Writing Prompt

When I was younger I used to be the life of the party. I was always so happy, and I was never scared of anything. I visited my best friend every day. She was the yin to my yang, the Yang to my yin, she was perfect…

But as years went by, my best friend started getting sick. Even so she never let me worry about her. Next thing I knew… she was gone. It hurts to much to even say her name. I broke in ...

. That’s what I said but

It’s not what I mean

I wanted to share but

I’m not feeling seen

I put myself out there

But I want to go back

Because the more visible I am

The more I’m attacked

I have so much inside me

I still want to share

...

“You should look at your texts.”

Pippa stares confusedly. Salen never texted a complete sentence. There’s even punctuation. Something is wrong.

She quickly pulls up her messages. There are social media notifications that show she has been tagged in a lot of posts.

Clicking on one, she is brought to an Instagram post from an account she recognizes. It is for her school newspaper which is run by...

*opens up X

What’s happening?

The election is coming fast and all these candidates absolutely suck! Why should we vote if we’re not convinced? We should boycot and just not vote. What’s the worst that can happen? If its already all shit. 🤷‍♂️

*post

“I should go to bed instead of endlessly scrolling through instagram and tiktoks. I have my 8am class tomorrow and it’s already 11:46. Not to ment...

My friend Casey and I have been on the outs now for about a week now. I am starting to get tired of her pettiness and not wanting to apologize for what she did, its not like it was my doing. She should have never said those things about me, it was stupid of her to think i wouldnt find out as if we dont have the same group of friends. Yesterday Leah- one of our other friends in our group invited me...

It was supposed to be a casual post on a normal Saturday day, but what everyone came to realize, was that there was someone or something in the background of this picture. Aji's picture.

After she posted it, comments started coming in, asking her if she knew what or who was in the background. Aji had responded in confusion and said 'no' to all of them.

Then she decided to look closer at her pic...

Danni’s phone vibrated. She checked her texts.

Have you seen this, the message from Jen read. Danni clicked on the link and her world changed.

The Facebook video was of a strange man with big dark eyes desperately looking for his wife Danielle “Danni” Marie Faith. That was close to her own name Danielle Mae Faith. The stranger described his wife holding a blurry photo of woman that could be Dann...

Harold Heffner's post about The Shadowbrook Woman next to Shadowbrook Elementary went live at 7:15 am. He was on his way to Shadowbrook High when he made the post. The post would gather five thousand likes by the time first-period math ended, Harold spent most of the class staring at his phone screen in awe as the likes flooded in. He took the long way to his English, which was across the schoolya...

On the best of nights I lay down to fall asleep and ill start dreaming of exactly what I want. It feels as if I can control my own dream! Ill start flying and cheering as I zoom into what apears to be paradise with a twist. Its a party and its beyond wild. Im having so much fun and now its like a full on club , with all the lighting to match. Ill start giving away loads of money. Eveyone loves it ...

Kathy had the best time at the restaurant. She had been waiting for a long time to come here, and was glad she finally got to.

She took a picture of her food. When she finished, she left. Then she took a picture of the outside of the restaurant. She was happy, and wanted to come back again.

As she left, she saw a man in a jacket and cap, really looking at the restaurant.

When she got home, Kathy p...