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

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“Desert King’s Convoy” by Mark A. Byrd Jr.

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“Please, don’t do it.” That’s what Arthur’s sense of danger was telling him. Normally, when the sense that kept him alive was telling him “no”, he’d listen. And normally, it wasn't triggered by an envelope. It slipped through the mailbox at 4 in the morning, landing in front of Arthur’s door with an audible thunk. Arthur would’ve ignored it if not for 3 key factors: 1. It came at 4 in the damn morning 2. The aforementioned thunk, which paper envelopes aren’t known for 3. Desert wastelands don’t have post offices After the oce...

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“On Duty” by Amy Reynolds

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“Please, don’t do it,” he shouted from the last pew. Everyone’s heads turned to the back of the room, and gasps filled the air. She threw her veil back and turned to the voice that had just interrupted the best day of her life. “Please, Layla…don’t say it.” Layla locks eyes with him as he begins his way down the aisle toward her. “What are you doing, Wyatt?” “I think the real question is, what are you doing?” Her mind goes silent as she looks around the room, and everyone's eyes are on her. Layla glances down at her Aunt in th...

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“Peace” by Emily Guerrero

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"Please, don't do it." My body freezes when I hear that voice. I didn't expect that person to say those words to me, out of all people. I always assumed they didn't care about my existence. They never spoke to me since we were finishing up middle school. I lower the knife from its position at my lower ribs and turned around to see my cousin, Lauren, standing on the other side of the main hall, looking at me with anger and fear. "What do you ...

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“Persuasion” by Kelly DiMario

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“Please don’t do that,” Isabella is standing behind me trying to grab her phone out of my outstretched hand as my thumb hovers over the blue “Disable Account” button in her favorite social media app. I feel Isabella’s breath on the back of my neck as she reaches her left arm underneath and I clamp my arm down, thwarting her attempt. She swings her other arm around the outside of my body, and I drop the phone down low, out of her reach. I turn to face her and say to my best friend since college, “Bella, stop and take a look at yourself right ...

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“Emotions, Skin-Nerve Sensations and the Whole Human Mess. ” by Marta Soltys

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“Please don’t do it,” the girl pleaded, but the words bounced off the walls without effect. She was thin, with long black hair and white skin. She had no way of fighting this new-age creation with an algorithm instead of a heart… Her name was Mandala. She was of Japanese and Hindu descent. Her mother, Nilanjana, fresh out of Boston University, went to Japan to teach ESL and search for answers. She fell in love with Japan and the Japanese culture, never looking back. Mandala’s father, Akio, worked for an advanced Japanese AI company. Littl...

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

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✍️ 95 stories

“Desert King’s Convoy” by Mark A. Byrd Jr.

“On Duty” by Amy Reynolds

“Peace” by Emily Guerrero

“Persuasion” by Kelly DiMario

“Emotions, Skin-Nerve Sensations and the Whole Human Mess. ” by Marta Soltys

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