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WRITING OBSTACLE

Write a story in which none of the characters can speak.

Try to think about why the characters can't speak and how they interact: are they unable to speak, is something preventing them from doing it, are they choosing not to?

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Stรถfler Station

Keller and Stovich sat in the seats of their lunar rover. The pair had just returned from a trip to a satellite station on the far side of the Stรถfler crater. The Stรถfler Projectโ€™s intended goal was to create a habitable zone within the crater with terraforming and biochemical engineering, a joint mission between several U.N. nations with their respective space programs. It was still in its infanc...

SHHH

The two books open on the table are boring.


The black haired boy glances sideways at the other, and puts his hand on the table, between the two books.


The blonde boys eyes flicker over the pale hand, and his own rough hand joins it on the table.


The black haired boy watches as the larger calloused hand engulfs his own. A shy smile flickers on his lips.


The librarian, reading something long and...

5
Midnight Snack

A slight nod here

A faint gesture there

I smile in reply

And give a nod of my own

I get up and open the fridge

Hold up a Tupperware

A shrug and a faint frown

So I put it back

And offer something else

This time a nod and a smile...

The Mausoleum Visitor

A Crimson crypt perches atop heightened hummocks,

bearing grievous gargoyles that fester on skobeloffskies

 

Their Torturous talons clutch against sturdy stones they guard; their eyes peep preciously downwards the diabolical dirt

 

Their Withering wings sway against the wary winds, their barbarous bodies muscle down on the stained stones below

 

Then, Amidst the flock of decurved demons lies a col...

"Quiet Girl"

I never understood why people talked. I didn't have much to say so I didn't. I instead chose to observe; most people are so focused on their own lives that they don't see the beauty in the monotony of their routines. Nobody stops to look at how the coffee left in the bottom of your mug looks like a four leaf clover or the color of the sky in the early morning before the world has awoken. I did. I ...

Muted

A year ago Maddie was a victim of a teribal person. The guy was named William. He acted charming. It would of bean Maddieโ€™s first date.


She didnโ€™t mind that he couldnโ€™t speek. He had this text to speech app on his phone. He was born with deformed vocal cords, or so he said. She still doesnโ€™t know if that was the truth.


It was just after five. William pick...

Communication

It was 1967 and the Earth had been invaded. The weird creatures are highly capable of murder, and find their victims by sound. By the end of 1975, there was only 10 people left in Oklahoma. They joined together and agreed, they would use hand signs, signals, and gestures to communicate instead of talking.


The creatures had a very high sense of hearing, even one loud breath can be your last. The g...

Merry Christmas!

Christmas is coming! Letโ€™s dance and sing with plenty of joy we can bring! Tonight is Christmas Eve! I love seeing the fireworks! I have never heard them though, Iโ€™m Deaf. I love our Deaf community! Thatโ€™s who Iโ€™m spending Christmas with. All of my friends. And my Deaf partner, Rae! I sign to my partner:

ยซ I love you. Merry Christmas! ยป

They laugh.

ยซ It isnโ€™t Christmas yet, my love! ยป

I sign back ...

2
Labyrinth-Part 3

Annieโ€™s watch said it had been three hours. About every thirty seconds she would press the button to check, hoping 21 hours would have passed by. Of course they didnโ€™t. The watch wasnโ€™t really hers either. But that was a matter best left untouched in her mindโ€ฆ


Currently she was in one of the small dirt tunnels, bent over to keep her head from whacking a stone on the ceiling. Her thought process, ...

Village

๐“ฃ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ฎ ๐“ฒ๐“ผ ๐“ช ๐“ฟ๐“ฒ๐“ต๐“ต๐“ช๐“ฐ๐“ฎ, ๐“ท๐“ธ ๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ฎ ๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ผ ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ป๐“ญ ๐“ธ๐“ฏ. ๐“•๐“ป๐“ธ๐“ถ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ฝ๐“ผ๐“ฒ๐“ญ๐“ฎ ๐“ฒ๐“ฝ ๐“ผ๐“ฎ๐“ฎ๐“ถ๐“ผ ๐“ต๐“ฒ๐“ด๐“ฎ ๐“ช๐“ท๐”‚ ๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ญ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ช๐“ป๐”‚ ๐“บ๐“พ๐“ช๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฝ ๐“ต๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐“ฝ๐“ต๐“ฎ ๐“ฟ๐“ฒ๐“ต๐“ต๐“ช๐“ฐ๐“ฎ.


๐“‘๐“พ๐“ฝ... ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ฎ ๐“ฒ๐“ผ ๐“ผ๐“ธ๐“ถ๐“ฎ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“ถ๐“พ๐“ฌ๐“ฑ ๐“ญ๐“ช๐“ป๐“ด๐“ฎ๐“ป.


๐“จ๐“ธ๐“พ ๐“ผ๐“ฎ๐“ฎ, ๐“ท๐“ธ ๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ฎ ๐“ฒ๐“ท ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฒ๐“ผ ๐“ฟ๐“ฒ๐“ต๐“ต๐“ช๐“ฐ๐“ฎ ๐“ฌ๐“ช๐“ท ๐“ฝ๐“ช๐“ต๐“ด ๐“ช๐“ฝ ๐“ช๐“ต๐“ต. ๐“˜๐“ฝ ๐“ฌ๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ต๐“ญ ๐“ซ๐“ฎ ๐“ช ๐“ฌ๐“พ๐“ป๐“ผ๐“ฎ, ๐“ฒ๐“ฝ ๐“ฌ๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ต...

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