Posts Tagged ‘Secret’
Apr
Zip Bombs
by thegooddoctor in 100 Words
Six nuclear bombs head for Russia. A short time later the world’s arsenal is launched. Life on the planet changed overnight.
Jon is hiding in a barn with other civilians. As soldiers break in Jon transforms into a pile of hay bales. Soldiers gather the civilians and escort them to camps. Julie, still in the barn, escapes detection because she‘s covered in hay bales. Jon saved her life. Jon changes back to human form.
Afterwards Jon and Julie become best friends. Months later, Jon tells her his secret. “Those six nuclear warheads, they weren’t bombs, that was me,” says Jon.
From Guest Contributor Denny E. Marshall
Mar
Shades Of Time
by thegooddoctor in 100 Words
I sat quietly on the exam table pondering my yellow skin. Turning toward the mirror hanging on the wall, I ran my blue fingertips up my slender arm touching the pale face that reflected. Too young for wrinkles I thought. I never liked doctors or hospitals. Maybe that’s why I waited. But after a year of treating my superfluous symptoms, well – it never crossed my mind that it would be too late. That time was limited and colors carried the secret. The doctor wasn’t comforting. My dark brown wide set eyes that glittered with life would soon turn dim.
From Guest Contributor Dana Sterner
Dana is a registered nurse and has written for regional and national healthcare magazines and has been a prior contributor to a A Story in 100 Words.
Sep
My 100-Word Secret
by thegooddoctor in 100 Words
I am often asked by people, “How are you able to write a complete story in 100 words?”
Well, sometimes I tell them something like, “I just condense one of my unpublished novels.”
Or I say, “I write my story, not paying any attention to the word count, and my smartphone has an app that revises it into 100 words.”
They seldom believe either of my explanations.
But it usually ends the questioning, and that’s really what I want to do.
I certainly don’t want other people to know my secret of writing a story in exactly 100 words.
I-would-prefer-that-the-trick-I-use-to-always-make-the-story-exactly-100-words-remains-my-secret.
From Guest Contributor Kent V Anderson
When Kent isn’t writing stories, he is building robots.
Jul
Bizarre Love Triangle
by thegooddoctor in 100 Words
Jack liked to think of himself as a private man, even though everyone knew he secretly had a crush on Fiona. The only problem being Fiona was engaged to David. The other problem being David and Jack were brothers.
Jack had never mentioned his feelings for Fiona to anyone, besides his therapist. He made a point of dating regularly, and bragging about all his ex-girlfriends. But this charade fooled no one, except for perhaps Stanley, who suspected Jack was a closeted homosexual.
In the end, Jack and Fiona and David had a mature conversation, and resolved the whole situation amicably.