This story is one of the April Writing Challenge entries chosen to be a featured story. . He had stared, unseeingly, unblinkingly, unflinchingly as the casket was lowered into the ground. It wasn’t what she would have wanted. As they sat in their favorite clearing in the woods a year prior, she’d told him about […]
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This story is one of the April Writing Challenge entries chosen to be a featured story. . She stared at the one and only line of a couplet scrawled on her Calculus notebook— the skeleton of a sonnet budding inside her head. Nibbling at her pen cap, her full attention was in attempting to keep […]
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This story is one of the April Writing Challenge entries chosen to be a featured story. . Tom made his way up the hill. It was a surprisingly hot day for April, and the CD player Freya had lent him was slipping from his grip with sweat. On a day like this – or any […]
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This story is one of the April Writing Challenge entries chosen to be a featured story. . The wind whistled through the quaint village. Few tall streetlights tinted the tarmac a dull yellow colour as the sun projected crimson through the clouds above. Small gusts caused her hair to dance behind her as her tired […]
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These entries from April’s challenge were selected as Honorable Mentions. Those who completed this challenge are now encouraged to share their stories in the comments section of the “April Writing Challenge.” . Harriet 16 Australia Big City Dreams She sat at the solid wooden table, running her fingers over the dried rings of wine bottle […]
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Welcome, Germies, to this month’s writing challenge! This challenge will begin today and will end April 30th. However, you are welcome to come back anytime to complete the challenge and submit it below in the comments section. We will pick a few of our favorites that are submitted during this month, though, and they will be featured […]
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This story is one of the April Writing Challenge entries chosen to be a featured story. . The sky was an odious grey. Angry clouds, pregnant with rain, held back their load, expectant, waiting. Abidah breathed in deeply. She loved a good storm, but today was different. She shut her windows and rummaged through her […]
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This story is one of the April Writing Challenge entries chosen to be a featured story. . Thoughts racing a million miles an hour, I lost myself in the rhythm of my steps, my surroundings falling away. The argument sat uncomfortably in my mind, stinging and pulsating under my skin. Erin and I had never […]
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This story is one of the April Writing Challenge entries chosen to be a featured story. . Her hand shook as she brought the key nearer to the lock. The entire world was at stake, and she could not even do one simple thing. From behind her, she heard the raucous growls of her pursuers […]
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