Archive of stories published by 100 word stories

Dec 27, 2012

someone left the cake out in the rain

She stands inside the door looking out at a vengeful summer storm. The withered decorations…

Jan 3, 2013

shipping out

The woman had one of those old fashioned cameras, the kind that spits the picture out immediately. He thought how simultaneously…

night lights

She can’t sleep so she stands at the window, watching lights flicker on and off in other buildings. She imagines it’s all a complicated…

Oct 25, 2012

the beaten path

You’re not the first person to walk here. Ridges and crevices have already been carved out by people careless as they were…

Oct 18, 2012

in search of

They searched for hope in the river.

something close to empty

The sky is an unbroken sea of space. An artist’s brush has painted it something close to empty, a nothingness that…

shelter

We’re all just looking for shelter. We need to get out of the rain, find a canopy that protects us. We’ll find some thin covering and pretend…

the quiet things

They don’t say much on the drive. She leans against the passenger door, eyes shut. His eyes are on the road, his head somewhere…

keep swimming

Keep swimming. There’s always another side. You keep swimming until you reach it.

while you were sleeping

While you were sleeping I walked outside. While you dreamed I sat under the sky and watched the dark fight for its…