October, 2012 Archives

16
Oct

Sunset On Mt. Olympus

by thegooddoctor in 100 Words

The Gods of Olympus adhered to a series of routines in order to fool the humans into believing there was a giant glowing orb that circled the Earth. These ruses included a great deal of fabric and a bit of fire, as well as a sizable herd of flying horses.

The humans named the phenomenon Apollo, and believed him a son of Zeus. It pleased the Gods immensely that they had fooled the humans into believing in a false God. It truly seemed their power was limitless.

When Hermes questioned why such tricks were necessary, Zeus banished him to Hades.

12
Oct

Policing The City

by thegooddoctor in 100 Words

The victims all offered the same sparse testimony. They were each accosted in a dark alley without warning. The last thing they remembered was a man wearing a black coat and fedora.

The police wanted to keep the stories from making it into the press, so as not to tip off the perpetrator. They made sure to silence all the witnesses.

Of course, a reporter got onto the news and he had to be eliminated as well. When it eventually leaked to the paper, it became necessary to kill everyone.

As you can see, policing the city is hard work.

11
Oct

The Special Works Unit

by thegooddoctor in 100 Words

Jurgen was chosen at a young age to join the special works unit. This was considered an extreme honor. Only the strongest, most durable children were selected. His parents received a large stipend as a reward, and his primary school held a celebratory send-off in his honor.

Jurgen waited for the day of his departure with a mixture of excitement and dread. On the one hand, as a future member of the special works unit he was already receiving special privileges.

On the other hand, the reality was he would spend the rest of his life as a menial laborer.

9
Oct

My Grandfather’s Pocket Knife

by thegooddoctor in 100 Words

When he asked me to guess what he had in his pocket, I had no idea he was carrying a star. An honest-to goodness star, not some chunk of comet or a bit of dust.

I didn’t believe him. When he opened his pocket, all I could see was a determined blackness threatening to pull me into its bleakness and never let go. He said this was a black hole, and after he explained the physics of it all, it seemed he was telling the truth.

I realized just how woefully unprepared I was for show and tell.

8
Oct

Mathematical Calamity

by thegooddoctor in 100 Words

Calamity followed him everywhere. His primary school was destroyed in a tornado. His middle school suffered an earthquake. His high school burned down in an electrical fire.

As the catastrophes mounted, journalists and theologians began looking at the pattern and noticed him at its center. They speculated he was a malevolent hell-spawn.

It wasn’t until his death at the age of one hundred and seven, a four-time widower and the survivor of several plane crashes, two world wars, and the nuclear holocaust, that a mathematician finally made the proper assessment.

Ralph Warner was officially the luckiest man to ever live.