I Will Always Be With You
I Will Always Be With You
Creative Writing Class / Young Writers' Forum
October 3rd, 2024
A woman, overcome with feelings of distress upon seeing a particularly heart-wrenchingly beautiful ring, is engulfed with its past owners' memories and a vision of what is in store for her.
Status: Available
Pages: 7
Crew
Writer
Logan Bauer
Editing
Logan Bauer
Bennett Havens
Matthew Tran
Myles Connock
Inspiration
Andrea Tiu
Characters
Antique Fearer
Husband
Wife
Jewelry Clerk
Boyfriend
Made using Microsoft Word.
© 2024 Logan Bauer. All rights reserved.
© 2024 L.A.B. Productions. All rights reserved.
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Finalist - DePaul’s Blue Book: Best American High School Writing
May 2026
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The work achieved the finalist status for the 2026 DePaul’s Blue Book: Best American High School Writing, a collection of the world's best high school writing. It was considered in the top 3% of all submissions.
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Plainclothes
This story began as Plainclothes, a slightly-different way of telling the story. It only contains the initial opening the final does, but serves as a less-polished alternate take on the idea. Written August 29th, 2024.
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The work was featured in Expressions Magazine Volume 60 on May 23rd, 2025.
DePaul's Blue Book Gallery
The work is a finalist for DePaul's Blue Book: Best American High School Writing collection, released digitally in May 2026 and physically in June 2026. See its website here.
Trivia
The story was inspired by a ring bearing the same message given by Andrea Tiu, who found it in an antique store. She wondered the very questions this story aimed to answer.
The short story capped off Expressions Magazine Volume 60.