These are small snippets of fiction, mostly crafted to meet the #weekendchallenge laid down by @WriteStoryBooks and to a 100-word limit.
Many of these take hours to craft as words are trimmed and ideas re-phrased to try and stay within the limit, but only moments to read.
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Secrets
The truth behind her words brings fear…
The Enchanted Journal
The old man sought to keep the journal safe, unaware he was being watched…
New Beginnings
Tommy is on the run but soon discovers his partner in crime has left him…
Secret Crush
A secret crush is exposed when Rupert is advised of a young woman’s infatuation…
Pizza
Faced with cold, leftover Pizza and gnawing hunger, Andrew turns to his microwave for help.
A Fallen Leaf
A young girl collects Sycamore leaves and brings comfort to her older self in later…
Blessing In Disguise
Dr. Watson sits down to reflect on his time with Sherlock Holmes in this 100-word…
The Future
Influencers and content providers are often larger than life, but what’s behind the persona on…
A Loud Noise
Memories quickly unfurl upon his minds eye when he finds something from his past.
A Curious Cow
There’s a cow on the loose in this #quickread 100-word challenge, and it’s quite curious.
Spilt Milk
Margaret is upset that someone else is after her romantic interest, but Edith may have…
A Locked Door
Is the bereaved son about to discover some dark family secret?
Alone in the Dark
What is down in the tunnel and now lurks in the darkness?
Watery Grave
Mark is trapped and time is running out as the water pours in.
Measure of Prevention
She could bring ruin upon his pride, but he has a rather sharp cure for…
Lurker in the Shadows
The dark reflection has a plan, and it draws near.
The Jewellery Box
A memory triggered by a familiar smell unlocks a deluge of emotion.
The Dinner Party
A bounder and his companion, an unscrupulous cad, home in on their unsuspecting prey.
One Dark Night
Alone upon a dark path, a lone traveller forges onward.
A Mad Invention
An inventor is brought to the edge of madness in his quest to catch the…
The Train Station
An old, abandoned station holds memories of a once proud history.
Overcoming a Phobia
Not so much a story as an admission of being gripped by atychiphobia.
The Mystical Tree
One tree and a thousand years of history.
The door that was always locked
One door that was always locked now stands ajar. What lurks beyond?
The Secret Garden
One ornate key and a mysterious door which appears from nowhere.
A Town Made of Food
The hunter regards the world with a new perspective after recently joining the ranks of…
The Sceptre
Tomb raiding has always been perilous as our hero is about to discover in this…
The Fairy Queen
A revelation from a romantic interest is not quite as expected.
The Broken Mirror
Could a mirror be the gateway into a much darker parallel world to our own?
The Madness of Professor Schmidt
What dark, ungodly secret lurks in the mad Professor’s laboratory?