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Write a story that either starts or ends with someone (or something) saying, “Please, don’t do it.”

Posted in Sad on Oct 31, 2022

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“please don't do it prompt” by Wyrm Roy

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“Please don’t do it” I keep saying to myself trying to focus back. I guess that's a bit of a dramatic way to start the story so let me take you back to the beginning. I woke on another Thursday morning feeling unrested even though I had slept in past 12:00 and because life’s a bitch me being tired is more the standard than the exception. Getting out of the bed and stretching I did the waking shuffle to the bathroom and took a quick piss then ran through my morning routine. I had barely even finished putting my bed away before my brother remi...

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“Guilty, Without Conscience” by Realiscope Entertainment

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*TRIGGER WARNING* The substance of this story contains material that could be a trigger to some individuals who may be sensitive to Mental Health issues, Traumatic Family Events, and Death. Please be advised and read at your own risk. *** Dedicated to those who have felt alone and were unable to seek the proper help. Stay strong. I love you all. *** Please, don’t do it! I thought as sweat dripped down off my pointed chin. Please, don’t do it! PLEASE! Don’t Do It! Suddenly, as if uncontrollably, I exploded, r...

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“Dead Butterflies Under the Sea” by Thor Garcia

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“Please, don’t do it.”  If I were born a fish, I would know nothing but the sea; so to speak of the land would be not only pretentious and preposterous, but outlandishly absurd! And yet, that is the world we reside in today. All attempting to speak on matters which all know nothing of. It is the blind leading the blind. Utterly pointless and ubiquitous nonetheless. A newly emerged monarch butterfly was experiencing its first flight when it crossed paths with a fish.  The fish bellowed something from below but the butterfl...

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“The Deadly Debate” by Howard Seeley

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I keep telling myself, “Please, don’t do it,” but I find my voice falling on deaf ears. What’s so bad about suicide? People kill themselves every day, so why shouldn’t I? I have a happy life. A home, a lovely wife, two children, and financially well off. It’s the American dream come true. Why shouldn’t I be living it? Who am I trying to kid? I may have all that, but what does it really matter? That’s all the American Dream is. A dream. What’s real is I’m not happy and I haven’t been for several years. My thoughts about suicide aren’t spontan...

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“The Lady” by Norma Gauld

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“Please don’t do it,” She said as I pulled away from her, though I didn’t actually hear her say it; my attention was on the injection needle laying on the small, rickety table at my side. Pulling away from her presence I shoved my hands tightly under my arm pits; “I don’t need her butting into my life; I don’t need her soft voice and sad eyes looking at me, its’ my life and if I want to kill myself it’s’ up to me, not her.” I could tell her gentle hand wanted to press onto my arm; I could tell from her eyes she wanted to prevent me...

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“The Right Choice” by Joseph Monachino

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“Please don’t do it!” John was a millisecond away from pressing “enter” on his computer keyboard when he heard these words from James. James co-created a complex computer program with John. It was devised to stop criminals from carrying out their crimes before they attempted them. The next words that James said to John was in the form of a question. “If you press ‘enter’, may you not be committing a crime yourself?” What would happen if John were to press “enter” could be a stark calamity. An arena, filled with 20,000 ...

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“Life is a Lesson” by Nicole Evert

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“Please, don’t do it! I can fix it – we can work through this!” She was in a state, failing to hold back tears that slowly poured down her face, her mouth folded downwards, openly spilling out words of sorrow and forgiveness – a little spit dripping out as well. She held her hands out, reaching, but couldn’t grasp him, his foot on her chest, keeping her fixed in that position. All she wanted was to get to him, she didn’t understand where this had even come from, things had been getting increasingly worse the last couple of months. Now; he s...

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“The Price of Progress” by Jim Wilkerson

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NOTE: THIS STORY CONTAINS DESCRIPTION OF A CRUDE ACT THAT SOME READERS MAY FIND DISTASTEFUL.   “It’s some kinda remote-controlled thing, Gram,” Anthony Gammaitoni explained to his grandmother at the breakfast table. “The forklifts just drive around by themselves while someone somewhere directs them. I don’t know how all it works. All’s I know is the company says it’s the only way they can stay in business, the only way to compete with the big warehouse and shipping companies around here.”     Gram shoo...

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“Please, Don't Do It!” by Jelena Chiu

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"Please, don't do it!" Sarah jumped from her chair, almost knocking down the table and chessboard. "Ha! I beat you!" Jake stood up and rearranged the chess pieces back to the starting position. "That’s because I was going easy on you!" "Fine! Then we play one more round, no going easy." Jake sat back down. "Nope, I have to do my essay. It's due today, and you know Mom would kill me if I turned it in late." Sarah opened the door and stepped out. "That does sound like our mom. But one more won’t hurt, right?" Jake begged. "No is no! I sw...

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“Creature in a Shell” by Chelsey Blankenship

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“The world is your oyster! Try your luck! Buy an oyster, we’ll shuck it for a buck! Will you pick a pearl?” barked the oysterman.            Could it be the world was her oyster? Hayes doubted it. But how bizarre would it be to find out on a summer Sunday in her local farmer’s market? She stepped up and felt oddly hopeful as she peered into the tub of oysters. She willed her intuition to guide her.            A tiny pool of water in ...

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“The Last Straw” by Olivia Johnson

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"Please! Don't do it," she shouted, throwing her hands in the air "Why? Because I'm right?" Dax rebutted, still gripping the glass of water over Trina's computer. Slowly inching towards Dax with her arms stretched in front of her and palms facing out, Trina starts, "No, no, no, of course, I don't ha-" "Don't have feelings for your AI boyfriend?" Dax cuts in, "Trina, that's bullshit, and you know it. You have spent these past few months talking to the computer more than your own living and breathing husband."  Dax was steaming with anger...

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“The End Of The World” by Hadley Thompson

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  “Please don’t do it. At least not on that side.” His voice shocked her against the half silence of the rooftop, splitting through the white noise of the traffic far below. She hadn't seen him sitting on the opposite edge of the roof, as still as the statutes guarding each corner. “Are you here to jump? Because if you are, I’d say this side is much better. The view is a lot nicer.” She had been standing on the concrete lip of the roof for a while now, watching the ant cars crawl. He’d come to the roof first and since she bursted t...

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“The Alley by Anthony Street.” by Claire Potter

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Contains themes of death and substance use."Please, don't do it."The man startles at my voice, letting the flame from his lighter dissipate. He looks at me as if I'm a ghost, hiding in the shadows of an alley, waiting for my chance to pounce.When he doesn't answer, his features still filled with confusion, I say, "Don't light it."This makes him smile, and through the dark, I notice he's missing a tooth. "Have something against cigarettes?"I shake my head, blonde hair grazing along my shoulders. "I've been clean for years. But if you light it...

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“The Screaming Retreat” by Cassie Gibson

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Emma let herself cry for exactly 10 minutes before she hit stockpile. She knew Richard would have already offloaded everything he’d ever felt about her - except his resentment which she supposed he would be hoarding. You would think giving people more control of their emotions would stop them clinging on to the unhealthy ones. But Richard had made her realise that some people just wanted to be angry. Sure he’d be dealing with his heartbreak for about the next 50 years as he dialled it back to 1% EPR but the rage he felt at her for breaking...

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“Three Views of the Bridge” by Babbs Davis

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Three Views From the Suicide Bridge “Please, don’t do it. Don’t do it,” the gusting winds blew around his head and whipped the man’s brown, stringy hair, but the drumming of Rodney’s erratically beating heart drowned the plea roaring in his ears. His grip tightened on the low guard railing. At last! The perfect suicide bridge. Stretching further out over the side of the New River Gorge Bridge, he squinted through ghostly morning haze shrouding the steep-sided canyon—the murmuring river flowing far below enticing, the mist’s curling finger...

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