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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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“Our last goodbye” by Jane Setsuna

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 “I like to think that everything I haven’t experienced will happen anyway, perhaps in a better way. I like to think that I’m going to a world where dreams come true for real, where I truly want to live. That’s why you don’t need to worry. This place will be much better than the reality I’m leaving behind so early. I thank everyone who genuinely loved me. This is our goodbye.  And that’s how a young life drew her last breath, another victim of suicide. The girl was found this Sunday morning on her bed, along with this farewell note...

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“TEENAGE ANGST” by Kierstyn Kelly

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TRIGGER WARNING: MENTAL HEALTH; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;DEATH I remember my teenage years felt like a perpetual foggy day in the Pacific Northwest. Everything coated with a grey tint. The underlying tone of a horror movie that is symbolic and depicting of grief. I don’t think there is anything much scarier than losing someone you love. Come to think of it, I think losing someone I love is my biggest fear.I used to think death itself is what I was most afraid of, but truly it is the seperateness that appears after the end of something. Death is jus...

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“Struggles in the Shadows: Life in the Ghetto” by Edward Regory

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I remember when I heard the horrifying scream as I groggily awakened. I didn’t know what was happening and was terrified to discover what these screams were. Maybe it was a dream, I thought, glancing over to my twin brother, Joey, who was still sleeping. I froze as the blanket covered my frightened body. The hesitation I felt about climbing from my mattress, however, would soon diminish as I gradually slipped off the edge of the bed. I made my way toward the bedroom doorknob. As I inched closer, the screams reverberated off the apartment wal...

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“The Best Or Nothing At All” by Jillian Simon

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I remember my first day on the road. The salesman shook Burt's hand and gave him the keys."Enjoy the ride, Mr Burnside! That's one hell of a set of wheels, gonna turn a few hot chicks' heads cruising in that baby!"  "Haha! Just don't tell the wife!" Burt salutes at the salesman before sliding his aviator glasses from his slick black hair on his head to rest on his aquiline nose. He pulls up his cream-coloured baggy chinos by the knees and glides onto the leather driver's seat of his new black Mercedes 560 SEC. He stroked me lovingly lik...

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“Death of a Poet” by Steve Joseph

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It was a slow day in Hell, and Lucifer needed a soul. He noticed that St. Peter was looking a little confused, so he made his way to the pearly gates. St. Peter was looking down on an old man nearing his last day.“Why the sad face?” asked Lucifer.“That man there has tried so hard to be good and get into heaven, yet he might not. He has always had such good intentions but always came up short.”“I remember him,” said Lucifer, smiling. “He had such potential but life got in his way. I have a place specifically for such people.”“He still has a f...

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“my beautiful Bronx...” by Laurinda Stanton

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I remember when the Bronx was like 'the country'.It was beautiful, with trees, grass, and lilac trees. Everyone knew everyone, it was safe to anywhere (within a certain limit). I would go to Lowry's candy store down the block and have a malted at the counter by myself and leave with a 12 cent Archie comic in hand. I would over-hear adults talking about going into Manhattan and we kids would think wow they are going into the city! My memories of the 4th to 6th grades in the Bronx and then 7th & 8th grades in Harrison, NY stand out to me m...

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“Pesky Breathing” by Steve Delgado

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There was a steel leader attached to the end of the old surf fishing rod, but no hook. I’d forgotten to bring something for bait anyway, so I climbed below to check the junk drawer in the cabin cruiser’s galley for any stray lures. The rhythmic, steady sound of the engines was a bit muffled from the cabin, but a steady ocean breeze coming through partially opened windows would keep you awake. There was a lure in the back of the drawer that was larger than I wanted to use, about five inches or so. It did have a menacing treble hook in the mid...

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“Open when you miss me” by Nicolai Winterbourne

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I remember the day I left for Budapest. You stood there with a bittersweet expression, handing me a care package and a bundle of envelopes tied with a pink ribbon.Your glassy eyes glimmered with love. My own eyes stung. You wiped my tears with a small laugh. “Don’t cry, stupid. It’s just nine months until summer, and we’ll talk every day.”You hugged me tight, like the old teddy bear you couldn’t sleep without. In that second, the world disappeared. Only you, only me, wrapped in a moment too fleeting.Your warm tears soaked through my shirt. B...

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“Write a story with a character or the narrator saying, “I remember…” by Julija Veljkovic

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I remember how it all ended. The chasing tail of summer sits on my back as I soak in the afternoon rays by the pool deck. Honeysuckle mingled with pine-oak and grass linger in the air, and I take a lungful of woods in, my copy of Intermezzo balanced on my argan oil-slathered thighs. My promised tan is nowhere in sight. Instead, red blobs etch my white sheet skin, confirming what I’ve always known: I am a winter animal. I sigh just as a fly darts dangerously close to the rim of my lemonade glass. Swatting it away, I turn to observe my husband...

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“The Silent Sentinel” by Terry Maris

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I remember the first time I killed a man. It wouldn’t be the last. The jungle had not yet surrendered to the approaching morning light. Even an hour before sunrise, the darkness clung to the dense canopy surrounding the village of Phước Vĩnh, casting deep shadows that seemed to merge with the trees. The air was thick with humidity, and each breath was a slow, deliberate act. A low-hanging ground fog accompanied the residual heat of the night. The weight of the night’s silence pressed down on me. My senses were finely tuned, and the stillne...

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“The Times of Remembering, The Times of Forgetting” by Ian Craine

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  THE TIMES OF REMEMBERING, THE TIMES OF FORGETTING Memories like islands now in the silted waters of his mind. He remembers the times of remembering. The child who could not but remember when there was so much to learn. The sight of the green leaves of summer on a perfect smudgeless blue sky. The sound of grinding metal from the goods railway at the bottom of the road. The smell of soapy sticky tar new pasted on the road. Then the teenager sitting in smoky Kardomah basements forcing a coffee to last two hours. And the young adult ...

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“Ava Langley” by Adriana Fernandez

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Warning: Mentions of death. I remember when the news of your disappearance broke out in our small town. I stare at the old missing flyer behind the cashier as she rings up groceries. Ava Langley.               Disappearances in our town were like winning the lottery. No one ever thought it would happen in our small community. Surprisingly, considering mostly everyone in town was always over everyone’s business like an overbearing aunt. Statistically it was impossible ...

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“The Tour Guide” by Van F

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A woman sat on the edge of the far too narrow bed with her coat zipped up to her chin. Her weight molded a divet into the weak mattress and the pleated comforter became heavily wrinkled. Her dour eyes wandered about the smallish room. Compared to the average hotel room, the room was quite barren. There was a bed that was pushed into a corner, an arched lamp sat on top of a nightstand, a humming space heater, and an overstuffed carry-on. The heater struggled as it sputtered out a broken hymn of heat. As of now, only the right side of the...

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“The Dream that was Once a Reality” by Elisabeth Wells

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The Dream that was Once a Reality     I remember when it was a chilly and cloudy day in early December, and it looked like we weren’t going anywhere for a while. As the heavy pounds of snow swiftly surrounded the front of our house, it created a protective barrier around our red brick walls from the rest of the world. Since I couldn’t go anywhere, I sat comfortably thinking to myself by my frosted windows, looking like I was someplace other than this. Now, I wish I was. “Scarlett!” My mom called me down for dinner an...

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“Death and Memories” by Habiba Altantawy

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Death and Memories Beep…beep…beep…So, this is what dying felt like, huh? …Dude, this blows.Zero stars, this is NOT enjoyable. I thought dying was peaceful or at least scary; this is just painful! “Okay, focus!” I forced my barely functioning brain to this, “Who are you? Where are you?” After a moment I can feel my inner voice roll its eyes…somehow- dude I don’t know dying is weird. I don’t remember a thing. “Don’t panic, don’t panic, DON’T PANIC!” My mind screams. Look who’s talking, I am very much not panicking. Am I?Okay, getting off trac...

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