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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Powering A Greener World
The turbine blade arced high into the evening sky over Runsfeld. Though it was over a hundred meters long and traveling at great speed, from the ground it looked just like a petal, carried soundlessly on a capricious summer updraft.
The Republic heavily regulated all pollutant energy sources, generally reserving them for government use, and without cheap fuel, it was too expensive to run the machines that could repair the wind farm, especially for rural Runsfeld. Still, they needed the electricity the turbines provided.
When the errant blade finally collided with Runsfeld’s vegon cafeteria, it was nothing like a petal.
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