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Facing the Light | Fifty-Word Story
She sits there most days, in a festive summer dress, wearing a wide-brimmed hat. Some find…
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The Flower Bed | Six-Word Story
My attempt to tell a complete story in six words.
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Local Pickup Only | One-Hundred-Word Story
Note: This is the fourth and final installment of Tom’s time-travel saga. Read the complete series…
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Warm Reception | 50-Word Story
Note: This is the third installment in Tom’s time-travel saga. Read Part One, As Is, and…
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User Error | One-Hundred-Word Story
Note: This is the 100-word sequel to yesterday’s 50-word dribble, As Is. Day seven. Tom simply…
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As Is | 50-Word Story
At breakfast, Tom’s cold coffee tastes days old and his buttered toast is like cardboard. The…
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The 1000th Dollar | One-Hundred-Word Story
Every morning, a woman arrives at her bank. “I want to withdraw one dollar from my…
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Cedar Surprise | One-Hundred-Word Story
From inside the house I heard it, a high-pitched whistle, “Tssee.” It was soft, almost electrical,…
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Real to Me | Two-Hundred-Word Story
You hear a bit of everything at a barbershop; even religion and politics are fair game.…
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Building Around the Clumps | 50-Word Story
When I was a little kid, I loved to play in the sandbox. Unfortunately, our cats…
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Settling Grounds | One-Hundred-Word Story
When you make coffee the old-fashioned way there’s space to pause and think. Listening to the…
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Honey in the Cracks | One-Hundred-Word Story
She survived on the streets of the big city: drinking out of puddles, eating handouts, and…
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In the Time We Have | One-Hundred-Word Story
“I don’t wanna wait til tomorrow,” he texted back with a shaky index finger. The middle-aged…
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A Broken Porcelain Heart | 50-Word Story
It was lying there all by itself, next to the curb after a fierce summer rainstorm.…
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Four Out of Five | Drabble
The wrench slips on a rusty bolt, busting his knuckles into the engine block. He looks…
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Flash Fiction by David 