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I want to Go Back To Sleep... I wish I had never woken up at all.
My family and I were supposed to be woken just before the *Eucla* arrived in-system. We were supposed to have tea and be escorted to the viewing deck, along with the other pilgrims to gaze upon the vibrant blue sphere of Ancient Earth, the home of human... | 30 | 0.88 | 2 | 1,259,205,864 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/a89iq/i_want_to_go_back_to_sleep/ | a89iq | 100wordstories | Sylveran-01 | top_all |
Oil Shock I could not look away, just like on 9/11. The Alaskan pipeline. The El Ferdan bridge over the Suez Canal. An oil tanker at Pembroke Dock in Wales. Another in the Persian gulf. All attacked within minutes. Bloomberg showed oil passing $200.
The phone calls would start soon. I loosened my tie and opened... | 15 | 0.79 | 1 | 1,259,208,233 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/a89tf/oil_shock/ | a89tf | 100wordstories | Will_Power | top_all |
It's cold outside It's cold outside. Walking in the blizzard; it's his only option. His feet carve a route to her house, drowning themselves in order to stand next to her's. Two miles round trip, but he can warm up with her halfway. As he passes a few strangers he shares the little grin you share with people you se... | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1,260,333,887 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/acn14/its_cold_outside/ | acn14 | 100wordstories | [deleted] | top_all |
Trying it out? They looked up at the stars, like when they were kids and threw blankets over themselves to see the sunlight streaming through the holes. She looked at him. He turned his face so she wouldn't see the thoughts in his head. Something about her was so different, so absolutely perfect. So right. But not for ... | 10 | 0.79 | 1 | 1,259,387,611 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/a8vvs/trying_it_out/ | a8vvs | 100wordstories | sophieasmith | top_all |
Modern Philosopher He only listens to instrumental music. Voices ruin songs for him. Not quite a misanthropist, just annoyed by most people. He only shares his thoughts with a few people, not even friends, just other not-quite-misanthropists. Fancies himself a modern philosopher. On Saturdays he gets drunk and wri... | 10 | 0.92 | 8 | 1,259,812,509 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/aaiui/modern_philosopher/ | aaiui | 100wordstories | [deleted] | top_all |
The Nudge He was sure he felt it. Something had nudged him while he slept. Confused, he wondered who the perpetrator could be. Had his dog Rex been a bad boy and snuck into bed while he was asleep? Did a spring in his old, tired mattress suddenly burst forth in a futile attempt to kill him? Or was it all a dream? Panic... | 9 | 0.86 | 2 | 1,260,213,662 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/ac32g/the_nudge/ | ac32g | 100wordstories | JoeTheG | top_all |
A Brief Exchange We’re gonna kiss those condoms goodbye; no more pauses before penetration, fumblings with foil wrappers or latex slick floppy cocoons. Just sex sans plasticky layers and god-awful smegma encrusted baggies that need extraction and tying off before tossing as far away as possible.
Taking the safe route... | 8 | 0.91 | 0 | 1,259,692,580 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/a9yp6/a_brief_exchange/ | a9yp6 | 100wordstories | cirquelar | top_all |
Descent This is a story I wrote over five years ago for my 12th grade creative writing class. In defiance of my internal editor, it is posted here exactly as I wrote it in high school
**
Despite doctors' disease-defenses, Diane Dursley died. Diane's dad, Darius, demanded detective duties done. Detective Dirk DiAngelo... | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1,270,826,078 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/booyj/descent/ | booyj | 100wordstories | daytodave | top_all |
Sunny Days and Cold Nights She slammed the door in my face.
I deserved it.
I took a deep breathe with intentions of yelling for her,
but I didn't.
I stood there for a moment.
Maybe if I waited awhile, *she* would open it.
She'll come out smiling and the sun would catch her auburn hair just that way it does. She'... | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1,260,947,026 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/af7i4/sunny_days_and_cold_nights/ | af7i4 | 100wordstories | JoeTheG | top_all |
Found In Space I wrote this for a Boing Boing competition. There were about 1,000 entries, so I'm sure mine went over looked.
Still orbiting 174.8 miles above the surface of Earth, and not expecting change, Rory remained posed at the window. His eyes fixed on nothing, something thousands of light years away. “Can’t ... | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1,259,265,107 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/a8hje/found_in_space/ | a8hje | 100wordstories | [deleted] | top_all |
Shock therapy It had seemed a good idea at first. They would break in, tie him up, throw him in the trunk of the car, then drive to Mexico and leave him to come back by his own means. Some sort of shock therapy for the morbid agoraphobia that now ruled his life. It would force him to be in the open and speak with peopl... | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1,259,253,160 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/a8fvy/shock_therapy/ | a8fvy | 100wordstories | Yabbaba | top_all |
The road not taken I remember our teacher coming in that day, tearfully announcing that a girl in our class had committed suicide the previous evening. We were in the middle of reading poems out loud, and our teacher decided that we should continue despite the tragedy. The poem I had selected was "The road not taken"... | 7 | 0.83 | 2 | 1,259,209,103 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/a89x0/the_road_not_taken/ | a89x0 | 100wordstories | clambucket | top_all |
untitled Iris didn’t stand a chance. She lived in a trailer and never knew her mother. In third grade, Mr. Patterson, on a whim, began telling each child how he envisioned their future. Iris held her breath when Mr. Patterson’s eyes fell on her expectant face. She thought she would be a weather girl or a teacher. Mr. P... | 7 | 0.74 | 0 | 1,259,192,106 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/a87vj/untitled/ | a87vj | 100wordstories | hgielrehtaeh | top_all |
Child's Imagination There is no bottom to my well.
It goes straight through to China.
I use it mostly when I am afraid of the dark. I stick my head in as far down as I can, and let the sun shine on my face.
Some times I yell down "Hello Chinamen!". They yell back in gibberish that always makes me giggle.
One time a... | 6 | 0.81 | 0 | 1,262,931,221 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/an0sm/childs_imagination/ | an0sm | 100wordstories | [deleted] | top_all |
(sorry) There, in a worn blue chair with just her thoughts and a cup of tea, warm and sweet. Tossing a blanket over her cold toes, she smiled thinking of the night when he rubbed her hands just to keep them warm. Her hands missed his.
Dust particles danced through the sun that slipped through the faded curtains. Will ... | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1,259,471,874 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/a943v/sorry/ | a943v | 100wordstories | sophieasmith | top_all |
Midlife crisis Two gleaming predatory eyes stare with hungry intent at the front door from the driveway. Its shiny muscular dark green carapace hunched in a perpetual state of readiness. Jill knew this was a brash decision, but how could she resist… Wasn’t her relationship on the rocks anyhow?
“It’s me or that car, Ji... | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1,661,380,548 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/wwwywx/midlife_crisis/ | wwwywx | 100wordstories | Icy_Umpire992 | top_all |
Statue of Imhotep Statue of Imhotep
Rare find at the bazzaar.
In my possession the dwarfish statuette of Imhotep, the mastermind of King Djoser.
I display my new acquistion on top of the polished ceramic pedestal in my room full of statues.
Surrounded by lively six-feet marble Egyptian priests in adoration.
As the... | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1,654,229,407 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/v3r09a/statue_of_imhotep/ | v3r09a | 100wordstories | Hahuwa | top_all |
3. The Start of Something Great “Riley, there you are,” Emory exasperatedly exclaimed. Riley winked, “Shall we?” Emory nodded, and led them into the cinema. They both stopped to get some popcorn and use the toilet before the film, then proceeded into the screen room. After the adverts, the film that followed was alrigh... | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1,579,718,833 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/esg9k1/3_the_start_of_something_great/ | esg9k1 | 100wordstories | AndroidLord | top_all |
Walking South It's been nearly 22 weeks since my trek began. Life in the city was no longer safe. Food and water was scarce and expensive. Walking to work in the blistering heat, surrounded by throngs of defeated, smelly people just so I can live in a 12m³ box. That’s not how I want to spend the next 50 years of my lif... | 5 | 0.79 | 2 | 1,262,515,692 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/al0x1/walking_south/ | al0x1 | 100wordstories | Sylveran-01 | top_all |
Dreams It beats down on us, the rain of our dreams. We feel it on our faces, in our hairs, and in our cold and tired bones. Where were you when the weather changed? Where were you when your dreams became your nightmares, when your joy became your chore?
And what's wrong with today, when this is exactly where you had h... | 5 | 0.86 | 0 | 1,261,596,642 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/ahyc9/dreams/ | ahyc9 | 100wordstories | [deleted] | top_all |
Inheritance There he lay, upright against a fallen tree. His blue uniform had faded to dampish grey and the brass buttons fastened on his coat were corroded green. On closer inspection, his skin matched the dull hue of his uniform while his face mirrored the corrupted buttons running down his midsection.
His nose was ... | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1,578,089,949 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/ejmset/inheritance/ | ejmset | 100wordstories | Purko383 | top_all |
The Barn This had been our road, Daddy and I, we delivered feed, stacked high on his straight job trucks. I had worked my first days, carrying 50 pound bags of beet-pulp for cattle-feed, tossed across my back, sweating alongside our men, their skin blackening under the sun, my legs straining with effort to climb the st... | 5 | 0.78 | 3 | 1,260,147,708 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/abs93/the_barn/ | abs93 | 100wordstories | usern4me | top_all |
Waiting for the Train. **4:25pm:** It's almost time. I've been counting the minutes all day long. I'm ready to go. Mustn't be late for the train.
**4:33pm:** Free! Can there be a better time than when the last class is finished? And now I can finally see her, after waiting all day…
**4:47pm:** Dammit, Charlie - can't... | 5 | 0.65 | 1 | 1,259,211,099 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/a8a6p/waiting_for_the_train/ | a8a6p | 100wordstories | Sylveran-01 | top_all |
Hipochondria I talked to my box, the other day, "what can you tell me about my health?"
It came back with answers, too many to read, but I picked one that looked more applicable. *This is it!*, I thought, *I found the one, I now know what I shall ask my doctor to fix!*
But then I looked back at the original list, an... | 5 | 0.78 | 1 | 1,259,184,345 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/a86v6/hipochondria/ | a86v6 | 100wordstories | [deleted] | top_all |
2. Where It All Began Emory glanced at the party around them. They’d decided to attend this party on the basis that they wanted new friends, but they weren’t enjoying themself. After taking one last sip, they stepped out into the garden. “Hi!” Emory jumped at this. “I see I’m not the only one not enjoying the party,” t... | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1,579,628,113 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/ery0y2/2_where_it_all_began/ | ery0y2 | 100wordstories | AndroidLord | top_all |
The Willow A cold wind blew over the lake; the branches of the weeping willow swayed dangerously, threatening to drop into the water with a plunk.
Walter was sitting on the very tip of the willow's branch, his fingers wrapped around what seemed to be a tiny twig.
"This wasn't supposed to happen," he whispered, his wo... | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1,467,341,004 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/4qpi05/the_willow/ | 4qpi05 | 100wordstories | RioTheNinja | top_all |
Partners So I had lied. I stood in the reception area of the funeral home reading the names in Daddy's guest book. 'Namon Kent' boldly scrawled the first line. A proud black man. A powerhouse at 5'10", 230, he had beaten a man to death for lying down with his Inez. Daddy had been instrumental in securing his early rele... | 5 | 0.64 | 1 | 1,259,196,528 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/a88dk/partners/ | a88dk | 100wordstories | KarmaToBurn | top_all |
The Future Yesterday Mark from school made fun of me hitting on Andrea. He said “She’s out of your league, loser!”
I stewed and sulked all day. I went home and posted a video telling how he buys and sells drugs to other kids at school.
The next day, he was removed from the school with no reason given. I'm glad with w... | 5 | 0.65 | 1 | 1,259,182,362 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/a86kv/the_future/ | a86kv | 100wordstories | Garfield_Polanski | top_all |
My Thanksgiving I picked up Grandpa from his hospice and brought him to Thanksgiving dinner. In the car, he asked, "Can I borrow a few dollars from you?"
I said, "Grandpa, you don't need to worry about money. Just let us take care of everything."
After dinner, I took Grandpa back and hung out in his room. An orderly... | 5 | 0.86 | 1 | 1,259,805,455 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/aahqf/my_thanksgiving/ | aahqf | 100wordstories | [deleted] | top_all |
Flirting With Hillary I talked to Hillary Clinton once. She was running for president. I answered the phone, and she said, “Hi, this is Hilary Clinton.”
“Oh, OK,” I said.
Then I was silent. I just listened to her breathing — in and out, in and out. Then she cleared her throat of phlegm.
She broke the silence and sta... | 4 | 0.75 | 0 | 1,259,505,589 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/a96sj/flirting_with_hillary/ | a96sj | 100wordstories | [deleted] | top_all |
1. Where It All Ended As he walked into the room, Elliot instantly noticed something was wrong. He hadn’t walked into the room. He walked back into the hallway and, sure enough, he was in the hallway. When he walked back into the room, he realised that, again, he was not in the room. He could think of only two explanat... | 4 | 0.84 | 0 | 1,579,487,068 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/er6ifx/1_where_it_all_ended/ | er6ifx | 100wordstories | AndroidLord | top_all |
Worm Works Earthworms. Slimy, disgusting, insignificant. But hard workers nonetheless. No one really knows why worms work so hard, maybe for survival? Or even just a good appreciation for their job? No matter how hard a single worm works, it doesn’t have much of an effect on the world. Even if the lack of nutrients in ... | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1,517,743,171 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/7v682u/worm_works/ | 7v682u | 100wordstories | Vulxure | top_all |
Night Music It began with the wind, gently forcing the branches of the trees to rap together.
Crickets rubbed their wings together in unison.
Frogs added their unique voice.
The rhythmic hoots of the owls added to the gentle beginning.
Within moments, the wind picked up. This not only caused the branches to smack h... | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1,495,469,807 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/6co7y3/night_music/ | 6co7y3 | 100wordstories | macguffinit | top_all |
I Dipped My Toes in the Water Surfing through the websphere on a chipped old board. Catching the sun through the myriad of waterdrops as they dance in the air around me, each one unique. Similar in shape and consistency, yet each one was a world within which one could become lost, like a boat in the ocean.
I turned my... | 4 | 0.76 | 0 | 1,468,246,581 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/4sb46s/i_dipped_my_toes_in_the_water/ | 4sb46s | 100wordstories | mybrotherjoe | top_all |
no. 00002 It was cool now, but the remnants of the mid-day heat lingered as a vestigal stickiness that coated the skin. The day was nearly done as the earth slowly lumbered around the sun, laughing at the mimicry of the moon. Even if it weren't for such celestial clues the aching in his bones would have let on to the ... | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1,268,044,013 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/baltl/no_00002/ | baltl | 100wordstories | patzors | top_all |
Stay neutral, keep your life together. We used to spend hours lost in the forest. We found sheds, broke in, made stick people from straw. We would camp-out in the middle of December, only to hike back to your house at 3a.m. We would talk about passion, talk about life. Everything was perfect. Two modern philosophers... | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1,261,545,891 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/ahpwd/stay_neutral_keep_your_life_together/ | ahpwd | 100wordstories | [deleted] | top_all |
I almost killed a woman -- almost My 8-year-old brother, a blob of fat, was hurtling down the street. He was big but nimble — still, no match for my water balloon launcher.
I filled a balloon with just enough water to make the red latex translucent. My friends helped me load the launcher. And *thooomp*, it went, float... | 3 | 0.6 | 11 | 1,259,170,590 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/a84jp/i_almost_killed_a_woman_almost/ | a84jp | 100wordstories | [deleted] | top_all |
just say yes I run until i have no breath only to stop right in front of her. There person i didn't want to see, but my legs drove me too her. I didn't want to answer the dreaded question she asked. I couldn't. The answer was yes and will always be yes but the words wont come out. I stood there silent as a single tear ... | 3 | 0.81 | 0 | 1,667,819,973 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/yojrpf/just_say_yes/ | yojrpf | 100wordstories | Arwat08 | top_all |
Loss The night Sam lost her was ostensibly the worst night of his life. He was so used to the comfort of her fuzzy warmth against his body that he wasn’t sure what he would be without her. The trip to New York had been the absolute best. Every step of the way he brought her along. They climbed the tall tower in what se... | 3 | 0.81 | 0 | 1,522,199,028 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/87nv0u/loss/ | 87nv0u | 100wordstories | LightningStrikes2x | top_all |
Proud After weeks of waiting, weeks of wishing one day she would wake up and this would all be a nightmare, weeks of sobbing while flipping through old photos, weeks of despair and heartbreak and confusion, she finally accepted that she was now missing from her life and nothing she could do would change it - no matter ... | 3 | 0.81 | 0 | 1,504,727,788 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/6yi2qp/proud/ | 6yi2qp | 100wordstories | rizario | top_all |
Replay People are born to wait, I figured after I waited hours of queueing.
I walked straight through the gates where people oblivious to my certainty lurk. I was led to a man with long white beard and wrinkles on his face. It seems he's much older that I am.
He flashed a series of motion and I felt something familia... | 3 | 0.81 | 0 | 1,488,492,644 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/5x6d1a/replay/ | 5x6d1a | 100wordstories | underbuster | top_all |
Still looking It was regrettable, really.
The plane was too low, and I was too high. Both of these were the problem. We had to equalise, find a good stable equilibrium where I could recover.
The turbulence was too much. It assaulted my drugged brain in waves.
I really think I could have straightened myself out if I’... | 3 | 0.72 | 1 | 1,464,418,107 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/4letee/still_looking/ | 4letee | 100wordstories | HermitOfHavoc | top_all |
Over The Trench. I can hear the artillery barrage die down. That's the first giveaway. Soon, we'll be ordered to go over and capture that next trench.
Serge died from a wound infection yesterday - he was the last of my original company. I said a prayer in front of the company to a God I no longer believe in.
N... | 3 | 0.81 | 0 | 1,259,392,592 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/a8wdu/over_the_trench/ | a8wdu | 100wordstories | Sylveran-01 | top_all |
Of Time and Technology He felt uncomfortable in virtual reality, even after all this time. Jacen was born before computers were commonplace, 80 years ago. In his youth, he had always been at the forefront of technology. But now, he needed help using even the most basic virtual reality devices. He was tired of the const... | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1,476,522,938 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/57lbxw/of_time_and_technology/ | 57lbxw | 100wordstories | pro_deluxe | top_all |
A Cotton Blossom Scented Inevitable by letting a co-worker know earlier in the week that i had a crush on meghan, calling it a "platonic work-crush" i was looking for someone to stop the inevitable. michelle wasn't all too surprised but she was appalled.
meghan and i went to lunch together often. yesterday i reached... | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1,271,192,498 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/bqgx6/a_cotton_blossom_scented_inevitable/ | bqgx6 | 100wordstories | [deleted] | top_all |
Tresha G. Was I anticipating our beer together just because I enjoyed the way her t-shirts fit? The way her shaggy short hair came to a point on the nape of her neck? Her purring voice? Fashion style? Twenty-two year-old half-my ageness?
Or was it just for her wit, confidence and insider knowledge? I reassured myself... | 3 | 0.8 | 1 | 1,270,302,539 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/bm04o/tresha_g/ | bm04o | 100wordstories | [deleted] | top_all |
Where did my passion go? Everyday when I get out of bed it wears away at me, chipping. Constantly following me and constantly nagging me, an uncertainty about myself or my sanity looming behind it. The world's running away from me, from what it should be. I feel the apathy that I used to despise gripping me. I'm gr... | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1,268,104,406 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/baxus/where_did_my_passion_go/ | baxus | 100wordstories | [deleted] | top_all |
Out There
acapella i was always out there
reading russian speaking spanish
age 5
i sang all the time
motown
wqam miami
the big 560
how surprised i was
these are black people
i still sing | 3 | 0.81 | 2 | 1,260,319,370 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/ackun/out_there_acapella/ | ackun | 100wordstories | usern4me | top_all |
New Guinea The jungle sounds revealed a presence, "Fuck, Primo, its Japs" he hoarsely whispered. "Hold your positions" Johnnie had made sure his men were concealed, now not breathing, waiting for the Imperial patrol to pass. You could smell them as the wind blew down the gulley, urine, sake, blood and sweat. The morni... | 2 | 0.67 | 3 | 1,260,291,412 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/acfsl/new_guinea/ | acfsl | 100wordstories | usern4me | top_all |
The Shara Project C1 scientist Linus Sherman had created the first artificial mammal. He named it Shara. He put his cracked hands in the incubator and, with the back of his thumb, he stroked the smooth, pink skin that was stretched over Shara’s frail body. It opened its eyes — they were a murky gray.
C1 scientist Linu... | 2 | 0.67 | 0 | 1,259,243,711 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/a8ei9/the_shara_project/ | a8ei9 | 100wordstories | [deleted] | top_all |
Happy Cakeday, r/100wordstories! Today you're 13 Let's look back at some memorable moments and interesting insights from last year.
**Your top 5 posts:**
* "[Announcement: Sub is under New Management](https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/ua3naj)" by [u/AlarmingAlternative4](https://www.reddit.com/user/Ala... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1,669,396,508 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/z4in59/happy_cakeday_r100wordstories_today_youre_13/ | z4in59 | 100wordstories | AutoModerator | top_all |
Nothing good happens after 2am He sat at his computer, waiting for something interesting to happen. It didn’t. It never does. Boredom dominated Jacen’s life. It was 2am, but he decided to take his dog for a walk anyways. Jacen enjoyed the calmness of the early hour, and Scout was always up for a jaunt around the block.... | 2 | 0.76 | 0 | 1,474,012,544 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/530veb/nothing_good_happens_after_2am/ | 530veb | 100wordstories | pro_deluxe | top_all |
Don't Feed the Birds A new sign. Wasn't here yesterday. But he had the bird feed and sat down on the bench, tossing out handfuls. Who would stop an old man's pastime?
"Can't you read?" some lady screamed.
He ignored her, tossing another handful. She stormed off.
The birds cooed. They had names. They made him happy.... | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1,392,417,757 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/1xxqqe/dont_feed_the_birds/ | 1xxqqe | 100wordstories | gascanfiasco | top_all |
Gamer There was a knock.
He paused the game, got up, and opened the door.
“Hello?”
“Hi.” she said.
They stared at each other.
“You’re from 2-A.” he said.
“Yeah, I was, uhh... sitting in my room and, um, I figured maybe I could come sit in your room.”
He scratched his head. He was old. She was old.
“O... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1,316,480,960 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/kl370/gamer/ | kl370 | 100wordstories | clambucket | top_all |
non-cousin parameters i had no spare underware, but her victoria's secret panties fit me, which was a good thing, since the shorts i borrowed from her were mesh.
my cousin-in-law, Jane stole most of her sweats from numerous guy friends, and never looked put together as much as she looked smartly jockish.
we were alo... | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1,274,453,267 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/c6pcy/noncousin_parameters/ | c6pcy | 100wordstories | [deleted] | top_all |
Still Purrs On I STILL LOVE YOU LIZ PHAIR
Liz,
what are you up to? your voice still purrs on and on in daily rotation across my CD
player.
you've inspired me to want to become a lesbian. you've inspired me to have
an affair with a bisexual girl. i pretended i was a girl, too, but in our three brief
encounters, i'm ... | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1,273,871,963 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/c48mz/still_purrs_on/ | c48mz | 100wordstories | [deleted] | top_all |
the real theresa riccobene i knew the real theresa riccobene.
face on a wall, plaque in a hall of fame.
the legendary high school "it girl"
hot and freckled, oh and her body....
but i knew the real theresa riccobene
i felt her phero-moaning
a moon over my tidal oceans
dark moody eyes hiding
infinite happiness ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1,268,327,095 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/bc52v/the_real_theresa_riccobene/ | bc52v | 100wordstories | [deleted] | top_all |
99 words yeah
i figured out last night
i have always been over the top
musta scared mom and dad pretty good
i was the brightest of the 3 of us kids
them too i guess
now i wonder if it was my fault
i had quite a bit of influence over daily life
i read russian at 4
spoke spanish at 3
i scared 'em
like you did ... | 2 | 0.59 | 6 | 1,260,379,374 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/acuqp/99_words/ | acuqp | 100wordstories | usern4me | top_all |
Picking up Shells by the Beach. One of my earliest memories was going to the beach with my family and my cousins. We’d leave early and we’d travelled down the coast, away from all the popular beaches until we arrived at a secluded cove and we’d race down the almost-empty beach and pick up shells and mussels and hermit ... | 2 | 0.76 | 6 | 1,259,463,937 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/a93d7/picking_up_shells_by_the_beach/ | a93d7 | 100wordstories | Sylveran-01 | top_all |
Dead Dead. Dead as fuck, dead as shit. Dead as a fucking doornail, the stupid corpse just laying there, all innocent. And the god damn blood, the god damn blood everywhere. Blood crawling up the walls. Blood finding slight curves in the wooden floor and little cracks to slide along. Blood everywhere the fucking red shi... | 2 | 0.62 | 0 | 1,259,208,659 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/a89v7/dead/ | a89v7 | 100wordstories | LeonGrey | top_all |
The Frog and the Ring I become a frog hours after my Stepmother catches me kissing Darla goodbye. It's a spell or a hex and I dart reflexively from my bed and into the closet, faintly remembering my hands and fingers, the plastic ring Darla told me never to take off.
Hidden in laundry folds, I struggle to remember my... | 1 | 0.67 | 0 | 1,351,654,294 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/12dp24/the_frog_and_the_ring/ | 12dp24 | 100wordstories | sparrowtree | top_all |
He sincerely hoped they knew it was directed at them. As the weather turned its back on summer and looked instead to fall, Zach walked Briskly between his morning classes. Ahead he saw a couple standing about 10 feet apart staring bitterly into each others eyes. The boy looked like he was chewing on the inside of his c... | 1 | 0.67 | 0 | 1,348,766,593 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/10klhc/he_sincerely_hoped_they_knew_it_was_directed_at/ | 10klhc | 100wordstories | silentzed | top_all |
clear frozen night sky the stars above cut in the clear frozen night sky. and christmas always reminds me of car rides as a kid. with my dad. around the holdiays. to dirty places with shitting perverts.
joyful abuse. great time of year.
thirty-five years later, hours of therapy later, 100's of 1000's of mg's of meds ... | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1,292,626,463 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/enneb/clear_frozen_night_sky/ | enneb | 100wordstories | [deleted] | top_all |
no. 00003 You know it's funny.
What's funny?
It's funny that i used to think about us, like our lives were inexplicable intertwined, even when we were apart, especially maybe, delusions, i don't know, i used to think we would...
I did too. It is funny.
What's funny?
How life works out.
How's that? Not?
No, just ... | 1 | 0.66 | 0 | 1,268,046,586 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/bam9g/no_00003/ | bam9g | 100wordstories | patzors | top_all |
Mississippi Hex Montana and the Reginald's Originals in TOMB of the Unknown Menace. *"Baby, you can make my day."*
Admission through the door was useless age. Through that stainless steel chasm, which opens quick and torn, the pork belly men strode through one by one like files stuffed into sarcophagus. “My name was m... | 1 | 0.67 | 0 | 1,259,334,573 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/a8pko/mississippi_hex_montana_and_the_reginalds/ | a8pko | 100wordstories | alehasfriends | top_all |
Vitamins Jenny saw on television a commercial for vitamin supplements. The models and actors had thick hair and muscular smiles. They laughed while they talked, so happy were they with their vitamin-filled life. Jenny asked her mother to buy her some vitamins. Her mother said, "We have vitamins, they're in the pant... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1,259,184,311 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/a86uy/vitamins/ | a86uy | 100wordstories | mambotomato | top_all |
SMS to an Attractive Wife how's your morning, sweetheart? i am jealous of the world that has you now... looking as you do and as smart as you are...
this is my best time of day, and i spend it with people i care about the least. by the time they're done with me, only the worst remains...
and that's all that is left f... | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 1,260,204,868 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/ac14o/sms_to_an_attractive_wife/ | ac14o | 100wordstories | [deleted] | top_all |
Callouses [75w] A bedtime snack. Rubbing my tired feet. Soft now, callouses, feet sweatboxed in sneakers. The aroma is delicious.
I start to peel along the pad under my pinkie toe. Tickling pain, the skinstrip thickens and peels away from between my pinkie toe and my ring toe. The sweet tickling pain of bleeding.
T... | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1,260,463,237 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/ad8y3/callouses_75w/ | ad8y3 | 100wordstories | [deleted] | top_all |
werewolf When Todd arrived at the office that morning, everyone knew he was a werewolf. The blame for his outing was all Mrs. Harrows’. Mrs. Harrows was a devout widow who yelled at kids and left poisoned meat for cats. Mrs. Harrows hated cats, werewolves, rock musicians, gypsies and other agents of Satan. She was q... | 0 | 0.5 | 2 | 1,259,240,508 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/a8e28/werewolf/ | a8e28 | 100wordstories | leoboiko | top_all |
The Dying Light It didn’t take long to change into the ‘After-Life’ gown, as I was already in one of those flimsy hospital half-dresses that never ever cover more than one side of your body at a time. In fact, the gown was merely a brief formality to preserve these last remaining seconds of dignity as it had to be remo... | 0 | 0.5 | 3 | 1,259,178,541 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/a85zb/the_dying_light/ | a85zb | 100wordstories | cirquelar | top_all |
The true story of a four-legged friend. So I'm relaxing in my flat watching Farscape when I hear a commotion outside, "What's this?" I think, and since I don't really like Farscape I decide to pop out onto the balcony with a smoke and have a gander.
As I light up, I look down on the communal grassed area, and I witnes... | 0 | 0.4 | 4 | 1,259,178,043 | https://www.reddit.com/r/100wordstories/comments/a85w9/the_true_story_of_a_fourlegged_friend/ | a85w9 | 100wordstories | JeebusWept | top_all |
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