Write a story about someone who travels to the future, and isn’t happy about how they’ve been remembered.

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“Forward In Time” by Brynn S

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Kelsey Rose Brown didn't like being around her crazy uncle, let alone him and her cousin Alex. Her parents were moving but they didn't want her to be in the way, so she was forced to go live with them. Alex was super annoying. He was a year older than her, making him 16. When she arrived at their house, no one answered the door. She knocked twice more and decided to just push open the door. “Hello Brown” groaned Alex. “Oh shut up” Kelsey replied. “Whatever. Your room is downstairs in the basement” he continued “Also, don't go into ...

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“Ky-Thel of Mist” by Obsidian Eagle

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Kyle Theleon Misteron was his full name, but his good friends called him Ky (as in sky).A week ago, his East Indian girlfriend Gandhara had signed them both up to do a ‘Future Life Progression’ at the Center For The Alchemical Arts.Needless to say, Kyle wasn’t exactly excited. He’d attended spiritualist meetings of this nature in the past and they were typically filled with supermundane mumbo jumbo spoken by hackneyed Western gurus. Things would inevitably end in the purchase of books or expensive treatments such as chakra realignment therap...

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“What I Have Missed” by Ronald Rusianto

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He's doing it again, again and again. Today he is in a blue jumpsuit. There is no day without him observing the site. The scientist never misses even a single chance of keeping an eye on his masterpiece. Before going any further, the protagonist has the urge to introduce himself to the world, well... to his surrounding. It began in the summer 2007. Bob, how he is called, was spending his break with Hilary, his beautiful but stubbornly aggresive wife. The spouse was accompanied by their adorable daughters named Jennifer and Alice, who tur...

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“In Retrospect” by Yusuf Ahmed

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Thoughts in retro I Hey there honeybee, how do you think the future will be? That’s the question she would always ask me. No more war and no more pain, That’s how I’d answer, always the same. Then she would smile and reply “Me too dear”; Oh mother, I wonder how You would feel if You were here… The Journey I watched as he walked away, unable to follow. The glass column slowly began to descend until it surrounded me, trapping me so I could not change my mind and leave. I would no longer be able to step out into my world again. The thought ...

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“Regrets ” by Emily Rose

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Lemming was a small town, remnants of a large port since abandoned. Well not really abandoned, just forgotten as time had progressed. Rederk stood on Fifth avenue, perpendicular from Herbert street, a name he still fumed at. He was an elderly man, bent and frail, his skin weather beaten, and worry lines written into his face. His face was ashen grey and his eyes were vague and glassy. Streetlamps shown dimly and people in muted colored coats shuffled hurriedly past. This is where it was. This is where it had all begun. The houses on th...

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“The Mark of Saint James” by Brandon Chavez

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Demarcus St. James was without a doubt the smartest man in the world. Underneath his impeccably full head of curly silver hair, there was a brain constantly chugging at one-hundred horsepower, stopping only for sleep and the occasional stoner comedy. When walking past a mirror, he would sometimes catch side glimpses of his head in profile, and take a moment to admire. He was not unlike the Persian rug that tied his library together; a foundation for all good things to settle upon. &...

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“In The Sands of Time” by Immanuel Mensah

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In the Sands of Time As the dawn gradually gives way for the penetrating light of the day, Cody kneels before what seems to be a tomb mounted in his memory. As the confusion of the situation he finds himself plunge his already weary mind; the eeriness of the wind and the ghostly silence of the place, he slowly makes out the words chiseled on the grave before him; In Memory of Cody Walker (1985 – 2019). His Guitar Played the Music of His Soul, Beloved Son and Brother. As if th...

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“FutureBound” by Sydney Bingham

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I’d die in 2023 in a car accident, the letter said. The last thing I’d see is a pair of headlights crashing through my windshield, shoving me from this world to the next in a shower of blood and broken glass. Congratulations! Your application to participate in-- “Malena, did you get the mail?” Adam’s muffled voice yelled from another room after the screen door slammed shut behind me. --the FutureBound© program, beginning October 2nd, 2020, has been approved. Your post-purchase receipt is attached for your reference. You...

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“Her Place in Time” by Dana Te

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Time travelling was not as fun as the movies made it out to be. Selene Wesley could only see white as her ears rang, her head feeling like it's about to explode. The floor beneath her seemed to wobble even as she stood still. She would've fallen over if her hand did not reach something stable to hold herself steady. The world before her only came into focus after what felt like twenty minutes. It was a horrible feeling Selene didn’t wanted to experience again(though it would be inevitable for the way home).Once she finally found her bearings...

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“The Void's Justice” by Adrian Stolecki

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The oil ran out in July of 2083. Once there was nothing left to extract, Earth's governments stockpiled what they could, rationing out their precious reserves as needed, clinging to whatever they could. Coal mines began to dry up shortly afterwards. Solar, wind, and nuclear fission power generation efforts struggled to keep up with the energy demand of nearly ten billion people. As worldwide markets crashed, and food production began to slow, the riots began. In a desperate attempt to fuel humanity's growing energy needs, a team of Earth's m...

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“You did good” by Milán S.S

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“I'm ready, Beetle, let’s go see how people remember me...us in a few decades” said Valmoda, the not-so-evil supervillain from TallHills Town. She was raised by a long line of normal, boring people. That kind that never gets in trouble, the bullies that teachers love and never apologise. Valmoda, who was named Valerie by her mom, was… not like them. Moving around all the time, having bad grades because she couldn't sit still, not many friends, and, according to her parents, she was “only good at being bad”. For years she felt like an o...

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“The Future of Alyson Rope ” by Alina Gober

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04-23-20 Dear diary, This is my first journal entry. I’m kind of nervous honestly. But anyways, this journal is about my coming up experience. My names Alyson, Alyson Rope. I work at a BioLab in Kentucky. We are currently working on a time machine. We’ve been working on it for going on seven years now. We plan on trying it out in a week. Me being the test subject. Its currently 2020, in a week I will be going to the year 2500, hopefully. I’m kind of nervous about it. I’m not sure if there’s going to be anything on earth anymore, or maybe we...

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“Future Fail, Future Fury” by Lindsey Starrberri

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Zizi Collar drummed her fingers on the glass dining table, strumming through the latest Magazine Online Weekly disk. The small, black portable disk looked like a small button, but projected a hazy blue light of typed slides Zizi scanned. She squinted at the photograph of Harley Edis, before shaking her head and swiping the visual away. The next slide was an article on model jet boots, with several photographs of the styles they came in, including one interesting video of a set of boots that changed into a pair of hot pink heels when you land...

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“A Mistaken Sign” by Claudio G. Henze

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Acclaimed scientist, researcher, and self-proclaimed mad genius, Professor Arthur von Turr was delivering his Noble Prize acceptance speech in his head when he made the most influential mistake in the history of mankind. If he had been focused on what he was doing, he would never have made such a simple, yet fatal error. He was so absorbed in his fantasy, that the three times he revised his work, he noticed nothing out of place. If there had been someone else that day, they might have said something. But no one knew where he was, or what he ...

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“Into the Future” by Rishab Gupta

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My name is Marlon K. And the winds blew harshly. The trees leaned. The cars creaked. And all that happened when I walked down a dark, gloomy street. I held on to my cloak as it tried to escape. It was a Friday night and instead of enjoying the night watching movies with my parents I was walking down the street. The emptiness made me shudder. I was a teen who had just came back from school. Our school was one of the best in the whole county but we had to stay there till night. I want to look at my future. The best thing I like to do is shop a...

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Write a story about someone who travels to the future, and isn’t happy about how they’ve been remembered.

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✍️ 131 stories

“Forward In Time” by Brynn S

“Ky-Thel of Mist” by Obsidian Eagle

“What I Have Missed” by Ronald Rusianto

“In Retrospect” by Yusuf Ahmed

“Regrets ” by Emily Rose

“The Mark of Saint James” by Brandon Chavez

“In The Sands of Time” by Immanuel Mensah

“FutureBound” by Sydney Bingham

“Her Place in Time” by Dana Te

“The Void's Justice” by Adrian Stolecki

“You did good” by Milán S.S

“The Future of Alyson Rope ” by Alina Gober

“Future Fail, Future Fury” by Lindsey Starrberri

“A Mistaken Sign” by Claudio G. Henze

“Into the Future” by Rishab Gupta

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