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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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“The Ill Will” by Trinity Womack

Submitted to Contest #57

Lynwood allowed his lawyer entry into his study. “Lock the door behind you. I wouldn’t want the vultures to swoop down on us.”         Vultures was the term he used to describe his family. It was not the most endearing title for one’s relatives, but neither would any of his family members, besides his dear daughter, could be called endearing. In fact, his ‘family’ was a bunch of distant relatives, all coming out of their hidey-holes when they heard tell that he was dying.    &n...

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“The Final Word of Yellow Roses” by Adriana K. Maxwell

Submitted to Contest #57

His job was boring. Paid well, but boring. But sometimes the people could be interesting. He peeked out at the waiting room at his 3 pm appointment. She was early, arrived at 2:25 pm.             She wasn’t much. His receptionist said she had been almost impossible to hear on the phone.              Her clothes were wrong. Borrowed, maybe, but no, they seemed too new. Stiff,...

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“Wills” by Blane Britt

Submitted to Contest #57

In 1988 I hit the Florida lottery for 16 million and after taxes of 37% I still had enough to financially take care of my family and closes friends. The funny thing about winning money you soon discover you have a whole lot of relatives and church people you never knew existed. The first advice my attorney’s quoted to me is that I quickly make a will. I was only 27 years of age at the time and me dying never even entered my young mind. After spending 43% of my winnings on  "Wine, women and song" that is a hendiatris that endorses hedo...

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“The Trees Had All” by Sreedevi Mahapatra

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The entire house hold of the Kapoor family was buzzing with far and close relatives who made a bee line to visit the the octogenarian Kapoor , who announced to make his “WILL”. Everyone waited to have at least a little slice of his vast estate. They wanted to be in the old man’s memory in case he might forget them which is quite common in that age.  Sons , daughters, daughters-in-law, sons-in-law, first cousins, distant cousins, relatives from Mrs. Kapoor’s family , rela...

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“Ashes to ashes...” by Sambulo Kunene

Submitted to Contest #57

The cancer is back. I don't think that I will dodge it this time. I am lucky in the first place, my oncologist said that I would be gone by now. Well, I longed to see my son return back from a mission in the pacific. He is back home healthy and vigorous. I envy his youth his unforseen future. My daughter in law is of course elated. My daughter took time off from college to witness my last days on earth. It all started when my wife died. I just knew that nothing was worth it anymore. I had worked so hard hoping that my wife and I would retire...

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“Hairless & Monochrome” by Joshua Scott Hotchkin Wordpress.dungherder.com

Submitted to Contest #57

There is a sweet spot between laziness and efficiency. Some call it Zen, some call it Grace, and some accidentally arrive at it through sheer malaise without ever realizing it existed. Dorcas cherished these spaces when she found herself in them, but they were just one more almost great thing that just wasn't quite enough. As she prepares to pen her suicide letter/will she is amused at making one last foray into that sweet spot. Besides, she has nothing to leave to anyone except her unappreciated art and some personal keepsakes that would mo...

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“The Will” by Michele Duess

Submitted to Contest #57

In a large corner office of a law firm sat two men. The client sat so that he could see out the large window to the the city far below. But he didn’t notice the blue sky, the soft white clouds, or the bright sunlight coming in. He had more important things on his mind. He gestured to the lawyer sitting across from him.“You see,” said Gerald. “I told you it was straightforward. I don’t know why you didn’t want to write this in the first place.”“Because” said the lawyer, pointing at Gerald, “you’re going to have a few angry people at your fune...

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“Sick ” by Sandra Claros

Submitted to Contest #57

- this cancer seems to be spread all over his body. The life time that still remains seems to be short.  - How short is it , doctor? - Well, madam, is a question of days, not more than a week. And the widow burst into non- stop convulsing tears, that covered all over her face, hiding her greenish eyes fading in sadness. - My advice is that you have to get things ready, before he leaves – said the assistant to the daughter of the sick man connected to intravenous fluids and heart monitorized. - Yes. We are waiting for the...

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“Will I, Won’t I?” by Tanja Cilia

Submitted to Contest #57

Real Estate Deeds - check. Jewellery inventory - check. Bank Documents – check. House photo album - check. List of vehicles - check. Monogrammed stationery - check. Chequebook - check. Ballpoints galore - check. Iced coffee - check. Ritz Crackers - check. Spotify on - check.Being of sound mind… that is my story, and I am sticking to it… I have decided to write this, My Last Will and Testament, which cancels all the others I have written so far.I know, posthumously and humorously, that most of you gathered here are at loggerheads with on...

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“Here's Looking at You” by Jane Thomson

Submitted to Contest #57

Burnt or buried? That's what they ask you when you fill out a cheap form will. Like there's only two options, A or B. Burned or buried? Well, Sarah, I'm not religious, as you know. I don't think my skeleton (what's left of it) is going to rise up out of the ground and make its way to Ground Zero for the rapture. And, you know, worms. Shakespeare, now, he LOVED the idea of worms. Food for worms. How now, poor Yorick. Where once her fabled beauty did sit, worms now feast. Blah blah. I, personally, have nothing against worms but they can find t...

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“Tiffany's” by Farah F

Submitted to Contest #57

Writing a will is no funny business. There's the matter of who to leave what to, and who will be absolutely outraged at the fact that they are not included in the will. But I've chosen to disregard all that. I've been ticking off people for a long time, and I see no reason not to do so, even when I'm dead. I, Thomas Winsome, am so outrageously rich that I could write my will on the face of the moon in gold infused puffy paint homemade by the Queen of England herself, but alas, writing a will is a monotonous task, and I figured the last incre...

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“The Call” by Bill Brooks

Submitted to Contest #57

  55-year-old Daniel Blythe, one-time owner and CEO of a Canadian potable water company called Aqua Relief, which he had started with the help of his wife and two sons back on Earth, sat in a yoga position in the center of his transparent isolation pod on the surface of Mars. He pulled his personal Earthlink communicator from the large pocket of his robe and flipped it on. A glowing blue screen appeared in space some ten feet in front of him, nearly touching the wall of his small octagonal enclosure. Roughly fifty inches across and...

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“Dearly Beloved” by Marcia H.

Submitted to Contest #57

Dearly Beloved we are all here to celebrate this thing called life. By now you all know that I am dead and gone. If you don’t then please get up and leave because like my mama used to say, “You don’t have the sense you were born with.”  So, buckle up loved ones, and I use the term loosely, because this is going to be a long bumpy ride into the last will and testament of me, Elsa Bell Harper. First of all, I have requested that my will be read on a Sunday because I know that all you church going family members will be dressed in your Sun...

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“Where there's a Will, there's a Way.” by Hannah Polis

Submitted to Contest #57

I left my 100th birthday party to go upstairs to my bedroom and write my will. It wasn’t that the party had been a complete disaster, but after a century of procrastination, I felt that it was now time to pick up a pen. My hip cracked suspiciously as I climbed up the stairs, and I would have been worried that somebody heard the creaking of the wooden floorboards, but the animate chatter, conversation and laugher in the living room downstairs drowned out every other noise in the house. The bedroom door was open, I hadn’t bothered to close it ...

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“Raymond's predicament” by Anthony David M

Submitted to Contest #57

Bradshaw pondered. He was a cantankerous old man living alone. Reputed to have millions stashed away, somewhere. Childless and a widower for over two decades, he had a nephew, Raymond. He was the son of his sister. This young man Bradshaw tolerated, in memory of his sister. Everyone expected the old man to leave his all to this young man.                                  &...

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