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

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“Forgetting” by Rhonda Norris

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Forgetting By: Rhonda Norris Liam was a family man who had just moved back home to his birth state with his family. A wife who loved him dearly, three daughters who looked up to him, two grandchildren who he adored, and one more on the way. He worked hard every day to make sure everyone had the life of their dreams. Little did he know his life was about to change, Liam was traveling home on roads he had travele...

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“My Dark Flower ” by Amy Jones

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It was during the war that I came to realize the horrors of mankind. How we are doomed from the start from birth to the day we die, and it was in the moment when the battle cries pounded in my ears, the dried blood sticking to my skin and the heavy sword across my back that I saw her, not on the battlefield of course, but in my head almost like I was daydreaming but it felt a lot more real like I could reach out my hand and touch her, feel her soft skin against my rough calloused hand from years of battle. I could see a hand painting, making...

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“Re:birth” by Ray H

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I help people. Or at least that’s what I tell myself. Nobody wants to remember the pain, the fear, the suffering that has been inflicted onto them in their lifetime. So they come to me, and I make it all go away. However, my technique is unorthodox, because it does involve removing old memories; happy memories. The thing with pain, you can try and try to forget it, and you achieve that, to an extent, I mean the thoughts start fading away, but why does the body still remember the feeling? It doesn’t need to be physical pain for the body to re...

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“Who I Am” by Jobedian Kordom

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“I don’t know you.” The woman standing in front of my hospital bed looks like she’s about to burst from how red her face is turning. I don’t know how long she wants to put herself through this because it’s clearly not helping. I mean, who comes to visit a man who doesn’t know you every day and get angry at him like it’s his fault all this is happening. Honestly, I’m considering asking the nurses not to let her in anymore. This might set me free from this obsession she seems to have with me. “How can you not know me? You proposed to be two ...

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“Next Continues” by Shana Cohen

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Next!” The voice droned from behind the dusty desk stacked with papers, some in neat piles and others in disarray. The young man was plain under his inconspicuous mustache that hid any emotion. He pushed his thick-rimmed black glasses back into place, closer to his brown eyes. “Next!” His voice tolled out to the line of people waiting outside of the abandon warehouse’s storage room. “We don’t have all day,” his voice flat and unyielding to anything other than monotony. An oversized woman in a brown oversized coat came around the corner and...

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“Her Name is Stockholm” by Barabbas Ben

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A gentle grunt echoed in her chest. She pushed back her shaggy mane, alleviating the obstruction of her groggy gaze. The pale light of a late afternoon flooded the room from a large barred window of distorted glass. The rays waltzed as a muted spectrum across the faded oak floor. An undressed mattress, the girl atop it, lay centric in the barren studio. Her head spinning with hallucinated movement, the girl hoisted herself into a sitting position. She studied her body. The torn, dark gray sweatpants divulged their great age with faded and ba...

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“A Liquid Past” by Adam Hughes

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The water splashed against the bowl of the sink, racing around the plughole and teasing its edges until finding itself slurped into the hole. The sound soothed John’s mind, temporarily displacing the hundreds of thoughts crammed in there. John placed his palms below the taps and splashed water across his face, hoping it would slap the thoughts out completely and dispel them from his mind forever. He knew, however, that the thoughts would return, and he found that he envied the water pouring from the tap and the way that it merely existed. ...

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“If They Only Knew” by Jenne Gentry

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I wake up in a bed that is too firm. The sheets are rough to match. My head is pounding, my thoughts foggy, as I look around to see that I am in a hospital room. Large medical machines are emitting a sporadic high-pitched beeping that makes my head throb even harder. “W—wh—what happened,” I wonder aloud to the empty room. It is a struggle to get the words out. My lips and mouth are painfully dry. How long have I been here? I shift in my bed and am instantly overcome with a searing pain that shoots across my body. It radiates from somewhere w...

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“The Clarity of Blurred Vision” by Jen Byrne

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Clarity was the first thing I felt when I woke up. My view, once worn and dim was now refreshed and optimistic. A long breath escaped my lungs that released a pressure I didn’t remember the cause of. I looked around the white room I was in, oddly enough it gave a sense of purity rather than the stereotypical clinical feel. A small folded piece of paper sat against the lamp on my bedside table, it was the only thing in the room that did not belong. I unfolded the paper and inspected it closely. I recognised my writing but could not locate ...

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“The will to forget” by A. Nelson

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Every since the age of 5, oddly I could never remember what happened the year before then. I just thought it was because I was young at the time, and so mind really didn’t pay that much attention to what happened the year before. I couldn’t remember what my previous birthday was like nor could I remember Christmas or thanksgiving. But then again,I thought “I was young” , so it didn’t really faze me. Although I will say sometimes after each year, after the clock struck 12:00 indicating the next year, I would notice that my mother and ...

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“Once and for All” by Michelle Knight

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For Ecko, the yuletide season was a nightmare playing out in reality. Bless Jesus for the season but the merriment and festivity in her household was always overboard. She had somehow managed to evade Christmas at home this year but on the thirtieth of December, the blaring of the telephone began her morning with her angry mother on the other end. If not, why would she be trudging up the doorstep of the Kume family house? With a sigh and a defeated look, she pushed the door open, stepping into the room. “Hello!” Ecko cried out. This was high...

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“THE HAUNTED CONSCIENCE” by Ebenezer Kpakpo Addo

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“Uche, this reminds me of.........”; “Just get your mouth shut and let's concentrate on the reason we are here”; Uche replied Obiri worringly “I wonder why he always have issue with words related to memories; what at all is wrong with Uche”; he said to himself. They both left happilly after receiving the payment and an extra money for their good job. On their way home, Uche showed great sign of fear immediately he heard the voice and set sights on the bird. “He walked quickly ahead of me into our ghetto (a small wooden structure but trust ...

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“Memory Lapse” by James Morris

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The heat from the thousand-watt light bulb was starting to get to Linda. The Detective was not going to let off until he received the information he wanted, and Linda was not about to give it to him. “Let’s start again, Ms. McIntyre,” Detective Cheney said. “Were you at the Hotel Ambrosia yesterday evening?” “I don’t know,” Linda replies with a smug look on her face. She feels if she continues to deny her whereabouts, the Detective will not have any proof for his investigation. “I have a video from the hotel lobby that shows you enteri...

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“John” by A.L. Shilling

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John leaned over his journal, intent on his writing.Entry #45It’s been 37 days since they stole my memories. I’m still no closer to discovering who they are, but as each day passes, my drive to find them weakens.At first, I wanted to remember my old life, desperately. I wanted to know who my family was and who my friends were. I wanted to know what kind of education I had received. I wanted to know what job I had. But now…Now I don’t care. I am free. I want to say that I am finally free, but I have no idea whether or not I was feeling oppres...

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“I can't remember” by Diana Huckaby

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Leanna smiled as she thanked the couple who had been sitting in her section. They had left her a nice little tip the tip wasn't much but it was enough to help add to her pay check so she could at least cover her rent for the next month. Sighing and she glanced over the old dinner clock and smiled it was finally time for her shift to be over. Walking into the back she slipped off her apron and leaned against the wall slowly sliding down. "Lea? Are you okay?" her friend Krissy asked when she came around to the lockers. "Yeah girl I'm just ti...

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

Submissions are closed

✍️ 205 stories

“Forgetting” by Rhonda Norris

“My Dark Flower ” by Amy Jones

“Re:birth” by Ray H

“Who I Am” by Jobedian Kordom

“Next Continues” by Shana Cohen

“Her Name is Stockholm” by Barabbas Ben

“A Liquid Past” by Adam Hughes

“If They Only Knew” by Jenne Gentry

“The Clarity of Blurred Vision” by Jen Byrne

“The will to forget” by A. Nelson

“Once and for All” by Michelle Knight

“THE HAUNTED CONSCIENCE” by Ebenezer Kpakpo Addo

“Memory Lapse” by James Morris

“John” by A.L. Shilling

“I can't remember” by Diana Huckaby

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