Tag: 100 word stories
member name: Alison Pearce
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March 26, 2008 10:58 PM EDT --
I looked through the photographs on my desk, wracking my brain for an angle. The shots had been provided by an anonymous source- perfect for my disclaimer - but there was nothing sensational about . . . more
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April 09, 2008 07:25 PM EDT --
Charles passed the billboard with a shiver. An ampersand, leered menacingly. Hurrying past it quickly, he ran into a woman.
'Sorry,' he muttered.
'That's...'
He'd . . . more
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May 21, 2008 08:00 PM EDT --
It was the first day of winter that he'd left me. He accused me of being as cold as snow.
"I need warmth, the fresh blooms of youth," he'd whined as he'd walked away . . . more
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May 21, 2008 11:41 PM EDT --
A Little Each Day
It's been a year since we last spoke.
Me and the kids have been so mad at you.
I'm sorry I found it so hard to forgive you.
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May 27, 2008 01:14 AM EDT --
It was usually a curse. An unbearable pain and sense of dislocation that made Carrie sick. Right now it was a gift she could use to make her grandmother's final moments beautiful.
Carrie . . . more
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August 13, 2008 07:17 PM EDT --
‘Stop resisting! Why are you really here?' the soldier demanded, prodding his captive with a rifle. Sneering at him with hate...and fear.
‘I am not resisting,' the monk replied . . . more
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March 16, 2008 07:53 PM EDT --
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May 06, 2008 07:22 PM EDT --
It had been thirteen years since we were first married. Only thirteen days after our wedding, Ken had first hit me. Since then I had been to the hospital thirteen times with bones broken by . . . more
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June 04, 2008 07:30 PM EDT --
Of Rats and Rabbits
Bang! Thump! Moan! Giggle!
Henry rolled over on his lumpy mattress, cursing the paper thin walls separating his bedroom from the bedroom in the apartment . . . more
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June 18, 2008 07:21 PM EDT --
I remembered him too well. He wouldn't remember me. There were far too many of us, and besides, I had changed significantly.
My hair, the way I dressed, my body shape, even my name. . . . more
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June 24, 2008 09:09 PM EDT --
Eyes gleaming, the beggar plucked the golden apple from the tree branch and tucked it quickly into his pockets. With a skip in his step now that he was rich, he continued on to town.
At . . . more
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March 10, 2008 10:27 PM EDT --
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April 02, 2008 06:46 PM EDT --
I'd lost everything; my home, my wife and children, all because a drunk driver had ploughed through our living room while I was at work.
My mind would not shake that horrible image. My yard . . . more
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April 16, 2008 07:40 PM EDT --
'Prop him up on my shoulder, Dad,' Fran hissed through clenched teeth while trying to maintain a realistic smile.
'But, Frannie...'
'Will you just do it,' Fran snapped, . . . more
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June 11, 2008 07:44 PM EDT --
I was once half of a pair. And what a great pair we were! Dressed in our blue suede, we danced alongside the rich and the famous. But suddenly...without warning...we went out of style!I never . . . more
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July 22, 2008 09:29 PM EDT --
Dave sighed with exasperation.
"I saw a woman!' Peta insisted, ‘This place is haunted. Shouldn't the real estate have told...?'
The door had slammed behind Dave. Peta . . . more
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July 30, 2008 11:23 PM EDT --
If only there had been some warning. A hint of the catastophe to come. But there hadn't been. We'd watched the missiles in shock and horror.
The atmosphere was so thick that it . . . more
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April 21, 2008 06:37 PM EDT --
Sorry Reena and fellow drabblers for not following the prompt correctly! God, I think I need a week of sleep!
'I know it's difficult.'
'And . . . more
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April 23, 2008 06:11 PM EDT --
Baby Talk
'Though we are unable to vocalize in English, we don't need to be addressed in gibberish.'
'In truth their vocabulary is less than adequate.' . . . more
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June 13, 2008 09:45 PM EDT --
Many of you know that i won the $25 Amazon gift voucher for 100 word stories anniversay week. I would like to share with you all what I got. The book pictured is one I have been looking for here in Australia . . . more
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