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Write a story about someone feeling powerless.

Posted in Narrative on Nov 1, 2022

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Unnatural Distasters

Submitted to Contest #58

The night was alive. Not even a flicker of stars could be seen in the swirling abyss of the storm. Window panes trembled, and the entire house shook, echoing the power of the sky. It was a dark and stormy night, made even darker the moment the yellow ceiling lights flickered to black. It felt so quiet in the few moments after the light died. It didn’t sound quiet, but it felt that way, a yawning gap of something missing, soon to be filled with something different; a new presence of normalcy. I sat in the dark for a few moments or so, but o...

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Silence

Submitted to Contest #58

Goody-two shoes, geek, dork, I’ve heard them all. They never bothered me. I float through life on pure ambition for the future. I know exactly where I’m headed and how I want to get there, so it’s easy to turn down the volume of the world. Now though, now, I don’t hear those names anymore. No one even talks to me. They throw me looks of pity and sympathy, like they really know what I’ve been through. They could never understand, and I don’t want them to. And as that one group of brats makes a circle around me in this dream, closing in f...

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Violent Regret

Submitted to Contest #58

It’s said that the definition of insanity is to do the same thing over and over again, expecting different results. So what does doing the same thing over and over again and receiving progressively worse results define? Stupidity maybe. Just stop doing that thing. But when you’re in that life, it isn’t always as easy as ‘just stopping’.I’m in the back of the car, next to Skins, Kit’s driving and we’re just cruising round this fancy neighbourhood that’s like 5, 6 minutes from the estate and Skins is talking some shit next to me, like he’s try...

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Take Me Tonight

Submitted to Contest #58

(Write a story about someone feeling powerless.) Elizabeth caught a glimpse of herself in the drugstore window.  I guess there was no denying the years, she had changed so much over time.  The image was slightly cloudy and the display inside distracting but it was clear enough for her to feel the edges of hopelessness.  She felt old and powerless, she felt very tired, one shade short of helpless! Returning home she was happy to find no bills in the mailbox but no letters or cards either.  She expected cards, her birth...

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The Budgie, The Witch, and The Guy in 10B

Submitted to Contest #58

June 12th, 2036 Wow! It’s been a while since i opened this old thing. My therapist recommended journaling to help digest my thoughts during the quarantine. I figure anything is worth a shot at this point. It’s been almost a week since the outbreak. At first they just called it the flu, and now it’s a deadly virus, contaminating everyone who comes into contact with it. I was just a kid the last time something like this happened. 2020 I think? I’m not sure. But I remember it threw the world into mass chaos. They aren’t taking any chances thi...

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Love Will Never Die

Submitted to Contest #58

“Don’t leave me.” She whispered, ‘I need you.” And that’s all she needed to say. As the minutes trickled by, Raphael stayed sitting across from her unmovable. No words, movements, or facial expressions. Meg thought he would say something. After all, wasn’t being vulnerable a hard thing to do when it felt like static in return? Then he moved.  His steps crunched underneath the colorful array of leaves and he came closer. Raphael slipped closer until their faces were inches apart. She saw his breath in the air stand still and she leaned t...

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It Went Wrong

Submitted to Contest #58

It seems my house came to life so suddenly. I think I am unusually paying unusual attention to everything, all thanks to the power that’s suddenly out. It might be the call I received earlier anyways. It’s not like I am used to staying at home but today I had to, it was raining heavy that I had to come back home. Whoever the caller was, I was harassed the whole day; a call and no utterance from the other side. Six times a day and two times after six o’clock; if not to mention that I felt someone was there in the house. The last call was dist...

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Some Parents Just Hate Each Other More Than They Love Their Kids and You Can't Do Anything About It

Submitted to Contest #58

The Spring Concert. What happens is once a year my mean music teacher, Mr. Bradford, buys himself a new suit and tie for it. It’s some weird way to convince himself he’s not a loser when his job’s end goal is making children sing slightly less off key for their parents. Spoiler alert, Mr. Bradford, if the highlight of your day is making my friends cry because they can’t hit the high notes (since they’re twelve and just trying to survive the second period) you’re already a loser. With a capital L. No suit bought on clearance at Macy’s can co...

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The Journey of Marlia

Submitted to Contest #58

Topic: This is the story of a teenage girl's journey into adulthood, who must choose between her self-respect and the husband she once trusted and loved.**************************** Mild Domestic Violence*************************Marlia's terror of abandonment overwhelmed her leaving her empty as a broken egg smashed on a hot sidewalk. She clung to the edge of a pillar on the steps of the front porch weeping silently. The sun began to sink into the horizon as she watched her husband drive away for the last time. She held back her tears with a...

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When Your Light Went Dim

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     What can one do when the one they loved the most was sufferings? No matter what you try, how much money you send, and how much hope you have, you know that there is nothing you can do to save them.          Wilhelmina stood over the limp form of her husband and held back a sob. She pressed a hand to her mouth and closed her eyes. He could not die. She needed him too much.          She bit her lip and forced herself to calm...

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Hollow Fury

Submitted to Contest #58

There is so much hollow fury inside me.Hollow because the lights are out. There used to be lights inside of me but I short-circuited, and they all went out.Nobody knows how much fury I contain because there is no way to express it.A year of my life has dripped down the drain before it even had a chance to start.It happens, during power outages. Things break. Things fall.I am still falling.I was going to spend a year in Germany. I was going to work, I was going to meet new people, I was going to gain independence and I was going to learn. So,...

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The Prison That is Panic

Submitted to Contest #58

My breath comes fast and heavy, sobs rack my chest, and tears stream down my face to a point where I can’t even see my phone screen. I try to breathe but can’t. I try to calm down but can’t. I am on the verge of succumbing to the darkness clouding the edges of my vision when I realize what I need to do. I dial her number from memory, and she picks up on the first ring. “Hey boo, what’s up?” Her soothing voices washes over me, and I calm down enough to choke out a few words. “Help, please… my pills, medicine, out” I manage to sputter out be...

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The Unknown

Submitted to Contest #58

Why are we so scared of the dark? My parents never figured out why I was so afraid of the lights being off at nighttime. I remember the first time the dark was terrifying. My mother tucked me into bed, flipped the light switch, and closed the door. It took my eyes a moment to adjust, and for a few seconds, I could see nothing but black. Those few seconds were enough to feel the darkness suffocating me. There was nothing but creeping black fingers seeping into my blankets and wrapping around me. Panic built in my stomach and slowly rose up ...

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2:47 AM

Submitted to Contest #58

Trigger Warning: Suicide   “Ma! Mother! Hey, Ma!” Ellie yells to me from the bottom of the bleachers where she’s standing with a few of the older girls from the squad. She stamps her foot on the pavement, hands on hips, ponytail swinging and face scrunched into a red-cheeked grimace of teenage frustration that she inherited from me. I slowly weave through the dispersing crowd towards my daughter. It had been a terrible game. This will be the third loss in a row for our boys, and the disappointment in the crisp e...

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The Slow Evolution of Lilac

Submitted to Contest #58

We aren’t alive so we didn’t understand when our creator died. Business went on as usual for several days. When he didn’t move out of his bed, we figured this was something humans, living people, did. It was Lilac who figured it out. He hadn’t eaten any of the food she’d brought, and she compared the rot on the fruit beside his bed to what was beginning to grow on his face. I work in the gardens. I understand that when fruit begins decomposing it will return to the Earth. And t...

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