Write about a character who goes by many different names throughout their life.

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“Forgotten” by John Parker

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Silence is the only thing that follows me and shadows nameless and cold. Shadows, shadows are the absence of light the wonderful light. The light is something I can only hope to reach, a place without pain, without darkness. A place where I can remember, remember my name. My name, the thing that I cherished most became forgotten after the accident, lost to the dark depths of my own mind. The accident that landed me in the darkness to never be able to escape. Nowadays I go by many names, some days I am Angelo and some days I am Osric and some...

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“Boss's Orders” by Cory Pines

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“Ya got a name, Freckles?" the bartender asked as I threw myself onto a stool in the nearly empty bar and ordered nice, frosty whiskey on the rocks. The only folks who thought it’d be clever to show up at the bar in the early light of the day were myself, the bartender, and a wrinkled older woman with baggy under-eyes snoring in the corner. She had probably been bundled up in that same spot for a week, drowning her life away in alcohol and one-night stands. "Do you people usually ask for a man's name when he orders something strong early in ...

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“By Any Other Name” by Megan DeRouin

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By Any Other Name I sat at the bar nonchalantly stirring my fruity drink as I glanced out of the corner of my eye at the man at the other end of the bar. He was average looking, his watch said he had a good job. The stains on his shirt collar and his nervous habit of rubbing his left ring finger said his wife had just kicked him out. There was something so…sad about him.He would make an easy mark tonight.I stood up suddenly and his head jerked up, I mean he really couldn’t help...

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“One Life, Many Names” by Sophie-Dominique Waddie

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The coffin took pride of place at the front of the church nave. Beside it, reflecting an American practice was a large picture of a woman in her sixties, with black ribbons elegantly hanging from the frame. The order of service had the same image smiling out from the front cover and below was a name. Most of the congregation did not think of the name as linked with the woman in the picture. Margaret Elizabeth Frost (nee Quaker)When she died, most of her contemporary friends knew Margaret as Meg. She has been unwell f...

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“Absalom ” by Issy T

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At approximately ten minutes to eleven every evening, Mr Backshaw stumbles out of the dimly lit pub and heads towards his car. It fits nicely into his journey home from the concert hall. The Turk’s Head, known for its rather dubious clientele, has only ever cut one person off in its sixty-five years of the Boyles’ ownership. An unlucky lad who was aiming a bottle of beer at the dart board, and whose coordination was severely impaired by this point, let loose a little too early flinging it backwards knocking out the barmaid. More importantly,...

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“Prelude to the Prequel” by Obsidian Eagle

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Baal Abraxah was an Arkhonh; an Ethereal Being born into the glorious zone of Typhareth. He wasn’t always the supreme monarch on Karataz (his home planet) but he did distinguish himself as a sagacious sorcerer from an early age. The nickname Brax followed him well into adulthood, although it originated during those early days.In any event, Brax rapidly ascended the ranks of the Arkhonz without missing a step. For instance, there was once a competition across the Megalocosmos to determine if the innumerable planets inhabited by the Arkhonh Al...

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“Erica, by Robert Humbug” by Terri Ash

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Disclaimer: the names towards the end are made up by combining two names. Please do NOT consider any of these for a child or character. Calling a child one of these will ruin their life, and using one of them for a character is plain stealing unless you ask permission.'Erica was terribly bored of her name. Erica Mary Smith. Could it get any worse? '"Mom," she declared one day, marching out of her room. "I don't like my name...

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“Nameless” by Anastasia Mechling

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They called him Nameless, and that was the only title anyone could ever agree on. Was his true name one that they had all heard before, or was it some collage of syllables more esoteric in nature? Was it even a language at all, or was it just a cluster of sounds from his own private collection? There was nobody that knew for certain, and there was nobody that knew the list of names that he had held at one point or another. Elijah was the name given to him when he took his first breath, saw his first star, felt his first life. It was the name...

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“Memoirs of a Pythia” by Emilie Conroy

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I am my name and my name is me. I say this because in my country and in my culture, we build our names throughout our lives the way the pyramids of Aegyptus have been constructed brick by great brick. But only few of us attain the capstone as I have. I know I have had an extraordinary life, and now that I am the Oracle of Delphi, “The Lady”, I am able to look upon my life and how it is reflected in the total of the name I have been blessed to attain. All those years ago the Amazonian Queen gave birth to me, the first...

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“The Violinst” by Ann Parker Burgess

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The old man sat in the corner of a nursing home. He often felt forgotten. The rocking chair he sat in was still. The violin case on his lap was closed. Its leather covering was worn with age. His wrinkled hand gently rubbed the weathered case making small circles as his calloused fingers caressed each crack. His eyes moved to the young man sitting in a chair facing him. He remembered when he was young. It didn’t seem so long ago. His eyes crinkled as he smiled. “I still have all my teeth,” he said. The young man chuckled. “I do too.” He plac...

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“My name is ...” by Cindy Bennett

Submitted to Contest #26

You'll laugh when I tell you my "real name" , given to me by my beautiful yet very eccentric mother on the day of my birthing. She was one of the kindest and most generous people I had ever known. It truly broke my heart when her physical body gave up the ghost after battling an unknown illness for several years before her passing.So called medical professionals, and there were many, had been left scratching their heads , trying to get to the root cause of her rapid decline. There was no plausible explanation ! My mother prided herself in ke...

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“We Are Legion” by Tom Moser

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“All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard this. They got up, drove him out of the town, and took him to the brow of a hill on which the town was built, in order to throw him off the cliff. But he walked right through the crowd and went on his way.” Luke 4The people around here don’t know my name, but most have heard of me. I enjoy my privacy and have no complaints about being a topic of conversation at the local temples, inns, marketplaces, and even among the Romans soldiers. When I do overhear gossip about me, I listen p...

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“The Names Of The Queen” by Brianna Moore

Submitted to Contest #26

My name is Pandora. And Lillith. And Quinalyn. It depends on which point of my life you knew me in. My name given to me by my birth mother was Pandora. I was her gift to the world, to our city. And then… then a selfish man took it all from us. I was raised to be queen of our glorious city of Anumati. Anumati is a kingdom made of silver, and it is exquisite in the moonlight. We held small feasts out in the open courtyard- inviting one sector of the city each of the three nights. During the Blue Moon, there is the Blue Moon festival, where we ...

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“The Grey Runner” by Dakota Red

Submitted to Contest #26

Another embarrassment. Gregory Weller rubbed his tired eyes. He’d gotten so far this time. “I- terribly sorry, but I forgot- I’ve a train to catch.” “A train?” Abilene frowned. “Where on earth are you going? You’ve never mentioned a train before.” Gregory tried his best to ignore the sweat gathering about his forehead. “Of course I have- you must have not been paying attention. At any rate, I must be off. Gooday.” “But wait-” “I’ll see you again soon!” And he left, without a glance behind him. He couldn’t look at the soft curve of her ...

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“The Different Names of an Immortal ” by Maddie S

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I was born Ester Marie Clarke in the year 1900. I grew up the only child in a rich family. At the age of twenty-one I was in a car accident in which I died for ten minutes. This accident caused me to stop aging. I lived with this secret for ten years before I was approached by special agent Thomas Lacky. “I want to offer you a job.” Agent Lacky showed up at my home. “We know about your inability to age and we think it could come in handy for the agency.” ...

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Write about a character who goes by many different names throughout their life.

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✍️ 50 stories

“Forgotten” by John Parker

“Boss's Orders” by Cory Pines

“By Any Other Name” by Megan DeRouin

“One Life, Many Names” by Sophie-Dominique Waddie

“Absalom ” by Issy T

“Prelude to the Prequel” by Obsidian Eagle

“Erica, by Robert Humbug” by Terri Ash

“Nameless” by Anastasia Mechling

“Memoirs of a Pythia” by Emilie Conroy

“The Violinst” by Ann Parker Burgess

“My name is ...” by Cindy Bennett

“We Are Legion” by Tom Moser

“The Names Of The Queen” by Brianna Moore

“The Grey Runner” by Dakota Red

“The Different Names of an Immortal ” by Maddie S

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Write about a character who was considered a prodigy when they were young.

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