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Submitted by Ellipsis

'…and all they could do was cry.'

Write a short story that ends with this as the final line.

Writings

Waiting

They waited to say something until it affected their own family.


For years, seeing people in the street, reading about the hardships of the world, hearing the cries of animals and babies alike, they turned a blind eye. “What can I do?” They’d say before bed, sincerely wondering but coming up short with ideas before they passed into sleep and repeated the pattern for another day.


They waited to...

Time

The kittens without milk sigh.

To their masters bid goodbye.

End of day the sunlight die

Waiting at the door to say hi

Ruckus rain beats while house dry

Preening selves for who knows why

Waiting still. Clocks strke. Oh my.

And all they can do is cry...

Missed Wish.

The infant princess was left all alone in the castle, crying in her crib.


Until a small group of fairies came to investigate the noise.

“Oh, it’s a babe!” Declared the eldest, and the youngest licked her lips.


“Can we eat it?” She asked, and the middle fairy walloped her with a wand.


“No! Human flesh is so fatty! Besides, this one is a princess. We must give her wishes.”


The youngest looked sa...

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Forecast

Dea and Ashe had exacted their revenge on the coven that had cast them aside.


The leaders were defeated and their names cleared.


'it was such a pity they all had to burn', stated Dea, Ashe her fire breathing sparrow familiar was perched on her shoulder, cleaned it's beak on his wings.


He chirped, his rescue had gone according to plan and was all part of Dea's grander scheme to rid themselves of...

Death

Death wrapped her in midnight wings

Taking her into a world beyond

Our hearts, wretched, broken things

Knew that nothing could bring them back, no silver wand


The butterflies inside us died

Our spirits wings that cannot fly

"No she didn’t” our souls denied

And all they could do was cry...

Oh!

I’m in a live Angle

And only one of them knows

Well shit...

what a friend

you knew

you knew

you knew

i was irritated

i told you:

no hidden meanings

no weird words

i straight up

told you

and what a friend

you were,

instead of being

patient

instead of just

chatting

you decided

you wanted to

hurt me more

make fun of me

pretend to play

and then

no apology when i say

i’m done talking

just distance


i think back and

it hurts more and more

every time,

but there’s nothing i c...

The Triumph Of Mr Bubbles

Mr Bubbles danced across the stage and bowed as he reached into the black box where the teddy bear had been hidden. The audience all watched, they knew it was a trick that any minute now the teddy would be plucked complete from the box and returned to the little ginger haired girl waiting anxiously.


As he reached into the box no one expected him to bring out a goose, the goose promptly ran arou...

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Stars On Her Arms

Andrew the star player on the football team, found out that other people exist the other day. Other people being Emily. Shes basically a nobody especially compared to Andrew. Compared to me she’s popular, no one really know my name and I’m ok to keep it like this so I can share they’re story. Andrew met Emily through band, when he was dared to watch them rehearse, he saw her and her light. He saw ...

“…and all they could do was cry.”

One way to use a prompt. 4 stories.


1) The Return


Danielle came home—skinnier than ever with her jeans torn, her blouse stained from blood and dirt, and a scar on her hip. Later, her mother would ask about the scar, but Danielle would never give her an answer.


None of that mattered now. Danielle was alive, and all they could do was cry.


2) The Run Away


The white death came on without warning....

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