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

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“Dressed To Rule” by Jovan Ivančević

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Caesar was furious. Others around this magnificent, large and exceptional table tried to calm him down. Without any success, as usual. “Giving my name, my name of divine origin, sharing my dignitas[1], my dignitas of Roman origin to dogs, four-legged little silly shit-whenever-I-can dogs. This is disgrace, this is blasphemy, this is… I have no words for it.” Like always during the meeting of significant historical figures, an annual event, although time isn’t any category in their current dimension. Annually, it meant this could be next mil...

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“The Return of Will” by Mariam Mansuryan

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Shakespeare has written plays not only as a legacy to England, but tales that have stirred up souls all across the world. We know of his Hamlet, chasing the ghost of his father and seeking the death of his uncle. We know of Lady Macbeth desperately trying to wash blood off her criminal hands. We know of Romeo screaming - "Juliet, my Juliet!" But what we don't know is of one fine miracle which occurred in a public London school, when the teacher did not weigh the potential impact of his words upon looked at his class from behind a pair of...

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“H.G. Wells by the help of the Time Machine travels into the future and was unhappy about the way and manner in which they have been remembered. by Mr. Prince De-Grant Brempong.” by Prince Brempong

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My story is entitled H.G. Wells by the help of the Time Machine travels into the future and was unhappy about how they have been remembered.Also in this story H.G. Wells travels into by the help of the Time Machine. The Time Machine also helped H.G. Wells to travel forward or backward through time.The term Time Machine is universally used all over the world . In this story it was noted that H.G. Wells travels into the future and was not happy about how they have been remembered . In this story also it was noted that time travels through diff...

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“TRYING TO SET RECORD STRAIGHT” by RADIUS HAVWAALA

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The white rays of the sun streamed through tall trees like long spears, the wind blew a gentle easterly breeze swaying branches like drunken women in choir practice. Walking deeper into the jungle I came upon a tree bristling with nice fruits. I stretched my hand to pluck one but I immediately pulled it back, shocked by a strange phenomenon. “Hi there, I hope you will help me on this one,” there was a serpent swinging its cylindrical trunk into a sitting position on the very branch I wanted to pluck a fruit. It had opened its red eyes wider,...

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“I Write My Story” by Jaime Hidalgo

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It was time to read Grandma’s will. The attorney entered the room with a wooden box and an enveloped letter. Once he sat down, he opened both the box and the letter and started mentioning which items where left to whom. Everyone fell right into sense to what Grandma had left them with, but me. She left me a key and comment written on the letter ‘Only you know the answer to it’. I spent the whole afternoon and night thinking about what that key could possibly be for. The next morning, right when I woke up, I started th...

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“My future” by SIMONA LEGGERO

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PRESENT I’m in my room looking out the window the beautiful blue sky and I dream about the future. I don’t know what I want to do again and where I’ll be in 10 years from now. I touch the window I feel sparks I’ve never felt and I close my eyes. FUTURE When I open I’m not anymore in my room. I’m in a nowhere where everything has gone. Only destruction, desert and a dark sky, no lights. I look to my left, my right, up and down. Everything is dark, lifeless. “Jack” someone is calling me but I don’t see people. “Who are you? Where are you?” I...

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“Bat soup” by Enita Ebiyamu

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"crazy cooks" was the name of the smallest restaurant in the town. There was a man who always wore a hat and neck tie standing in front of it looking for customers. Everyone hated their menu. 'we need a secret ingredient' Said his wife who was always in the kitchen to his three daughters who were the waitresses. Yes, it was a family business. They looked everywhere for things the humanity never tested.. they invented meals and gave them funny names and before they knew it, people started to flock to the little space until it flooded. One day...

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“A Rusty Plaque ” by Samuel Cooley

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In memory of Phillip Robertson. Soldier, explorer, friend. Phillip Robertson didn’t know how long he had spent standing within the graveyard of his hometown, staring at the rusted plaque at the foot of an oak tree. The sun had risen from its slumber, traveled past the sky, and was now settling against the hills to rest before it made the journey all over again. The sun’s journey was constant, never straying from the path destiny had decided. &nbsp...

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“The Crime Lord's Legacy of Lies” by Elena Welsh

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Calen was having a rotten day. Granted it had started off well, with him stumbling across a portal into the future. The portal hosted endless possibilities for him and his gang, possibilities that hadn’t had any time yet to come to fruition because he had been severely distracted by one crucial aspect of the future. His reputation. Calen Garesh was the most feared and revered gang leader in the smoking, cobbled cesspit that was London in the early twentieth century. His gnarled fingers of influence reached out and entwined themselves i...

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“President Crohn” by Josh Colgan

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President Alex Crohn sank into the plush cushions of his limousine. The Pennsylvania countryside rushed past the window. Grey from an early winter, a river choked with grime down the middle, the ravaged landscape reeled under the onslaught of climate change. On the road to Philadelphia, the presidential motorcade made its way into a city with a shrunken population. Many had heard the call to war. They neared the University of Pennsylvania, his Alma Mater, for the special tech demo. Crohn reached for the window control. Agent Menendez leane...

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“Hell on earth” by Colin Mullen

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I did not decide to share this with people because I want you to learn from my mistakes, I am telling it, so you know how I made earth Hell. As a kid I loved time travel. I watch movie, shows, read books on time travel, but I knew it was fake. I went on with my life in love with something not real, but in high school I started to wonder. if a star explodes it could be weeks, months or years for us to know. What if we travel so fast that we can find a loop that would take us to a different time. Then I started to think if wormholes can take y...

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“When is Your Destination?” by Matthew Ward

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My great uncle walked this earth for ninety-five years. Well … he walked this earth for a couple of years. He sat around for the rest. And that’s my point exactly. That’s how we remember him, my siblings and I. If he’d known we’d remember him like that, maybe he’d have done things a little differently. It seems to me that no matter where you go when you clock off, memories are what you leave behind. They’re your physical legacy—your this-world immortality. They’re what linger, for better or worse—for walking or sitting, in my great uncle’s ...

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“The First of Many” by Kat S

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"Give it up for Ellias Verone!!" The crowd goes wild, clapping, cheering, crying. From behind a towering, black curtain, a speck appears on the stage. Rows of people stretch on and on, all staring at the massive monitors, broadcasting the tall, dark and handsome figure for all to see. His stoic expression cracking slightly as he fights off the wave of emotions... Excitement, confidence, honor and... Uncertainty. "Thank you, thank you all. It means so much for me to be here, on the global stage... Ushering in a new time... The time of t...

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“My Legacy” by Douglas Karsten

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“Your legacy, Cornelius?” She laughed as she stuffed another piece from her ever present bag of bon-bons into her gigantic maw. “Yes, my dear, this will be my legacy.” I was bragging to my wife as she watched me put the finishing touches on my wonderous invention—a time machine. “Never work,” she said matter-of-factly, her mouth now spewing chocolate pieces around like a sprinkler. “It will,” I snapped. “I’ve spent the past twenty-five years working on making this the quintessence of time machines.” “Yeah, I think not,” she said as...

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“The Changes We Make” by Shaelyn Bradle

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“Finally!” Jared shouted from underneath the machine. Rolling out from under the contraption, he wiped the debris and oil from his hands down the work overalls and gave his assistant the thumbs up. Jon flipped the switch and the room filled with the whirring and buzzing of machinery. The dial indicators rotated wildly as the noise rose up, increasingly chaotic, until…Pop. With a final crash, the warning light exploded, shattering into thousands of shards. Jared and Jon, having huddled together in a corner, shielded their eyes. They looked up...

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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

“Dressed To Rule” by Jovan Ivančević

“The Return of Will” by Mariam Mansuryan

“H.G. Wells by the help of the Time Machine travels into the future and was unhappy about the way and manner in which they have been remembered. by Mr. Prince De-Grant Brempong.” by Prince Brempong

“TRYING TO SET RECORD STRAIGHT” by RADIUS HAVWAALA

“I Write My Story” by Jaime Hidalgo

“My future” by SIMONA LEGGERO

“Bat soup” by Enita Ebiyamu

“A Rusty Plaque ” by Samuel Cooley

“The Crime Lord's Legacy of Lies” by Elena Welsh

“President Crohn” by Josh Colgan

“Hell on earth” by Colin Mullen

“When is Your Destination?” by Matthew Ward

“The First of Many” by Kat S

“My Legacy” by Douglas Karsten

“The Changes We Make” by Shaelyn Bradle

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