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8,770 | Write a story that involves a reflection in a mirror. | Heather Lynn Finds Her Groove |
Heather Lynn Stone was a Caucasian female, as well as an albino. The white eyebrows accented the icy blue eyes and her many, various tattoos accented her beliefs. With a face full of metal piercings, there was something freaky about the teenager. Her hair, usually worn in braids, was also white.
She often loo... |
6,078 | Write a story about an adventure in a small town. | A lake in the middle of a forest |
I remember Anna, she told me about the lake in the middle of a forest which was in the middle of our busy town. The Forest Lush green and scary It was Pete, Anna’s brother, a little boy of ten, with a fancy hat and chirpy smile, who walked out of his home, when their parents started to yell for the fourth time tha... |
10,964 | Write a story from the different perspectives of two people meeting for a blind date. | Anatomy and Blind Dating |
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While sitting at the upscale bar in a fine restaurant, I wondered how big a mistake this was. What’s the worst that can happen - an early night and web surfing back home? A beautiful black woman came in and looked around. I forgot to ask about race. I tried to catch her eye and flaunted my emerald green “It’s ME” ... |
284 | Write a story where someone sees the shadow of someone standing behind them. | At Dawn There Are Poppies |
This story contains sensitive themes including: mental health, grief, death, and blood.
At Dawn There Are Poppies
On the last night of August, when the hazy summer heat blurred toward an autumn chill, Emily found a single poppy growing in the woods behind the house.
A spot of sunset in the dark of the forest... |
956 | Write a short story about someone who refuses to write New Year's resolutions. | Entertaining Yesterday Now |
“What’s the point?” “The point is: resolve to make a change in your life,” said Beatrice with soy-firm resiliency as she sliced her toast with a butter knife. “For the better?” “If you’re so inclined, I supposed that’d help.” Beatrice shrugged, her jade moon-faced necklace glittering in the morning light from the ... |
5,374 | Start your story with the arrival of a strange visitor in a small town. | Garnet |
Adelaide Runner’s cow died the morning the stranger first came to town.
It had been ailing for weeks and had been unable to give over any milk. Adelaide had known for some time that the cow would have to be put out of its misery, yet she could not help putting off her part in such an event. She hoped every mo... |
14,745 | Set your story in a Gothic manor house. | Hidden Under the Floorboards |
“The art of investigation is a fickle one. Many think of themselves as one of those marvellously witty detectives you see on tv. But few ever put their energy into the mysteries that matter. The legends of ghosts lurking in the dark and monsters out of sight. The cases that get you labelled as the craziest nut in tow... |
1,649 | End your story with a character looking out on a new horizon. | Hippo Campus |
This story contains substance abuse, explicit language, and mention of brain surgery.
You saw it floating in a jar before the doctors did the procedure. One of the best brains money could buy. A bioartificial brain. They took stem cells from your bone marrow which to be brutally honest hurt like a bitch.
Then th... |
15,149 | Write about a character who wakes up in their past life, or as a future reincarnation of themself. | New Year's Eve Dinner was a Superb Affair |
December 31, 1999— a new millennium would begin in a few hours.
I finished my glass of wine and went through to the sitting room, cozied into my favorite chair near the fireplace, smiled at the mayhem surrounding me— and died.
All of my living children, two daughters, and a son, along with thirt... |
3,591 | Write a story about waiting — but don't reveal what's being waited for until the very end. | Sommelier |
I pull the wine through my lips and think about what it would be like to be someone’s first taste. It’s a dry one, sharp on the tongue, bitter in the throat. Something made in Argentina, I think. Dry. Sharp. Bitter. It would be an assault to the senses for a first-timer. But for someone who’s older, who’s lived enoug... |
1,525 | You thought he was dead, but there he is, right in front of you on the street, smiling at you. | Tarnished Blade |
“Have you ever considered how far away the stars are,” Alice asked,” how big they are... then pretended they were on a canvas not much higher than your reach?”
I rolled up to my feet,”I don’t know how you can see the stars with so much light pollution...”I smirked and held out my hand.
“You just have to pretend then... |
9,962 | Write about a character who keeps ending up in the same place. | Ten for you, Twenty-six for me |
The metro I take to work, the polluted air of Mumbai, the faces I smile at and the faces that don’t smile back— they are stained a coffee-brown. The same color as old pages and medieval fables. The lives lived in abandoned childhood homes. Memories turned cinder. The air inside the all-women compartment threatens to a... |
11,919 | Write a story featuring an element of time-travel or anachronism. | The Bloody Regret |
Five years had passed.
The alarm clock rung with the humming of the birds outside, and Larry still woke up with the unforgettable nightmare he had for five years.
In the nightmare, an emaciated and short boy stood in the gym feebly with a long scout rope in his hands. Larry clearly know that he was trying to save... |
14,097 | Write about an animal species that doesn't exist in real life — an alien, new discovery, imaginary creature — it's up to your interpretation! | The usual knight in shining armour story |
The chainmail suit was starting to itch. Badly. The long trudge had started at dawn and now here I was, sweating buckets as the sun blazed over my head. I pondered my dilemma. In one hand I carried a giant wooden shield, in the other my sword. I inspected the glinting sword carefully. Sharpened steel seemed like the p... |
12,602 | Start or end your story with someone saying “You’ll never know unless you try.” | You’ll never know unless you try. |
“You’ll never know unless you try.”Her eyes were as blue as the ocean behind her. As I stared into them I half wondered if someone was playing a trick on me. Like if someone had put a cardboard image of Sarah in front of me, with the eyeholes cut out. The waves rolled in over my toes, it felt nice but did little to wa... |
1,006 | Start your story with someone receiving a one-star review. | "The one star reviewer". ⭐ |
CW: contains some abusive words.Notice: This story doesn't aim to portray "critics" as bad reviewers. In some cases if necessary, Critics are very important to any writer who wishes to publish a book. They can serve as a guiding light to a writer's piece of work for the best interest of his readers.----- The Laptop be... |
8,891 | Start your story with a major news event breaking — one that will change the world forever. | Breaking News Not For the Weak |
Breaking News Not For the Weak
Patty Morland sat at the anchor desk with the map of the world behind her. There was a red dot at the centre of attention. The hot button was Detroit, Michigan.
“It has been completely confirmed that aliens have landed on earth. I repeat aliens have landed on e... |
1,267 | Two strangers meet at a New Year's Eve party. They spend the party together, and then never see each other again. | FIRST LOVE |
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 ... |
13,166 | Write a post-apocalyptic romance. | Pandemic Yearning |
“It’s funny”. He spoke through a rictus grin. “I don’t remember you being this angry”.
“Angry”? She said sarcastically. ”Why would I be angry”?
“I don’t know. Especially as, if I remember correctly, you were the one who made all the decisions”.
“Decisions?”
Zack leaned a little closer to her.”Not to meet me? ... |
6,167 | Write a day-in-the-life-story about a first-time parent and their newborn child. | THE FIRST TIME |
Advice from a mother to her adult child when she becomes a new mother: The first time I saw your face, I was in love. You were soft to the touch, and crying uncontrollably. I was so emotional looking at your distress, desiring for your free flowing tears to stop streaming down your cheeks. Your arms and legs we... |
1,653 | Write a story that involves a mystery — it doesn't need to be crime-related, it should just include something that remains unexplained until the end. | " UP THE GARDEN PATH " |
In a small English village, the town is in preparation for the upcoming garden competition. In midlife, pursuing detective tendencies, whose vocational skills expounded to those of professional gardener as a plausible cover. We specialized in concoctions for weed removal, fertilizer that... |
1,451 | You thought he was dead, but there he is, right in front of you on the street, smiling at you. | "INDUSTRIOUS CHIDI" |
I heard his name is chidi that he was an apprentice to a man from our neigbouring village. They said that in February of 1981 that he had a very serious problem with his master. Money matters I heard. I never hear anyone in my village that is of my generation mentioned his name even in passing. I am not even sure th... |
543 | Think of an item of clothing from your childhood, and write a story inspired by that. | "My coat of many colors". |
CW: Mention of death.To nobody specifically:Ok! ok! ok!Enough of this...She calls it all fashionAnd I call it a clowns costume.I think I will need some audiences to judge this case.Question: What's that one thing you had rather prefer to choose all by yourself as a little kid ( say yours )?Answer: For me.. it was my c... |
3,714 | Write a story involving a friendship between two different species. | A cat and A Dog uniting. |
You remember the old saying. "why are they always fighting like cats and dogs". Used to explain two people quarrelling or opposing each other over an issue. But really. Why are these animals ( dogs and cats) used in such statement to represent a negative situation. Or is it the case that Cats and Dogs truly see themse... |
10,329 | Write about two people who just can’t seem to understand each other, no matter how clearly they think they’re speaking. | He Thinks he knows... |
On one frosty night in January there was a handsome young man whose name was Jim and who was roaming in the streets of Mall Road. He seemed to be a well-groomed gentle man. His hair was sleek and shinning and he wore side burns. He had thin mustache. He wore a brown overcoat with a cream colored half opened rose in hi... |
6,352 | Start your story with a major news event breaking — one that will change the world forever. | Immortality phill |
The young scientist, David Samson, spoke to a spider trapped in a net-covered bottle in his hand to avoid loneliness. David Samson is a fun-loving character. Possessing a pair of bright blue eyes, he was a strange Syrian man. He lived a relaxed life in the middle of the Amazon rainforest, researching a species of blac... |
1,514 | Write about a character giving something one last shot. | Mathematricks |
It wasn't up to an hour when Tommy was invited into the principal's office to receive his report card, and on leaving the office he seemed a bit dismayed and restless while heading for the exist door in the school hallway. He looked up saying " O God why!,Why can't I just be better at it" -referring to his mathematics... |
5,201 | Write a story that starts by establishing its setting in a different time period — without explicitly stating what that period is. | Ninpsy's Story |
Ninpsy was tired of having to be a servant to the king. She was bullied constantly by the Princess. She was royal blood what did the princess know of her other than when she helped her into her corsets and lavish gowns. " As if she could understand what it's like to be me, " Ninpsy said under her breath.She walked bac... |
5,883 | Write a story about friends who wind up on a misadventure. | THE HOWL |
The hostile winds of the winter season had subsided. The beauty of the sun was slowly becoming conspicuous as its rays danced seductively on the skin of the city’s inhabitants. The glow on people’s faces was evident, stemming from the heightened expectation of the excitement that accompanied the advent of the summer s... |
1,788 | Write a short story about someone tending to their garden. | A PARTNERSHIP WITHIN THE GARDEN |
A modest little house stands alone, surrounded by a disorderly sea of green. Not that its garden is completely unkempt, but it is hardly a neatly regimented English garden, nor is it a beautifully manicured Mediterranean oasis. It is chaotic, colourful and cheerful. Behind the house, small square paving stones lead... |
2,870 | Write a story about a proposal. | Grand Piano |
Every little boy we pass is him. It’s the reason I didn’t want to come. This trip was your idea and I couldn’t tell you why I hated it, so here we are. Seagulls squawk in the distance. I love that sound and you know it.
My therapist says that seeing him still alive is part of the process. It’s difficult to accept... |
8,977 | Write a story that begins and ends with someone looking up at the stars. | Hopeful Sky. |
Joe, while talking to her friend Louise, randomly looks up to see one of the darkest night sky, with its countless shinning stars spread across the horizon. She unintentionally smiled and told Louise that she could still remember the time when she would see herself as the sky; as its constant changes exemplified her e... |
5,891 | Write a story about friends who wind up on a misadventure. | Into The Door |
Into The Door“Run faster,” I yelled."Am trying" Carter yelled as we were running away from 3 minotaur's.Alright let's go back a bit Carter and I went outside to get some ice cream."Hey Leo, how long do you think it would take me to run from here to the bush?... |
4,513 | Start or end your story with a person buying a house plant. | Moth orchids |
CW: Mention of death and some serious medical condition."Plants are God's given gift to humanity".- Mom usually said when she tries to convince me on letting her get another new plant in the house.She stood at the botanist shop, happy to get a new house plant, making it her sixth plant just this year. Mom was an avid ... |
1,161 | Write a short story in which the last line is the countdown to midnight on New Year's Eve. | THE NIGHT BEFORE |
Birds clattering while sitting on electricity wires. Our caged parrot had found a new word of the day, “Hurray”. Not to be left out, Richie, our new kitty that recently became my alarm clock , caressing my cheeks and got me woken. Our dog, Beethoven, had been bathed clean and the lawn, close by the house, mown neatly ... |
7,635 | Write a cautionary fable about someone who always lies. | The Dream of Mr. Scarab |
It was a hot summer afternoon in June at the town of Savannohta. Savannohta is a small town that lied in the far east end of Africalia. It has a market at its centre and the roads were not so good compared to the city. With mountains blocking both the sides of the town, rain was a rare visitor to the town. All the ... |
3,560 | Write a story that takes place across ten seconds. | The Wrath of the Dark Deity |
27th December 2005. The temple festival was held once in six years. The Lake village swelled with pride on this day. There was no lake nearby and no remarkable landmark in the village other than a church, a temple and a 200 year old Banyan tree. The elderly and the men who were busy thinking about other people’s lives... |
4,600 | Write about someone who still practices a skill that used to be necessary but has long since been replaced by technology. | “The Ferocious Fire” |
There are certain moments in your life that seem so unimaginable, so terrifying even when lots of time has passed. Certain course of events change you forever. Such incident happened to me when I was faced with a life and death situation a few years back. Such moments where the life of someone you so deeply care about... |
880 | Write a story about a librarian that doesn’t fit into the common librarian stereotypes. | "On my last visit to the library" |
Honestly, I do not remember the last time I visited the library since I moved from my old apartment in Florida State to live in Arkansas as a kid. I guess it was at age 8 or 10 not too sure. Well doesn't matter, my father had decided at the time, that we give up on our old cramped apartment for a new spacious one that... |
9,053 | Write a story told exclusively through dialogue. | 'Move on': Who are we without our memories? |
Memories are our brains memory card. Most of us, don't know how information gets stored there. We have data on there that we wished we could erase. Few of us wake up one day and realize our data is gone. Who are we? that's the real question. Who are we without those memories?The door opened to a beautiful creature wit... |
6,266 | Write about a family with a long-standing tradition, whose members all have conflicting origin stories for it. | A SONG FOR GALE |
"It all began with her," Clodagh said in her usual intriguing way, "she washed up on the rocky shore, just below Finnegan's Point.."Sara could tell her friend Clodagh was winding up to begin the dramatic story of the person to whom the festival of Galen was named. This was the first time however, she had heard it surr... |
14,968 | Write about someone welcoming a stranger into their home. | A stranger becoming an angel |
Women emancipation and girl-child education is one of the most ridiculous thing that people in the past regarded as "an abomination". This was because they termed women to be helper of men and so need not to acquire skills and knowledge. But in the society or community of Paroketo clan,one man rejected the perception ... |
970 | Write a short story about someone who refuses to write New Year's resolutions. | Establishing New Year's resolutions for me, a geek wedded Jew pitter = Big fat Nyat! |
Lemme tell you about a fail safe stratagem of one dishabille smart ass dummy, who snubbed practice sustaining New Year's resolutions. His unbridled integrity, fidelity, and capacity (read no nonsense honorable devotee) lifetime staunch aversion toward global December thirty first aspirations contravenes (against ... |
10,346 | Write about a character who goes to — or purposefully avoids — their high school reunion. | Faded Memories |
I was feeling a little nervous as my husband, Don, and I approached the lobby of the Keystone Marriot in Downtown Cleveland. The Ohio Autumn was creeping towards winter which meant cold days were on the way. The hotel lobby was decorated with orange, red and yellow leaves hanging from the branches of artificial trees ... |
1,090 | Set your story in a major city that your character has a love-hate relationship with. | In the shadows of the walls of sala |
what should I talk about? for the elegant sala or sala the capital of the pirates? sala is that paradoxical city that you will never understand, she counts thousands of faces. Amount them are those rich, comfortable and content in their luxurious homes, and behind her historic walls there are also miserable faces who ... |
2,592 | Start your story with one character trying to convince another to take up their favorite hobby. | Jack And The Horror Of Therapy |
“ Jack! Wait up!.” a voice rang throughout the beautiful park on a sunny day. Jack was not having it, running away from his best friend Connor. He didn’t turn back even for a second. “ Jack! Come back! You don’t have to run away from what you love. Helping others with their mental health can be scary but you can never... |
6,159 | Write a story about an adventure on the water. | Morris Kuritsky breached in a berth with Miss Universe alias Hulk Helen |
This "FAKE" non existent author admits prevarication when he went figuratively, literally and need dull aye say more - metaphorically bobbin along while willy steamboat (housing him and other passengers coursed merrily along destination unknown. Hmm.. me thought maybe the outer limits of the twilight zone. Prosai... |
9,478 | Write a story about two people who meet and become instant friends. | My bestest friend |
Tring! Tring!Mom: Someone attend the call. I am busy in the kitchen.It must be my mom.Sanjay: Mom! I am picking it.Granny: Hello. It's me..Sanjay (excitedly even before he finishes): Ya Ya. I know who this is. I just came running to attend your call. Do you know what happen after you left us at the station..Granny: Ca... |
2,252 | Write about two characters who’ve gone through something so intense they now feel like family. | Not the family you choose; It is meant to be. |
We do not get to choose our family, and not all of us are fortunate enough to have family. Then there are those family members we have and love, but are not close to . Then there are those whom you are related to due to your significant other. Sometimes those relatives end up being some of your close family members. T... |
4,644 | Write about a character putting something into a time capsule. | Story of a journey, journey of a time capsule |
Maya was an eighth year old girl who used to live with his father Luke. She was a maternal orphan. She was really sad. She was cute , beautiful, energetic and helpful girl . She grew in a very rich family .She belonged to a very educated and modern family. Her father Luke was a very rich man. He was controlling his ow... |
8,864 | Your character has just realized the app they’ve been developing has become self-aware. How do they react? | The Dangerous AI Assistant |
The Dangerous AI Assistant
It was a normal Saturday afternoon in the year 2031. My associates and I were finishing up an app that will answer questions and give advice on what to do. We called it Sofia. It was so good at its job it almost seemed self-conscience. Finally after all the editing and testing,... |
2,724 | Write a story about a rumor making its way through the grapevine. | The Game Bridge (An article from the Addy Times, Herald, Daily Bugle, Press and Examiner) |
Yesterday the grapevine was in full bloom. Report after report made it from one idiot to the next and finally to me. It seems the town’s meth dealer and self-appointed mayor, Shandra Donothing, has initiated one of her withdrawal-induced projects in the microlopolis of Addy, Wa. Now, one has to be careful not to take ... |
11,388 | Write about someone investigating a break-in at a bakery. The only thing missing? A very secret ingredient. | Thief |
I am John Hopkins a CSI this is my first year and I got the most dangerous job yet right now I am in my most dangerous case ever. I am on the case for the missing ingredient for the Lavender Bakery, the world's largest bakery. Nobody knows what the secret ingredient is except the founder of Lavender bakery Nick Lavend... |
6,119 | Write a story where a meal or dinner goes horribly wrong. | What To Eat? |
Three men are approaching the ruins of the fortress very tired. They were walking for hours. Inside they try to find shelter from the harsh winter. They start the fire, without any conversation. It seems that it has been prepared for them; just to ignite it. Everyone sits to his place around it as cold winds are the... |
1,204 | 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 a person who goes to bed on New Year's Eve and wakes up in 1920. |
I hate this place. I’m leaving as soon as I can. I glance up at the calendar on my wall and sigh; two more years until my coming of age. They say it’ll be gone in a flash, and then I’ll wish I could have it all back again. But I know that’s all bullshit. I’m sick of hearing ‘when I was young’. That was a long time ago... |
11,995 | You go for a walk and accidentally bump into someone. They feel the bump, but the person can't seem to hear or see you. | You go for a walk and accidentally bump into someone. They feel the bump, but the person can't seem to hear or see you. |
You go for a walk and accidentally bump into someone. They feel the bump, but the person can't seem to hear or see you.I move into 38 Brynteg terrace on the 24 of November 2014. yes it was summer time, and it was really or should or should I say very hot as I remembered very clearly I got out the car that my landlord ... |
5,380 | Write a day-in-the-life-story about a first-time parent and their newborn child. | "A Mother's Thoughts" |
"Doctor ...! Doctor...! The patient in room number 203 couldn't breathe'' said nurse Santhya to Dr.Serene Issac .
"What's her name ?"
"Leona "
"She's is a complicated patient.I have never ever seen a patient like her."Doctor went to room 203 in a rush and found Leona's difficulty in breathing.The Doctor called the car... |
14,760 | Write a mystery where the detective realizes at the last moment that they have the wrong suspect. | "The Wrong road" |
I was appointed Assistant Sheriff in a small sheriff office in a town.On second day ,Me and Sheriff were sitting in the office. Sheriff got stunned when he read a news of the Murder of an philanthropist Mrs Mary Jane.Mrs Mary Jane, was indeed a fine lady,working for the needy and betterment of the society. She was res... |
12,584 | Write a story involving a noise complaint. | A Better Home |
You live in Orange County, California. It's 2019.You’re discontented with your lot in life. You’re considering dropping out of your master’s program in creative writing. You’re questioning your identity and depend on social security to make ends meet.Mother Marbles is also unhappy. Her health is ailing and she hasn’t ... |
9,036 | Write a story about someone who discovers a mysterious object in their home. | A Coincidental Consequence |
A young woman sits on the worn couch in her small living room from the house she recently rented out. The woman had dirty blonde hair with corresponding light brown eyes. She was wearing a dark green tee shirt with denim jeans and her hair was pulled up into a low ponytail. She stared blankly at a painting on the wall... |
13,381 | Write about someone who purposefully causes a power outage. | A Cutting Remarque |
First the phone lines, then the power cable. I repeat the mantra as I slip over the back fence onto his property. It's not as easy as the video made it look. And I practiced. But this fence is a lot taller, over five feet, and I end up having to pry a couple of boards loose to squeeze through. It's OK because he doesn... |
7,632 | Suitcase in hand, you head to the station. | A DAY IN CROWD |
Men, women fingered at you, you never turned back. You looked up, walked straight without blinking your eyes for a moment. It seemed you had indomitable vigor. You painted a camel on a paper and stuck it on your suitcase. And soon after, you headed to the station, you walked alone on your bare feet, holes in your pant... |
1,376 | Set your story in a countryside house that’s filled with shadows. | A Dreamy Oasis |
I feel a bead of sweat form and then run down my neck until it hits the edge of my damp tank top and disappears. My skin is hot and clammy from the heat of the sun. I take a moment to look up at the sun’s position, I squint and brush aside my sweat-soaked hair as I try to determine how long I’ve been walking. The cica... |
2,772 | Start your story with a character taking a leap of faith. | A LEAP OF FAITH |
I could already disclose to it will be truly difficult to write in this scratch pad while this moronic transport is bobbing everywhere on the interstate, yet I must arrangement with it since I have effectively been riding this thing two or three days, and I must discover something to do with my hands, also my psyche, ... |
7,926 | Write a story about a scientist. | A Man or god |
I walked on a path of light and darkness. In front of me was a learning place. It told of all these different kinds of God's. Which one was right? Was I a God? Was God, God? Was a better man, than me, a God? Were there many God's, before? Was all of man his self, a God? Would this life time, be enough time, to learn a... |
14,490 | Start or end your story with two characters sitting down for a meal. | A Meal Made for Love |
The night is young with a cool breeze coming from the kitchen window. How beautiful the night sky is with the visual of the big dipper. The stars luminating the full moon. Tonight, is going to be the night filled with love and compassion. The table is set up for dinner for two, white candles, red roses in a vase, and ... |
3,729 | Write about somebody who knows they’re probably going to fail at something, but does it anyway. | A Memory From Gym Class |
“Line up at the free throw line.”
I wasn’t sure where the free throw line was; I didn't pay much attention to what the gym teacher said. It was never interesting. I just got in line behind the other kids who got there first.
I hated gym class. Why shouldn’t I? I was seven years old, ... |
135 | Format your story in the style of diary entries. | A Mother's Secret Dream is your Destiny |
"She said her children will be a Force to be Recon with" Pearl Fisher was born in the middle of a flowing field one golden morning of June sand clay to the Sante Estherville South Carolina.She learned the way her great-grandmother Nin 1894 til she transcended the invisible walls of captivity. Tuesday morning Aug 23 19... |
6,009 | Write a story about someone who starts noticing the same object or phrase wherever they go. | A Red Flower |
Layers of rich crimson red folding on one another into a soft puff.Rays of sunbeams shining through delicate petal tips that glow with joy.On the night of my first kiss, I took Madeline from Algebra class out to a little restaurant on the side of a lake. After finishing our dinner, we got up and strolled around the la... |
6,034 | Write a story about someone who receives an unexpected phone call. | A Second Chance |
I sat in the cafe with a coworker eating lunch on Friday. It was 12:49 PM when my phone rang. I glanced down at the screen, then blinked hard to make sure it was real. It was a number that had been in my phone for over twenty years, but it had never called. I stood up and walked outside with no explanation and my hea... |
8,251 | Write a story that either starts or ends with someone asking, “Can you keep a secret?” | A Secret Shared. |
Can You Keep A Secret?I shared this bench every Thursday lunchtime with the same little old man for months now and apart from the usual hello, lovely day, we had never really spoken to each other. I would sit, enjoying the sunshine on my face, munching my sandwich, relishing not being in the office for an hour and he ... |
1,634 | Start your story with one character trying to convince another to take up their favorite hobby. | A Sister's Secret |
The silver Volkswagen Jetta snaked up the mountain road, maneuvering the switchbacks with ease. Despite Henry’s confidence behind the wheel, Ada still held tight to the door handle. He glanced over and gave her a dimpled smirk as they rounded the final corner leading to the resort.“I still can’t believe you’ve never s... |
11,711 | Write a story about a character who is experiencing glitches in their reality. | A Time Travel Trap Door Opens by Keypad Strokes |
Jakob Anderson read the message on the screen and sighed.
“Unusual activity has been detected on your account. For security reasons, your account has been locked. Please return to the login page and re-enter your password.”
“Sonofabitch! I don’t know what the hell my password is!”
Rooting through his desk, Jakob shu... |
3,655 | Write a story inspired by a memory of yours. | A Trip Down Westleigh Drive |
Picture being a carefree young girl who no matter what was going on in her life, there was always a smile on her face, a spark in her eye, and a twinkle of wonder around her. Many including her family never seemed to get her, she was in her world is what she would hear from many of them, and no matter how much they ... |
11,552 | Write a story about someone scrambling on New Year's Eve to fulfil their resolutions for the entire year before the clock strikes twelve. | A Veterinarian's New Year's Eve Day |
Disclaimer: The following medical references may not all be entirely accurate. Also I believe the song title is made up, as I wasn't sure of using a popular song title.
Kaylee sang, “letting me sing,” in the operating room, while she finished stitching up an older labrador after a routine appendix operation.
Gi... |
6,590 | Write a story that involves a magic window — or a window like no other. | A Way Out |
She sat alone on her bed, the empty house quiet, listening.
Her headphones continued to pump the music to her ears, hoping to infuse some vitality in her.
She stared at the book, her blank eyes taking none of the words in.
The hours passed, and she barely moved. The walls watched sadly. It had been 7 weeks since... |
4,942 | Set your story in a place with extreme weather, but don’t use any weather-related words to describe it. | A Young Chemist in a Unstable Colloidal Suspension of Crystalline Hydrogen Oxide in a Solution of Gaseous Dinitrogen and Dioxygen |
Condensed hydrogen oxide crystals collided with my face. Since I was not at rest with respect to the fluid that carried the crystals, many impacted my exposed skin at more than the particles’ terminal speed. I could feel my entropy dispersing into the crystals and breaking up their lattices. The crystals however, were... |
7,381 | Write about someone who is given a bird for the holidays but doesn’t know how to take care of it. | A bird in hand |
Just when Busi was preparing to head home for the Christmas holidays, her state border closed. Covid-19 cases in her hometown were spiraling out of control, followed by a pervading panic. Goodwill slowly evaporated as people’s well-laid plans went up in smoke. She had planned her trip relatively late due to last-minut... |
7,528 | Write a story where one person is trying to say goodbye but keeps getting interrupted. | A fight for death |
General Mateo was killing it. Killing them all, to be precise. Thirteen tall brutes with shaved heads came rushing toward him from the front. The two behind him seemed to be readying for an ambush. General Mateo couldn’t care less. He raised his sword high in the air and plunged it into the soil. Thick, dazzling beams... |
661 | Write a story that weaves together multiple lives through their connection to a particular tree. | A misplaced stroke of white paint |
Cynthia let out a grunt as her trembling hands ruined her painting of an ash tree. Her once perfectly painted ash tree now had a misplaced stroke of white paint in the trunk of the ash tree. She examined her painting once again, contemplating on whether to continue or to disregard it. A tall Ash tree stood in the midd... |
11,106 | Write a story from the different perspectives of two people meeting for a blind date. | A story about Joseph and Mary meeting for a blind date. |
My story is entitled Joseph and Mary meeting for a blind date.
A blind date is a social engagement between two people who have not previously met, usually arranged by a mutual acquaintance.
A blind date is arranged by a mutual acquaintance of both Joseph and Mary .Also both the two people Josep... |
14,624 | Write about a character preparing a meal for somebody else. | AN ABIDING AROMA |
The kitchen was a total mess but, in a good way. The multi-colored counter was not less than those festive streamers and confetti which Mrs. Suhani Khanna loved to decorate her house with during Diwali or any other festival. The yellow, orange, red and green bell peppers looked so vibrant and their rich aroma when Suh... |
1,372 | Write about a character who gets called an Einstein ironically. | After He Turned It On |
"Long time no see, Mr. Vence. Is there anyone I can hook you up with?" A well-mannered gentleman approached Kennis.
"What a coincidence, Eck. I didn't expect to meet you here. Sure, if it's no trouble. I'm right now feeling a little lonely,” answered Kennis. He looked at the other man: Eck Vincennes, from Strasbourg... |
1,272 | Set your story in a post-pandemic world, where the effects are still felt even as your character attempts to move on. | Afterworld |
What day is it?
Sam stood triumphantly at the mouth of the cave. it had taken her hours to remove the remaining rocks that had kept her safe yet hidden from the outside world.
All that she had known for the last year was buried up there, on Sawbuck ridge.
It was almost spring when Me Ma, Jim bob and our old hound... |
6,302 | Write a story that involves a mystery — it doesn't need to be crime-related, it should just include something that remains unexplained until the end. | An Unfathomable Boutade |
There was knocking on the door. James’s mother stopped packing her son’s lunch and started walking towards the door. James paused in eating his breakfast as he wanted to see who was at the door. He got up and followed his mother.
Sarah opened the door to see and officer standing there.
‘’Sarah Myers?’’ The officer gr... |
2,209 | Write about two characters who’ve gone through something so intense they now feel like family. | An Unlikely Duo |
Have you ever wondered what it might be like to meet your reconciliation?
They say opposites attract because they strive for you to do better in areas you do not yet excel in, and perhaps that is true. But why does no one express their desire to be with someone who brings you peace of mind once and for all? Does n... |
4,910 | Set your story in a place with extreme weather, but don’t use any weather-related words to describe it. | And on that day, he saw her. |
It came without warning, fierce and unforgiving.
Unpredictable.
The village was eerily quiet in the days, weeks, months, leading up to it; shadows and smoke filling the air but never quite reaching the village.
The tiny town carried on, the best that they could, living in constant fear.
Waiting, waiting, waiti... |
10,072 | Write a story that begins in the light and ends in darkness, or the other way around. | Anne-Marie Fleming's Final Days By Jade Stouffer |
Dear Journal, 10 days
I went to the doctor today to find out I have stage IV cancer. Just two months ago I went in and it was stage II. When I was young I faced cancer, and they did chemo. I thought I defeated cancer for good, but stage IV... I am a goner. I was supposed to be Anne-Marie, th... |
13,422 | Write about a character who’s stuck in an elevator when the power goes out. | Attollo Amet! |
*Author's Note: This submission contains a healthy helping of profanity, by which I mean a lot...just making you aware. Also, my sincerest apologies to the State of Alabama. Mary Midas bounced back and forth on the heels of her leather loafers inside of the elevator, her annoyance showing plain as day across her fair ... |
12,151 | Write about someone whose luck is running out. | BAD LUCK PERSEVERANCE |
Sally woke with excitement due to hearing some very good news concerning a job that she has dreamt of so many times before. "It is finally happening." She always desired to be a Day Care Director and owner. After years of planning and studying for this phase of her life, the existence feels so real. But, first Sally m... |
4,687 | Write about two people who run rival bakeries, but fall in love during their town’s annual holiday festival. | Bread and love |
After four full months of careful planning and diligent preparation, the Apple Festival of the city of Georgia has finally begun and it will be a fun day and as the son of the owner of the most important pastry shop in the city we are on the foot and leg to finish the preparations and it is baking all the apple pies t... |
3,458 | Write about a character whose life changes for the better. | Break the Clouds |
Content Warning: domestic abuse, panic attacks
When that little boy walked into my store, I could feel my heart break. Woe was scattered upon his freckles, and his sleeves stretched over his wrists. In the dead of winter, he wore only a t-shirt.
I still remember how quiet his voice was, the soft tingle of the door ... |
9,339 | Write about someone investigating a break-in at a bakery. The only thing missing? A very secret ingredient. | Break-In at The Sweet Shop |
Abby emerged from the warmth of her SUV and hustled across the sidewalk to the Sweet Shop bakery. The door was heavy and icy cold to the touch. Abby struggled to hang on to the handle against the fierce wind. Once inside the bakery her nose was met with the most intoxicating scents. Everything from sugary donuts to f... |
262 | Write a story about a character who gets lost at a carnival or festival. | Broken |
Every step makes me feel claustrophobic and nauseous, and home-sick even though I just got here. I wonder why I even talked myself into coming here in the first place when I knew I would feel like leaving the moment I reach here. Maybe, then, I thought I could start moving on. I close my eyes and take a deep breath. H... |
12,381 | Write about someone getting a job offer they never would have thought to apply for. | Caffeinated Karma |
I ripped off my apron and slammed it on the greasy counter, someone’s coffee caught the brunt of it as one of the ties splashed right into the cup.
Oops.
I was sick and tired of waiting on customers who had only two things on their mind, their stomachs and their wallets.
I guess that’s true for most of us b... |
10,215 | Write about someone who keeps an unusual animal as a pet. | Can't Be Like Them |
Caitriona and Mirabel looked at me like I'm a creep each time I ask to sit at their table at school lunch hour. Heck, I couldn't figure out why yet.
We used to be friends. Real tight friends.
Maybe they don't like me anymore. The same way, friends outgrow friends. We were all in grade 9 but they already were bec... |
4,360 | Write about a character discovering a surprising strength in either themself or another. | Cat Tale |
A Cat TaleThe tense looking group of men looked up as ‘Doc’ Redding entered the hospital’s waiting area.John Beck, their Safety Manager, his sixth cup of coffee splashing onto his pants as he jumped to his feet, demanded, “So? What’s the verdict?”“Catch your breath, John. Looks like we’ve had a miracle.”“Ya’ mean he’s... |
3,635 | Write about a character who is incapable of telling even the smallest lie or half-truth. | Cat got your Tongue? |
Pierre and Monique were quite renowned in Paris when eet came to their secret nighttime activities. They were cat-burglars and did quite well at their trade.
Monique loved diamonds, and Pierre could not steel enough for her. He adored mon Cheri. And he was her diamond-in-ze-rough. Pierre was buil... |
3,117 | Write about a human and a cat that come to some kind of mutual understanding. | Cat's dream |
You don't choose a cat. A cat chooses you, according to my grandpa.
A persistent cat from the neighborhood decided to adopt me.
On a hot summer evening, two huge longing eyes appeared at the kitchen door, accompanied by serenading meows. He did not flinch when I approached him. I started speaking baby talk. I don't k... |
11,189 | Write a story that starts with the line “So, what’s the catch?” | Catcher in the. . . Sigh. |
“So, what’s the catch?”
“No catch, man, it’s just like I told ya.”
“Really? When it’s too good to be true, well, you know, it usually is.”
“I’m being straight with ya, man. This ain’t like that Nigerian Prince scam ya get in your fax machine. No, no. This is one hundred percent, full disclosure, top notch, no ... |
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