Quick Reads

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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New Beginnings

Tommy is on the run but soon discovers his partner in crime has left him…
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Secret Crush

A secret crush is exposed when Rupert is advised of a young woman’s infatuation…
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Pizza

Faced with cold, leftover Pizza and gnawing hunger, Andrew turns to his microwave for help.
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A Fallen Leaf

A young girl collects Sycamore leaves and brings comfort to her older self in later…
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The Future

Influencers and content providers are often larger than life, but what’s behind the persona on…
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A Loud Noise

Memories quickly unfurl upon his minds eye when he finds something from his past.
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A Curious Cow

There’s a cow on the loose in this #quickread 100-word challenge, and it’s quite curious.
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Spilt Milk

Margaret is upset that someone else is after her romantic interest, but Edith may have…
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The Dinner Party

A bounder and his companion, an unscrupulous cad, home in on their unsuspecting prey.
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The Sceptre

Tomb raiding has always been perilous as our hero is about to discover in this…
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