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Write about a character who can suddenly only “remember” their future, not their past.

Posted in Thriller and Suspense on Apr 7, 2021

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“"Ok, Moron"” by James Johnson

Submitted to Contest #62

Assuming you’ve all been back in time, you will have certainly have heard this story. If you haven’t been back in time, then you probably don’t own a time machine. You’ve never heard it? Well then, I’ll tell you. Yesterday; a short three thousand years from tomorrow; I traveled with a lepidopteran who would try to change the world. A lepidopteran is the scientific name for a caterpillar. (Yes, I am a scientist.) When I first found him, he was an ordinary creature, the shade of light brown, and practically worthless. He was so boring, I almo...

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“Forget Me Not” by Julie Bissell

Submitted to Contest #62

Geoff loves his job. Not the parts where he has to calculate costings and profit margins or negotiate with customers. The part where he has to manage me. He’s good at the noises – the teeth sucking and tongue clicking when I ask for time off are masterful, though the answer “Yes” tends to be silent. He loves making me wait, persuade, beg. I put up with him for Lynne’s sake. ‘It’s very inconvenient,’ Geoff says, yet again. ‘The care home staff have some questions about Lynne’s records,’ I repeat. ‘They’ve asked me to drop by before visiting...

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“The Past Erased” by Debbie Teague

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“The past, the present, and the future walked into a bar. It was tense” - Lex Martin Daisy opened her eyes and looked at the reflection in the mirrored glass in the hospital room. Who is that? She thought. The figure had several bandages on her face and arms. A nurse approached her bedside, saw her wide eyes, and quickly summoned other staff members. “Code amber room 216” nurse Julie said softly into the speaker of the watch she wore on her wrist. That was code for “she’s awake, come quickly.” The message was spok...

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“Shattered” by Booker Bogan

Submitted to Contest #62

“...soon.” Impact. I wake up. I’m sweating, my hair pulled tightly into a bun. The bed under my back feels hard, harder than it did when I fell asleep last...night? I can’t recall. I need some water, my throat feels dry. I stand up, making my way to the kitchen. I walk out of the room, into a hallway with five doors across the brown-grey walls. Which one leads to the kitchen? Surely I should know my way around my own house, I’ve been living here since--huh. Probably just tired, maybe hungover. I feel an instinctual pull to a certain room. T...

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“Amnesia” by Aria Barnes

Submitted to Contest #62

I saw my death flash before my eyes. I watched as the scorching flames encompassed my surroundings. The thick smell of smoke coated the inside of my throat and filled my lungs. The smell of burning flesh rose into the polluted air as I felt every part of my body incinerating. I fell to the floor feeling completely defeated as the monstrous flames grew stronger and more horrifying by the minute.  Every second I felt the agonizing pain as third to fourth degree burns permanently bruised my skin. I tried to scream at the top of my lungs, ...

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“Deja Vu” by Amalee Bowen

Submitted to Contest #62

There are places where the world runs backwards. I am one of them.  The world broke apart, again and again. The city lit up like noon, but in the middle of the night. The ground shivered and bucked and convulsed beneath my feet like a body wracked with pain. Silence roared around me and clamor followed in its wake. I tasted salt and iron, ash and smoke. Static danced across my tongue, buzzed in my ears. The distant city fell. I didn’t see the skyscrapers tumbling and burning, but I felt the collapse in my bones, in the violent trembli...

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“The Chance at a Future ” by Laura Boynton

Submitted to Contest #62

I was found wandering at a job site of a lonely framed house, in a newly plotted neighborhood just two miles from my townhouse. My feet bare, wearing only a long sleep t-shirt with the phrase ‘Go Pug Yourself’ written under a cartoon pug dog.  I can’t remember buying-owning-or being gifted that shirt but the humor fit me perfectly.  In the ER, the rounded blue swelling above my left eye socket concerned Dr. Elaine Brazee immensely, almost more than me having no answers for my past and remembering only future memories.&nbs...

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“"Memories"” by Connor Abate

Submitted to Contest #62

10 years ago I had woken up from surgery after I got my appendix removed with no memory of who I was or where I was. The only thing I seemed to “remember” was an unknown woman who had curly ginger hair smiling at me. I couldn’t make out the setting whenever I thought about it but as my life progressed, so did my “memories”. I went to a thrift store and saw a wedding dress and I saw the same women all dolled up with the same dazzling smile on her face as the first memory. Same white dress, same matching veil and a mixed bouquet of white and l...

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“Bloody Future, Bloody Halls” by Roqualind McCortney

Submitted to Contest #62

My eyes examine the school. It is marble. Cold and unforgiving. There is a scream. I felt my self run toward it, and… Jerk back into class. I rarely remember the past as easily as I remember the future. The future is easy. The past is hard. I focus and try to pick through my future memories. I see the birth of a little girl. I smile. That’ll be soon. I find the time I was in again and look around, detaching myself from the body. I gaze over the school and see blood. On an astral level, that overpowers everything else. I pull back from th...

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“The Rings of Saturn” by Felicia Fontaine

Submitted to Contest #62

   It was the day after Christmas, I remember because it was her birthday and she wanted to celebrate by going dawn patrol surfing. She woke up early, saw there were waves, and headed out alone. I began watching her intently months ago, as we have technology on the Rings that allows us to view every human on Earth, and it just signaled she had less than an hour to live. The Council had just met, and I was the one who volunteered to go. The time for me to return to Earth and start the mission was near at hand, and based on her ...

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“After Search” by Knycki Taylor

Submitted to Contest #62

The lights were flashing. Blinking bright like a pulse as it begins to race in fear. My fear. My hands move to hold my head. I am surprised to find them restrained. Banded to whatever table I have found myself on. A heavy sigh escapes, my mind races as I scan the room around me in search of some clue about where I could be. My head shrieks in answer, pain like a sawblade cuts through all thought. Tears stream down my cheeks, pattering the table as I fight the pain. Fight the pain and think! Sudden flashes fill my mind's eye, my fingernails...

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“LEIS HEADULA” by Darnayes Pen

Submitted to Contest #62

"Good Morning, my handsome husband!" Shay said with a joyous smile on her face. "Good Morning, my lovely wife!" Carl responded with a kiss on her cheek. "What are you planning to get into today?" Shay asked handing Carl his coffee. "Well, I have a meeting with Stanley today and then I am meeting with a new client. "Oh, I like the sound of that, new client means new money!" Shay danced and smiled." "Money, money, money in our future!" Carl sang. Carl and Shay had been married for two years after dating for five. They wanted to start a family ...

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“Humpty Dumpty, The Real Story” by George Davis

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Humpty Dumpty, the Real Story  George Davis   The headlines in the Eggland Gazette read, HUMPTY DUMPTY, FELL FROM THE TOP OF THE OLD STONE WALL AT POACHBURG HALL. Mr. Dumpty is in surgery at the Albumin Medical Center.    The article went on to say, he had a skull fracture. The King has sent for all his men, ordering them to drop whatever they are doing, and rush to the hospital and make sure, Humpty lives.    “I want you to stay with him until he recovers,” the king said.   H...

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“Bring Back the Memories” by D. Alfonso

Submitted to Contest #62

It’s true what they say on TV: waking up in a hospital surrounded by strangers is terrifying. Granted, I managed to play it cool like a comedian once said. It’s rude to just accuse people willy-nilly. It’s rude to just shout, “Who are you?”, in a hospital. It’s really not very nice, so I tried really hard not to do that. Instead, I pretended. I pretended and lied through my teeth.  “Oh, Celeste, we’re so glad you’re awake,” someone gushed. I had a vague memory of him with a slash on his cheek, but there wasn’t a mark at the moment. Wh...

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“Rebirth ” by Serine Achache

Submitted to Contest #62

*Trigger warning: Kidnap*When my brain registered the deafening silence that finally filled the house, I couldn’t decide if I should be relieved now that the screaming has ceased, or completely devastated for what it really meant.But I knew it was only a matter of time after that.Sure enough, a while later I could hear him descending the stairs, drawing closer and closer, passing my locked door and shoving the one next to mine open. A whimper and a faint tired noise were heard –an instinctual response or a final act of resistance –before he ...

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