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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

“Rock Bottom” by Alexandra Burrell

Submitted to Contest #158

Warning: This story has themes of substance abuse and mental health. My mother has always told me that I was “too much” and I never really knew what that meant until people in my life and around me started to utter the same two words. Too much. What does that even mean? In what context does that make sense? It’s strange what will come to mind when you are tumbling towards rock bottom. “Do you really need to leave?” My throat was burning as I fought back tears. “We have already talked through everything and can’t come to a conclusio...

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“One Angry Man” by Marie White

Submitted to Contest #158

As he pulled up to Juliette’s house, he mentally reviewed the techniques his instructor, a tall, spindly woman with inch-thick reading glasses and cotton candy hair who’d probably never struggled with the problem she tried to teach clients how to solve, had suggested. Breathe deeply. Tell yourself a calming message, over and over. Go to your “happy place.” At the time, he’d felt certain that none of these would stand a chance against their opposition. When provoked, it overtook him, cranking his thermostat up to two hundred. The heat billowe...

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“Unchained Melody” by April Cote

Submitted to Contest #158

Today is a new day. Today I will be strong. Today I will not kill. I was up late again last night. I can’t stop the thoughts that make me race at night. It forces me to sleep so late into the day that my parents worry that I am depressed. I look into the bathroom mirror at the ‘other me’ staring back. “Who is that?”, I say as I reach out to touch them. I want to lash out at the reflection but remind myself, that it is just a reflection. I repeat my mantra, ‘Today is a new day. Today I will be strong. T...

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“Nonprophet.” by Caroline Douglas

Submitted to Contest #158

She picks her nails at the breakfast table, trying to pick away at the blood and dirt under her fingernails – or maybe just pick away at whatever part of herself she can. Of course, this task is almost impossible, every finger broken in various places, varying degrees; but still, Chaya has never been anything other than determined, an optimist at large. Once, when she broke her finger before – a work accident – she told her mother, who dismissed her concerns, not out of malice, but in a motherly way that s...

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“It's Not Fair” by Judith Robinson

Submitted to Contest #158

"It's Not Fair!" The statement "it's not fair" is used by many people today. We have political and social unrest, war, and a pandemic. The rioting following George Floyd's death was the worst in the history of Minneapolis. This incident involved George" s arrest, which ended in his death by police. Too many incidents between African Americans and police show a total lack of respect for the person's civil rights. Dozens of people were killed or injured, and thousands of businesses an...

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Ended on 23:59 - Aug 12, 2022 EST

Won by Scott Christenson 🏆

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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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