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A life of drama... #WrittenfortheRaymondTaylor'OhJeff'Challenge.
-Oh, Jeff... I love you too...but… the cancer is back. I can't bear for you to watch me whittle away to nothing. You deserve a healthier partner, one you can eventually marry and grow old with.... Go find her, Jeff. She's out there waiting for you. Think of me as a dying butterfly... one you used to know-
-But Genevieve! What will become of our dreams of climbing to impossible heights where our love touches the stars? I…I know what this is about... This has nothing to do with the cancer. You're going back to him, aren't you?-
"Hey, mom! Can I borrow ten-"
"Shhh Shhh Shhh! Genevieve is about to get caught in a lie!"
"Oh my god! You and these soap operas... Wait! I don't remember Jeff being so buff!"
“He’s such a player, Laurie. But he can come over anytime he wants!"
"Okay... scoot on over and tell me more about this, Jeff person. Still gonna need to borrow ten bucks, though."
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Lamar Wiggins
Creative writer in the Northeast US who loves the paranormal, mystery, true crime, horror, humor, fantasy and poetry.
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Please forgive the clumsy cut and paste. I would like to publish your entry (or entries) to the Oh-Jeff challenge in an upcoming book and of course need your permission to do so. Details are all here: https://shopping-feedback.today/writers/oh-jeff-the-book%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E Thanks, Ray
Brilliant!✅ I great plot twist 🤩.
Well-wrought with an amusing twist!
This caught me off guard for real. I used to watch soaps, then got completely turned off. Witty and fun. Congrats.
This was hilarious, Lamar, an unexpected change of context. Congrats on the Top Story!
Aww, this was so fun!! Congrats on TS and Leaderboard :)
That's so the tone in my head!
... and back again to say well done for the leaderboard placing
Oh I love this twist on the prompt. All the Jeff’s have sounded very much like soap characters. Great work.
Yay Lamar!! Congrats on second place for most discussed story this week!!!
Loved it!!! Congratulations on the Leaderboard win!!!❤️❤️💕
Congratulations on the leaderboard...so great
Heyyyyy Lamar! Congratulations on your Leaderboard placement! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
🤣Oh, this is the BEST! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Congrats on the top story! The first few sentences hooked me immediately! Great story!
Well done, Lamar! Most creative and amusing. Congratulations, too, on the Top Story.
Congrats on Top Story, Lamar!
Congrats on your Top Story Lamar!😀 Would be pleased to get your insights on my story https://shopping-feedback.today/writers/home-where-solitude-blooms%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="css-w4qknv-Replies">
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Cute!!!
Congrats on Top Story, Lamar! I really loved this take on the challenge. It was wonderfully written for a micro!
Yay Lamar!!! Back to say congrats on Top Story!!
Fabulous and original take on the challenge, Lamar. Never a fan of soap I have found, over the decades, that all normal people are really into them. You really captured this feeling of involvement and investment. Deserved TS and congratulations on this. Thanks too, for your support for the challenge. A mighty effort my friend
Back to say congratulations on your Top Story! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
Good work. Takes me back to student times, lazing around in the afternoon watching dodgy Australian and NZ soaps. Shortland Street sticks in the mind as a low-water mark of televisual tat. Well deserved TS for the way you flipped the genre so neatly.