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Write about someone who has finally managed to succeed at a long-standing New Year’s resolution.

Posted in Winter on Nov 1, 2022

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Revenge

Submitted to Contest #75

Love is blind, but a broken heart can see everything. Love seems to be a dangerous drug to quit, but it become more dangerous when it’s taken away. In dark winters night, in a darker room a girl naming Zaina, was sitting in the right most corner of her room. The Window was open, and she was sitting quietly near to the widow. Sitting on the cold floor with bare feet keeping her head in her knees and tears were scrolling down her dark chubby cheeks, her scattered hair resting on her dark brown eyes. She was lost in her deep thoughts think...

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The Black Dress

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Every year, Margrit tells herself that this is the year she’ll stay home on Friday nights. Every single year, since she left Berkeley her junior year and began to spend life in nice clothes, in other people’s houses. Every single year, since she began to deprive herself of privacy and peace, and instead spent herself for the benefit of others and the addictive reward of their company.Some years Margrit has more than one resolution. In 2010 it was to make a friend and stay home nights. That year she met Tyler, who went to see Battle Royale wi...

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Endings and New Beginnings

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Author's Note: For one of my first stories of 2021 I decided to include all of my friends from Reedsy for fun. This story is dedicated to everyone included in it and all the other amazing authors on the site. It's inspired by Litlover's Marshmallow Pride story since the characters are real people. Also, I was inspired by the show His Dark Materials which I watched recently and loved. Sorry in advance if my description of you isn't accurate. But, anyway, hope you enjoy!   ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ The last day of the year seems to be the best ...

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On Top of the World

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I look at the list of new year resolutions again and groan. I hadn’t imagined it, it was there. It has been there for almost five years now, but I still don’t look forward to it. I add it every year in the hope that it will happen, only for it to not. Written in my neat handwriting which I use only for specific occasions, in black ink, with a little square next to it. Get over your fear of heights (go bungee jumping with family this year). I hate my past self. At that time, that idiot thought that future me would be able...

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The Ultimate Chess Player's Guide to Happiness

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Disclaimer: I don't actually play chess, so sorry if I got some of the details wrong. With that being said, enjoy!Chess strategies lined up in my head as soon as I glanced at the chessboard, waiting for me to pick and apply one. The board was made up of exactly 64 squares, 32 white and 32 black. It was a perfect mixture, one that I loved. “Next up, Varsha Vimal playing white, and Zelene Gilbert playing black!” The announcer declared. This was the biggest chess tournament of my life, it was the state tournament and it was being broadcast...

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A Resolution of Five Years

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Dear Diary, January 1, 2021My New Year Resolution since 2016: Keep a diaryI can’t believe I’m doing this again, hiding inside my room, the curtains drawn, and the door locked close.I’m writing and I don’t want anyone to know it.Yes, I, Alison Winters, am writing a diary right on New Year’s Day. (Happy New Year, by the way)Oh, Gods. This feels so weird. I’m scribbling down utter nonsense into something non-living, talking (well, writing) to it as if it were a person!What was I supposed to say to a diary? My thoughts? My fe...

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I Loathe Uninvited Guests

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“Ooh, see, who’s making it to the top of the mountain. It’s SwordOgre!” the anchor’s voice roars through the JBL speakers as the virtual spectators cheer and applaud their favourite players. I press my headphone mic close to my lips and jab my thumb at the screen. “Hey, hey, player-1234-I-don’t-care, I will invert your rib cage if you don’t leave my spike behind.” The player who, as usual, feigns ignorance, sprints up the mountain toward my area and sabotages my spike. A clever coward, I see. Red splashes my screen and sirens pierc...

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Monsters

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September, 2011There was a space, behind the bookshelf, where heat spat through the vent. It was tucked away from the rest of the classroom and my favorite spot to read. Spiders would knit webs through the nooks and crannies and dance onto my finger if I had the courage. Dust flew through the air like blind flies but I ignored it, sneezing into my elbow. I thought I was safe and alone but one day he showed up. He was sharper than all the other boys I knew. Kohl always had a plastic fork in his pocket and dimples carved into his fac...

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Frozen love

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Jade Newman stood up in her new skates. She had resolved to do this, she will do this. Jade had waited for almost a year for this, now she was going to succeed.She impatiently waited for the rest of her family to get their skates on their feet. Jade stomped and grumbled as her family told her to wait, wait. They were all busy packing and helping each other with their skates and luggage.                          &n...

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Frost

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Jeffrey opened the door and was greeted by the cool insides of the small hospital room, his sleeping father judging his delay from the depths of his slumber. The room looked the same as last time, as if it had been waiting for his return. He loosened his scarf, walked to the corner of the room, and hung his coat on the stand. His father was sleeping peacefully in the bed, the machines beeping a slow beat. He left his gloves on the nightstand by the picture Molly had brought last time she had visited. Jeffrey adjusted the picture so it could ...

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Steps

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Hi, my name is Alex short for Alexandra but I go by Alex. It’s the start of a new year and I plan on getting a girlfriend. I even went and wrote a step by step plan on how to do so.  Step 1: Get rid of social anxiety I don’t possess the power of magic so we might just have to skip that one. I was just going to get bread from the bakery. That’s all. Nobody was going to notice me and nobody was going to care that I was even present in that area. Knowing this I still get anxious going anywhere. I went to the bakery but as soon as I opened ...

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All For A Book

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Mavery Aston sighed weakly as the door pushed open. It had always been a New Years' Resolution, and yet, she hadn't finished it yet. Today though, she was going to skip the party and complete her book.Her husband, Adryan leant against the wall, staring at Mavery with raised eyebrows. "Aren't you pushing yourself too much, dear?"Mavery glared at Adryan. "No, no! I'm not! My goal was to publish a book. It was my resolution ten months ago! We're almost finished with a year, and I'm not done yet!" she yelled, hysterically, her face, flushed, and...

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Imagine That

Submitted to Contest #75

The door opened slowly with a creak. With caution, I looked around. It looked to be half-bookstore, half-coffeeshop, and something straight out of a Harry Potter novel. The—barista?—was wearing a crimson beret and a lemon-yellow scarf, his skeleton-like hands pursuing a newspaper. The customers were odd, too. One woman reeked of onion but smiled pleasantly. Another held a ferret in his arms daintily, letting the creature venture along his back and arms. A third seemed to be whispering to herself and rocking back and forth in the wooden chair...

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Window Mountain

Submitted to Contest #75

“It’s the final countdown!” The rock and roll ripped through the shredded speakers with a jagged, painful determination that the boy no longer noticed. It was not unlike Dad’s voice, damaged from years of smoking.He turned the key, and the music died. The only sound left was the soft ticking of the car’s engine as it cooled down, but eventually that stopped, too. The boy, small for eighteen, gripped the steering wheel as he stared into the distance. “Campout. The final campout.”Actually, it would be the only campout. A broken promise, a chil...

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Froth Atop a Latté

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High weaving heather, thrown this way and that on each whim of the high weaving winds. Bright sunshine clowns tumble my stomach – tighten; slacken; contort. Piercing chills prickle my skin, skimming jaggedly in my flowing blood tubules. Warm breezes freshen my brow lines, lift the left and the right of my lips up into moon dimples. How I melt into nature’s forces as I sit. Of course I’m early. Usually I’m late. But this day and time, I’m so very early. Yet I’m forty years late. Carmen – she’s always been Carmen in my head. I’m no romanti...

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