A Story In
100 Words
Literature in Tiny Bursts.
You are invited to the wonderful world of microfiction. Whether you’re a reader, a writer, or one of our future robot overlords, welcome! A Story In 100 Words is a community of literature enthusiasts no matter the length, but we have a special predilection for narratives exactly 100 words in length.
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Ivanhoe - In Space
The crew fixated on the deeps of the sky. Their opponent was 400,000km away and bearing down. In five seconds the two ships would close the distance.
At 199,000km, hungry sensors licked the perfectly rounded and mirrored surfaces the ships presented – each scanning for micron-wide fissures. The rival captain thought he found one first and, at 35,000km, trained 100 million joules on the Ivanhoe. The attack revealed an uneven aperture, and the Ivanhoe responded instantly.
For a moment, the two glassy hulls were centimeters apart. Then they were again impossibly distant – one, a smoldering husk, and the other, a champion.
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