creativewriting
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Survey Says!
What’s the most underrated life skill? Welcome back to Family Feud! I’m your host, Eleanor Grace, and we’ve got a historic, legendary showdown tonight between The Hatfields and The McCoys. Let’s go to the center mic! Top five answers on… Continue reading
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The Stranger in the Water
Which relationship has taught you the most about yourself? The reflection of water only tells the truth when it is still. Noise distorts the reflection, movement unsettles it, and throw a stone into the water and the whole picture fractures.… Continue reading
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The Menu Ate the Cook
How do you write what people actually want to read? Elena had always wanted to open a restaurant, one where she could cook the food she loved. She made the announcement. Almost instantly, the opinions arrived. “You need vegan options,… Continue reading
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The Pothole Stays
What’s one thing that would instantly improve your city? A palace. Nothing too extravagant. Apparently, I no longer believe ordinary municipal improvements are sufficient. Potholes, after a while, you simply get used to. Every city has them. A Queen must… Continue reading
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The Woman Who Waited for Color
If you had to get a tattoo right now, what would it be and why? A tattoo is the soul’s own portrait—a permanent gallery of a life’s profoundest sentiments. But you ask what mine would be before it exists. You… Continue reading
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The Five-Dollar Discovery
What is the best purchase you have ever made? White chalk across the top read “$5.” At first glance, that was all there was to see. The resale shop was an old house where every room held collections that had… Continue reading
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Table for Two, Suspect for One
Rain had turned traffic into a slow-moving river of brake lights, but I arrived at the restaurant damp and exactly on time. I had just settled into the warm booth, with the scent of garlic drifting from the kitchen, when… Continue reading
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The Teacher Beneath My Feet
If someone had asked me yesterday which animal I’d want to be, I probably would have answered a panda. Peaceful. Unhurried. Completely unbothered. I’ve watched them fall out of trees, tumble down hills, and lose their balance more times than… Continue reading
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The Architect of Emerald Symmetry
Why would I dare ask for a single copper when the steering wheel greets me like a paintbrush to its artist? To be paid would be to admit that this is labor, when in truth, it is liberation. I set… Continue reading
