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Write about a character seeking forgiveness for something that happened in the past.

Posted in Angst on Oct 26, 2022

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“The best revenge is to be unlike your enemy” by Gigi L' Amoroso

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Content warning: Coarse language and sexual suggestion “Come on, man, why don’t you want to come out with us?!?” My friend Antonio said from the bar stool with his Cuba libre in his hand. “Look, Pardeep isn’t here, there’s no point in me going out to the club.” I became an official couple with my co-worker Pardeep on this trip in Varadero after a roller coaster of “situationship” for several months. Pardeep took a flight in the morning because her brother, Akshay, had developed a severe reaction to a mosquito bite. He was annoying ...

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“Confessions Between Dark Figures” by Christopher Cayen-Cyr

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“Forgive me father, for I have sinned.” “What sin is this, my child?” “I’m afraid I can’t tell you.” This was my first time in twenty years inside a confessional booth. I had no idea who sat in the darkness on the other side of the metal grate, and the idea of speaking about my woes to a pure stranger made my skin crawl. Yet, here I was, a woman in her seventies, desperate to heal myself. “Why is it you can’t tell me?” the dark figure replied. “Have you hurt someone?” “No,” I hastily replied, horrified at the thought of being confu...

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“The Taste” by Ann Yuan

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The Taste By: Ann Yuan Twenty years later, when Jodi saw Venessa walk into her Café at Hampton plaza, she swore that a trace of bittersweetness, the taste of almond or walnut, welled up in her mouth. “Hi, congratulations on your grand opening!” Venessa said. She wore a cute black wool coat, immaculate make-ups, honey hue hair in delicate waves flew down to her shoulders. She took an inspecting glance over the dining area, then came up with an approving grin on the corner of her lips. High-spirited, amiable yet fastidious, trying to be perfec...

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“Hunt for Forgiveness” by M. Suvarian

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“I need none of your wisdom this night, Gwyneira.” Einar was quick to speak over the scraping of the front door dragging against cold stone, granting a prowling lioness entrance into her den. The fact that he heard the normally silent woman's arrival at all told him all he needed to know of her mood. If he did not speak first, there would be no chance to say what was needed. “Nor do I need your chastisement.”“Chastisement?” She moved further into the room, light from swinging lanterns caught in a night breeze casting harsh shadows across her...

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“Journal Entries” by Rowan Legend

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CW: mentions abuse, the word: torture, murder, alcohol, potential drug use, undying love and devotion to sister. Takes place after Heist. And I just love the mysterious character Van. Journal Entry 2? I am not sure where I put it, why can’t I remember where it is? I hope, should I retrace my steps? If I did that then I’ll surely get caught, I can’t get caught... but I’ll be caught if it is found. I’ll go tonight, I have to make sure it is not there. Need to remember gloves unless I want to answer those questions. What are you doing here? Wh...

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“Was it a lost Opportunity???” by Marc Graziadei

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Was it a lost Opportunity ??? Is there a real answer when options are presented to an individual? What is the risk that’s entailed? What could be the remaining consequences? Well, I guess everyone could be faced with rare prospects opportunities once they are randomly introduced to us. And how will we react to it? Is one foolish enough to dive in without any knowledge of what they’re getting involved with? Is it a form of despair or haste ? Or is a passed opportunity can be forever lost without any possibility of re-occurrence? The Summe...

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“Forgive Me” by Juanita Ellingson

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                Forgive Me “What are you doing here?” She sneered as she flung open the door. Good question. Honestly, I wasn’t really sure what to say. My older sister, Livia, was standing there staring at me without a hint of warmth in her eyes. It was making it all the harder to come up with an answer. She held the door firmly in her grip, threatening to slam it shut at any second.I looked down and then around searching for a good answer.I noticed the ...

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“Dear Elly, I'm Sorry” by Kellen Geneva

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DEAR ELLY, I’M SORRY She always wanted to see it. The ocean. Elly used to dream of what it would be like to smell the salty sea air. Her bedroom consisted of seashells, posters and postcards of palm trees, and white sandy beaches, wondering what it would feel like between her toes. Is the water cold or warm? Echoes of Elly’s voice slipped through my mind, sending goosebumps down my arms. “Would you be brave enough to venture out where you can feel the tides pull?” I said aloud, remembering all of her late-night rambling. I exha...

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“The psychiatrist” by Greta L

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Trigger warning: Suicide, Losing a loved-one“Joe...”, it alluringly whispered in his ear, “Joe...wake up Joe”.Joe felt blood rushing to his head, heart pounding in his chest, pearls of sweat forming on his forehead. He woke up in trepidation. He must have had this nightmare again. A nightmare that had been haunting him every night now for 10 consecutive days.It was autumn. The rain was plastering against the window and the wind howling through the trees. The day that lied upon him was pressing on his chest. He dragged himself out of the bed ...

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“Hank” by Anna Kratki

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“Frequenting the alter won’t get you a by.” I frown and focused on the floor.  Eva always makes this difficult, every single year. “You know what sorry means?” My heart does a number, a fast dance down to my stomach. “You know what it means, do you?”  My mouth wobbles like a goldfish, like my goldfish, Hank. Me, 83, alone and the cat already gone. Hank and I lived together like two hamsters on opposite sides of a wheel: seamlessly, that is, until one of us runs too fast and we both fall off the whole thing. “You don’t,” she says. M...

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“See” by M. B. Portnoy

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“You see? You’ll never be able to see me. Not really.” She gave a chuckle, his blood on her arm mixing with her own, the coppery tag the predominant smell permeating the air.“Let me help you.” He reaches out his hand, stretching it out to hers. “Let me pull you up like you once did for me. You don’t have to be like this.”She grasps his hand, dangling solely from his grip off the edge. “Like what? Like a villain?”“Destructive. Self-destructive. Irrational. Hair-trigger temper. Violent.”She gave him a deadpan look, piercing through her veneer ...

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“VII Deadly Sins” by C. M

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“It was Pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.” ●・○・●・○・● Seven deadly sins.Pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, sloth. They say Pride is the sin from which all others arise.I disagreed.I didn't consider it a sin at all.Perhaps that is why I am in this position. Being endlessly spun around like a puppet, on the dark stage, with one ominous light illuminating my every step.I don't remember when I stopped feeling my legs and thinking what I was going to do next. I realized there was someone else ...

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“The past will remain” by Manu Jankus

Submitted to Contest #116

''Adryan, someday the world will end, but it will sure as hell end sooner because of you'', Erix roared in a fit of madness. The person he addressed the crushing statement to remembered his friend's painful last words launched frantically at him. They distinctly resonated inside of him, as did the anger, disappointment, and a nearly undetectable amount of grief, coated with a whole lot of pure sadness, of his best friend fifteen years prior. Adryan had devastated him by his absolute ineptitude, which he did not even apprehend the amount of b...

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“Inside of Neil's Journal **Sensitive Information/ Warning**” by Malik Coley

Submitted to Contest #116

“We have plenty of time!” happens to be my catch phrase as my wife and I have a barking match between our daughter. Regarding our daughter. Of course! There’s more than enough time, at least that’s what I thought. Was there ever any remaining time, or was reality something that was constantly being repelled by my desire? Heh. Well hearing that your daughter is diagnosed with schizophrenia isn't exactly music to my ears. Well, not the mellow music I'm used to.Fire is all that’s being seen. Filled with rage, fury, and guilt. All the damage tha...

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“1988” by Nicole King

Submitted to Contest #116

What the fuck am I going to do? I sit cross-legged on our bed, thinking about the past few years. How am I going to explain this?  We've been down this road before. More than once. There was the re-kindled flame from highschool. The woman on vacation. The man from the business trip. But this was different.   This was an epic fuck up that was about to completely implode my life. It's been two years since I’ve seen him. Two years since I’ve smelled him. Twenty-four months since I’ve kissed him. Seven hundred and thirty days sinc...

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