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

Posted in Dramatic on Jan 10, 2025

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“A Brief History of The Revolution” by David Willett

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I remember the final days of the old nation. The people in the streets, with their signs scribbled on the interior of old packing boxes, screamed at each other across multiple lanes of roaring traffic about which direction to take, left or right. Others shuffled along, going about their lives as if nothing had changed, numb from the slow erosion of their freedoms over the years. Humans have a knack for denial, even in the face of obvious disaster.I guess you could say I had the same mentality; everything will work out fine. Most people denie...

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“The Reunion” by Belinda Baws

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‘Molly? Molly Moseley?’ Is that you?’ I look up to see a pair of steel blue eyes watching me, a flicker of recognition in them as my eyes meet their gaze. It takes me a moment as I study each compartment of the man’s face. The straight lips that curl up slightly at the edges, the slender nose with a lopsided bump at the bridge, the almond eyes framed by the lines of time. Do I know this man? I wonder to myself, before his expression erupts into a warm smile. ‘Yes, it’s you! Of course it is! Molly, it’s me, Mr Rafferty, from Cotton Street,’ h...

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“The Light of the Past” by Pooja Kapadia

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I remember the evenings when the world felt much slower. When I would sit on the balcony with my grandmother, Ba, and listen to the stories of a town that no longer existed. I can still hear her voice, strong yet tender, as she painted pictures of a time when our town was small, with narrow streets and only a handful of houses. This was before the modernity of electricity, before the public garden, the cricket ground, the government hospital, and the small shops selling everything from clothes to sweets. All of that, she would tell me, was b...

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“Dear Doctor” by Quinn Cain

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Dear Doctor Grant,You requested to know my side of the story from that night.I remember it all in vivid detail.I remember...I remember fidgeting in my Paris dorm, sitting on the bed half-dressed and sleep deprived. Tattered dark red curtains hung over my room’s window, just above a slightly-less-tattered wooden desk and chair. Was I going to go through with it? Was this worth it? I really wanted to make friends, and here I was on the cusp of finally making friends, but I had a decision to make.I’m not one to break the rules… usually. I’ve al...

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“A Nana Fortune” by Breanne Ponack

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The faint sound of the ancient heater in my apartment hums, but not nearly loud enough to drown out the reality of today. This building is probably from the fifties. Outside it’s wet, cold, and inside there’s a candle burning in the corner as I use every ounce of strength to conjure up a meal for my kid and I. The stove top was covered in water because my wooden ceilings have grown tired. The winter months are always heavy, but when I’m needed I don’t feel as burdened. It’s a strange dichotomy. Being needed should add more stress to a person...

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“The flash” by J.L. Tammara

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“You’re lucky to be alive, Mr. Henderson.” They all told me that. Every doctor, nurse, and specialist that came into my hospital room. God, I remember that much. And they weren’t wrong; I had flew right out of the windshield of my buddy Dave’s car. I hardly remember the night or the accident, but I know we had been drinking and he was driving. We crashed into another driver at an intersection. No one else survived. I remember waking up the next morning to the beeping of a heart monitor. I remember the look on my wife Rachel’s face, her eyes ...

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“Is this Real?!?” by Shane Cagle

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I remember the day it all began like it was yesterday! It was a beautiful day! It was the 9th of January 2025. The air was cool and crisp. Evidence was still on the ground from previous snows on the forest floor. From my back porch, I could view the forest that secluded my home perfectly. My home is located at the peak of a hill, allowing me to view the tops of the trees below for miles around me. It was tranquil and very relaxing! I greatly enjoy waking up every morning, brewing my pot of coffee, standing on my back porch with my cup, ...

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“Of Women and Wolves” by Raine Graham

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People talk about the war as if it was millennia ago. As if it were a piece of history so far behind us that it would be inconceivable for anyone alive to remember it. I remember the war. I was eighteen, and one of the only women who had, however unfortunately, managed to land themselves a spot right on the front lines. A medic, they called me, but what I really did was a far cry from medicine. A man would be hauled into my tent, fire hailing down from all directions just past the door, and he would be unceremoniously thrown upon my table. ...

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“Ambrose Gratton - Guardian of Secrets” by George McIvor

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CHAPTER 1 — A GUARDIAN OF SECRETSA LIFE REMEMBERED: AMBROSE GRATTON, OAMThe year is 2025. My good friend and lifelong colleague, Ambrose Gratton, OAM, has died. Mid-January, in fact. I, along with other ex-military counterintelligence operators from all three Services of Australia's Armed Forces, went to Ambrose’s funeral and wake. We talked a lot about our past work and about Ambrose in particular. Not that surprising, really, since it was, after all, his last hurrah. The thought of him, reposed and entombed, evoked many memories and mixed ...

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“Since 99” by Crymes King

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Woefully lofty sentiments, faded treasures of earthly personage whisk-fully spirited towards Godly presence, declarations of patronage amongst unity … yup, On Christ in heaven~On God encompasses all … I remember. I most definitely remember, remember clear the feelings of decaying normalcy horrifically fast-fading in realistic sight. — sight not summoned, sight not wanted —In reflective remembrance, this the type of memory that equates thematically to every personalized traumatic experience lived, cycloned into a mother-nature curated pl...

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“I REMEMBER...” by Carolyn Petersen

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I REMEMBER….. Sitting at the kitchen table our long sullen faces staring at the bowl of oatmeal. My older brother and sister and I were not talking, we just stared at the bowl. Oatmeal that was not as I know it now, full of enriched grain , dried fruits, honey and almond milk. No this was just plain lumpy oatmeal. Mom felt as long as it was hot that was all that mattered on a cold morning in western New york.We had a snowstorm last night and for sure we would be walking to school in a couple of feet of snow. School was about a half mile from...

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“Keep kicking. ” by Angie Swoffer

Submitted to Contest #285

I remember lying on the cold, hard gurney of the almost empty emergency room. It was the middle of the night and I was again hooked up to an IV getting a calcium infusion. I’d done this for years. I had thyroid cancer and had my thyroid removed at around age 25. I was one of the unlucky ones that subsequently lost my parathyroid which regulates the absorption of calcium in your body. When they told me I had this condition, I wasn’t particularly alarmed until they explained that a lack of calcium is not just a “got milk” joke.&...

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“Flume of Doom” by G S Martin

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Content warning: Strong language The infamous' Flume of Doom' is like an enormous roof gutter running north to south through Utah, channeling summer run-off from the Wasatch Range.    And here you are, with your girl, Debbie, and best friend, Kirk, peering down at the rushing water. This is the entry point for daredevils and idiots. And you, sir, are no daredevil.    This is where you and your friends might be cutting your little road trip short because you're about to stand on the brink of uncertainty...

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“The Day my Mother Disappeared” by D.S. Cannon

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I remember the way the grass glittered and sparkled in the crisp February air when the woman that I once called my mother, but now only call curses in my mind, brought us on the porch to tell us the news. The words each fell like atom bombs sprinkled into the fragile life of a six year old child and I fixed my watering eyes on the cracks in our porch, trying not to cry. “I’m leaving,” she said casually. “Moving to Idaho. And I’m going to start a better family and you’ll never see me again.”  My first grade vocabulary wasn’t ro...

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“The Final Escape” by Andra Patterson

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I stand here with a strong look of disdain on my face and a relief of the deep-rooted hatred I’ve concealed all these years dissolving within each molecule of my being. Hatred of this magnitude was capable of starting wars and responsible for the massacres of entire peoples. It was the type of hate that fueled pure rage like throwing barrels of propane on a sparking match.  It controlled my life for many years, even after her absence became permanent, her voice still rang in my ears, everywhere I ventured, I could hear the insults, so I...

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