Death Wish List

By Jessica Surely

Your Life. Your Legacy. Your List

In a world where your memories are made viewable to others and it's your choice, which ones will flash before your eyes when you die... the trick is, deciding what matters. And what doesn't. What will your legacy say about you?

Amber crafted her list more thoughtfully than anyone, but when navigating love and loss for the first time... she learns there's a lot more to life than a perfect ending.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jessica Surely
• Release date: May 16, 2018
• ISBN: 9780463936924

Jessica Surely

I grew up in Los Angeles, where everything is possible and dreaming is a way of life. Childhood was no picnic, but the world has been good to me. When I talk about the things I've done, it kinda sounds made up.I've eaten piranhas for breakfast in the Amazon, circled Sicily in a tiny red fiat, and run from the local police in Vietnam. I've mingled with celebrities who didn't have much to say, and met oppressed peasants who smiled all the time.I married my high school sweetheart, our sons are almost grown. If you believe in love, I believe in you.

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Death Wish List

By Jessica Surely

Copyright 2018 Jessica Surely

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The whole point of life was to make it Death Wish worthy. That’s how it felt sometimes anyway.

Deep down, Amber couldn’t wait to forget the rest. All those in between moments that no one really cares about. All the days you spend worrying about dumb shit. All those things you do just because you have to. Or because you don’t know what else to do.

She couldn’t wait to see the movie she was making. All her best moments strung seamlessly together. She’d made hers viewable. And she wanted it to be great.

She had a pretty good list so far. Making it better was her most motivating thought. It gave her a reason for everything.

Amber! Hello… are you still obsessing? Just keep it saved for now and tell me which looks better.

Monica looked good in anything, but try telling her that. The need for validation was constant.

Red is your color. No doubt.

You sure?

Now she’s just fishing for compliments, Lexi smirked. We’ve told you a million times that outfit is hot. You’ve posted a pic of yourself already. You’re gonna wear it. Why are even still talking about this.

Lexi was overtly confident. That was her persona. She had a way of honing in on people’s insecurities. Then she’d gloat about not having any of her own. Amber loved and hated that about her. Even when she made you cringe, Lexi just impressed.

Scuuuse me Lexi. Didn’t mean to bore you with my anxiety. We all have our issues. Right, Amber?

Amber hadn’t heard a word they said.

Amber! Hello! Lexi clapped her hands in front of her face. Be in the now Amber! Here. Now.

Amber rarely lived in the moment and she didn’t think of herself as obsessed. This was how she’d always been. The list was her most basic and constant thought. Same way cavemen thought about surviving, Amber considered what her life would look like.

Lexi laughed.

At least Amber’s issues are entertaining. Like, she’s literally grappling with life and death.

We all think about DW.

Not like you babe. You know Justin doesn’t belong on your list. You just need to make a big deal about it.

And how do I know that?

"Because you guys are done. Aren’t you?? And by the time you die, you won’t give a shit about him. You barely do