Win Cash Prizes & Get Professional Feedback @ Flash Fiction Magazine
Learn More
  • Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

101 Words

101 Word Short Stories

  • Subscribe
  • About
  • Submissions
  • Volunteer

Diurnal Analogy

January 16, 2016 2 Comments

Diurnal Analogy

By A.S. Coomer

Been watching this squirrel every morning for a week now. The little bastard has no sense of purpose: scurries here then there then sits mute and still in the middle of the goddamn street. Lately, he’s been climbing up into the bare, frail arms of the burning bush outside my window. He’s there now. Just swaying with his displaced weight and the whims of the wind.

Crazy little bastard.

Is he prepared for the cold weather ahead? Doubtful. Little fucker’s just watching the January clouds make their languid way on to someplace else like he’s got no care in the world.

Share this:

  • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads
  • Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky
  • Share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
  • More
  • Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr
  • Print (Opens in new window) Print
  • Share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram
  • Share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon
  • Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp
  • Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit
  • Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
  • Share on Nextdoor (Opens in new window) Nextdoor
  • Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest

The Power of Imagery with Nina Schuyler

September 12 & 13 on Zoom
Enrollment closes Thursday, September 3 at 7:00 PM Pacific

If your descriptions are vivid but your stories still feel thin, this workshop is for you.

Join award-winning author Nina Schuyler to learn the difference between description, which tells a reader what things look like, and imagery, which carries plot, character, and meaning at the same time.

In just two days, you'll learn to choose images that hold emotion without naming it, pair them so each one deepens the other, and build patterns that gather meaning as the story moves.

Learn More and Enroll

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Jack Tilley says

    January 16, 2016 at 2:30 pm

    I’ll take the persona of this Nature-watcher over Wordsworth’s slumberous diurnal courser any day of the week.

    Reply
  2. S.L. Kerns says

    January 16, 2016 at 4:06 pm

    Another great read. Luckily, this narrator was kind enough not to let the squirrel be. Plenty of others may have shot the little pest.

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

Search Stories

The end.