This story is one of the August Writing Challenge entries chosen to be a featured story. . I meet him at a park. I’m sitting at one of those picnic benches, scratching tally marks in the wood with a fingernail, and he sits down across from me, says, You look sad. I look up, startled, […]
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This story is one of the August Writing Challenge entries chosen to be a featured story. . Nothing will ever be as beautiful as this summer we’ve had together. From the second you stepped off the train all the way through to right now, weaving our way around whispering forest trees, every moment and every […]
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This story is one of the August Writing Challenge entries chosen to be a featured story. . The strap of my backpack is rough between my sweaty fingers, and it feels like someone added bricks to my luggage instead of just some clothes and my passport. I can feel my sister’s worried gaze upon me […]
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These entries from August’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 “August Writing Challenge.” . Selena Schwarz 22 USA Seasonal Love They called her Summer because her heart burned with love. They called him Winter because his icy […]
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Welcome, Germies, to this month’s writing challenge! This challenge will begin today and will end August 31st. 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 August Writing Challenge entries chosen to be a featured story. . Odette isn’t the kind of girl that believes in bewitchery, but she had been a few years ago. Back then, she would’ve interpreted any extraordinary event in her life as a result of some kind of inexplicable magic, […]
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This story is one of the August Writing Challenge entries chosen to be a featured story. . It’s lonely because of the people, not because of the silence. There’s never any silence, and, in fact, the existing silence isn’t the type you’d expect. There are houses on these hills—big, large houses—and people living in the […]
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This story is one of the August Writing Challenge entries chosen to be a featured story. . Seven years of bad luck if you break a mirror…. Well, sod that…. So I smashed another – surely that would balance things out? I pushed all the glittering shards into the waste bin in the bathroom and […]
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These entries from August’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 “August Writing Challenge.” Jalyssa Nieves 14 USA The Lonely Hill The silence enveloped me, just as it always did. I had almost gotten used to it, and […]
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