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Start a story that begins with a character saying “Speak now.”

Posted in Dialogue on Mar 17, 2023

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Youthful Isaac, Enunciate!

Submitted to Contest #190

“Speak now,” says the computer. The person typing into the computer is Sansara Emira Ittihad, prettiest woman I’ve ever seen and hopefully my future employer if I play my cards right and stop jiggling my leg when I talk. I’ve already been warned once. Professionals don’t like the jiggling. From Lulu Grenone: if you need to pee, tell us. Lulu is Sansara’s secretary. She can be a bit harsh. Sansara flicks her chalcedony eyes towards me; I clear my throat on purpose and connect my laptop to the gigantic screen in front of us. “Well, it’s n...

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I Love You

Submitted to Contest #190

"Speak now," she said in a barely audible voice--"tell them the truth." ....From Argentina with Love."Terciopelo" stands for velvet in Spanish. Percie for short, that became her nickname and I believe she's still using it to this day. No one ever inspired me to write poetry the way this girl did. It was magical, almost as if everything was encompassed inside a dream. I was floating around with my senses spinning in all different kinds of ways. Science today would qualify that as an experience dictated by one's own endocrine system. In t...

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The Artist's Loving Hand

Submitted to Contest #190

“Speak now.”                Marta tried to take a deep breath. The air in the hearing test booth was stifling. She’d been fighting claustrophobia while the tones had sounded in first her good ear and then much more faintly in her bad one. When they had begun testing her bad ear, she’d at first thought there was some technical difficulty, that the machine had died, because instead of the steady stream of beeps and clicks she’d heard the first time, this test seemed to ...

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Bail you out

Submitted to Contest #190

***Tw: implied: non-graphic, past abuse/abusive relationship, recent: non-graphic attacking someone,Other tw; swearing, Inappropriate Humor and out of place sarcasm, name calling, having scars from a previous abusive relationship. This story goes back in forth between heavy subjects and sarcasm. it's supposed to be funny while adressing touch subjects, it's not supposed to justify abuse.***“Speak now”, Matthew demanded.“Chill out, do you not realize I could have called someone else to bail me out of jail?” Jonah asked, completely unbothered,...

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Let’s Taco Bout It

Submitted to Contest #190

Speak now.” Louise stared warily at Ron as he continued to remain silent. She knew it sounded a little commanding, but this was getting ridiculous. Ron looked out the window with contempt, watched a passing car, and tried hard not to make eye contact with Louise. She was quickly running out of patience, but she took a deep breath and felt a different approach may be more fruitful. “Please? I know you can. I know this isn’t easy, this is a hard one, but you can do it.” Ron looked more tight-lipped than before. He gave her a look as if t...

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Just Between Us

Submitted to Contest #190

(This story contains adult language, drug abuse, criminal behavior)“Speak now. Let’s hear it.” “I can’t.”“Why can’t you?”“I… I just can’t.” “Are you embarrassed?” “Maybe a little. But it’s more than that.” “Well, what? What else is it?” “It’s just insanely personal. And you wouldn’t understand.” “It’s just between you and me. No one else will ever know. You can trust me.” “Can I? Can I really? How do I know you aren’t just gonna go run and tell everyone else?” “We’ve been friends forever. Since we were...

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Darkness, My Old Friend

Submitted to Contest #190

**Sensitive Content Warning**Mental health & murder“Speak now or forever hold your peace.”No one is more shocked than I when my mouth is the one that opens. “I can’t.”My whisper may as well have been a shout in the hushed chapel.Every horrified look in the room is pointed at me. Guess I’ve finally snapped. I drop my gaze, too much of a coward to look at the pools of hurt swirling in my groom’s eyes. There’s no going back now. I open my mouth but quickly close it again, turning to look at my guests, hoping that someone has...

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I Deserve to Speak Now

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“Speak now or I will be out of that door and you will never see me again!”  Although Jake has heard this many times before, this time he has to know I mean it.  I mean, do I?  Mean it?  At what point does a girl get tired of being a default? Can change happen after multiple infractions?  Do I even love myself?  Regardless of these unanswered thoughts flowing through my head, I have to convince him. I have to convince him now! As I convince myself that this will be the last time.  “The last time Amy!” I can ...

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The Visitor

Submitted to Contest #190

This story mentions sex. ‘Oi, who the hell are you?’ Sonia shook the inert sleeping body. ‘Wake up! Speak to me!’ In the dark of the bedroom, she could hear the sheets rustling. It was too dark to see the body's outline, but she felt sure it was a naked male. Sonia had had enough. Suffering from terrible jet lag, dirty and exhausted, an electricity blackout, and now someone in her allocated room.  ***** Sonia arrived much later than planned but managed to rush to the Property Manager, anxiously waiting to shu...

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Just Say It

Submitted to Contest #190

Start a story that begins with a character saying “Speak now.”“Speak now! Say it!”She didn’t know what she was supposed to say. “Say what I want to hear!” he sneered. Marsha and Joe had come to the park to listen to the band that came on at dusk. It was a popular place with all the high school kids and a place where many small bands became bigger names. Tonight was one of Marsha’s favorite bands, The Jetliners. Before coming into the park Marsha and Joe had both cracked a beer in the car and raced to see who could chug it fast...

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The Hand of Death

Submitted to Contest #190

“Speak now,” I tell the mirrorless reflection before me. Casting shadows of crooked elbows and broken arms across my body, it gently pulses with a translucent murky white that illuminates the ground in front of me. The light rises and falls with shallow breaths. I see straight through the tattered rags that hang precariously off its shoulders to the swaying forest behind. I'm not scared but my heart increases at the sight of myself. Has my mind finally left sanity's sweet cradle? Or is this a spectre of myself? “I demand a response,” I whisp...

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Ring Around the Nun

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Ring around the Nun "Speak now Champney! When are you going to shut up?"It's 1955 and I am enrolled in St. Brigid's Elementary School in Brooklyn NY. Sister Mary Nathaniel is our teacher. It's 1st grade and I learned the rules quickly. She looks to be about 6'9” and about 95 lbs. Looks like a snake and is just as mean. She probably had no college and for some reason or other she enrolled in the Sisters of (Show 'Em No) Mercy. I learned years later that few nuns of the 1950's had teaching degrees. But some did and I think that the nicer one...

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Tassia's Shame

Submitted to Contest #190

     “Speak now!” Rick shouted at his daughter, Tassia.     “Rick, don’t!” Jane pleaded in an effort for Rick to soften his temperament.     “I’ll handle this, Jane!”     “Nothing happened, ok!” Tassia shouted.     “You’re nothing but trash; you know that?  Sit down!” Rick demanded.      “Rick, don’t say that!” Jane insisted.     “He just followed me home...

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Nothing

Submitted to Contest #190

“Speak now or forever hold your peace.” Those were the last words I heard before my mind became a jumbled mess.I was the groom who had nothing to lose because I was nothing. I had no friends, enemies, family, or pets. I was pathetic. A brilliant scientist, yet an appalling human species. How in the world did I get into this situation? This marriage situation?I know how. It began when I went to a diner to grab a late-night meal. I’d worked sixteen hours straight, and my body begged for food. Three people sat beside me at the bar, and their lo...

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Marry Him

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“Speak now,” said the priest. “Or forever hold your peace.” Winter watched the play intently while Asta sat next to him, trying to remember how long it was supposed to be. “This is the best part,” whispered Winter, who hadn’t taken his eyes off the stage or the actors once, not for anything. Asta liked seeing him happy, but he couldn’t stand sitting still long enough to watch the play with him. He could not wait for this to be over so he could grab Winter and go see the Halloween lights around town. “I object!” An actor shouted onstage. ...

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