Posts Tagged ‘God’

6
Feb

There Was No Pity

by thegooddoctor in 100 Words

I watched my daughter die.

The hospital staff laid out a cot in her room. They gave me free passes to the cafeteria. They pitied me in a kindly way and I hated them for all of it.

I watched my daughter die.

I argued with the doctors. I argued with the customer service agents. I argued with my friends and family for no good reason. They all pitied me. All of them were one way conversations. None of them knew what to say to me.

I argued with God and there was no pity.

I watched my daughter die.

1
Feb

Crazy Beat

by thegooddoctor in 100 Words

The music thrummed and the people spasmed to the beat. They called it dancing. Martinez, observing from the shadows, thought it looked more like a crazed ritual or a medical disorder.

“Should we put a stop to it?”

Her partner shrugged his shoulders.

“Hard to believe this used to be popular.”

“The dancing or the music?”

Martinez thought for a moment. “Both. Thank God it’s been banned.”

Her bosses at the enforcement authority feared the dancing would spread beyond the nursing home, but Martinez was certain no sane individual in the year 2045 would find pleasure in such deviant behavior.

15
Jan

Deja Vu

by thegooddoctor in 100 Words

Deja vu… To see something happen over again. What does it mean? If one believes in the Old Testament God, maybe a chance of salvation.

That is the question of time. To see the Bible change – they call it the Mandela Effect. However, my monkeys are pretty, and here they only fly, fly, fly… Making this a surreal game of who is real and what is happening.

In a closed time-curved loop – people could change. And yet? If I am from the future, this is the past. And? Nothing changed. Just a time traveler ranting: do not use thermonuclear weapons.

From Guest Contributor Clinton Siegle

2
Jan

The Lord Loves Me

by thegooddoctor in 100 Words

The Lord loves me even though I don’t love myself.

Not every day goes great. But when I pray, I pray for joy and happiness.

The wife comes and yells, “your lazy butt still sitting in that darn chair?”

“Just talkin’ to the Lord for a moment.”

A bolt of lightning makes us both jump and her fall to her knees.

“No, David,” she yells, “not a storm. We need the tomatoes to bloom, you old fool.”

The second bolt of lightning enters the house and her skull.

I smile, realizing even the weather listens when I talk to God.

From Guest Contributor E. Barnes

E. Barnes has works published in The Purple Pen, The Haven, Spillwords, Centina Pentina, A Story In 100 Words and the anthology NanoNightmares.

22
Sep

Death Of Humanity Or Earth?

by thegooddoctor in 100 Words

Déjà vu? Exactly when did Japan decide to kill an ocean? 2022? Or 2024? Or this coming Thursday? ‘Tis a question of the mind, it would seem. Meaning?

Each of those dates Japan had decided to let lose their nuclear waste into the ocean. The next question is Indian ocean or Pacific? Which will die? A third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed. To hope for salvation. And realize that governments of the world are fighting UFOs or God or gods? It makes reality kind of fictional today. Doesn’t it?

From Guest Contributor Clinton Siegle

29
Aug

The Statue

by thegooddoctor in 100 Words

The old master carved the tortured limbs and anguished face out of the stone.

Christ on the cross came from his very soul, he who had witnessed war, massacres and the plague that had taken his wife and dearest daughter, his whole life seeming one long crucifixion.

He cursed the God that had forsaken him and the bishop who had commissioned the artifact for the new cathedral. Tired and sick, he died a few days after the statue was completed.

For centuries after his death, visitors stood in awe before his creation that spoke of suffering and, to some, redemption.

From Guest Contributor Ian Fletcher

14
Jul

Chihuahuas

by thegooddoctor in 100 Words

It had been raining 40 days and 40 nights. What a soggy mess.

“I told you we should’ve gotten on that Ark, Mel.”
“Stop reminding me, Harriet.”
The vessel had taken off, with the creatures two-by-two.
Then, there were those left behind.

“Would you stop looking out the window, Mel. It’s depressing.”
“I just want to see what’s going on.”
“See? Who can see anything. It must be raining cats and dogs, if I know Jehovah.”
“No. Not so many cats. But it’s amazing the number of Chihuahuas falling from the sky, Harriet.”
“My God, Mel. And floating everywhere?”
“Exactly…”

From Guest Contributor David Sydney

26
Jun

The Sermon

by thegooddoctor in 100 Words

Pastor Franzmeier was disturbed. For his upcoming Sunday sermon, he’d chosen the Book of Genesis. Why not start there? “In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth.” But then the nagging questions occurred – Could it have been different? Had the Almighty blown it?

He sat back in his chair, placing his third cup of coffee on the table beside him. How many more would he need? As he massaged his temples, a booming voice from the heavens above shook the room, overturning the cup. “YOU CALL THAT BLOWING IT, FRANZMEIER? LET’S SEE HOW YOUR SERMON GOES THIS SUNDAY…”

From Guest Contributor David Sydney

13
Jun

The Sneeze

by thegooddoctor in 100 Words

Otto couldn’t stifle it. Did he want to sneeze all over Felice? No. But he did. And here he’d planned for a pleasant evening at the small BYOB Italian restaurant.

“God bless you, Otto,” offered Felice as she grabbed her napkin.
“WHAT’RE YOU TALKING ABOUT!” It was a deep voice from above. Loud enough to shake the table.

Again, Otto sneezed. His nose was running now, but things weren’t running well with Felice. And he’d brought a bottle of Pinot Grigio.

“God bless you, Otto,” said Felice again, politely.

“NO WAY I’M BLESSING OTTO!” boomed the terrifying voice. “NOT OTTO!”

From Guest Contributor David Sydney

31
May

A Closed Time Curved Loop Time Traveler

by thegooddoctor in 100 Words

As a closed time curved loop time traveler watched in horror at the death of mankind. He wondered. Was it always thus? A learning simulator bent on self-destruction? From one reality bounce to another, pray for peace. In the end, God wins all games. Why? In a Dyson Sphere or Solomon’s statement, there is nothing new under the sun. And that which the author of life has given, so he shall take. Multiple dimensions exist. And every twist and turn of the story of life is taken. What about the dreamers? Even their dreams come true somewhere within a simulator.

From Guest Contributor Clinton Siegle