Two strangers meet at a New Year's Eve party. They spend the party together, and then never see each other again.

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“20/20 vision.” by Selena Owens

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She gave up, after countless layers of concealer the bags under her eyes refused to relent. She tugged at the scrap of fabric Sarah had dared to call a dress hoping to reveal a few hidden inches. Why did she let them talk her into this again? After her recent luck the last thing she wanted to do was go out to a party on New Year’s. Tomorrow would be just as yesterday was the only thing that would change was the date. A loud knock rang through the small space. “Kam?? Are you in there? Hailey said the uber is almost here! Hurry up!” Sighing ...

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“Always an Outsider” by Layla Wright

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Most people spend New Year’s Eve drinking champagne with friends, watching the ball drop and stealing midnight kisses, but I sit on the sidelines. My friends apartment buzzes with activity and a drink I don’t plan on drinking sits vacantly in my hand. People come and go, sitting in the seat next to me and making futile attempts at small talk, but one person feels different, familiar, per-say. “Not one to join the fun?” He asks. His eyes dance over the crowd as ones eyes would watch a flickering flame. “This is not my kind of fun,...

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“MEMORIES NEVER FADE” by Thaamarai Selvi

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It was new year’s Eve. People were busy buying cakes on the streets of Melbourne. The rich aroma of the cakes took everyone to a divine feel. The stores were also freshly painted. The shops were covered with fresh roses which became a feast to the eyes. The tables were very well cleaned and the workers were busy at the billing section. The street also had several boutiques which made young women rush through the doors. There was a heavy traffic and the cop struggled a lot to c...

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“Christie” by Vesna Georg.Todevska

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This was the first New Year that Sarah wanted to spend with her, in a cafeteria on the quay of Vardar where the two ships were built. They had music, dances and countless Christmas fireworks. Sarah was only fifteen years old and began studying in the Gymnasium. It was a new city, bigger, more life than the peaceful little town we used to live in. And I was normally afraid. There are all kinds of people here. Drunken, drug addicts, thugs ... That's why I found it hard to let her alone, even to the main stop. We left with Sarah from home. I de...

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“A Window of Hope” by Sasha Senaratne

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Swim with flaws and you’ll sink. That’s what they told her. But she swam anyway.The squeeze of a plastic cup made her Diet Coke rise and fall in a rhythmic pulse. Thousands of excited bubbles danced to their music. A year ago, Bonnie Law was the life of a party. Tonight, her shoulders sagged, and she dressed in casual blue ripped jeans with a purple sweater, instead of the glamourous polka dot mini dress of last year. Bonnie was a stranger to her reputation. She’d vowed to rebuild her life today—a new Bonnie, a fresh start. Yet all she’d don...

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“ FIRST LOVE ” by Ola Bhattacharya

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It was a New Year's party at my friend's house.I had designed a new three piece dress.The dress was made with a soft synthetic fabric in wine colour.A short skirt,contrast top with frilled neckline and a short fitted jacket in the same floral print fabric was the dress.To add grace to my walk I selected a high heeled sandal and gathered my hair at the top of my head to look grown up, letting a few strands of loose hair to fall sideways carelessly.A wrist watch,gold ear studs and gold finger ring were all the accessory I needed to complete my...

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“Intoxicating Beauty” by Sophie Davis

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What he witnessed upon entering the building was mesmerizing, he was hypnotized by the colorful lights and the hues of blue and pink that swayed around him. The room was an ocean of drifting people, swinging to the beat of music and socializing noisily. New Year's Eve, what an extravagant day of celebration! It was an understatement to say he was ready for the new year, he couldn't wait to throw the old times behind him and allow new opportunities to pour in. It was going to be a good year, he had a feeling, and who knows? Maybe he'd finally...

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“Only a Moment” by Lainey M

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Some people have paths that were meant to connect, to intertwine and to be together. Others only pass each other for a small fragment in time. Have you ever thought about how many people in this world that you don't know? We only have such a small amount of the world that we do get to know and love, so we should appreciate it while we have it. That's what Cami Rodgers learned on December 31st, 2003 She stood in the airport waiting for the quickest flight out of Kentucky. Yeah, she may have grown up in the country-side but she was a ci...

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“Moonstruck” by Annaliese Baker

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“Is this seat taken?” Elizabeth turned to face the person beside her, spilling a bit of champagne on the ground as she did so. “Sorry, I’m not looking for anything like that tonight,” she said to the man standing next to her. The man chuckled, carefully holding his cocktail. “Me neither,” he said. “Does that mean I can have this seat?” A deep red invaded Elizabeth’s cheeks. “Yeah, sorry,” she replied. The man laughed. “You say sorry too much,” he told her. Elizabeth shrugged. “I don’t know. Perhaps it’s a force ...

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“End to Begin” by Geneva Savage

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I’ve lived in dozens of houses. Some were homes. Others were not. None of them were my home. Sometimes I think I’ll never have one. “Stue!” screeched my foster parent in a drunken, cracking voice. I knew the consequences of the sound too well, but I went. Rising from the floor of our ten-by-ten-foot bedroom where I was helping Kate and Karl with their homework, I calmly walked out of our paint peeling room. When I reached the door, I looked back into our room with its two ...

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“Today's not the Day. ” by Logan McDonnell

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I hate going to these kinds of things. My Mom says it’ll be better to go out into the ‘Real World’ or whatever that means. I despise Holiday parties. They are just another ruse for people to be drinking and doing stupid stuff. Yet I’m here anyway, stuck between two people making out and a fat guy smoking his lungs out. Happy New Years Eve to me. I get up from the couch, coughing my way to the kitchen, hoping to get a dessert that doesn’t taste like shit. Lucky me, the only things that were left was weed brownies and cookies I wouldn't...

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“Standstill” by Abby Jaquint

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It was cold. Well, I was cold. They try to make it seem like you can wear your best party dress, you know, the one that makes you look like a H&M model, and not be cold. Now, here I am, standing outside a club—the one next to the one that burnt down last year—freezing my ass off and wishing I’d at least worn thigh-high boots so that my calves wouldn’t be right on the brink of freezing completely, cracking and breaking off into a thousand tiny shards of ice, leaving me to fall over and die here on New Year’s Eve. I didn’t want to co...

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“Drive Safe” by Connor Abate

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I pop open another bottle of champagne as a few of my friends gather around me, looping their arms around my neck, shoving their glass in my face for me to fill it with the bubbly drink that makes them act like absolute idiots and laughing in my ear with their hot and rather disgusting smelling breath. I decided to impulsively throw a new years party for all my friends, and their friends, and their friends' friends as a last hooray before the year ends. I'm not sure why though, I'm not a fan of parties, let alone hosting one. It's more for m...

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“One Night Only” by Jamie Shaw

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I am actually excited about this New Year's Eve. Usually, I stay in, read a good book, order a great meal and fall asleep before the ball drops at Times Square. This year I'm going to a co-workers party. I've had enough of playing the lonely, shy girl who turns down great opportunities.Gina has become a great friend. She pushed her way through my barrier and introduced me to the best times of my life. I have lunch, dinner and shopping outings. There's game night at Mark's, Gina's fiance'. I'm enjoying myself for the first time in years.I hav...

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“VISCOSITY” by Michelle Enelen

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It doesn’t matter who you were yesterday or even who you will be tomorrow. If the world spun away before the dawn would you have been everything you ever wanted? Just you. Not the employee or the spouse, not even the perfect child. You, the grown up-all in version of you. Was it accomplished? You’re getting tipsy she chastised herself, still pleased with the way he looked at her, the way his focus had met hers. A long-lost person of interest. Maybe they already knew each other. Damn! What if they did, she scrambled to find his name as h...

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Two strangers meet at a New Year's Eve party. They spend the party together, and then never see each other again.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 79 stories

“20/20 vision.” by Selena Owens

“Always an Outsider” by Layla Wright

“MEMORIES NEVER FADE” by Thaamarai Selvi

“Christie” by Vesna Georg.Todevska

“A Window of Hope” by Sasha Senaratne

“ FIRST LOVE ” by Ola Bhattacharya

“Intoxicating Beauty” by Sophie Davis

“Only a Moment” by Lainey M

“Moonstruck” by Annaliese Baker

“End to Begin” by Geneva Savage

“Today's not the Day. ” by Logan McDonnell

“Standstill” by Abby Jaquint

“Drive Safe” by Connor Abate

“One Night Only” by Jamie Shaw

“VISCOSITY” by Michelle Enelen

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Write a short story about a person who goes to bed on Valentine's Day and wakes up in 1920.

Write a short story about someone with unconventional New Year's traditions.

Write a short story in which the last line is the countdown to midnight on New Year's Eve.

Write a short story about someone who does not spend December 31st celebrating New Year's Eve.

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