A Story In
100 Words
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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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Inner Child
A child’s world view is often slanted, by life’s gifts he often took for granted.
Too innocent, young to understand, the gift of true love portends to be grand.
Oh how I wish up to this day, my present happiness could be measured by play.
Fragile psyche as to when as a child came to harm, leads to a life often seen without charm.
The troubles of this life to which I often succumb, often seem monumental in task to overcome .
Having paid over again at a magnanimous cost, will I regain that which I know I have lost?
From Guest Contributor Christopher Baker
Recovery
The healing came slow. A damaged psyche doesn’t show like a bruise. Her little boy needs her; she is everything to him and he is the world to her. But she needs to be whole for him.
More than a month of repair to start the recovery. Participation in daily activities was the first sign. A faint light at the end of the tunnel, but a light nonetheless. Her posture showed confidence. Then her gait picked up a bit. A twinkle returned to her eyes. Her journey would be long and arduous, but she was on her way to recovery.
From Guest Contributor NT Franklin
NT Franklin has been published in Page and Spine, Fiction on the Web, 101 Words, Friday Flash Fiction, CafeLit, Madswirl, Postcard Shorts, 404 Words, Scarlet Leaf Review, Freedom Fiction, Burrst, Entropy, Alsina Publishing, Fifty-word stories, Dime Show Review, among others.
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