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#158: It's All Good, Man

With only a few episodes left to air, the legal drama Better Call Saul is coming to an end. Along with the Breaking Bad saga, this spin-off garnered dozens of nominations and countless fans around the world through excellent character development and storytelling. Saul Goodman’s colorful suits, elaborate scams, and wordplay (“It’S all Good, man”) will be hard to forget.

Whether you're familiar with the series, or this is your first time hearing about it, there'll be something for you in this week's prompts — inspired by the show's characters and themes.

This week's prompts

Start your story with a couple sharing a cigarette in a parking lot.

Adults – 66 stories

Write about a character with questionable morals.

Dark – 41 stories

Write a story where the law plays an important role.

High School – 24 stories

Write a story about a character who is trying to become a better person.

Middle School – 42 stories

Write a story that includes someone saying, “It’s not fair.”

Middle School – 72 stories

Stories

“Just A Dorky Nobody” by Kennadie Campbell

Submitted to Contest #158

Be cool. Don’t be a baby. Everyone does it, right? It’s fine. He finally noticed you exist, and this is how you’ll impress him. Gracie stood rigidly in the back of the abandoned, overgrown KFC parking lot. As the wind whipped her hair around wildly, she attempted to soothe her racing mind by wringing her hands and biting at the dead skin on her lip. She couldn’t help but look suspicious as she anxiously peered in all directions, keeping watch for any passersby. Her stomach twisted into a knot as she nervously twiddled her thumbs, watching he...

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“Dropped and Picked Up” by Philip Scholz

Submitted to Contest #158

Caution: some violence and sexual content. Saif couldn’t believe this. The entire block around the bank was barricaded by the police. He thought they were all off looking for those guys who’d escaped from the county jail last night. What were they doing here? It was the cap on his lousy day. Work brought its usual batch of misery and his love life was as stale as it had been when Emily left three months ago. Now, he couldn’t even pick up c...

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“If Grace Knew!” by Joseph L Floyd

Submitted to Contest #158

If Grace Knew! Horace Friend was desperate for a new partner with the right connections. After that lousy deal with Dr. Pain and Silas Justice, he and his group fell on hard times. Being true to his name Silas Justice closed down Dr. Pain’s operation. Now there was Augustus Feelgood, who his devotees called the doctor. He was a handwriting expert that some would call a forger. Before Dr. Pain’s operation went bust, he had learned all he knew about the business and set up his own practice. He was hanging his hat down at the corner of L...

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“The Great Beautifier ” by Benjamin Spivey

Submitted to Contest #158

Dr. Roivas grimaced. He hated it when they screamed like this. He looked down at the woman thrashing on the table, thin shirt slipping down over her shoulder and dark wet hair splayed across her white forehead, and tried to force the expected smile. He replayed the last hour's events in his head. She had run. His men had tackled her. The rain had been smacking the pavement hard during the chase.So she was wet and his once-clean hospital floors were muddy.Her black shirt clung to her body and her hair flung water against the white hospital wa...

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“Where We Once Knew” by Asha Mody

Submitted to Contest #158

Time echoes throughout the city burned to the ground. Memories of a time long forgotten when light erupted steadily from window sills nonexistent. Bodies lay on the ground, their ashes more than anything scattered mercilessly across the barren streets. Too much time to save the city. Not enough people cared. Not enough people cared until it was utterly impossible to not notice. Till the skies turned red and fog engulfed the night sky. Less of a fog and more of a smoke that caught people's lungs and suffocated them without relent. A smoke tha...

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“Principled Lessons” by Niklin Day

Submitted to Contest #158

“When was the last time Adrian came to school?” “It’s been about a week.” “For seven days you took attendance and never noticed your student was missing. Does that sum it up?” “I wouldn’t say it’s that simple, I have a class of 32 students and this just got away from me. If I -” “That's bullshit, another teacher contacted me about your missing student. This didn’t get away from you, it was carelessness. You’re coming with me.” Hadiza Wilson rushed to the school exit with 3rd grade teacher Mr. John Alexander in tow. As the principal o...

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“Passion Project” by Ashley Hughes

Submitted to Contest #158

She slowly exhales while glancing at the clock as discreetly as possible. Only five minutes left, she thinks and looks back at the man sitting across from her. He is speaking in a very animated way, his face is a little pink, and his eyebrows furrowed together. This really was not what she had imagined when she decided to do this job. She attempts to reign her attention back to what he is saying. “The money was sitting right there, I could have easily taken it, but I didn’t. That’s improvement right?” he ...

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“Take a Break” by Erriel Roberson

Submitted to Contest #158

The day started like most of his days lately. Jeffrey Cravnick III opened his eyes a few moments before his alarm sounded. He sprang to his feet throwing aside his sheets and the symptoms of the katzenjammer brought on by the previous evening’s reckless dive into the depths of the brown drink. Jeff yawned and, noticing a foot protruding from the pile of bed linens, he yanked the woman in his bed until she was almost falling off. “Hey!” he shouted, startling the woman. &nbs...

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“Howard's Dilemna” by Gary Wells

Submitted to Contest #158

Howard could have sworn that Heather said she would be home today. He had walked here from the bus stop as fast as he could and he didn’t like being stuck outside of his friend’s house in one of the poorer and more crime-ridden neighborhoods. There were a couple of people in this neighborhood who had told him in no uncertain terms that they never wanted to see him hanging around here again. He knocked on the door a second time, glancing at the doorbell that had not worked for years. Nothing but silence from inside. Howard was slightly conce...

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“Into the Unknown ” by Violet Fensby

Submitted to Contest #158

London, 1785“Ms. Frances Grace!” - a footman standing in front of a mansion entrance called out.A young woman stepped out of the line of other women waiting in the yard.“Follow me.” - he said in a monotone voice.They walked for a few minutes in silence, passing the dark corridors of the mansion until they reached a door. The footman opened them slightly and announced, “Ms. Grace is here to see you, my Lady.”“Thank you, Mr. Gates, you may go now.” - a woman’s voice answered from the other side of the door.“Yes, my Lady.” - he signalled for th...

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“Bag of Groceries” by Charlotte Larson

Submitted to Contest #158

The bag of groceries sat in my front yard. I’d been watching out the front door and saw a little car drive up fast and stop in front of my house. A young kid 12 or 13, jumped out carrying this bag, leaned over the fence and dropped it near my mailbox. “What the fruitcake?” Those were my first thoughts. “What did I order that gets delivered by a 12 year old kid? . . . when did I order it? . . . I wonder if I wrote it down somewhere? . . . jeez Louise. Maybe it’s supposed to go to the neighbor across the stre...

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“Kitty” by Chelsea Aston

Submitted to Contest #158

A stranger's declaration stirred me from my sleep. "It is righteous for the goddess to survive." I sat up, bones cracking, and scanned my vast, lonely quarters. Oil lamps burned low, and I second-guessed my sight. A woman in swirling black robes hovered inches above the sandstone floor. Her face was masked in a ram's skull, its twisted horns jutting upward, its blank eyes staring through me. "I am no longer a goddess," I replied. "Just a withered queen." "Your people starve in the streets, and you hide within your pal...

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“Mythomania” by Alexander Brotherton

Submitted to Contest #158

Another fantastic spot for a person like me is a shopping centre. A shopping centre is a fancy way of saying outdoor mall or shopping district. Best retail centers for me have trees and umbrellas. Nobody wants to talk to anyone while they’re roasting like a worm surrounded by cement, especially a stranger. This is why I like my spot. There are not enough trees. However, the stores make sure there’s at least some artificial shade on the sidewalks. My story takes place in this spot on a sunny summer day. Before I started my after...

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“A Working Holiday” by Michael Schmidt

Submitted to Contest #158

The lights of the Montclair Holiday Resort loomed wistful and gray in an unseasonably cold rain for that time of September. All throughout the wooded valley and the surrounding lake district, the same dull flat drab bank of clouds crouched low and stubborn between earth and sky. Beaches that formerly flocked with screaming families and smoking barbecues in summer months now stood empty, and the blue waters that rose in arcs with speedboats and the plop of a fisherman’s lure now sat silver...

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“MY FASHION WITH CARS SINCE I WAS A YOUNG BOY” by Roy Flores

Submitted to Contest #158

I always wondered what it would be like to drive my own car. I was always interested in mechanics and the way things work. I want to know how to build the engine, the proper daily maintenance, to upgrade the performance of the car and to know every single things about cars. When I was a boy, I used to help in my friend's shop when they're fixing someone else or customer's car. They taught me everything that they knew about cars. I started fixing cars at my young age. I first looked at the engine and everything about it, then I would star...

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Ended on 23:59 - Aug 12, 2022 EST

Won by Scott Christenson 🏆

Title: Your Cat™️ Customer Service

Submissions must be between 1,000 - 3,000 words and will be approved and published on Reedsy Prompts within 7 days of the contest closing.

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