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. |
Power Man It all began when I crash landed on this planet nearly ten years ago. The inhabitants, who were remarkably human in most ways, healed my wounds and enabled me to recover to full health over several earth weeks. That was when I realised that the locals were incredibly fragile in comparison to me. My comparative strength made me a sort of superhero amongst them. This became my natural function and I took the name of Power Man. Over the years a great sadness overtook me, however. There was no joy in saving the inhabitants anymore. Homesickness is a terrible thing. Word count: 100 For no particular reason. The prompt was an extrapolation from a passing thought. |
AirPod Harry entered the bathroom and made his way toward the great white throne. Something on the shelf cluttered with his wife’s toiletries distracted his eye. It was one of those white AirPods that had taken the place of the old walkman earphones of another age. Harry had never liked those, since they always fell out. AirPods must surely be worse, unattached to wires as they were. He decided to give this one a try and popped it into his ear. A voice intoned, “Right, that’s another one. Watch his antics when he finds out he can’t get rid of it.” Word count: 100 For Microscopic Stories No prompt - just another bathroom inspiration. |