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Write a story that starts with someone writing their will — one they know people won’t like.

Posted in Dramatic on Jul 27, 2021

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“Final Requests” by Sandy Buxton

Submitted to Contest #57

   “Bob, I’m sorry to leave this to you.” Barbara whispered the words slowly pausing to take shallow rasping breaths. The clear oxygen tube snaked around her lined face and off to the unit in the corner of the crowded room.     The small gray-haired man patted the hand gripping the blanket edge. “It’s OK, Barb. With this video, you have taken most of the pressure off me. It will be Sarah handling the disbursements who will get the abuse. I’m just sorry it came to this.”     “Don’t be. It...

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“My will to Michael” by Isobel Juno

Submitted to Contest #57

You are going to hate me after reading this but it’s not like it will matter much, for I will be dead. The worst that can happen is that you burn my body and dance on my grave, which I won’t even be able to see. I confirm now with no evidence that ghosts do not exist so tell your uncle John about it to ease his mind. Michael, you better be the one reading this, or else what I’m going to say is embarrassing but then again, I’m dead. But this could be used to humiliate you so… I guess it’s not a win situation for everyone. I thought long...

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“The People Believe Flowers Are Fantasy” by Jide Fadairo

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On the night of July 14 3045, the home of world-renowned scientist Timothy Ziguarsen, age 358, was found burned to the ground. Locals nearby say they heard screams and banging from the house before the fire started two hours later. The New Omaha Police Precinct has not yet responded to questions about the slow response times to several concerned calls about the noise. Neighbors claim that three gunshots were heard about thirty minutes before flames engulfed the house. The Daily Sunrise Press reports that they have received what is supposedly...

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“Better man than i” by Debra Easterling

Submitted to Contest #57

I Robert D Anderson being of sound body and mind. Leave everything I have, all my assets,  money and houses, both in Florida and Michigan. To my wife candy Anderson. Anything eles? Said the lawyer sitting behind a large wooden desk. His eyes  had puffy dark bags under them. He looks as though he had slept here in his office last night. His suit was wrinkled and his combover was all over the place. His breath gave off a strong coffee odor. Would you like to leave anything to Robert jr? No! I said as my hand slams down on his desk. O...

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“NO ONE SHALL GET MY TREASURE” by Chinagorom Mgbudem

Submitted to Contest #57

Hahaha, burn, burn, all of you will burn. Wild maniacal laughter filled the small enclosed room which was dark and filled with an air of depression. This was followed by the sound of furious writing and the shuffling of paper being turned over and over. In the room, there was only a single light source that was coming from a stick of candle that was placed on top of an old hardwood table. Before the table was the stooped form of an old man. The old man had a sloppy mop of hair that was sitting on top of his head and he wore a coat that was d...

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“The Truth Realized” by James Morris

Submitted to Contest #57

Frank sits down at his desk in his home office. He pulls out some paper and his favorite fountain pen. He looks outside his window to the large flower garden that his wife has spent much time growing. He admires all the different types of lilies and chrysanthemums, among others, and the various blooms each one produces. He watches his wife, Wendy, as she meticulously trims one at a time. Frank looks at the paper in front of him and starts to write his will. I, Franklin P. Daniels, being of sound mind and body, hereby declare this documen...

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“Final Jeopardy” by Cheryl Fulks

Submitted to Contest #57

Final JeopardyI Barnibus Hannibel Hoffmeyer being of sound mind and body do hereby declare this to be my will, revoking any previous wills. My marital status is single leaving behind no current spouses.  My three children are grown and they include Barnibus Hannibel Hoffmeyer the second, Barbara Hannah Hoffmeyer, and Blake Henry Hoffmeyer. I bequeath to my children the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars. I leave each child a total of fifty dollars.  Barnibus started writing his will and he knew that he wa...

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“A breakdown ” by Connor H

Submitted to Contest #57

Jacob thought it would never come to this. Changing everything. Ruining their lives. But now things had truly become unbearable and something had to change. Putting fingers to keyboard he hesitated a brief second typing out the contents of his new will. As he typed it out, he remembered bitterly how it all came to this. “You’ve always been a sentimental old fool.” His speech slurring from his eighth brandy. He spoke to himself as he so often did these last few weeks. It wouldn’t be the cancer that killed him but the loneliness. How he wis...

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“The Rotten Fruit” by Gladys Nanyanga

Submitted to Contest #57

The words stared back from the ominous hard white paper in her hands. Mashika knew that her mother would say she wasn’t happy with the way she dealt with her relatives. Despite the wrong people do, you must always turn the other cheek. She had tried but she had had enough.  “Are you sure that you are doing the right thing?” Mr. Okoye, her lawyer asked. “I am saving the rest of my country men from dealing with these people,” Mashika said, “they have to learn that there’s more to life than living like it is their last day in Paradise.” ...

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“To Start Over” by Cassandra Thelen

Submitted to Contest #57

To whomever it may concern, I apologize in advance for what you are about to read, some of the following facts may be hard to accept and it is understandable if you do not believe me. I do, however, ask you to read this entire message before discarding it, if the following does not interest you, please give this to the other one. If you are finding this, the world has already reset, the apocalypse was a success and you have hopefully started repopulation, if not I would highly recommend reproducing before the human race is completely an...

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“The Will” by Great Osagwu

Submitted to Contest #57

"I wish I knew what I know now," that always seems to be the cry of the aged figure once magnificent now on his deathbed. The clock hands perform the steadfast march as he ponders the meanings of meaning. You become the therapist you needed on your deathbed. I'm no different, unfortunately, but I must concede to something: I have always found the idea of a will strange. It functions more as a consolation prize to the living than any genuine appreciation of the life of soon-to-be-dead. Who has these thoughts, you wonder? Only a man like mysel...

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“My Eleanor ” by A K Littler

Submitted to Contest #57

The old man hunched awkwardly over his desk, the back of his head lit up by a halo of sunlight streaming through the gap in the curtains. No noise existed in that moment but his breath: shallow and ragged, his lungs feeling every one of his seventy-nine years breathing on this earth. His fingers, gnarly from years of painful arthritic suffering, loosely gripped a biro. The pen was desperate to make contact with the sheet of paper it was hovering over. It was determined to tell the old man’s story. And yet he held off, contemplating the exact...

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“WHATEVER WILL WILLS” by Dolapo Omoleme

Submitted to Contest #57

The lawyer arrived early that morning, just as William had requested. He had very little time left to put his house in order, and he was eager to see to it that his estate was distributed according to the will he had prepared that morning. Will had been battling the disease for many years, and although the doctors had given him a clean bill of health a little over a year before, the disease made a swift return. It returned with vengeance. In a matter of weeks, Will was paralyzed from his waist to his feet, and the paralysis would have spre...

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“Last Will and Testament” by Bettina Karpathian

Submitted to Contest #57

  Fortunately, since she could hardly see through the rain, Ellen could have found her way to the house blindfolded after her many years of employment. She gave up on the battle to keep her umbrella from turning inside out. She turned up her collar, tried to ignore her squelching shoes and hurried on.     Old Lady Dorothea had been irascible, demanding and hard to please. Ellen had been her housekeeper, companion, cook... she really didn’t know exactly what her position was, but she’d lived there for years. Ther...

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“The Last Word” by Paula Blackman

Submitted to Contest #57

The cursor sprinted across the screen, as letters popped up one by one, like little soldiers, banding together to form the words that would be her army, guaranteeing her victory at long last; a reckoning that would shock everyone. A tiny malicious smirk creased her lips. It was a thing of beauty, perfect in its simplicity, finalizing and satisfying all legal and financial obligations flawlessly. So perfect that should anyone try to contest the document their efforts would yield nothing. Eyes sparkling with satisfaction, Vanessa skimmed over ...

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