Entries for the Micro Fiction Challenge 2022 and Drabble Activity 2024. |
Short stories of 100 words exactly, written for the Micro Fiction Challenge, 2022, the Drabble Activity 2024, plus a few for my own benefit. |
A Wish Granted No one was more surprised than Arnold Adamson when he disappeared. He had always wanted to be invisible, yet he was not expecting it. Who has faith in a fairground wishing well, after all? It was just as well that it happened gradually, since it didn’t work on clothes. Later that night, Arnold discovered the truth when he glimpsed, or rather he didn’t glimpse, himself in his bedroom mirror. He was merely a sack of empty clothes. Undressing quickly, he ventured forth to test his new ability. Winter in Alaska is unforgiving of such folly. Morning found Arnold frozen solid. Word count: 100 For no reason No prompt. |
Coriolanus Maybe Predictably, Coriolanus Maybe was not happy with the name he had been saddled with from birth. Throughout his schooldays he was beset by deliberate mispronunciations of his name. In the end, he had given up trying to correct such jokes, gritting his teeth and forcing a grin in response. So it was entirely understandable that he decided to have his name changed as soon as he attained his majority. He chose a new name and, when his solicitor asked whether he was sure about it, he replied with the word “definitely.” Which explains why he’s now known as Definite Lee. Word count: 100 For no reason No prompt. |