Title: Buried Treasure
Source: Flash Fiction Challenge
Prompt: write a story about a character who looks back.
Word count: 99 words
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Cal dropped to his knees and gently lifted the book from the debris. Somehow it survived. If he wasn’t cradling in his hands feeling its weight, the caress of its leather cover, he would not have believed it possible.
Clutching the book to his chest, the memories coursed through him. Professor Dugan stood before him, telling Cal the odds were stacked against him ever succeeding. Cal felt defiance surge through him once again. They could laugh and sneer, but they were wrong. Sitting in the rubble Cal felt his destiny waiting.
He would show them how wrong they were.
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Jo Hawk The Writer
Jo Hawk 
an object can really bring back powerfully strong memories – and as you write it, it’s usually of someone saying something so profound to us in retrospect
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Have you noticed that it is often profound for us and forgettable for the person who said it? ✨💖✨
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yes it almost always seems that way, maybe its what we want to hear appropriately then
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This feels like a powerful moment of transition, Jo. Good use of the prompt!
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Hey, Charli. Loved the prompt and I am glad you enjoyed the story. ✨😊✨
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