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‘With the final flickering of the lights, I took a deep breath, knowing I had done everything I could to save us.’
Write a story that concludes with this line. Think which kind of storylines could logically lead to this finale.
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The water was knee height when I walked out of my bedroom. What the hell had happened? My brand new school shoes were soaked and I head to even worn them one day yet!
“Mum!” I yelled, “What’s going on?”
The lights faltered for a second, springing on and off. Water gushed out from what seemed like nowhere. It was already up to my hip.
“Dad!” Dom cried out. I rushed towards his room, but I didn’t...
It was our last night. I knew it in my bones. I looked around at all my friends and breathed in my boyfriend’s piercing blue eyes, knowing it was only hours until they would disappear.
I took everything out of the storage chest over and over, trying to cling onto any hope that I would find food, water, a lifeline. But nothing. I felt my heart race and my eyes well up with tears of desperation. ...
Giants roared overhead. Shrieking pierced your tympanic membrane. Pounding footfalls shook the ground. Caustic clouds reached down with ghostly hands. Caressing pain into everything they touched. Dragons breath seared the air to a bloody mess. Lapping hungrily at anything remotely nutritious; flesh and metal alike succumbed to the fiery death.
Frantic hands slapped and banged against the hull, t...
I told the captain that those parts were faulty. They didn’t look right and my father always said to trust your eyes. But they were cheap and money had to be saved somewhere. So we took the deal. At first everything seemed like it would go smoothly. No sparks flew when they were installed in the engines. They fit right where they were needed and we were back in space, back on our delivery. I thoug...
It hurts.
That’s life, I suppose.
But why does it bite and slice,
Till my flesh deep below is exposed like a sinning nun.
I’ll say it again, till my lungs are broken and bloody,
I’m in pain.
And I’m not feeling any better.
I’d sing you a song about my anguish, yet it may be too raw for the likes of you.
A bloody tissue sits on my bedside table,
You ask about my bloody nose and I don’t u...
The house that held so many of my memories began to change. The bright walls that were covered in pictures of my family had turned dark and rotten. The wooden floorboards creaked as my feet dragged my body away from the door.
The door.
It wasn’t bright red anymore that allowed the light of the outside world to enter. Instead, it was covered in cobwebs; darkness was the only thing to be seen th...
A submariner knows the score before ever they embark on their first dive. If something goes badly wrong, Neptune will be the only winner.
One electric torpedo and we’re done. We had played every play in the book but it couldn’t save us.
“All hands brace!”
Our ultra-modern nuclear submarine, but still we can’t outrun their torpedo. Now the turbines aren’t turning, the oxygen is gone, there is no...
The smoke, singeing the soft flesh of my throat. Feeling like I breathed in the fire too. My poor little brother, was trapped in i his closet, surrounded by the flames. I used my sore throat to mumble directions to the 911 operators
“1572 Winchester Ave. please! Our house on fire!” My mom and dad, would come home to ashes. I screamed to Asher, asking if he’s ok. He shouts loudly “Sis I’m scared!...
“He’s coming.” Janet shouts. She’s stood by the basement window, desperately trying to see out but her short legs will only reach her so far up.
“Get away from there.” I quickly pull her arm back and she lets out a grunt.
“He said he’ll be back soon.” she struggles in my arms, her cherry red hair flying everywhere with her frantic actions.
“Calm down.” I try to sooth her but to no avail.
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