Write a story with a character or the narrator saying “I remember…”

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“Food Court” by Dale Snail

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I remember waking up on the floor of the dressing room with a terrible crick in my neck. I rubbed my eyes and squinted in the mirror. My ironed-straight hair was frizzed at the part and a thumb-sized hickey peeked out from under my terry zip-up. I couldn’t remember who’d given it to me, which—if I’m being honest, not hugely shocking. Two angry knocks and then: “Caitlin, are you seriously asleep in there again?” I smoothed my hair in the mirror and wiped spittle from my lip. If they didn’t want us sleeping in the dressing rooms, they sh...

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“Take Me With You” by Paulina Smal

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[TW: mentions of abuse]Casey dangled from the bed upside down, hair brushing the carpet. “I just don’t get it.” “You don’t have to get it,” Bee shot back, shoving a hoodie into her bag like it had offended her. “But–” “This isn’t about you.” Casey sucked in a breath, a feeling he couldn’t explain making his chest all tight. His voice was small when he whispered, “But… you’re leaving me behind.” His sister froze with her arm halfway under their dresser. Hope sparked fire-bright in Casey’s heart, thinking, for just a m...

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“A Writer's Ghost” by R J

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“I remember when I used to wake up in the morning and you used to be there. Not the sun, not the light, you. And for a moment I would think–” She grunts, frustration so evidently written on her face that her shoulders contort. Shake. My eyes shoot open, her sudden spike in anger giving me life. What in God's name– Another irritated scream scratches through my daze and realization dawns on me. I sigh. I’m still in the same place I was yesterday. Still with the same girl, who I’m sure, is a fraction insane. And I’m stuck with her. I’m sitting ...

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“Dilemma” by Doowuese Igbazua

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Dilemma “Will you marry me?” This was the one little question that made me pack my things and move all the way out to my family’s old lake house miles away. I know Jayden was expecting a “yes” from me, I was too, but somehow my legs moved faster than my mouth. The worst part of that moment was the tear I saw roll down his eyes before I turned around and left him, one knee down at the beach. The reality of that question was a serious wake up call for me. I had been hiding under the illusion of a promising life that I built on a lie. Now I am ...

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“I Remember” by Valerie Odell

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I Remember…. I remember the first time he fell. We were on a family vacation. I turned six that summer. My parents had rented a cabin at a lake for the week. What an exciting week it had been. Our family, who lived in a small rural town in the middle of the Alberta prairies, had never been to a lake. Lots of sloughs but never a lake. Later I learned my father, as a child, had spent many summers at a different lake. At home, my father and grandfather owned the town’...

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“Never Forget” by Pamela Hamalainen

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I believe that God gives each of us a purpose, assignment. I thought my purpose was to be a good Mom. I suppose He gives us more than one purpose however; I believe that He gives us one assignment. I met Karl July 10, 1997. The first time he took me to his house, I saw a framed box with medals. I asked him about them and he said he never looked at it. It was a gift from someone. I asked him when and where he served. He didn’t want to discuss this so I left it alone. Karl received an invitation to the 30th annual Landclearers reun...

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“The day the mountain troll appeared” by Kine Odden Jenssen

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-Hi Tina! I’m so sorry it’s been so long since we have talked. I keep meaning to reach out, but keep getting distracted.-No problem, I do the exact same thing. It’s so good to hear your voice again. It makes me so nostalgic for our childhood summers together.-Me too. We had some great times together. Our little crew of 5 miscreants. I laugh at that. There was only one troublemaker among us, Daniel.-That’s sort of why I am calling, and it is not good news. I wanted you to hear it from me, I figured that would be best.-Now you are scaring me K...

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“Red-Eye Rhapsody” by Asa P

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The young woman was jolted awake by a sudden ache in her left ear. After a boarding time pushed back not once but twice, she and one hundred and seventy others had been ushered on to the rather battered Boeing 787 well after midnight. Although she could afford to travel on a better, more reliable airline with some ease, she had booked with a budget airline. After she had settled in a reasonably comfortable position in her seat, using her coat as a blanket, she closed her eyes and allowed her neck to go slack. According to the latest forecast...

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“Flash Back to Simpler Times” by Mary Barbieri

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As I grow older, wearier and wiser I find myself flashing back to how things used to be before all the exasperating changes in recent years. I'm grateful for having a mind and ability to think particularly when visiting loved ones no longer able to do so given the ever escalating populace suffering from Alzheimer’s or dementia. I console myself in thinking that perhaps they are ironically fortunate in not realizing what’s going on reinforcing the truth to “ignorance is bliss”. While times are changing so are we the people whether...

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“The Rock'n'Roll Doctor” by Graham Bathgate

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The Rock ’n’ Roll DoctorI remember well the visit to the doctor in the foreign land although it was over 20 years ago, etched on my memory because the doctor was, putting it mildly, quite a character. He was also a Rock’n’Roll afficionado which put us on a solid footing. I also remember that rightly or wrongly I decided not to tell him I was also a doctor, causing me to recall ruefully that it would have been easier if I had owned up to a similar background. But then it was the South of France and I didn’t wish to declare a contrast between ...

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“My Computer Journey's and Beyond” by Deb Dobbins

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My Computer Journey's and Beyond In the mid nineteen seventies, just out of high school, I bought my first word processor, at the time it was in the form of a typewriter. There were computers at the time unfortunately, most were so expensive the common person was unable to afford one, and I was nothing if not common. I remember that was when my fascination with computers began. It was my IBM word processor typewriter that I built my first resume, which in turn helped me win my first position and sent me on my way to being self-sufficient. I...

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“THE ESCAPE” by Glenna Agnew

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THE ESCAPE I remember those days. Days and nights of what felt like endless torture. I was forced to live in very cramped quarters, an area so small I was compelled to curl up tightly into a fetal position. There was a long slimy rope wrapped around my body, holding me in place. For the most part, all I could do was wiggle. Occasionally I would punch or kick out with my feet, trying to smash down those walls, trying desperately to be free. I had no recollection of how I came to this place, my memory of another time an...

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“The Information Highway Has No Speed Limit” by Barb Brown

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I glance in my rear-view mirror, immediately recognizing the flashing red and blue lights coming for me since I'm the only vehicle in sight at this particular time of day. "Fuck", I mutter to myself and start looking for a safe spot to pull over. Anxiously, I stuffed my cell phone into my purse so it wasn't obvious I'd been using it while driving, which is the reason I didn't notice I was going 40 over the speed limit. Reluctantly I ease my car onto the gravel shoulder of the highway and the red and blues close in right behind...

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“Double Negative” by Chuck Thompson

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“Hey, Joe, do you remember that time you said you shot your old lady down by the river?” “No, Bubba, I don’t remember anything like that! And if I did, I sure wouldn’t go around bragging about it. That’s sick, man. What makes you say such a thing?” “I don’t know. I remember Jimi mentioned something about how you had a gun and some other craziness. How you had a gun and that you were going down to the river to shoot your old lady and then you came back and told him you shot her. You know how he used to make up al...

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“Deceiver ” by Anthony Covarrubias

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I remember the time I saw the face of God. It was after my accident, I was in my car underneath a dozen others, my face fusing with the asphalt road. I don’t remember the wreck itself as I was knocked out instantly. Yet when I opened my eyes I saw nothing. I sat buckled upside down with the right side of my face in the road for hours. Then I saw him coming down from the hellish storm that raged above. Lightning and fierce winds grew stronger until he came down. It was night and storming but now it was like day. He came descending ...

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Write a story with a character or the narrator saying “I remember…”

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✍️ 164 stories

“Food Court” by Dale Snail

“Take Me With You” by Paulina Smal

“A Writer's Ghost” by R J

“Dilemma” by Doowuese Igbazua

“I Remember” by Valerie Odell

“Never Forget” by Pamela Hamalainen

“The day the mountain troll appeared” by Kine Odden Jenssen

“Red-Eye Rhapsody” by Asa P

“Flash Back to Simpler Times” by Mary Barbieri

“The Rock'n'Roll Doctor” by Graham Bathgate

“My Computer Journey's and Beyond” by Deb Dobbins

“THE ESCAPE” by Glenna Agnew

“The Information Highway Has No Speed Limit” by Barb Brown

“Double Negative” by Chuck Thompson

“Deceiver ” by Anthony Covarrubias

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Write a story in the form of a landline phone conversation.

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