101 Word Short Stories
Below you will find all stories that were submitted for this contest.
By Krystyna Fedosejevs
Painkillers and alcohol console your wellbeing. Gibberish you carve out of words previously spoken. Days transfix themselves into delusional outbursts that continue haunting your nights. My presence doesn’t delight you the way your rocking chair does. Instrumental music leaves you weeping. Makes you recoil into the shell of a man you’ve become. I understand why…
By Thriveni C. Mysore
It was my routine to glide down the road and rest under a tree opposite the grey house. I was always happy whenever the man of the house beat ‘that’ teenager. Personally unable to punish the teenager, I liked to see him suffer. A week before, I was crossing the road to meet milady. She…
There’s a strategy to the childhood game. Many have studied the patterns of the competition. Much has been written on the topic. Most match ups start with a scissor/scissor tie. Stick with scissors if you wish to win. Your opponent will expect you to choose the more aggressive choice of rock. So, he’ll inevitably choose…
By Jeff Switt
Crystal and china and sterling do not impress me. Nor does your choice of restaurant with its posh French name and leather covered wine list. Your attempts to hold my hand in some romantic fashion are awkward if not foolish. Without asking me, you tell the waiter that you will order for “the lady,” and…
By Rob Parrish
After her sister passed away, Doreen could not stand being alone in the house. They had lived together all their lives. The house was a constant reminder of this. She started to frequent antique stores, hovering over boxes of old photographs. It was the pictures of men with stoic faces, standing tall in their neat…
By James Guest
She’s at it again. A torrent of social maneuvering, barely a perfunctory nod for her effort. She’s boasting about this one: eleven years old, little tape recorder of Mummy’s affectation, pleading for more or less or different of something. It’s trite, but not without its charm. You could have pulled that off at eleven, not…
By Jim Freeze
Four to five medical school students are huddled around a hospital bed. Every now and then their brilliant young teacher says a few words which cause a score of penciled notes to be recorded. Every sound and every absence of sound is interrogated. All of the student’s eyes are fixed on this resolute man. The very…
