Margaretatwood Stories

If you could write a letter for a time capsule, one that wouldn't be opened until the year 2114, what would you say? To celebrate the creation of Katie Paterson's artwork Future Library, Wattpad hosted the "Dear 2114" Future Library writing contest with Margaret Atwood. I've upgraded my original work from 2015.

The midwife will call it mercy. She will hold a pillow over his face or put him outside for the frigid air to correct this mistake. He was never meant to be mine, but in that moment, I understand how much I love him.

My Handmaid's Tale Hulu Contest entry. Told from the point of view of...wait for it...not a Handmaiden. *mic drop*

Freeze-Dried Fiction Contest with Margaret Atwood. Where will Sam's fate lead him? Join him in this dark and mysterious tale.

Have ever got stuck on a plot, a word, a scene or a story so much that you can't move forward? We as writers, believe everyone has been through that "phase". To counteract that stage and to boost our writing community(and the writer in us), we all need a boost, a push to keep at it. Keeping in mind, every Sunday, NewlyWrittenBooks are going to publish a writer's empowerment quote from writers across the world, to spark the writing bug within you. Cover made by the amazingly gifted @druidoflore :)

It's been nearly two years since the raids. Everyone has been sorted and the rules established. Free thought is a federal offense. Some still remember the old ways. They fight to hold onto who they were in the time before the change. Is remembering worth the consequences?

During her coming of age ceremony a young girl learns the true story of creation, a long forgotten story known only to the women of her tribe, a story that cannot be revealed to the men of her village who maintain complete control of the women.

***** Winner of Future Library contest conducted by Margaret Atwood, Katie Paterson and Future Library Project. ******** "Go throw your TV set away, And in its place you can install A lovely bookshelf on the wall" - Roald Dahl. ************* Old grandparents are out on a motive to teach some values to their bratty grandchildren. #1 in Future Library on 8/3/21 #2 in Margaret Atwood on 8/3/21 #13 in Future Library on 02/27/2021 #221 in Short Story as on 5/31/2015

They meaning your parents, teachers, friends, and etc. have told you from a young age to be yourself, but then say the contradicting statement of being part of the group. To what degree does someone change oneself to follow the norm? In Alarcon's sestina explore how society dictates and does not in ones life and if their is a healthy medium of remaining oneself and being part of a group.

495 Word Short Story - Failing to conceive, an Asian woman retreats into her invisible cloak. "It clings to me, squeezing like a metal band around my chest whenever we are around parents with babies and small children."

My entry for #MyHandMaidsTale Contest! When loneliness overcame Margot Jane, she welcomed abandoned elderly woman into her home so that they too would find comfort--but bitterness soon took its toll when a letter arrived from her husband, leaving her for a younger woman. Now, she seeks to bring down the young men in her town who have lost all perspective of true beauty. Margot's "London Foxes" are trained to be classy and cunning--and best of all, they make any man in town look utterly superior for a price. Men may seek them out as personal escorts or dignitaries, but they'll soon realize these women have a purpose all their own.

Entry for "Dear 2114 with Margaret Atwood"

What have I become/ My sweetest friend?/ Everyone I know/ Goes away, in the end -"Hurt", cover by Johnny Cash •••••••••••••••••••••••••• I always told you, "you can't protect everyone." And you know what your reply was, every damn time? "I have to try." And you did try. Harder than anyone else. That's what got you here. (My interpretation of the oppression women in the armed forces face every day, very loosely based off of a family member's experience)

Short story written as a piece for the Freeze Dried Fiction contest.

I was fifteen, isolated. Imprisoned. I was resigned to my fate. I was going to die in a cell, alone. I was over.

This is 2114 --------------------------- on the day the Future Library opens, a young girl discovers more about the past than what she had bargained for ----------------------------------------------

My entry into Margaret Atwood's #Freeze-Dried Fiction contest. Read Margaret Atwood's story, the Freeze Dried Groom, then read my story as a prequel. When Dr. Claire Ledus loses her sister in a tragic accident, her life is changed forever. As she grieves, she struggles to forgive the man whose carelessness cut her sister's life short. Is Clyde Davis a monster, or simply a man who made a terrible mistake? Perhaps Clyde deserves Claire's forgiveness. But when Claire learns the truth about her sister's life after her death, she is no longer certain she can forgive herself.

Healthy babies were supposed to be a handmaid's salvation and security, but everyone finds the wastelands in the end.

What happens when all your apocalyptic nightmares seem to be coming true? In this lyrically poignant piece, Margaret Atwood reflects on growing up in the age of the scarlet fever, diphtheria, polio and the whooping cough that swept Canada in the 1940s. Yellow signs with the words 'QUARANTINED' became a signature of the era and marked doors in neighbourhoods across the country. Drawing from her own experiences and the experiences of her parents who lived through the Spanish flu, Atwood sings words of encouragement, "Take heart! Humanity's been through it before. There will be an Other Side." And while nothing is scarier than an enemy you can't see, there is always hope and there is always another side. In a way that only she can, Atwood takes a look into the past and the present to give us words for the future. Copyright belongs to O.W. Toad and this piece first ran in The Globe and Mail.