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Write about someone who doesn’t remember their past — and doesn’t want to.

Posted in Thriller and Suspense on Jul 30, 2021

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“Worlds Apart” by Robin Goodfellow

Submitted to Contest #75

Worlds ApartA short narrative inspired by Reedsy’s Weekly Writing PromptsWritten byRobin GoodfellowHer heart surged with activity as the metal door with a glass pane slid over her. A hiss of air rushed out. Effectually Entombed she thought to herself. She would have shouted but no one would have heard her. Or at least paid her any mind. She was of course here on her own volition. It was the string of hope lent down by Grandmother spider to free her from herself.There were a few other bodies in the room clad in stereotypical lab attire. ...

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“Forgetting Something?” by Joe Swanson

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“You don’t remember anything?” “Nope, not a thing.” “Doesn’t that bother you? I know it would bother me.” I don’t really know when it began, because it isn’t like you get hit in the head, end up in the hospital and don’t know who you are or where you are. It is slower than that. It’s more like you can’t find your glasses. You know how someone always points to your head cause that’s where they are supposed to be. But you don’t wear glasses and you can’t find them cause you don’t remember you don’t wear glasses. It’s n...

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“A Night in the Hospital ” by Breonna Robusto

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The hospital had significantly quieted down from the frantic movement of the morning hours. The darkness filling her room, mixed with the lack of activity coming in and out, allowed the dread that she had been trying to suppress to fill her. The dread was like a fire, one that had been smoldering ever since she had awoken under the bright lights of her first room. The moment her nurse left, she took one shuddering breath that provided enough oxygen to set that fire ablaze.   It had taken so much of her energy to stay still and fol...

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“Welcome to the world of psychotic overthinker.” by Sakshi Deora

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"Okay" he said and jumped. Falling into the wind, falling off the building, falling to death. For some people scars are beautiful, for some they are the mark of bravery. For some, scars are bad memories, laced with pain and all that unfortunate things. But for me, scars is Me. Welcome to the world of psychotic overthinker. I have been watching the movie again and again, in the end of which the boy, his last words being "okay" dive off the building towards the ground. His body flailed through the wind. His clothes trying to grasp anything...

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“The traceless existence of NN” by Ann Sable

Submitted to Contest #75

In the empty compartment, NN put her bag on a seat across. The train ride was to take three hours. It was raining outside; stripping the featureless station of any remaining uniqueness. The train was scheduled to depart in three minutes. NN glimpsed at her ticket. Destination: Hechingen. That did not tell her anything. She received it and the booking information per post, as always. The envelope contained only printouts, no note from Sitora this time. A ticket to 'Hechingen' and two booking confirmations for hotels, one for three d...

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“The blue reaper” by Michel Fitz

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Typically, when one finds a man half buried in mud on a battlefield, it would be unwise to attempt to inspect the body. Not even as the chest shifted and sighed amidst the silence after. Tyr was not one of such sense, especially within the circumstances he found himself in. In between bodies and metal armor alike hacked through, all cold and stinking of rust and decay, one grey body was mostly unharmed, save for healing bruises. Tyr almost walked over the body had he not noticed a large, blue-tinted thorn in the ground moving. Tyr felt arou...

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“Running forward” by Ema Šehović

Submitted to Contest #75

I woke up one morning. It was late January. It felt like I’ve been asleep for an eternity. The room was dark and I didn’t know the exact time. I wasn’t sure if I fall asleep and start dreaming or if I just woke up from a nightmare. I turned the light on and the light blue light lit the room. The room wasn’t a mess. It was almost vacant except for a few bothersome details. My diary with just one word in it: ‘’FORGET’’, a few small boxes with some food in them and photo of a girl standing in the middle of nowhere, alone. I guess that this girl...

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“Elmira and the Serum.” by David Dicaire

Submitted to Contest #75

Elmira and the Serum Elmira Steep lived in Section Five in Hemisphere One.  There were five hemispheres on the planet now each in their own separate dome.  Outside the dome was dangerous as the air was toxic from the accidental nuclear bomb that was exploded.  But, that was ancient history. Elmira had married and produced two children all that she was allowed to have under the new restrictions. Her daughter was very intelligent and was scooped up and became a member of the medicine team in Section One in Hemisphere T...

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“Lost by Memories by Khuzaimah Khurshid” by Khuzaimah Khurshid

Submitted to Contest #75

I felt the winds rushed towards me, it came in the eye of a lightening bolt. The scene of bloody trials and immense emotions that piled up against the chest made me fall down in pain. “Emily, where are you?” The voice in the distant and it was very faint as soon when I realized that the world surrounding me went pure black.  “Emily Ricks, you were outstanding today, and was very intelligent and outspoken in the meeting today,” exclaimed my boss, Patterson. “Keep it up, and who might have known, you might be the best candidate for...

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“To Scar and Shatter” by M.J. Weisen

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When the wind would roll through the mountain's trees, and they would creak and groan like old rocking chairs, he felt the least alone. When he would light the rusted lantern that hung before the threshold of his one-room cabin, and the smoke would flee to the darkening sky, he didn't feel alone. At night when he sat in the silence of his makeshift home, and through the lantern's leaking light, he stared at the chasmic, jagged scars that covered his skin and he would wait for the swirling of broken thoughts in his mind to fade into an uneasy...

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“A Fresh Start, Perhaps” by Heather L'Huillier

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They say losing your memory is a bad thing, but I don't see it that way. I left the person I was behind. A fresh start perhaps...  I awoke, startled by an unrecognizable sound. Some sort of clattering was happening off in the distance. As I sat up I looked around, "Where am I?" I tried to think back to the last thing I remembered, but my mind was blank. "Is this some weird deja vu shit or what?". I got up from the bed and flicked on the lamp resting on the side table. Cautiously I looked around searching for something-anything that lo...

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“Why would I want to remember?” by Isabelle King

Submitted to Contest #75

Trigger warning: mention of terror attack   I remember when I woke up from this horrible horrible state. I remember feeling the cold temperature in the room. That was the first thing that I remember. I heard those horrible beeping noises beeping over and over again. I also remember the way I was sore I felt like there was a thousand needles puncturing me all at once. I tried to open my eyes but the light was so bright it was like looking at the sun. I was in agony. I don't know how all of this pain had managed to hit me so suddenly but ...

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“there is no before. ” by The Word Collector

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I sit down on the old wooden seat, wrapping my coat tighter around myself as the icy breeze kisses my frostbitten cheeks and tousles my hair. The snow falls hard and fast, obscuring almost everything in sight. I smile.Who am I?I don’t want to know.Where am I? I don’t care.I just sit there, enjoying the silence and the snow, until I drift into a peaceful sleep. I am woken up by the sound of wheels, driving along the frost-covered road. The snow has stopped and I can make out a hazy shape in the distance. It seems like a bus, its headligh...

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“Medical Mystery” by Samuel Liddicott

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I looked at the cast iron frying pan. It seemed heavy enough for the job. It wouldn’t dent either which meant I could still use it to cook breakfast after. That is, if I remembered how to cook breakfast. Which I would, wouldn’t I? ************ “Sir, sir. Can you hear me?” A combination of flashing lights and people moving about the room met my unsteady gaze. Was that smoke I smelled? “I…I think so…” “He’s conscious” a voice replied “Sir, we’re going to move you onto a stretcher and take you to the hospital. Everything is going to be okay...

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“Escape” by Arshia Sheraz

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Jenny resigned from her job and came out of the office, totally engulfed in her own thoughts, walking merrily towards the bus stop. Suddenly, the car stopped and she was forced into the car while her screams were muffled by a hand over her mouth. Next thing, she remembered was shutting of the car doors before she collapsed. When she gained conscious, she found herself tied to a chair. She had no idea where she was and how much time had passed. She started struggling with the ropes on her wrists tied at her back. She shouted but her voice ech...

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