101 Word Short Stories
By Cheryl King
Fingers intertwined, we pack the suitcase, his hands guiding mine. He takes my fingers, slides them to the zipper. I find his face, press my cheek to his, the stubble against my skin like braille. “Are you nervous?” I ask. I can hear much in his silence. “No. Just in awe of you.” I blush,…
Their relationship started innocently: friends who talked mostly online. He was in an abusive relationship, and she was unhappy in hers. They were a support for each other in all ways. For six months, they met whenever they could. Lunch breaks for coffee, dinner, overnight trysts. Every time she said they couldn’t work, and he’d…
Fireflies as faerie lights twinkle golden in the indigo air, densely humid from the days heat. They burden fragrant pines, as two lovers lay beneath, hidden in the deep dark of the night. Sinewy, slippery flesh entwine as one, embracing in passion, lips glancing as if tasting the nectar of the gods the first time.…
By Prospero Dae
So you’ll run away with me. I know you have your reservations and don’t want to offend anyone, my prince. You don’t want to speak out, lest you be shunned by the family. But I desperately need you to be strong. And so she took a deep breath and struggled to open with her sinister…
By Tarx
Ronald pressed on through the cold air, toward the interview at the Royal Ballet School. He walked between files of sarcastic deer, oblivious to their antler-tingling sneers. “Sheer comedy!” and “A disgrace to our royal patronage!” clamoured many a buck and doe. The noise grew as he approached his destination at Richmond Park’s White Lodge.…
