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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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✍️ 205 stories

“Community Service” by Julie Frederick

Submitted to Contest #75

“You know,” Dorothy said, clutching a mug of milky tea in her papery, purpled hands, “my husband – Harold was his name – had this irritating habit of never quite finishing a cup of coffee. In our fifty-six years of marriage, I must have made him hundreds, even thousands of cups, and without fail he always left a tiny amount, no more than a mouthful, at the bottom. I learned quickly, after a few spills, never to whisk a forgotten mug off the table without checking it was empty. It never was.” She chuckled and sipped her tea, her cloudy blue e...

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“What is Hidden Inside ” by Emma Taylor

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Ariana sits on the foam laced chair in the waiting room. Her head rests against the cool brick wall as her eyes pursue the new piece of abstract art added to the room's collection. Bold, striking colours blended together with obscure patterns. She loses herself in the painting, her brain working overtime to figure out what is hidden amongst the swirls and lines of paint. It is the red that pulls her in, such a passionate colour yet something deadly. Something that forces her fingers to stroke the scars on her wrist. “Dr Fisher is ready to s...

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“Memories” by Daryl Oliver

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Scott Francis had just spent the past nine hours on a plane and was trying to figure out the information that was in his possession. He remembered some of the previous day. He remembered the man who dropped him off at the airport. There was the room that was barred shut. Then there were flashes of pictures that were like grey shadows. When Scott tried to recall anything else about himself, there was a dull pain and a lot of blank space. The packet of papers that he had in his possession were very basic things. It was a birth certificate, a ...

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“Scars Can Be Deeper Than The Skin” by Carole Cobos

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“What do you mean you don’t care?”He simply shrugged, lounging comfortably on the sofa. What else did the so-called friend want him to say? That he wanted to remember his past? That he wanted to relearn how he got all his scars, his limp, his glass eye? How he had more electrical burns on his skin than any man should? Almost as if he’d been routinely struck by lightning...No.He was good, thank you. “Gabriel, you can’t be serious-”“You know what my name means?”The asian man pauses, then smiles softly “It means ‘God is my strength’. ...

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“Happiness- a distant dream?” by Soghra Fatima

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It's been 7 years since that incident, I think, there's no point in reminding myself about it over and over again, I look out the window the night is awfully cold, I hope that she is alright and will be here shortly, I look out the window, unable to see anything I take a giant sip of my wine, hopefully this goes well I wrap myself tightly in my best jacket with the emptiness yet loud rapid heartbeats inside me and the lump on my throat I recall that incident "But there's nothing wrong with me!, Let go it hurts" "You'll beg for forgiveness fr...

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“Sunny's Side of the Street” by Joshua Edwards

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Police Detective Montes made his way over to the older gentleman in the back of the populate bar, sitting at a booth with a dim bulb.  Montes carefully approached the down-trotted fellow.  “Is this seat taken?” Montes sternly asked as he sat down anyways, not waiting for an answer, but simply asked to act “polite” “What do you want,” said the older man, with a grizzly deep voice. The bass in his voice made it almost inaudible to understand what he said.  “I’m just here to get some wisdom. I work with the NYPD…” Montes trail...

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“The Voice in the Room” by Stephen Taylor

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  It was dark, so very dark – and quiet. The only sound was the faintest whisper of a breeze coming from somewhere, like the wind sighing as it caresses the leaves of a tree. The blackness in wherever he was – a room, a cell, a box – whatever, was total and sensory numbing, no light penetrated the gloom that he could make out. Why was he here? How did he get here? Many different questions started to crowd his mind, asking for answers that he could not give. The truth was - he did not really know who he himself was.   Amne...

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“The long and short of it” by Laura Endeacott

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The dust travelled high up to the heavens and gusted tremendously in great turbine pools of acrid beige particles. Ground so dry, sweat drops would make the sand mites sing at the surface. The sun was almost calling it a day, as it leant on the tip of the mountain-scape. The hilly monolithic view as a background, made way for the sandy foreground, where no life seemed to teem but a common black crow and three black silhouettes in the distance, atop four legged beasts. Heat waves swung out like capes around these silhouettes and the beasts sh...

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“Brain wave” by Marian Reiley

Submitted to Contest #75

"All I remember is being in the middle of that road where I was found," the patient insisted. The attending physician looked up from his portable work station. "I see; so you can't remember anything but your name?" He asked. "No, all I know is my name: Alison," she said. The doctor typed for a little bit. "Well your tests don't show anything wrong with you," he said. "Are you sure you don't know why you were outside Grange Army Base?" Alison was feeling irritated. The florescent lights in the ER flickered. "No!" She said. "We've been o...

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“lost memories” by Patricia Green

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As John sat reading the morning paper he suddenly started shaking. The story was about local detectives going back into a fifty year old cold case, which involved a robbery of over a million dollars. The case was in the 1970’s and was never solved, although they had several suspects, they all had water-tight alibis, and nothing could be proven. John had no idea why the story had sent shivers up and down his spine, or why he felt de-ja-vu while reading about the circumstances. Now he began to worry, because he couldn’t remember anything about...

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“Forget Me Not” by Joyce Schook

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It was just another Tuesday. Nothing to do, no where to be, just stay here and leave it alone. Hard to feel anything but confused. No name, no memories, no friends (if they do exist) no past. Someone must be looking for me. Everyone belongs to someone don't they? I stare out the window. Its a beautiful day. The leaves are many brilliant shades of reds, orange and yellows. Its the type of day when people long to be outside. The perfect day to sit and watch the leaves drifting off the trees or to take a brisk walk before the winter comes to st...

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“Blood on my hands” by David Francis

Submitted to Contest #75

Can you see the blood on my hands? Me neither, but I know it’s there. I can feel it, like acid on my skin. It writhes and burns, and sometimes, just out of the corner of my eye, I catch a glimpse of it. But not often. I don’t know whose blood it is, and I don’t know how it got there. I have no memory of it. I have no memory of anything apart from the last two days. Two days ago, I opened my eyes, and found myself standing in small general store, my hand outstretched to pick up a can of beans. It never made it. I just stood and stared at...

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“Before Yesterday” by Colin Devonshire

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“Eighteen today? A big boy now,” said June. “Yes, mum, does that mean you’ll allow me out?”  “Jimmy, we’ve been through this. You can go out, you always could.” “I mean, on my own,” said Jimmy through clenched teeth. "Open your gift. Do you like it?” his Mum asked. “Thank you. It would be better if I had somewhere to wear it,” he answered, lobbing his new jumper onto the sofa. “Have you any schoolwork to catch up with?” “Most people my age have quit school by now. Why do I have to keep learning?” asked Jimmy. “We...

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“The Story Of A Princess and The Reincarnated Prince” by Andrea An

Submitted to Contest #75

“You--my dear, Anthony, you--” Although there was glass in between them and a big distance after that, Anthony could not help but step back. “You are him! We--we spent--” the woman tried to stand but the thick metal locks on her feet and arms restrained her from doing any movement. “Oh, don’t you remember? Of course you don’t--that wretched brother of mine let you forget everything!” She sneered. She looked like a wild animal that was ready to pounce and attack its prey. Nurses entered the room opposite theirs in order to restrain the woma...

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“200 Years of Death” by Garrett Beal

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John Burton, a 95 year old WWII veteran; He has no family and has just been offered five million dollars by a multibillionaire to stay in an old, rundown mansion out in the middle of nowhere, hundreds of miles from any city. The mansion has some dark backgrounds which people feared to get even near, it is over 200 years old and several people have died there often by being killed. John had packed a suitcase with everything he needed but was informed he’d be supplied with everything with plenty to drink and eat as well as plenty of wood for ...

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