This story is one of the February Writing Challenge entries chosen to be a featured story. . “My lady? It is time.” I barely hear Galeran over the thunderous downpour outside. I have been sat in this stone-cold alcove for what must be hours now, my head resting on the stained-glass window, my eyes glazing […]
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This story is one of the February Writing Challenge entries chosen to be a featured story. . The soft sound of a piano. The smell of fresh brewed coffee mixed with the strong scent of oil paints. The feeling of strings under your fingers. The sight of colors, of shapes, landscapes, imaginative figures. And, most […]
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These entries from February’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 “February Writing Challenge.” Arya 16 India Division Abbas stared blankly at the screen, reeling from the shock that had hit him. The television screen blurred before his […]
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Welcome, Germies, to this month’s writing challenge! This challenge will begin today and will end February 29th. 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 February Writing Challenge entries chosen to be a featured story. . She was beautiful. She really was. Not the kind that made people smile and say “she’s really pretty,” though. But the kind that made you want to preserve it, to trap it in a glass cage and call […]
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This story is one of the February Writing Challenge entries chosen to be a featured story. . You think that the sound of screaming filling the air would be the loudest sound of all, but it’s not. The silence after, that long drawn out pause that fills up your body, your mind, your heart—those moments—the […]
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This story is one of the February Writing Challenge entries chosen to be a featured story. . “What is fire?” Rhys asks himself as he holds down the lever of a flamethrower to blowtorch the guy in front of him. “Burning of oxygen? What’s burning then?” Rhys finds himself back in the old, smelly classroom, […]
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This story is one of the February Writing Challenge entries chosen to be a featured story. . In the back of an art museum, hanging lopsided on a plain, water damaged wall, was a painting. It was simple, and the colors were faded from age, and it was hanging in a hall off the room […]
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These entries from February’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 “February Writing Challenge.” Annaliese Baker 15 USA The Forgotten Portrait She’d never spoken before. Each day in class, she would use a black ballpoint pen— the […]
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