Tag: 100 word stories

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March 12, 2008 12:15 PM EDT -- David stood on the cabin porch. Going to be a divine day, he thought to himself, looking out at the lake. He'd come to find closure. He'd been walking a precarious line. Meg had died three years . . . more
March 23, 2008 08:32 PM EDT -- Imagine my luck. I was in the right place at the right time. Camera ready, I snapped the picture. Nick Nolte bent over the trash can, pulling out a slice of moldy bread . This was sensational . I had . . . more
May 04, 2008 09:42 AM EDT -- We can fear anything if we so choose . It's all in what we allow into our own personal fear bucket. Take the number 13, isn't it just a number like any other? One has to wonder why there would . . . more
May 20, 2008 09:32 AM EDT -- It was a year of great personal growth, that year when illness struck me down. I could choose to lie in the ditch of despair, or perhaps a better choice would be to learn to live with it, accept this . . . more
September 22, 2008 10:14 PM EDT -- It begins rather small, innocently. Lies, like a seed planted. Over time all the seeds in this garden of lies are growing. One doesn’t know where or when to weed. That first one was just something that . . . more
October 19, 2008 07:07 PM EDT -- I’ve had a wonderful life. Oh, by some folks standards, maybe not. I’ve never lived by other folk’s standards. I love planting my vegetables, bringing them to town to sell. I enjoy feeling soil between . . . more
August 09, 2008 10:29 AM EDT -- Friday's numerical configuration-- 8/8/08 -- marks the irresistible alignment of Chinese culture's most celebrated number and the starting date of the Beijing Olympics...To commemorate this . . . more
August 17, 2008 10:12 PM EDT -- "Vision ... it reaches beyond the thing that is, into the conception of what can be. Imagination gives you the picture. Vision gives you the impulse to make the picture your own." Reena . . . more
August 23, 2008 04:12 PM EDT -- Charlie Chaplin once said, ""To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain and play with it!" For this week, we were keep that quote in mind and give this little sad clown, his . . . more
Perfect Choice
by Judi J.
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February 08, 2008 08:50 PM EST -- Moving to the retirement home a widow, Mary finished packing. The dusty typewriter, rediscovered in the darkest basement corner. Had Jack ever discovered it during their life together? Why hadn't . . . more
February 17, 2008 02:27 PM EST -- Todd knew he had no right, but tell that to his heart. He saw Kathy as she entered the restaurant with her husband. He'd heard she'd married. He would always have deep regrets. How could he have . . . more
October 11, 2008 08:21 PM EDT -- This is the life I chose this time around, because in prior lives I’d never experienced poverty to this degree. How’s a spirit to learn if it continues to choose easy lives? I had to stand in the shoes . . . more
March 11, 2008 05:56 PM EDT -- The path held stones, dips, ditches, precarious twists and turns. It was Sara's life. She was walking it, learning with every dip in the roller coaster ride. No more men. This was her solemn vow. She'd . . . more
September 22, 2008 10:17 PM EDT -- It started slow, like a drip. Then there was another. The leak got bigger over time. It all would come gushing out. It seemed there wasn’t a way to stop it. It became so familiar over time, becoming easier . . . more
February 24, 2008 12:28 PM EST -- I met Berry at a coffee shop two years ago. We had an explosive courtship. Today was our first wedding anniversary. I'd planned it all. Coffee beans placed from the front door, up the stairs, down . . . more
March 02, 2008 12:26 PM EST -- "There was music, the kind that never went away: the Stones and the Doors, Janis Joplin, very early Pink Floyd. It was one of those evenings." Being sucked through the tunnel was like riding . . . more
March 15, 2008 08:47 PM EDT -- ( I put this story in non-challenge because the story came to me, and it isn't according to the challenge of using just one day. OOPS, I'll do better next time. Promise : ) Good grief . . . more
March 16, 2008 12:26 PM EDT -- I'd taken a day trip to Chaco Canyon. I was drawn by a strong desire to sit in this ancient place. It was a quest for meaning of "self". I found a place that called to me and sat for some . . . more
March 29, 2008 09:53 AM EDT -- He'd thrown his cigarette out the window of his speeding car. A week later, Emma leaves the bustle of city life. In search of solace, she heads for her weekend retreat. She's anxious to walk in . . . more
April 06, 2008 12:15 PM EDT -- This year's air show was packed to capacity. All eyes were cast to the sky. Charlie was ready. Much as he knew 8 to be his unlucky number, he cast that thought from his mind, climbed in his biplane . . . more
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