Tag: 100 words
100 word stories
100 Words – The Family Orphan
Smiley always thought of himself as an orphan. He had parents, and many brothers and sisters, but he never felt…
100 Words – White Angel
Standing in a cemetery, staring at the white angel headstone. The grave she watches over sitting at a jaunty angle,…
Express – 100 words
Anthony stepped into the path of the 37 Express. The driver, distracted, saw Anthony too late. It hurt less than…
Yawn – 100 words
She yawned her sing-songy yawn. At this hour, just past midnight, that yawn could mean any one of seven things….
Bitter – 100 words
Standing on the peak looking down at the fogged-over city. Headphones blasting. Patti Smith Pissing in the River. The holiest…
100 words – drinking
The dog is staring at me. He knows I want to run screaming into the night. A block or so…
100 Words – Vegas
Rolling down hills like little kids. Falling off bridges like jilted lovers. Gravity’s angels fulfilling their destinies. Imperfect lives connecting…
100 Words – Weeping
Where were they? I needed them and they weren’t there. Or I needed them but I wasn’t there. Why do…
100 words – God’s Yo-Yo
Bob lives a palindormatic life. Every day finished the way it started. Evening spent retracing morning’s steps. No conclusions, no…
100 Words – Thunderstorm
Beaufort the Grand banished thunderstorms from his land. They were driving his dogs crazy so he sent them away and…