Category: short story
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Girl In A Bookstore (p.1)
Swipe left, swipe right; the pattern of swiping left and right on dating apps slowly continues for me. There’s Bumble, Tinder, Hinge, and Facebook Dating, but I am still afraid I will never find someone. I wish things were different for me, and everyone seems to think it should be easy for me, an introverted…
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Waiting In Vain
Peter was very excited after getting a call from his long-lost father. The little one was all fired up. His father asked him to meet him at a Johannesburg train station. However, Peter was skeptical about traveling from the rural KwaZulu Natal to the big city of Gauteng. Well, he was looking forward to meeting…
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Winter Is Finally Here
A little boy and girl glide across the icy patio, pretending to be hockey players. As night falls, the air freezes their cheeks. They giggle as they watch each puff of breath turn white and dissipate. How joyous it is that winter is finally here. One small snowflake lands on the girl’s nose. “It’s snowing!”…
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All That I Had Was Reduced To Rubble
Molly stood with a devastated heart as she stared at her burnt house that robbed her of her parents and her only son. Molly was struggling to sort out her emotions about the issue. She was still in grief at her loss. She was still perplexed, wondering if her life would ever pick up. She…
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The Farmer’s Wife
The sun rises, the rooster crows, and two bare feet, instead of four, hit the dirt floor. A puff of dust swirls across the ground with each step the farmer takes towards the door. It creaks open revealing the insipid morning. The farmer starts his day feeding the chickens and collecting eggs. Next he…
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After Wonderland
The Fan Fiction story is based on Alice in Wonderland and how she deals with coming back to the normal world after leaving Wonderland and the idea of how mental health could affect her from getting back to normal. Alice was not a fool, nor a child, but her sister, Mathilda, still treated her like…
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I Smelled Death
Image Source: Pexels- MART PRODUCTION She wore stress across her face like a dress in her body. Fazi needed something to cheer and motivate her young self. Even her body language spoke loudly about how she felt after the tragedy. The breaking in and shooting at her house left the 15-year-old girl twisted and torn…
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Leah Palmer’s Short Story Called “Celebrating Your New Role”
Everyone sat around the table, wine glasses in hand as they celebrated Emma’s new role. A smile spread across her face; Emma had never felt this proud! She was finally being recognized for all her achievements, the hard work she had put in, and all the late nights. As everyone lowered their glasses, Emma stood…
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Absent Grace
Jason ambled up the trail with his brother Marc. While Marc led the way, Jason lagged behind. With each step, his boots squeaked on the damp spring grass. Windflowers and sprouting ferns encircled him with trees that had begun to bud, casting dappled morning sunlight through the forest canopy. The air was cool and crisp.…
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The Surfboard
A Battered surfboard hung in the corner of her room. Untouched for months, it was finally the day to move it, to say goodbye. The girl was wet and suited up. Ready for her last ride. It was a short car journey to the beach. The girl anxiously looked out the window as they got…