This story is one of the March Writing Challenge entries chosen to be a featured story. . The world is quiet today. It’s a tentative quiet — the kind that unsettles most people to the point of wanting to break it. Not me, though. I’m usually so caught up in the noise of my thoughts […]
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This story is one of the March Writing Challenge entries chosen to be a featured story. . “Ok. You’re all set. Mind the stairs.” He drops the keys into my hand, turns, and walks back to his car. Mind the stairs? I glance over at the bungalow I’ve just bought. I knew he looked high. […]
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This story is one of the March Writing Challenge entries chosen to be a featured story. . I am already regretting this. It was one in the morning, the sky outside pitch black, only illuminated by a sprinkling of stars. It had been a challenge to even make it out of my bed and to […]
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This story is one of the March Writing Challenge entries chosen to be a featured story. . “What are you doin‘?” He was leaning against the gate, brown hair messy as always, eyebrows drawn together above those dreamy eyes in an expression of confusion. I turned around on my ladder, trying very hard not to […]
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These entries from March’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 “March Writing Challenge.” Tanisha Bij 18 Kenya Liquid courage. That was my favourite excuse to get drunk and make stupid decisions whilst being with friends who were […]
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Welcome, Germies, to this month’s writing challenge! This challenge will begin today and will end March 31st. However, you are welcome to come back anytime to complete the challenge and submit your story below in the comments section. We will pick a few of our favorites that are submitted during this month, though, and they will be […]
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This story is one of the March Writing Challenge entries chosen to be a featured story. . She walked up and down the aisles of books, letting her fingers graze each one as she passed. Pain anchored deep in her heart and tugged. Each familiar book she touched only added to the weights drowning her […]
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This story is one of the March Writing Challenge entries chosen to be a featured story. . “I’ve been looking everywhere for you.” The words consume me. My fall echoing the memory that they trigger, like stepping through a foreign doorway into a familiar room. The itch of our checkered brown carpet that Dad never […]
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This story is one of the March Writing Challenge entries chosen to be a featured story. . “What do you mean, ‘she’s gone?’” My therapist looks at me quizzically, the way that only a therapist can. I wonder if they learn it in school, as I repeat what I’d just said: “The girl I was […]
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