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Entries for the Micro Fiction Challenge 2022 and Drabble Activity 2024. |
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Short stories of 100 words exactly, written for the Micro Fiction Challenge, 2022, the Drabble Activity 2024, plus a few for my own benefit. |
| Friendship Spurned Through my father, I came to love Staffordshire Bull Terriers. The only other breeds he ever owned were Bull Terriers and a lone Boxer. The Boxer, a female, was harmless and friendly. Her size made her appear as fierce as the tougher dogs my father preferred, however. This our local milkman found out one day. Our Boxer, in the mood for play, went lolloping after him and he went into full retreat, throwing milk bottles at her in terror as he ran. I was too young at the time to know that I should not find the sight immensely funny. Word count: 100 For Drabble Activity 2024, Week 7 Prompt: A non-fiction work. Essay, memoir, op-ed: creative nonfiction (not just a regurgitation of facts). |
| Bactrian Ways Victorian explorer, Charles Fitzgerald, proposed crossing the desert in search of the lost city of Merzuh. To do this, he would need a camel so, at the first opportunity, he visited Mustapha Leek, the local camel dealer. They soon settled on a suitable beast but Mustapha warned of the idiosyncrasies of camels in general. He explained, “If you annoy them at all, they will not hesitate to spit back.” “We’ll see about that,” replied Charles, producing a sword from his backpack and skewering the camel. Mustapha was shocked. “Why did you do that?” “Just showing it I can spit too.” Word count: 100 For Drabble Activity 2024, Week 6 Prompt: An animal or plant must be central to the story. |
| Waiting in Line Two spirits, Hank and Bubba, were waiting for admission at the pearly gates. Hank turned to Bubba. “I fell off a cliff. What happened to you?” he asked. “How come you’re dead?” “Shipwreck,” replied Bubba. “I was left in the middle of the Pacific on a raft with only two other survivors.” “Ah, so you died of starvation.” “No, we drew lots and decided to eat Jim.” “Good grief,” said Hank. “That’s desperation indeed. But surely that would keep you alive?” “It did,” answered Bubba. “So what happened? How did you die?” “Stupidity. I died of thirst the next day.” Word count: 100 For Drabble Activity 2024, Week 5 Prompt: A story involving a crime – murder, robbery (theft) or embezzlement. |
| A Green Balloon A few days ago, a green balloon floated by my window. I rushed to the window to see what was happening. Far below, a small child was crying in the street as his mother attempted to comfort him. I ran downstairs, out the front door and around the corner to Fred’s Toy Shop. “Quick, have you got any green balloons?” I asked. Fred sold me one and I dashed out of the shop to find the child and his mother. I gave him the balloon. He burst into tears again. “He didn’t like that colour the first time,” she said. House Martell Word count: 100 For "Game of Thrones"  Westeros, Citadel Task 95Prompt: Write two Micro-Fiction stories in exactly 100 words. Use the following prompts: Story #1: A black cat; Story #2: A green balloon floats by your window. |
| A Black Cat Lucky enjoyed living up to his nickname. Although not exactly superstitious, he was aware that it would be foolish to tempt fate. You would not find him showing off to his friends by walking underneath a ladder, for instance. Thus it was, when he saw a black cat crossing his intended path one day, he immediately decided to use a different route to his ultimate destination. His brother, Buddy, on his way to identifying the body, decided that it was mere coincidence that Lucky’s changed path took him past the zoo, where a black panther had escaped only minutes beforehand. House Martell Word count: 100 For "Game of Thrones" Westeros, Citadel Task # 95Prompt: Write two Micro-Fiction stories in exactly 100 words. Use the following prompts: Story #1: A black cat; Story #2: A green balloon floats by your window. |
| Unexpected Visit “Say, declare yourself, that go sneaking in the darkness of night upon my humble campfire.” Fidelius stood resolute, having been raised to alertness by the cracking of a twig in the gloom. “No need for guarded words,” came the answering voice. “‘Tis I, Sinistrius, that seeks you here. Nature teaches beasts to know their friends, and we are surely higher than beasts.” Fidelius stepped forward, arms wide to greet his friend, all his fears at rest. Sinistrius appeared in the firelight, sword raised in hand, and drove the blade into Fidelius’ chest. “And some are lower,” said the dying Fidelius. Word count: 100 For Drabble Activity 2024, Week 4 Prompt: Use a quote (or quotes) from William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, or Jane Austen (highlight the quote/s in bold). Quote selected from Coriolanus by William Shakespeare. |
| Excuses, Excuses “I wanted to see you, Jenkins, because your latest essay is way below par.” “In what way, sir?” “It’s full of grammatical errors and misspellings.” “I know, sir.” “Well, why didn’t you correct them if you knew they were wrong?” “It’s what you asked for, sir.” “What do you mean? There’s no way I asked for such sloppy work.” “Well, you did, sir. In a way.” “In what way?” “You asked us to write about an event from a journalist’s point of view. I chose to be working for the Daily News. And you know how badly they write, sir.” Word count: 100 For Drabble Activity 2024, Week 3 Prompt: Dialogue only, between two people (a duologue) – teacher & student. Note: It will be evident from the setting and the exchange that I haven’t seen the inside of a school for many a long decade. I have had to base the story in the time of my own schooldays as a result, and we can take it that it’s an historical drama as well as a drabble, therefore. |
| Choconut’s Conjuring Trick It was at Lilli’s Lunch Party that Maryann’s Monkey studied the agenda to see what was next. It was time for the entertainments and the first was to be Choconut’s Conjuring Trick. The Monkey loved magic and he settled to wait with anticipation. Then Choconut appeared on stage and announced that she was going to tell a story. This one would consist of only a hundred words, even though everyone had a hand in it. “That’s impossible,” shouted the Monkey. But they counted all the words and they came to exactly one hundred. Count them if you don’t believe me. Word count: 100 For Muffy’s Mischievous Challenge, May, 2024 Prompt: Choconut’s Conjuring Trick. |
| Lornda’s Leaf I was wandering through the gardens and courtyards of WDC the other day, when I spied Lornda staring intensely at a pile of autumn leaves. “What are you looking for?” I asked. “I need a leaf,” she replied. “And I just can’t find the right one. I’ve sorted through all these and none are quite what I need.” Somehow I knew what she meant. I reached out and plucked a green leaf from a nearby tree and handed it to her. “That’s it exactly!” she said. “How did you know?” “I figured you needed to turn over a new leaf.” Word count: 100 For Muffy’s Mischievous Challenges, May 2024 Prompt: Lornda’s Leaf. |
| Space Rapture ‘The thing is,’ thought Aubrey, ‘why did they still put astrodomes in spaceships after they’d found out about star rapture? It didn’t make sense, now that they knew that any astronaut spending time looking at the stars would inevitably become raptured, and unable to tear himself away from the sight. ‘Even if the crew hauled the stricken one down, he never recovered and would be back in the astrodome at the first opportunity. Why not remove all windows and rely upon video screens to provide visual confirmation of navigation?’ Aubrey sighed, shook his head, and kept staring into deep space. Word count: 100 For Drabble Activity 2024, Week 2 Prompt: Story to be horror, fantasy or science fiction. |
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