Posts Tagged ‘Car’
Jan
Surprise
by thegooddoctor in 100 Words
He always smiled when she appeared. Today, he also winked.
No one else gave her a second look. At school, girls called her names. Boys threw stones.
She placed a chocolate bar on the belt. He rang in the price. She paid.
“Not getting your favourite?” he asked.
“You’re out,” she answered.
“It won’t happen again.”
She tore the wrapper off exiting the store. Took a mouthful. As she started walking home, a car pulled up behind her. The driver’s window opened.
“Found these in the back of the store,” he said handing her a caramel chocolate bar.
“Thanks, Grandpa.”
From Guest Contributor Krystyna Fedosejevs
Krystyna writes poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction. Her recent work has been published at: Nailpolish Stories, 50-Word Stories, 100 word story, Boston Literary Magazine, From the Depths (Haunted Waters Press), ShortbreadStories and espresso stories.
Oct
Plastic Flowers
by thegooddoctor in 100 Words
Miranda stood alone in a field of colorful wildflowers, carefully examining each one, searching for an explanation of why they were not actually alive, but rather were made of plastic. She had never encountered anything like it in her thirty years of botanical study.
She eventually capitulated and returned to her car. It also was made of plastic. So was the park entrance and the sign next to it. When she arrived back at the lab, her assistants had turned to plastic as well.
She would always consider her younger days, before everything became plastic, as the ‘Good ‘ol days.’
Jan
This Story Takes Place In Minnesota
by thegooddoctor in 100 Words
Rebecca hurried from the office. She jumped into the front seat of her car, tossed her bag down next to her, threw the key in the ignition, then suddenly paused.
There was a stranger sitting in the backseat. Rebecca pulled out of the lot and headed towards the highway while trying to avoid looking in the mirror. An awkward silence hung in the air. Rebecca refused to be the first one to say anything.
When she finally pulled into her garage, Rebecca grabbed her bag and hurried into the house. She hoped the man would be gone by the morning.
Dec
The Agony Of Farmland
by thegooddoctor in 100 Words
Ellie drove while I fiddled with the radio. Neither of us spoke. It had been that way for an hour now. I wasn’t angry like before and I was hoping she’d apologize so I could say it was okay. But then she’d sigh in that petulant way and my anger would resurface. There was no way I’d be the first to give in again.
The silence stretched on as the highway grew flatter and the forests were replaced by farmland. She’d better apologize before we reached my parents’. They’d probably side with her like they’ve done with all my exes.
Feb
Stephen
by thegooddoctor in 100 Words
One day, as he was looking through old photographs, Dave noticed a little boy in many of the photos who looked a lot like him, only a couple years younger. He was even in the family portraits.
As he flipped through, memories floated back of an imaginary friend named Stephen. Dave remembered him as a constant companion. His parents had always been kind enough to humor him. But sometime around his twelfth birthday, his parents had informed him that Stephen had been run over by a car.
It seemed strange an imaginary friend could show up in photos like that.
Dec
Just A Pinch
by thegooddoctor in 100 Words
Her car broke down on the longest stretch of highway in the middle of nowhere. Selena popped the hood and even her rudimentary knowledge was enough to diagnose an overheated engine. It had been hours since she’d seen another vehicle.
Nowhere happened to be exactly between where she was headed and where she was running from. Selena had enough water to survive a couple days and enough cash to buy a plane ticket to paradise.
As the black Cadillac pulled up beside her, she wondered if she could trade the water and money for just a pinch of good fortune.
Part One