Write about someone who gets an inheritance from a relative they’ve never heard of, but they’ll need to do something completely outside their comfort zone in order to collect it.

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“The Money, Mansion and Melissa” by Emma Harris

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Namjun was a high school teacher. It wasn't his favorite job. The children were usually disrespectful and the job didn't pay much. It didn't help that he was probably a descendant of the God of destruction. He broke and ruined everything he touched. In fact, it was about a year ago that he had almost burnt down his friends bakery while trying to bake. He was calling roll call right now but he would be somewhat pleasantly surprised later into his lesson. "Ty! Get off of your phone. We're in the middle of a lesson! Do you want me to take i...

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“AN Unexpected Turn ” by Anastasia Smith

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I sigh as I finish closing up the store. Being a manager sucks. In the small town of Damerel just off the coast of Maine you don't get to many customers. In a town with only 2,008 people you don't make too much money either. I get in my car, it's past midnight. I close my eyes and wonder why it's all worth it, why do I have to keep going. Then the picture of my daughter's face swims before my eyes. Constance Eliza Mullin, that’s who I was doing everything for. Why I picked my lazy ass out of bed, why I only got five hours of sleep on w...

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“The Nuptial Agreement” by Sparsha Chatterjee

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"Hey! Jane, right?” he asked upon seeing her approach his table. She nodded her head in acknowledgement and they both sat themselves at the table. After exchanging pleasantries they sat together in a few moments of silence, with neither of them sure on how to proceed; this was not any usual scenario among two complete strangers to get acquainted with each other. "Should we get a cup of coffee?" he asked her after a while. "Yeah, sure," she replied, not wasting her words. Sipping on her coffee she asked him, "So what are we doing here?"...

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“Virginia Venture ” by Sean Reiley

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Brennan never knew he had an Uncle Joel. So, when a package came in the mail detailing his uncle’s death out in the wilderness of western Virginia (no, not West Virginia, but western Virginia) he was equally mystified and underwhelmed. “I mean, I feel for the guy….” Emotional confusion aside, Brennan figured his mom or dad would soon receive a similar letter detailing their estranged brother’s death. Neither did. A day later, while cleaning his room, Brennan looked at the creased envelope once ag...

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“Iridescent Isle Estate” by Keelyn Lucero

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Jeremiah walked up what had to have been at least thirty gold steps, squinting from the glare of the bright July sun reflecting off the stairs. Halfway to the top he began to chuckle to himself because people have talked about what they would or wouldn’t do for a million bucks or even declare they’d do anything for it. But the question becomes harder to answer when it’s for fifty million dollars. When you find yourself dressed in a metallic suit complete with a rainbow fur jacket trodding up the most gaudy stairs that ever existed to show yo...

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“Disbelief in the Stars” by Jaded Rose

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Amy peered through the peephole on her old apartment door. A tall man in an electric blue trench coat, black button-up shirt and pants with gold stars, wearing gold wire glasses stood on the other side. “Can I help you?” Amy called nervously. “My name is Ezekiel Cobra. I’m here to speak with an Amy Maestro. I have paperwork for her to sign about an inheritance she’s to receive from one of her uncles, Joseph Davenport.” “Never heard of him. Thanks for stopping by.” “He said you’d say that. He told me to mention something about you dr...

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“Doctors Without Borders” by Melissa Woodrow

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Today was the first day of the rest of my life, or so they say. I was supposed to be getting married in less than five hours. I was at the day spa when I get a phone call from a lawyer’s office. To say I was confused would be an understatement, I mean why would I be getting a call from a lawyer? My fiancé was the one that had to sign a prenup not me. “Hello?” “Hello, I am looking for Aundrea Gillespie.” “This is she.” “Miss Gillespie, my name is Frank Little. I need you to come to my office today.” “Wait, today? But I’m getting married in l...

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“Perdita” by Orlando De Los Santos

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I am the daughter of Satan. Well, technically, I am one of several hundreds of daughters of Satan. For as far back as I can remember, my mother, Rose Marie (Satan has a remarkable sense of humor when picking his mates as I was Rose Marie's baby), told me my father had fallen in a war. Bless her soul. I did not find out about my lineage until two nights ago when I was awoken around 3 AM by the doorbell. Typically, I would have called the police, but when I peered out the window, the man that stood outside the door wore a pink polo sh...

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“Puppet Master ” by Helen Lahoda

Submitted to Contest #72

I was falling asleep to the lull of the wine on my crappiest-looking La-Z-Boy chair when I heard the phone buzz to the rhythm of someone calling me. “Don’t care, feeling too angsty to talk to anyone anyway,” I remember myself thinking as I closed my eyes in my twilight living room. In hindsight, I should’ve gotten up and answer the phone. If I did, I would have been able to talk with my estranged uncle before he passed away and I may have gotten a more realistic explanation than the one I’m stuck with now. Uncle Dan was his name....

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Write about someone who gets an inheritance from a relative they’ve never heard of, but they’ll need to do something completely outside their comfort zone in order to collect it.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 144 stories

“The Money, Mansion and Melissa” by Emma Harris

“AN Unexpected Turn ” by Anastasia Smith

“The Nuptial Agreement” by Sparsha Chatterjee

“Virginia Venture ” by Sean Reiley

“Iridescent Isle Estate” by Keelyn Lucero

“Disbelief in the Stars” by Jaded Rose

“Doctors Without Borders” by Melissa Woodrow

“Perdita” by Orlando De Los Santos

“Puppet Master ” by Helen Lahoda

🌟 Similar prompts

Write a mystery where the detective realizes at the last moment that they have the wrong suspect.

Write a romance where your character falls in love with the last person they expected to.

Write about someone getting a job offer they never would have thought to apply for.

Write a science fiction story where all human behavior can be predicted — until your character does something the algorithm did not expect.

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