101 Word Short Stories
Below you will find all stories that were submitted for this contest.
By Thriveni C Mysore
I am sitting still. Too much silence unnerved me. The door opens slightly. A human form appears, covered in black from head to toe. I feel the sweat running down like a stream from my head towards the nape of my neck. I feel vulnerable and weak. ‘Don’t even think of moving’ says a gruff…
I had a palm tree once. It was a tiny version of itself. When it died I took it to the dumpster whole. I spread its leaves over rotting garbage like a reverse burial. A man picked through the dumpster that night. A week later I saw him driving around with my palm tree in…
An envelope sat in the middle of the table; stark, white, disquieting. What was inside? Something good? Bad? Inconsequential? Sparrows squabbled outside, but inside was silent, empty apart from the owner of the eyes that stared. Her lover, so unknown to her, had left early while the sun had still been slumbering below the horizon.…
By Aric Shank
Eyes, I’ll take the blue ones every time. Brownish blond hair, body thin but toned. Masculine. Like the one I’m watching. He looks so dashing in the snow wearing his navy blue pea coat with the collar turned up; his signature tussled hair that says, I just got out of bed but I’m willing to…
By Krista Shepherd
The cell held three, Element, age fifteen, loved explosions was working on an escape now. Greenie, the newest, still held on to the outside world. Still screamed at night. And me, I’d been here the longest and knew things, the terrors and experiments weren’t new anymore. By force or choice they would learn. We were…
There were days he woke badly, followed by a series of misfortune. He woke up to see his pet fish dead, received a text from the office fining him three days without pay for consecutive tardiness, and, most unfortunately, his work clothes had not yet arrived from the laundry. He hurriedly wore yesterday’s clothes. He checked his time:…
By Aira Lapitan
She told me what happened to her. Despite being bruised, bullied and yelled at, no one came to save her. She said I’m the only one for her, even when there’s really nothing I can do. Neither can I save her, nor can I wipe her tears. She punched me and kept on punching me…
