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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Keep Movin’
—Get in the car, doll.
—Where we goin’, Roy?
—To get us some money.
—Gonna buy me something pretty?
—The world, babe.
—Slow down. You almost—
—Look in your purse.
—A gun.
—Know how to use it?
—Point and pull?
—That’s all.
—Who’m I gonna point it at?
—You’ll see.
—Why the mystery?
—There’s Buster, on that park bench.
—You gonna stop?
—He ain’t movin’.
—Looks like a bullet hole in his head.
—Change of plan, doll.
—Who killed him, Roy?
—Wasn’t me.
—Didn’t Buster teach you all you know?
—Main thing he said was, keep movin’.
—Slow down, Roy.From Guest Contributor Joe Surkiewicz
Joe writes from northern Vermont.
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