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Write about someone telling their family they won’t be continuing the long-standing family business.

Posted in Dramatic on Dec 2, 2020

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“Bocsánat” by Zilla Babbitt

“Dear Mom,” he said to the mirror. “I’m leaving.”“Why?” his reflection replied. He put his head down and raised it slowly. “I can’t do this anymore.”“Okay, hon,” his reflection said gently. “I understand. Good luck.”“I love you, Mom. Thanks for everything you’ve done for me.”“Love you too.”

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“Rianne's” by Amaya 🦋

When I pushed open the peeling door and stepped onto the dirty tiles of our family store, I was immediately encompassed by the smell of mildew and rotting wood. My high heels clicked on the floor as I walked past the empty clothes racks to the small counter in the back. I was glad I left my purse in the car. I wouldn’t have wanted it to touch any surface in this building. This wouldn’t sell. It had become so neglected that nobody in their right mind would want to buy it. I turned around slowly,...

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“Bye bye Sweet 'n' Treats!” by ❄️ℍ𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕪𝕒 𝔸𝕟𝕒𝕟𝕕❄️

Title: Bye bye Sweet 'n' Treats! Author: Haripriya Author's note: Hello everyone! I hope you're all having a happy Tuesday! This story is a bit more sad and depressing. Though I still enjoyed writing such a dramatic story about a family who won't be continuing their business. I hope you have a lot of fun reading it as much as I enjoyed writing thi...

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“Family Dinner” by Vicky S

Cool water splashed against the sides of the goblet as it was poured from the jug, dampening the crisp cloth. “Oops, I’m such a butter fingers! Never mind,” Aunt Daisy giggles, patting one of my cheeks. I sniff as subtly as I can as the smell of moth balls reaches me. My cousins, seated around me, grin. They know I have an announcement to make. I have their support at least, even though they w...

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“Family: The Unseen Pandemic” by Harken Void

In the beginning, there was everything. Then, a singularity appeared - something split off of that everything and became separate from it, individual. That something was you. Ever wondered why babies cry when they’re born? It’s the pain of being cut off from infinity of ‘nobody’ and becoming a ‘somebody’, someone in a body. It is worse pain than dying.  Birth is a traumatic experience and we all go through ...

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“Diagonal Lines” by Scout Tahoe

Trigger warning: suicide Our night first began at the graveyard. It was about five o’clock, the time where most families would be laughing and clanking pans and talking about politics. But there we were, our feet sinking in the wet grass, the smiles gone from our faces. The daisies that Josie held were bending and hiding their creased faces. She clutched them in one hand, her fingernails making brown indents in their stems. “Do you know where they are?” she asked, her voice cracking through the silence. ...

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“Moses of Crete” by Tom Bradbury

It always starts with me floating through some outlandish fog. I can barely see my hand in front of my face. A purple and navy mist circles around me. I start to spin and tumble, directionless through the haze. I have been here before, it is familiar. My body is heavy and I am somersaulting in all directions. My heart is racing; my form feels so tired. I am desperate for air. As I am churning around, I cannot tell up from down. The landscape, through flashes of lightning is slowly being revealed to me. What I see does not make sense. An i...

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“The Blessing of el Rojo Gigante” by Kristin Neubauer

To understand this story, it helps to understand something about my parents. And that is that my parents go big. On everything. I mean, just look at their restaurant. It’s called La Gran Torre de las Pupusas. That translates to The Great Tower of Pupusas. And the pupusas themselves….my God, they’re almost as big as an entire plate. If you don’t know pupusas, they’re generally not much bigger than the ci...

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“Jedendrum Baltimore” by Molly Leasure

(Genre: Space Western/Space Opera)“Vent her.”“No, I’m not lettin’ ya.”“Oh? What gun’s ya totin’ then, boy?” His marred cheeks crease with resentment. He likely wishes I was never born. After all, it was just happenstance I was conceived. No serendipity about it. Just a drunken thief and a concubine treading the river. Then me; a bundle of fishnet. I’m the only thing this man’s caught in years. If only I were more akin to bubonics—or, the like.“I—”“—None. Kid’s playin’ a fit and expect...

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“''Until when '' set me free.” by Beatrice Kaseke

 ‘’Dad I think I now have something that I want to concentrate on, you know since my childhood, I have always wanted to become a librarian and this hacking business is not my passion. Allow me for once to choose what I want in my life. I just want a decent job although it will not generate much as compared to what I was getting when I am in your business.’’ Dad ‘’ hey let me remind you if you have forgotten, you a...

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“Rites and Rights of Passage” by John Steckley

“Call me when you have a real problem buddy.” Arthur couldn’t think of a good response to that statement from one of his best friends – Fred. So he quickly made up a story of how he was in the middle of creating his latest painting, and he didn’t want the paint to dry before he finished what he was doing. So he had to hang up.  There was no such painting at this time. After they both hung up at...

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“Katherine Quartz, MSW” by Sjan Evardsson

For the third time in as many minutes, Kat checked her polished tusks for stray lipstick. Her waist-length onyx hair was piled into an elaborate up-do, held by two plain silver hairpins that had been her grandmother’s. The lipstick she kept re-checking was the same deep chocolate brown as her evening gown, setting off her ochre-yellow skin and deep green eyes.“Kat, you look beautiful, quit stressing it.” At just a shade over five feet tall, Gwen stood as high as Kat’s armpits. Where Kat was a mountain of muscle in warm, earthy tone...

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“The Interview” by Lord Hunkyhair

“What do you mean you’re quitting?!” My father bellows in fury. I had thought it would be going better than this…my father has always taken pride in the family business. I just hadn’t realized how much it meant to him...but this is important to me! I don’t want to spend my whole life working for an oil manufacturer. I guess my dad had other ideas. I want to go out into the world and find an interesting job. One that wil...

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“A New Life down Under” by Barbara Burgess

Joe sat at his mother’s dinner table poking his dinner with his fork. Jessica put her hand under the table and gave his knee a reassuring squeeze. They both looked at each other. “Joe, are you coming down sick with something? You’ve hardly touched your Sunday Lunch. Jessica has nearly eaten all hers.” “Go, on Joe, tell your Mum.” Said Jessica. “Tell me what, Joe?” “Well, Mum, I was going to ta...

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“Be Kind, Please Rewind” by Stephen Closson

“You are one rotten son of a bitch, Marv,” Jerry says.   Jerry is my younger brother, and yes, he’s always this pleasant.  “Jer, there’s literally nothing I can do differently to get this place to be even the least bit profitable,” I say, gesturing to the small monitor on my desk.   The CCTV feed cycles through the various cameras in the store, each shot is as devoid of hum...

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