Tag: short story
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Over the Top | Fifty-Word Story
A simple reminder of why we push hard to the top: for the pure, childlike thrill of coasting down.
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Up In Smoke: One-Hundred-Word Story
An inner city high school was a frequent target of neighborhood vandals and thieves. But they disabled the alarm system and spray-painted over the video cameras, making it hard to catch them in the act. The district said there was no money to make the school secure again, so the principal hatched a plan. He…
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Half-Moon Surprise: One-Hundred-Word Story
They first met one morning at a local bakery. Each came for their favorite half-moon cookies, but left as friends. Bill moved away, but he and Jill kept in touch. One morning, when she came for cookies, a photo of him, looking surprised, was taped to a toothpick in the middle of the half-moons. She…
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The Flower Bed | Six-Word Story
My attempt to tell a complete story in six words.
