Margaretatwood Stories

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 :)

Stan and Charmaine are a married couple trying to stay afloat in the midst of an economic and social collapse. Job loss has forced them to live in their car, leaving them vulnerable to roving gangs. They desperately need to turn their situation around—and fast. The Positron Project in the town of Consilience seems to be the answer to their prayers. No one is unemployed and everyone gets a comfortable, clean house to live in . . . for six months out of the year. On alternating months, residents of Consilience must leave their homes and function as inmates in the Positron prison system. Once their month of service in the prison is completed, they can return to their "civilian" homes. At first, this doesn't seem like too much of a sacrifice to make in order to have a roof over one's head and food to eat. But when Charmaine becomes romantically involved with the man who lives in their house during the months when she and Stan are in the prison, a series of troubling events unfolds, putting Stan's life in danger. With each passing day, Positron looks less like a prayer answered and more like a chilling prophecy fulfilled. Keep reading and be sure to enter The Heart Goes Last Fiction contest!

Piętnastoletnia Summer Shelton wyjeżdża z rodzinnego miasta do Miami wraz z siostrą, Saną . Ich rodzice kilka lat temu się rozstali i dziewczęta mieszkały z matką, która musiała wyjechać więc Sunny i Sana zostają zmuszone do wyjazdu. Z ich ojcem został ich brat - Archer. Dziewczyna zostaje przekonana przez brata, aby pójść na imprezę. Poznaje tam znajomych Archera - Florence, Willa, Chrisa Nicholasa i Raina. Dziewczyna zaprzyjaźnia się z Rainem i ufa mu, ale kiedy odkrywa jego sekrety jej życie zmienia się o 180 stopni. Na dodatek jej choroba nie ułatwia jej życia. Co zrobi dziewczyna? Jak skonczy się ta historia? Książka zawiera treści nieodpowiednie dla osób poniżej piętnastego roku życia.

#myhandmaidstale submission. Because it's always been a dystopia for someone. The opening quote is from Margaret Atwood's poem, "Spelling." The other quotes are from the KJV Bible, Ecclesiastes and Song of Solomon.

#MyHandmaidsTale In a dystopian society, humanities last hope comes from a sick twist of fate. 493 words

A series of the deep minded.

I shouldn't be where I am right now, intertwining my flesh with a woman who gives the devil a run for his money, but here I am.

Entry for "Dear 2114 with Margaret Atwood"

Clyde has been patient. And he hasn't been feeling like himself lately. But what can a dead man do, except wait? This short story was an entry in the Freeze-Dried Fiction Contest with Margaret Atwood.

It takes a con to know a con. Or possibly, it takes a woman meeting a con to figure out she’s married to a con. This is my entry for Margaret Atwood’s Freeze-Dried Fiction Contest. Take a look at Atwood’s story, THE FREEZE-DRIED GROOM, on which this story is based and then come back to mine. Thanks for reading!

For the #MyHandmaidsTale contest Inspired by Margaret Atwood

London, 2114. We came to this world too late. Life was amazing one century ago. This is 2114 - Prompt 2

This short story is an attempt to answer the question of why women of other races were spared, despite the prevalence and empowerment of White supremacy. #MyHandmaidsTale

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.

TOP FIVE WINNER in the Dear 2114 Writing Contest - Write the Future with Margaret Atwood. In 2114, what will it mean to be together? To be apart? What if, when the next step in evolution occurs, you get left out? Would you choose to catch up, or hold on to your existence? Approximately 3400 words *I had originally paired Radiohead songs with each chapter, but the videos I used were blocked. So here are my song choices. 1. Paranoid Android 2. Fake Plastic Trees 3. Subterranean Homesick Alien 4. Nice Dream 5. Airbag

A brother and sister break the rules when he allows her to ride his bicycle in a world where it's immodest for a woman to do so.

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."