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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 Conditional Will” by Barbara Eustace

Submitted to Contest #57

There they are, gathering, like vultures round a carcase. Well, let them gather. I’m not dead yet. And I’ve got a few surprises for the lot of them. I’ll watch them dance to my tune, hoping for some scraps from the table, but I’ve made my will and it’s too late to change it now. I must say though I’d like to be around to see their faces when they see what’s in it. I made my will to divide the estate between all progeny that fulfil certain criteria. If they fail, if they all fail, what then? What if none of ...

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“Debt of Ingratitude” by Mary Jo Fortes

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To my beloved family, I leave you… Should I really go through with this? I know that they think I am some kind of millionaire, having worked so hard and not having a direct heir to whom to leave my estate. Lord knows, my brother and five sisters’ children (many of them) are all still looking for a piece of the proverbial pie. The thing is, most of them have received their pies— a car pie, a college tuition pie, a wedding pie, a house pie, an Auntie-I’m-broke-again pie—then come back for more, and never returned so much as a ...

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“A Sea of Bitterness” by Mary Pennington

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Her lungs ached as she inhaled deeply. She cracked her knuckles and reached again for the pen, though she still had nothing to write. She knew what had to be done, did it really matter if they hated her if she was dead anyway? It seemed like they already did. They were all a bunch of greedy slimes. She had saved every penny and put all of them all through college, never asking for anything in return. Anything they asked for, she gave. They all had these great jobs far away, so far that they wouldn’t visit, and when she tried to visit they ...

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“The Incorrigible Will” by Robyn Kruger

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Whenever people hear the word “will”, they imagine a sickly old man with watery eyes and pipes coming out of his nose and maybe his mouth. Purple blotches marr the wrinkled skin on his boney hands with yellow nails. He gurgles in the back of his throat, before coughing onto his hospital gown and putting the curse of God on his money-lusting family. He dies on a pile of billions in a marble mansion filled with Van Gogh and the sort, a pretty nurse packing her belongings after cleaning him day in and day out, and the attorney talking courage i...

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“Where There's A Will There's A Way” by Lavinia Hughes

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  WHERE THERE’S A WILL THERE’S A WAY   By Lavinia M. Hughes     BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS: 1989.     My name is Eva Wingfield and I’m glad to be able to tell my story. I am often marginalized as the spinster in the family.    “Oh, Aunt Eva has nothing better to do. I’m sure she won’t mind babysitting for the kids.” (Five!)   “Aunt Eva’s a little eccentric, don’t you think?” (within my earshot at the last family reunion)   “I wonder why she never married. I heard she was...

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“My biggest gift to you” by Surabhi Krishnamurthy

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'And you would have found your inheritance. My biggest gift to you, my children.'He sat reading the black and white paper again. Convinced, he affixed his signature. "Are you sure Peter?" Roger asked. He had been his lawyer and best friend over the past 25 years. "Yes, Roger. This is my final will. I don't have enough time to remind my children about what is important in life. This is the only way. I'm sure they will hate me. But they will learn". Roger had known that solemn smile all too well to object any further. The two witnesses si...

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“The Wibble Will” by Madisson James

Submitted to Contest #57

“Dear Mr. Wibble, I really don’t think this is the kind of thing that we should be engaging in here.” “ Dear? Are you writing a letter to me Stanley?” Mr. Wibble did not look up from his magazine. He was 73 now but the years were telling on his beard but certainly not in his voice or his fierce looking eyes. Stanley fumbled with his glasses, adjusting them three times on the bridge of his nose before he spoke again. “I’m just saying…” “I know what you’re just saying. They are family and they deserve an inheritance. Well, they may deser...

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“WHERE THERE'S A WILL...” by Claire Tennant

Submitted to Contest #57

Mr Edmund Stanley looked over at his solicitor and smiled. He drew on his cigarette and laughed quietly but with mirth. Raising the hand that held the cigarette above his brow, he scratched gently, heedless of the smoke, intent on conveying a message, that could not be misinterpreted. “Well, that ought to do it, Sam. I’m glad you didn’t try to persuade me to relent on my gut feelings. Olivia would be horrified were she still on this earth. Still, there is nothing to stop me allocating my assets the way I please.” he drew on the c...

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“Hardy Little Rose” by Dextyr Adams

Submitted to Contest #57

She had known it would come to this for a very long time. She was an old queen - one who had outlived her husband by a great many decades. She had lived her fair share of lives, made her fair share of mistakes. She was certain history books would sneer upon mention of her name. Perhaps her own descendants would mock and ridicule all the choices she had made in life. She wouldn’t blame them. She had made so many mistakes. This would not be one of them. Their kingdom was an old one, ruled by older still superstitions. They said that the youn...

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“The Last Word” by K.M. Hotzel

Submitted to Contest #57

The flames in the fireplace flickered, throwing dancing shadows on the wall. The wood crackled and, for a moment, she lost herself in the flames, mesmerized and wondering about the future. A grim sense of foreboding sent a shiver through her body.  Great Aunt Tilly stretched in her writing chair, yawning. It had been a long and rather revealing day. Her gaze drifted to the window. The storm howled outside and rattled the frame. Small bits of debris clicked and clacked against the glass in a spellbinding melody underscored by the sound ...

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“Foresight” by Sandhya Kashyap

Submitted to Contest #57

"Are you sure Mrs Iyer, as your concerned person, let me suggest you that it's not appropriate to put your all eggs in one basket" Mrs Iyer's financial advisor urged her to be careful by surrender her entire will on one's name. "Mr Shetty, do as I said," Mrs Iyers seems so determined on call as she makes up her mind already, her face was pale like a tired lioness who rested her case and gave up upon hunting. All she wants is to 'Rest in peace.' In her dream The night is getting darker. "We should rush otherwise we'll miss the event". ...

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“Fetch: The Will” by Cara H

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The Will I Sixty-three-year-old Gerry Clifford’s family took him home from Candlelight Ridge Care Center for an afternoon visit. Gerry’s children, thirty-three-year-old Daniel and thirty-two-year-old Amber fawned over their father. Amber attempted to trigger her father’s memories by showing him a photo album, and Daniel presented a book of articles he’d compiled about Gerry’s years performing with his band, Mainline, and the many friends he’d made along the way. “This article’s about Henry Kalmar, Da,” Daniel said. “You remember Henry, righ...

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“I Will” by Ken Coomes

Submitted to Contest #57

“I, Reginald Aloysius Witherset the Fourth, being of sound mind and body, blah, blah, blah. You know all the legal mumbo-jumbo.” Reginald gave Norman, his attorney, an impatient stare. “Yes, Reginald, I do. Unless you want something in the preamble of your Last Will & Testament to change, it will match the last eleven wills I have drawn up for you. Do you want to skip ahead to the part where you tell me who gets what?” “Fine. I have nothing to change in the main preamble. Just the assignment of inheritance.” Norman flipped to the a...

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“A Will for the Apocalypse” by Calvin Belton

Submitted to Contest #57

The Last Will and Testament: Before we move any further, I should inform you that if there’s anything else you wish to complete, go do so immediately. You won’t have much time left. Taste every breathe, scream all the air out and bring it back in again, feel whatever life you can before it’s drained out of you. Try to reach a piece of peace. Tell others the truths you've been secreting.I am not sure of the exact timing of it all- or even the exact cause of it.&nb...

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“THE END, a beautiful beginning ” by Manya Seth

Submitted to Contest #57

“Life is unpredictable” We can only live in the present, we don’t know what the future has planned for us. Most people like to stay prepared for the consequences of their future. Old Henry was one of such people. He was an eighty-five-year-old man who had just gone through a kidney transplant and was very well aware that he did not have a lot of time left. One fine day he decided to sit down and write down his will, divide all his properties and other virtues amongst his four children. Henry was a very affluent man he owned quite a fe...

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