half Coke, half Diet Coke. We pretended we were annoyed when the boys behind us heckled the film, but midway through, it was clear that the movie was terrible and the jokes wer...

9 comments 9

Read story

“G-I-R-L” by Lisa Turlo

Submitted to Contest #131

In 1968, Greg, Mike, Dave and I set off to hike to the top of a mountain west of Borrego Springs Campground. This mountain rose a thousand feet from the desert floor. We thought it would be a nice trek to the top of the hill, not really understanding just how big a hike it really was. We did not go on a trail, scrabbling instead across the hills, avoiding cactus and scrubby chaparral. Our Mom packed us a brown paper sack lunch of soda pop, a baloney sandwich, and an apple. We had two canteens of water to share. As I look back on it, I ...

4 comments 4

Read story

“I'm gonna fly so high!” by Danny G

Submitted to Contest #131

Ben heard the door open excitedly. He knew a door couldn’t open excitedly, but it felt like good news. The door didn’t sound heavy when it opened. It didn’t slam against the wall, punching another hole through the plaster. No, there was happiness in that door opening.“Ben!”Noah’s voice flooded down the hall.Ben tried to ignore it, this maths homework wasn’t going to write itself. Nomatter how much he wished it would.“Ben!”Footsteps followed his name.Excited footsteps. Now, footsteps, he knew, could be excited. There was a wholelot of emotion...

6 comments 6

Read story

“The Beck Brothers” by John Steckley

Submitted to Contest #131

The Beck brothers are a team, all five of them. This was literally true when they were in school and there was sports involved. A brother would who was choosing would pick a brother, and then another and another. No one at school would pick on one Beck as he or they would have to take on all of them before too long. The Beck brothers have no sisters, so they are not at their best when dealing with the female of the species. At this moment of time, not one of them has a girlfriend. The women in their lives had to com...

2 comments 2

Read story

“The Huxley's Treasure” by Courtney Moore

Submitted to Contest #131

Grace was trapped in the dinghy, bleeding all over the floor. The Little River Market was in full swing around her. Supplies were loaded onto boats. Vendors shouted out prices, waving their hands to anyone passing too closely. Grace scoured the docks for help. She had to duck her head to wipe a stray tear. Her fish nets were empty, and her father was gone. Both were caused by the Huxley brothers. They cut her nets early that morning. Grace had pulled up unraveled rope, marked with an ‘H’. To them, it was a practical joke. To ...

5 comments 5

Read story

“"The Gutter Girls" and the Domino Effect” by Mary Jo Fortes

Submitted to Contest #131

I can still picture the terribly comical scene that my mother described as she recalled aloud (more than once) the story of how she and her five sisters got the nickname that has stuck with them for just over 50 years. Oh, to have been a fly on the proverbial wall back then! To have seen such a sight with my own two eyes, some sort of a costume (a fly or the like) would have been necessary. Mom and my aunts would never have let loose, acted so unencumbered, had child-me been a witness. As the story goes, it all started innocently enough, w...

4 comments 4

Read story

“In The Father's House” by Michael Mackenzie

Submitted to Contest #131

A man with a city unto himself, walking at first, turning into a jog, beside the calm waters of the river, smiling as the pain kept him from his thoughts. Stopped for a moment. The cold removing the feeling in his fingers and the feeling in his chest and the thoughts in his mind. Footsteps following behind. Cars rumbled across. Lights of the city flickered. The city moving toward night and Adam clenching his hand and gripping nothing and gripping fleeting seconds. How different it felt to be alone now that he was gone. Gone. The brother who...

0 comments 0

Read story

“Dad's Footsteps” by T.M. Kehoe

Submitted to Contest #131

“What the fuck are we doing on this stupid camping trip?” Eric, the youngest brother, didn’t bother to hide his impatience with the whole rigamarole.“We’re here, you dumb shit, because Dad put it in his paperwork. We have to go on this trip together before they read the will. You know that.” The middle brother, Christopher, took off his horn-rimmed glasses, polished them with his t-shirt, thrust them back on his face impatiently.“Hey, just relax and enjoy it. It’ll be cool, spending some time together.” The oldest brother, David, directed hi...

2 comments 2

Read story

“Three Little Sisters and How They Grew” by Genevieve Willingham

Submitted to Contest #131

Three Little Sisters and How They Grew Once upon a time there were three little sisters: The Pretty One, The Smart One, and The Artistic One. Each one knew her station in life, for their mother had taught them well, lining them up, pointing to each in turn and saying, “You’re The Pretty One,” “You’re the Smart One,” and “You’re the Artistic One.” She did that a couple of times a year, so they wouldn’t forget. And they never forgot (though I am happy to say that eventually they stopped believing it; well, not The Pretty One; she believed she...

3 comments 3

Read story

“Sister & Sons, Bar and Grill” by Jordan Williams

Submitted to Contest #131

Sensitive Content warning - Domestic Abuse, Violence & Substance Abuse Ford sighed and slammed the ice machine closed. "Sorry Pablo, it's playing up again." He said. There was a crack, followed by static before his brother replied. "Just rewire the sub-power to the freezer and I'll rerun the OS from here." Pablo said. "Yeah dude, I have no idea what that means. I'll just go to the motel." Ford said. "Leave Sister's & Sons! For ice! Are you crazy!? Can you get me a Penguin bar‽" Pablo said. "Sure," Ford said. He lifted ...

3 comments 3

Read story

“ESM: Emergency Sister Meeting” by Jethro Pili

Submitted to Contest #131

Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap. Anne McBride’s fingers flew all over the keyboard, typing as fast as she could, à la Clark Kent, the Daily Planet’s fastest typist. Currently, there was a party at Chloe Higgins’s palatial house and she was invited, along with her younger sister Katherine, but she declined. She had more important things to do. She was focused on homework—always have, always will. Their youngest sister Mary was at the Silver Spatula, eating burgers and fries, drinking shakes, and studying with her study g...

1 comment 1

Read story

“Sisters” by Anisna Unscripted

Submitted to Contest #131

It's a Friday night, the sun is setting and it's my favorite time of the day. I don't mind driving in rush hour traffic just because I know I won't mind the view. Just enough for clouds to be noticeable, but the orange and pink painted across the sky is my favorite. It reminds me of days me and Janice would play manhunt outside all day until we knew mommy was on her way home. By then we were dashing across the lot trying to beat the streetlights. Macy was usually in the house reading over her essence magazines or walking in around the house ...

0 comments 0

Read story

“The Price of Courage ” by Matty Roberts

Submitted to Contest #131

Knocker stirred the pot with the concentration of a man seeking knowledge in the broth. He hummed softly as the ladle dipped, and the familiar smell of stale carrots made my stomach whine. The scar on my left leg complained against the cold as I shifted position on the bench. The trenches ran from the foot of the Alps, to the English Channel and I doubted I’d find a comfortable spot if I walked the entire crooked length. My bench was a broken crate leaning against the back of a dug-out hollow. Five of us squeezed into...

0 comments 0

Read story

Load more stories

🌟 Similar prompts

Write a story about two characters whose first impressions of one another are wildly inaccurate.

Fluff – 55 stories

Write a story that includes (or subverts) the enemies-to-lovers trope.

Romance – 25 stories

Start your story with the arrival of a new person in a town full of gossips.

Adults – 41 stories

Set your story in a drawing room.

Fiction – 29 stories

Contest #131

Enter our weekly contest!

This week's theme: First Impressions

$250

Prize money

185

Contest entries

128

Stories

Ended on 23:59 - Feb 04, 2022 EST

Won by Zack Powell 🏆

Title: Love Ain't Blind, Grief Is

View details

Win $250 in our short story competition 🏆

We'll send you 5 prompts each week. Respond with your short story and you could win $250!

Menu

CONNECT

BLOG

APPS

TOOLS

ABOUT

Write a story about a group of sisters, or a group of brothers.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 35 stories

“Love Ain't Blind, Grief Is” by Zack Powell

“Get Thee to a Nunnery” by Deidra Whitt Lovegren

“Off Season Girls” by Story Time

“G-I-R-L” by Lisa Turlo

“I'm gonna fly so high!” by Danny G

“The Beck Brothers” by John Steckley

“The Huxley's Treasure” by Courtney Moore

“"The Gutter Girls" and the Domino Effect” by Mary Jo Fortes

“In The Father's House” by Michael Mackenzie

“Dad's Footsteps” by T.M. Kehoe

“Three Little Sisters and How They Grew” by Genevieve Willingham

“Sister & Sons, Bar and Grill” by Jordan Williams

“ESM: Emergency Sister Meeting” by Jethro Pili

“Sisters” by Anisna Unscripted

“The Price of Courage ” by Matty Roberts

🌟 Similar prompts

Write a story about two characters whose first impressions of one another are wildly inaccurate.

Write a story that includes (or subverts) the enemies-to-lovers trope.

Start your story with the arrival of a new person in a town full of gossips.

Set your story in a drawing room.

Contest #131

Enter our weekly contest!

$250

Prize money

185

Contest entries

128

Stories

Win $250 in our short story competition 🏆

Explore more writing prompt ideas: