Published: Feb. 24, 2011
Words: 7,288 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781458018434

Short description

High school: a time of memories, good and bad. Students get together to sign each other’s yearbooks. “Don’t Ever Change” is a common phrase. What would happen if one of those students never did change? How would that student feel about it? Would it make them happy, sad or psychotic? How would you feel if you had never changed from that young teenager in high school?

Extended description

Don’t Ever Change is a stand alone short story.
High school was a time of fond memories for Lori. Twenty three years later, she’s back in town for her mother’s funeral. Not wanting to deal with family right away after a long drive, she roams around town, only to find herself in front of her old school.
On a whim, she decides to sneak through a hole in the fence and take a look around. The last thing she expected was to find a classmate from long ago. Even more shocking was the fact that he hadn’t changed even a little bit; right down to the OP shirt and parachute pants.
When Adam explains that he’s been going to school every year for the last twenty three years, it shocks Lori. He shows her the yearbook where she wrote “Don’t Ever Change”. Then he explains how it’s her fault that he’s still exactly the same as when they went to school together, right down to the acne and braces.
How would you feel about never being allowed to change? Perhaps you’ll thin.. (Read more) Don’t Ever Change is a stand alone short story.
High school was a time of fond memories for Lori. Twenty three years later, she’s back in town for her mother’s funeral. Not wanting to deal with family right away after a long drive, she roams around town, only to find herself in front of her old school.
On a whim, she decides to sneak through a hole in the fence and take a look around. The last thing she expected was to find a classmate from long ago. Even more shocking was the fact that he hadn’t changed even a little bit; right down to the OP shirt and parachute pants.
When Adam explains that he’s been going to school every year for the last twenty three years, it shocks Lori. He shows her the yearbook where she wrote “Don’t Ever Change”. Then he explains how it’s her fault that he’s still exactly the same as when they went to school together, right down to the acne and braces.
How would you feel about never being allowed to change? Perhaps you’ll think a little bit harder the next time someone asks you to sign their yearbook.

This is a short story.
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Tags

suspense, short story, high school, free, indie author, rojuun, yearbook

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Review by: Ahmed Amer on Jan. 25, 2013 :
interesting story , got hooked but was expecting a different ending
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Review by: Erick McCormick on Dec. 30, 2012 :
Loved this thrilling book. It was short but very well written.
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Review by: Marisa Brown on July 12, 2012 :
Disturbing on so many levels!! Disturbing, but extremely well written! I can't imagine having to go through something like that, and I don't know if I'd be able to handle it any better than Adam did! One of the best short stories I've read in recent years, maybe ever!
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Review by: THG StarDragon Publishing on July 03, 2012 :
This one had me scared for a bit, something generally hard to do. To be doomed to repeat high school, long after your parents begin to smell and look weird, and to be brought back no matter what you do is a nightmare. And Adam's solution to the cursed state... fascinating (and disturbing). Well done sir.
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Review by: Alaska Everfall on Jan. 10, 2012 :
What an amazing, thrilling story! And what's more, it has two of my favourite names of all time -Adam and Lori. It made me feel extremely scared, and couldn't help feeling how terrible it'd be to BE ADAM. Imagine, never changing.
Anyway, this is such an original idea! :D
Recommended for girls AND boys alike,
Remy
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Review by: Wendy Rogers on Nov. 06, 2011 :
Interesting story. Very creepy.
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Review by: Olivia Perry on Nov. 02, 2011 :
I liked this. Perfect companion.
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Review by: DreamyK on July 03, 2011 :
I love the idea behind this story that things that are written in yearbooks come true. It was interesting how Adam adapted to the mantra "don't ever change!" and how that played out in the years that followed.
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Review by: A L Fetherlin on June 03, 2011 :
Excellent story. Very creepy. Might keep me up tonight! Flow was smooth and fast paced. This is the kind of story that made Stephen King famous.
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Review by: DIANE MARTIN on March 21, 2011 :
This was a very good read but ended too quickly for me. There is an interesting twist to this one!
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