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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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“His Last Wishes ” by Erin Wallace

Submitted to Contest #57

A familiar madness stirred within. He tried to suffocate it using his starving eyes to search the room for distraction, for solace. The space had drastically expanded it’s aura of empty material weight. Out cycled a heavy sigh and he went back to crumpling up the sheets where the ink left unpleasant splotches. The kinds of decisions that were about to be made intimidated him perhaps more than death itself. Even wasting paper had given him an unfamiliar guilt because of the outrageous costs nowadays, though he could afford thousands of sheets...

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“The Will of Mr. Smith” by Isaiah Ellis

Submitted to Contest #57

Allen Smith, a pastor at the local church, knew he was going to die. He just didn’t know when. Having been raised to a widowed mother after his father was murdered because of drug dealing. His brothers and him followed suit and also became drug dealers. The difference between him and his brothers was that he’s still alive. Well up to now, at least. Now, Al is consistently seen eating at Han Son Sushi once or twice a week, and today wasn’t any different. Al had been sitting next to his favorite window around 45 minutes. He was writing his wil...

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“The Will of Family” by Mich Ig

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This is the Will of Nicole Richard, supervised by Nick Railend.  If you are reading this will that means that the time has finally come for this woman to pass. The people in the room should include Nick Railend, Jessica Benalf, Nancy Hoffmen, her children will not be present due to the fact of adult information. Tom Richard, Lillian Richard, and Thomas Richard must be present.   My will is something that is entirely important and most likely important to those who are sitting in this room at the moment, but as said in the movie ...

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“Granny's Will” by Teasa Williams

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To my Tammy, I bequeath my toilet bowl seats because you liked to sit your fat ass in my bathroom for hours sticking it up every day. Then you would go clean your tail with my good towels. Girl, you lucky I was too sick to grab you when I noticed you used my $30 rags to wash your ass. You need to go to that boy house you always complaining about and shit up his toilet and towels. To my granddaughter Pam, I bequeath to you my pots and pans, maybe one day you will learn how to finally cook and finally keep a man. Girl, only you can bur...

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“Whatever happened to the piano man? ” by Evangeline Richards

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Daniel delighted at the sounds that would be made in his absence. He could hear them now. The outcries at being introduced to a lesson that no one would want to learn. Far more valuable than the grubby notes that lay in the bank under Daniel’s name.  Of course, his absence would be sizeable. He was a big man. At the age of just 9 years old, he proved to be bigger than all the other boys his age, even at the most aggressive point in their growth spurts.  He was tall. His shins were the size of “4 octaves on a piano”. This may se...

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“Taken for granted” by Alwyn McNamara

Submitted to Contest #57

There was something in the wind that told her it was time. She sat down on a white wicker chair out in her beloved garden and began to think. The smell of Jasmine wafted through the air and she remembered her beloved husband holding her hand and strolling along through the neighbourhood on sultry summer afternoons. She smiled, knowing that it wouldn’t be long before she would see his handsome face and she wondered whether he would be the same as when she last saw him, or whether or not he would be his younger handsome self. She pondered the ...

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“Fool's Gold” by Josefin Björk

Submitted to Contest #57

Eighty years is not a bad feat. Dominic had filled those years with hard, hard work. He had come to this country some fifty years ago. Not all immigrants make it, but he had. He sat by his beautiful mahogany desk, in the west tower of his vast estate. A tower was a bit tacky, perhaps, but he had wanted one. Like the castles back home. Thirty years old, fresh-faced and strapping, he had marched off to the mines. Hatchet slung over his left shoulder, staring straight ahead. Dominic had never been afraid of hard work, and he had always known ...

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“Artificial Will Intelligence” by Corbin O'Skinny

Submitted to Contest #57

“Hey hun’, this website might be better than anything our lawyers can do,” Cathy said to her husband. “How so? Is it any good?” Andrew asked back as he walked across their kitchen to his wife. She was on her laptop at the dining room table. He left eggplants for their baba ganoush roasting in the oven. No matter how rich they got, he still loved to cook. Cathy still loved to garden. “Well, it looks better than doyourownwill.com." Andrew laughed out loud at that memory. “I was kinda likin’ that rocketLawyer.com site or maybe legalZoom. ...

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“The Presumption” by Aoi Ichigo

Submitted to Contest #57

It was a winter night. Johnathan was getting sick of tossing and turning in his bed, unable to fall asleep. His body temperature was on the higher side, the room was a little too chilly for his preference, he must have checked the heater a dozen times already. An hour passed and then two, the sound of the ticking clock grew louder and so did the howling wind knocking on his window every once a while. He surrendered his wish to sleep and poured himself a cup of coffee, and sat on his desk facing the window. The steam from his cup rose up a...

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“I Hereby Bequeath” by Jean Goulden

Submitted to Contest #57

  I Hereby Bequeath     “To my beloved, wonderful daughters who have all the monetary resources they could need, my personal effects especially the childhood drawings they gave me for my birthday.    To my husband Joe, my prize winning dalmation, in recognition of our spotty love.    The rest of my estate, I leave to …”     I can easily imagine Joe’s reaction when he reads her name, the sharp intake of breath, a flash of anger, a flush flooding up his chicken neck and spreading across his sunken c...

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“Last will?” by Christopher Benson

Submitted to Contest #57

Pressing stop on the camera, Richard starts shuffling the papers together on his desk, and without looking up, tells his client, “I think I got everything I need.” “How did I do? That was fun!” exclaims his client James Kelley. In a somber tone Richard replies, “You were fine. Are you sure you want to do it this way? I have never been involved or associated with anything like this before.” Still with a smile on his face and almost laughing “Why would I care? I’ll be dead! Part of me wants be able to see their faces o...

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“I Will... ” by Vincent Cruz

Submitted to Contest #57

I’m going to begin writing a draft of my will because I worry that I’ll die tomorrow. Although Sarah, my therapist, assures me that my fear is irrational. When I leave her office she tells me that I’m not going to die. “At least not yet.”  My only daughter Lauren doesn’t know it yet but she won’t be in my will. Sarah doesn’t agree with my rationale about leaving her out, especially since the amount of money I’ve accumulated over the last ten years is a considerable sum. But it's my decision.   Sitting on the bus I watch four...

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“You Got What You Asked For, Didn't You?” by Jay Skerrell

Submitted to Contest #57

Barnaby Longfellow sat at his large, polished oak desk and drew out his late father’s gold fountain pen from a drawer set just down to his right. In front of him, a notebook of the finest Basildon Bond writing paper lay flush on the desk, the brilliant white pages staring up at him, in anticipation of Barnaby’s finest cursive handwriting flowing across it. Barnaby placed his fountain pen in the freshly opened bottle of ink, pressed in the pipette and drew up the smooth, ebony liquid from within.Taking a moment, he glanced out of th...

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“Keep Living Or Give Away” by Rajesh Patel

Submitted to Contest #57

I, Jim Walter, presently of, Denver, Colorado, declare that this is my last will and testament… Yes, I am writing and finalizing my will. I know who deserves to take over my assets, my legacy, my belongings…  It does feel weird when you have been around for over a century on this planet. I am Jim Walter. I am still going strong and I believe I can reach 110.  I have seen a lot in my life. Good things, bad things, indifferent things, and things you learn from. One thing that has been really difficult to accept is that I have o...

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“A Dying Nation ” by Anthony Albanese

Submitted to Contest #57

“We, the people of a dying nation, have suffered for too long. Our nation’s sufferings in the last decade equate to more than any other nation throughout the existence of humanity has experienced. Our land is uninhabitable. However, we give it to scientists and well-natured entrepreneurs in hopes that they can revive this land and revert it back to its previous flourishing state. If anyone did not deserve the punishment our nation received, it is Mother Nature. If anything is to be learned from this war, let it be that we as humankind have ...

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