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Write about a character discovering something new about their past that changes how they remember an important moment.

Posted in Dramatic on Jul 15, 2021

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“The Puggle's New Knowledge” by Nyssa Thomassen

Submitted to Contest #61

Kevon the Kobold was searching. The Griffon tribe had given him a quest, and he was not allowed to return home if that quest was incomplete. There were about a score of Kobolds in this awful, magicless world, and none of them could return home until all of them had completed the task set for them. This task was punishment for many small torments done by the Kobolds to others for generations. When the Forest Guardians started the “purification” of the forest, they began with the small creatures, and this included Kobolds. And Kobolds were sma...

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“Hero” by Jessica C

Submitted to Contest #61

Pappy died on a Sunday morning in September, and by Wednesday, Mama’d buried him in the little graveyard on the south side of the property like he’d wanted. Everybody expected it. Pappy’d had the bad kind of cancer; the one that gets you fast and spreads everywhere and then it’s too late. He hung on for a bit, probably for Mama’s sake, but towards the end when Mama stopped fussin’ at him and jumpin’ around the house like a fart in a mitten, he musta felt at peace enough to let go.  It’s late Friday night when I finally get here, and I’...

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“From the Past.” by Lynne McAnulty-Street

Submitted to Contest #61

Lacey was about nine or ten when Joy, her Mum, asked her to go fetch her gold watch, while she and Robert, her Dad, were getting ready to go out. Lacey ran to fetch it, knowing this was a special sort of night out, as Mum and Dad never had dressed so grandly for ages. She gently slid the chest forward from the top of the cabinet, and let it drift down to sit on the edge of Mum’s bed. Lifting the arched wooden lid, there was the upper tray full of earrings and brooches.She’d once sneaked a flick through what was under the tray, and knew Grand...

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“Trying to Forget.” by Len Mooring

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Trying to Forget."Well, well, well. It's J. I missed you for a few lifetimes, did you get the Messiah bit out of your system?"You better believe it. I thought it would be a doddle and a giggle, but it was anything but. All I wanted to do was to say a few sensible bits of advice and they started to read all manner of stuff into it."“Par for the course, J, and no hearing aids at that time, so bound to be mishearing. What's your name this lifetime, I take it it's not Jesus again, is it?""You kidding? It's Bob, and I'm definitely not going the M...

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“The Backward bullet” by Sword Moonblood

Submitted to Contest #61

Gage Williamson was sitting on his bed in a small wooden room. It had only little lighting coming from the far most window. He sat wearing a black suit with a black tie, tears dripped from his eyes, wondering how his life could have such a tragedy, no matter how small it was compared to other people.  He remembered how he had been on the sidewalk across from the local pub. A whiskey bottle was in his hand half drunken, And he felt as sick as a dog. He barely remembered hearing from his best friend's parents, how Marcus was dead. The la...

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“The Word That Changed My World” by Claire Clayton

Submitted to Contest #61

There was one word that changed my entire existence. One word that I now recalled with a different understanding than I had four months ago. When I first heard it I had feelings of anger and sadness. Now, upon hearing the response in a new way, those same powerful feelings had risen but for a different reason. This word was “no.” *** “Come on Rory!” I yelled as we approached Sleeping Beauty Castle in Disneyland. Rory and I had entered the park only a few hours ago and I was determined to make the most of our limited time in “the happiest pl...

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“PERCEPTION” by Em P.W.

Submitted to Contest #61

“And,” Clarissa touches my shoulder briefly, “what about you, Zee? What’s kept you busy lately?” I know what she’s getting at, so I shake my head, pushing a rogue strand of hair behind my ear. I can’t and won’t bond with others unnecessarily because such things come at a price that I can’t afford: persistent night terrors and break-downs. I suppose the universe decided to have the consequences of my father’s crimes added to my plate. As if it wasn’t already packed enough.   “Nope. No. Not at all. I’m not interested in anyone,” I sh...

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“Their Dark Past” by Jerlin Johnson

Submitted to Contest #61

His hands trembled slightly. He was aware of the beads of perspiration forming behind is neck, despite the cold weather. Luke was excited. But at the same time, his stomach burnt with anxiety. Tonight, he was going to meet his friends- his long lost best buddies, after 10 years. But Luke knew that the moment the five of them would meet, painful scary memories of their past would begin to resurface. Memories of their dark past which neither of them wished to remember. Luke had himself suffered a lot, trying to recover from that incident. Th...

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“Police Protection” by Leane Cornwell

Submitted to Contest #61

 Way back in the 1960s, Thornton Colorado was a much smaller place than it is today. It still sits nestled within the dips and crowns of gently rolling hills that make up large amounts of land known as the Front Range, but it has kept pace with twenty-first century progress. Back in the 60s it was a very comfortable place to spend your teen years. Close knit. People knew local authority figures by name. Parrish priests, the local mayor, business owners and city cops. They were all our friends and neighbors. It was one of those friend...

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“Family Resemblance” by Lori Koenig

Submitted to Contest #61

Surely there would be another one coming soon, Eva thought, as she anxiously scanned the computer screens for an eta on the next eastbound L train.  She had only missed the last one by a few seconds, after making her way briskly through the terminal and down the stairs. Now, she would be late, she knew, and didn’t want to arrive after the service had already started. There would be no good excuse she could make after all, except her general avoidance of the whole event and her desire to be left alone to grieve in her own way. But the da...

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“The Memory of You” by Angela Sokolova

Submitted to Contest #61

The day was September 9th. My mother and I were in the car on the way to the cemetery, where we were going to visit my late father. She parked the car and we got out. We bought four carnations from the flower girl and walked to the grave. He was at the end of the cemetery, died seven years ago, strucked by blood cancer, also known as leukemia. His death was a shock to all of us, especially to my mother. I could never get close to him because he was always working and there was no time for me. That’s why I’m not very traumatized when I come h...

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“A road accident” by Wajeeha Mubarik

Submitted to Contest #61

It was the last week of December that I and 2 of my friends decided to travel to another city. We were so excited about that. I got up early that morning, packed my clothes, and was ready to go. My mum was quite anxious about me and convinced me and my friends a lot to drive safely. We all assured her not to worry about it and we three left the city at 10:00am. It was a seven-hour drive from our city. It was a quite busy day and there was a lot of traffic on the roads so we expected that we would arrive even late to our destination. We had p...

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“The Fall of the Familiar” by Booker Bogan

Submitted to Contest #61

Blood dampens my sock. I fall, aimlessly grasping for the gash between my toes. My legs flail violently. My head hits a pipe. My body hits the ground, and I roll onto my back. The pit I now bleed in does not hold any comfort. It only holds pain.That was ten years ago. I recall the pain as I scratch the scar on my scalp. I turn to Oscar, the closest thing I have to a friend, as he types a melody of clicks on his keyboard. He turns to me, a quizzical expression on his face.“What?” He asks, still pushing letters and numbers into code without lo...

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“life goes on” by Snjeguljica 33

Submitted to Contest #61

Why did I always think things like this were happening to someone else? In fact, we all always think that, don’t we? But to be honest I never even thought of such a thing until that chilly spring day. And yet, they were not so long ago, today I am only twenty years older. Yes, it just seems like centuries have passed or I don’t even know which unit of measurement to use. I was coming back from school, as well as so many of these same days, full of youthful dreams and some, I would call them today, foolish hopes. And even if this didn't h...

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“past shines back fast stetted but yet haunting ” by Kyla Ramirez

Submitted to Contest #61

Kyla Ramirez dad had always told her that her mom was in a car wreck in 1991 but she was curious cause when she asked her dad about the funeral it was always okay or she would ask if they could go to her grave on her birthday but he said no cause he was always busy getting with women that's it so she took it upon her self to figure out if she was dead or alive. so she asked the place where her dad said she was buried they said there was no one buried there with her name and they have never seen her dad or heard of him before so she knew from...

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