Write about a character who wakes up in their past life, or as a future reincarnation of themself.

Posted in Fantasy on Jun 17, 2022

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“Never Forget” by Kevin Alphatooni

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Live Action Role Playing, known to some as LARPing, is a misunderstood sport. Some of this has to do with the fact that it’s played by those who look like they’ve been pulled right out of a fantasy book but it can also quickly become a lifelong passion. Each year, groups from all over the East Coast travel to the heart of the North Carolina to partake in the midsummer LARPing tournament where hundreds of teams compete in a 30 acre arena to claim the title of Champion. Usually, only the bravest win, bu...

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“A Knight To Remember” by Mark Nero

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Birds chirping… Did I leave the sleep soundtrack on all night again? The sound of the wind blowing through the trees… While half asleep, I tried to recall which of my sleep app soundtracks was based on forest sounds. I knew one was by a babbling brook and another had the sound of cicadas but just as I heard the wind again… I felt it. It was cold, humid and it immediately chilled me to the bone, so I pulled up my blanket and rather than grabbing a handful of Egyptian cotton, I felt… course linen? Hemp? It was at that moment that I be...

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“Darkening Sky’s ” by Mike Cunningham

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Darkening Sky’sBy: Michael CunninghamThe sounds of light classical music fill the air as the smell of freshly cooked fish, and steak, emulate from the five-star kitchen at a small high-class restaurant on the upper west side of Manhattan. Beautifully hand painted Italian artwork; strategically hangs upon the old brick walls; displaying themselves in dramatic fashion. Eliminating all feelings of clutter, or claustrophobia. It's almost home. 1800 gothic candelabras stand lit, red candle flickering, in the center of each, of the fifteen round t...

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“The Cursed Bed” by Sergos Lol

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The Cursed Bed Hi, my name is Ethan, and I'm 15. The story I'm about to tell you is really cool yet very scary. It all started on the first day of summer break, I was very excited to finally stop going to school and doing homework. I thought my summer break was just going to be filled with playing video games, like always, and this is just how I liked it. but my summer break was way more different. My parents had just walked into my room and had told me “Ethan guess what for 6 months ...

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“Resurfaced” by Zoë Page

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I found myself waking from an accidental nap in the first-class diner at what I would’ve assumed to be, from the darkness shown through the window, quite late into the night. Although I knew I should’ve transferred myself to the comfort of my suite, I no longer felt any desire to sleep, so I stood up and walked placidly out the room. I wondered why no staff had bothered to ask me to leave, and also why the doors hadn’t been locked, however hardly cared to investigate. It felt as if the night were simply calling me – to explore the parts of t...

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“Modern Warfare” by Emilie D

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The campaign had been underway for four weeks already although tonight was the eve of their first battle. They had sailed across the sea with triremes full of battle ready soldiers but an illness had traveled with them and they had lost more than a battalion of men. Gaius had anticipated they wouldn’t reach Hispania’s shores with the same army that had sailed from Rome, he had seen enough of war to know that their Germanic enemies weren’t the only killer. Gaius felt the familiar pre-battle energy in the air. Their camp volume had dimmed a...

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“A Virtual Life” by David Ader

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We all have regrets. Coulda, woulda, shoulda…fill in the blank. It drives some people into insanity. Or into therapy. Or worse. Coulda, woulda, shoulda. Shoulda is the worst of the trio. I should have done this, but I did that, and look where it got me. Where is not the preferred place or you wouldn’t have asked the question in the first place. The ideal was a life well-lived, no regrets, and a long look in the mirror each morning, smug smile appearing, and a silent nod to the ...

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“Rediscovered Genes” by Marc Graziadei

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It’s almost like a phantasmic stance coming right out of a Lorraine Dille Williams novel; frozen in time has an individual discovering some long lost genealogical notes forgotten in the eyes of the past. This wide discovery has granted her a great find in linking her to an engaging past. Within the late 20th century, Jason Tronel, who had been an electrical engineer most of his working life; he had conducted his own genealogical search in his spare time. He lived a quiet and comfortable life in the rural region of Gloucester, Ontario. Si...

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“Rewind” by Bob Faszczewski

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Former ace reporter Joe Stillman walked slowly along the Assateague Island beachfront deep in thought about the eventful life he had lived prior to his retirement to Maryland’s beautiful Eastern Shore. Suddenly, however, as he approached a little too close to a herd of the island’s wild ponies, one of them kicked him in the head and knocked him out. After what seemed like an eternity Joe woke up in a daze. He found himself transported ...

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“Excelsior” by A M T P

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Another and another. Another day. Another slow drip of meaningless life, and he did not want it. It was acidic, the knowledge that there was no destiny waiting for him. There was no great end to justify all of the muddling around, waiting and paying attention, and all of the looking for signs when there were never any signs because there was nothing to indicate. Nothing was waiting just for him, and he could not stand it. All around, it seemed, there were great people with des...

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“Splitting Shadows” by Ouanessa Nana

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The blood stains on the bottom of my shoes refuse to fade. But I guess it doesn’t matter anymore, it’ll just match the new dark stain that’s blooming crimson on the front of my shoe. Today’s the thirteenth of May, one year since my aunt passed away. Six months since my boyfriend found out the truth and left me. Three months since my reputation was dissected and talked about by millions. And it's been two months since I’ve finally been able to say sorry without the words lingering and swelling inside my throat. ...

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“Bread Pudding: A Recipe to Remember ” by Dylan Lam

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Year of 2088 “Daniel, you’ve barely touched your plate. We have all this food yet you haven’t even glanced at the desserts,” Mother says. She waved over Sam, one of the maids that worked at my house, and asked her to start clearing the entrees. “I’m not hungry,” I replied, clutching my stomach to keep the growling locked inside my empty stomach. The dining room, where these dinners were hosted, echoed the noises of unbridled rants regarding the business industry. I absolutely hated Friday dinners. Around 20 businesspersons, a...

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“ New Year's Eve Dinner was a Superb Affair ” by John Staley

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December 31, 1999— a new millennium would begin in a few hours. I finished my glass of wine and went through to the sitting room, cozied into my favorite chair near the fireplace, smiled at the mayhem surrounding me— and died. All of my living children, two daughters, and a son, along with thirteen grandkids and five great-grandchildren, accompanied by various spouses and significant others, were crowded into the dining room at two long tables. ...

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“Sisyphus Back on the Cattle Drive” by Hope Linter

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Harry woke up wearing dirty long underwear, sleeping in wool blankets and surrounded by a small canvas tarp that came to just a couple feet off his head. His bones and muscles were creaky, and he wanted to close his eyes, except this time he were the Trail Boss, on the big cattle drive from Bandera Texas to the Railhead in Lousiana. If the job worked out this time, and all that he made weren’t lost afore he made it home, he’d get his family off to the West. He’d hang on with all fiersest tenacity of the best bull rider....

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“Don't forget to remember ” by Haydn Rogan

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This was going to hurt. It had before and it would again. But nothing you need to survive is ever free. One way or another you always paid the price.Nyssa bolted awake. The sweat beaded on her brow.“Take me back in. I can handle it.” She massaged her forehead willing her trembling hands to quell the embers of a budding migraine.“Nyssa you can’t. The levels of acetylcholine coursing through your cerebral cortex are…” Konrad paused. “If you go back in you might not wake up.”“I know the risks.” She settled herself back down onto the metal plint...

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Write about a character who wakes up in their past life, or as a future reincarnation of themself.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 54 stories

“Never Forget” by Kevin Alphatooni

“A Knight To Remember” by Mark Nero

“Darkening Sky’s ” by Mike Cunningham

“The Cursed Bed” by Sergos Lol

“Resurfaced” by Zoë Page

“Modern Warfare” by Emilie D

“A Virtual Life” by David Ader

“Rediscovered Genes” by Marc Graziadei

“Rewind” by Bob Faszczewski

“Excelsior” by A M T P

“Splitting Shadows” by Ouanessa Nana

“Bread Pudding: A Recipe to Remember ” by Dylan Lam

“ New Year's Eve Dinner was a Superb Affair ” by John Staley

“Sisyphus Back on the Cattle Drive” by Hope Linter

“Don't forget to remember ” by Haydn Rogan

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Write about somebody breaking a cycle.

Write about a character who keeps ending up in the same place.

Repeat the same line of dialogue, from the same character, three separate times.

Write about a character who’s expected to follow in someone’s footsteps.

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