Myhandmaidstale Stories

A dark encounter with a fearful mission.

Birth Number: 009628 Age: 15 Sex: Female Race: Valorian Birthplace: Unknown Birth parents: Unknown Occupation: House Keeper

An excerpt from Margaret Atwood's classic story, The Handmaid's Tale. This is a word of fiction. Any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental. First Anchor Books Edition, April 1998 Copyright © 1986 by O. W. Toad, Ltd. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York. Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Houghton Mifflin Company in 1986. The Anchor Books edition is published by arrangement with Houghton Mifflin Company. Anchor Books and colophon are registered trademarks of Penguin Random House LLC. www.anchorbooks.com

This is my second entry in the #MyHandmaidsTale Contest The chosen few handmaids of Gilead await their new lives in what was once O'Hare Airport. They are to be the first Ambassadors, the result of a successful trade agreement with Mexico. *****I understand this may not be able to be entered in the contest as it follows a pretty specific plot point in the TV show**********

A short story about Offaniel's imprisonment inspired by The Handmaid's Tale. HOPE SURFACES is part of the Wattpad HULU contest #MyHandmaidsTale. "I am a woman. I am a woman with a disability. Here, that makes me a negative two class citizen. I will not submit." Offaniel

At night, I tell her the stories. The candle with our only light flickers and I'm reminded of flashlights under blankets aiding impish children up past their bedtime. This is silly but serious work. Books and pens and note paper kept hidden under the floorboard. Contraband in the candlelight.

A woman gives her chilling account of the day "they" came, took her away, and destroyed everything she loved.

A narrative, describing the the thoughts and feelings of one of the fallen women from "The Gilead Republic."

Gabbie Hannas Battle With Her Body

A young Muslim woman must fight for her family, future, and right to exist when a hateful, fascist regime is elected to govern America. Author's Note: "A Light On the Sea" is a short 500 word story inspired by Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale," for the #MyHandmaidsTale contest. The main character is named Noor, which means "light" in Arabic. This story is a work of fiction, but the hateful statements within the story are inspired by actual comments made by sitting politicians and pundits, which makes the story all the more chilling. I wanted to use fiction to show how harmful and dangerous this kind of rhetoric is -- and how quickly it can escalate. Genocide is a slow process. No holocaust begins with physical violence. It begins with the normalization of hate speech.

#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.

When the sexes are divided by a deadly virus, one girl must risk everything in order to reach the last haven left to mankind.

Entry for The Handmaiden's Tale Contest. A girl discovers her self by looking at a stranger in a mirror. My own words. All Rights Reserved.

Confused and hurt about what she found on her computer, Kathy Ernest discusses what she saw with Bianca, an empowered woman. -flash fiction- -for My Handmaid's Tale contest- -inspired by Margaret Atwood's works- Cover design by sereneur

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.

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."

A short story (500 words) inspired by Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale." In the near future, rations are no longer used as a method to conserve food.

As many of the other enslaved girls, Micha, a Handmaid, is only wanted for her fertility. Ranked above many of the others but also hated and envied for her beauty her life is reduced to who has more power and can have her... In a near-future chaotic world where religion, oppression and pollution rule; Micha will need to make the decision of accepting her life with her new master or gain his trust and escape to a free world. Inspired by The Handmaid's Tale, for #MyHandmaidsTale contest.

What would happen if the gay marriage ruling of 2015 was ruled in favor of all those against the LGBT community. Based on The Handmaiden's Tale, this short story shows that life will go on even in the darkest of circumstances.