MICROFICTION
Dollar Billy
100-word story
Published in
1 min readApr 17, 2021
Skipping out the 7–11 door, Billy glanced around for Mom’s car. She was late. Again.
He slurped his frozen drink and jumped onto a parking block, pretending it was a balance beam. Arms extended, toes pointed. As he hopped off, he spied familiar green paper. Money!
He scanned the lot…no one was looking. He scooped up the cash and stuffed it into his pocket. Would he buy some candy? Put it in his new bike fund?
A familiar clunk sounded behind him. “Hurry up, Billy,” Mom called. “We need gas.”
He fingered the bill. Beaming. “I’m buying this time, Mom!”
© Tina L. Smith, 2021
About the author: Tina L. Smith is a Michigan writer who enjoys writing a range of genres that strike her fancy. You can read more about her and her work here:
