Stories on This Week's Writing Prompt
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Emma
Never underestimate the fortitude of a passionate, teenage survivor carrying the weight of her brothers and sisters on her [...]
Readers’ Choice
Street Fighting [Wo]man
“Hey! The time is right for violent revolution” sang Mick Jagger in August 1968. When I heard it, I had just come [...]
Oblivious
I drifted through high school, worried about my grades, seeking good roles in the school plays, yearning until I could be in [...]
Stories from the Previous Prompt
That Was Then, This Is Now
Time is a river…
. . . a violent current of events, glimpsed once and already gone past. — Marcus Aurelius
The Typewriter
I loved how the keys plunked and the typebars clattered, the ping of the bell and the thwack of the carriage return.
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The Sarason Clan
Lizzie and Sam Sarason had eight children over the course of 17 years. Lizzie (for whom cousin Mimi and I were named) was [...]
Prompted By Aunts & Uncles
My Mother’s Faith
She practiced Christianity as a religion of love, tolerance, and generosity. She never turned down someone who needed help [...]
Prompted By Faith
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