Category: 100 Word Stories

100 Word Story: Little Boy Birding

Posted on October 3, 2024 by

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“Your son brought a bird to school today.” “Oh. Was it a dead bird?” “That’s an odd question. Does he collect dead animals?” “No, of course not.” The teacher nodded toward the boy sitting cross-legged near the swings. “I think you should talk to… Continue Reading “100 Word Story: Little Boy Birding”

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100 Word Story: At the Ball Game

Posted on July 30, 2024 by

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It was hot at the ball game, so hot that she had to take the balled up Kleenex out of her jeans pocket to wipe the sweat off her face. Not once, dozens of times. She held her arms perfectly still, not touching anything… Continue Reading “100 Word Story: At the Ball Game”

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100 Word Story: Aerial View

Posted on June 22, 2024 by

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Danny kept cigarettes and a lighter in the crook of the tree. This was so when he climbed up high to watch Mr. Framer making dinner in his kitchen, he could have a nice smoke. It was relaxing. Mr. Framer made a lot of… Continue Reading “100 Word Story: Aerial View”

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100 Word Story: Night Visitor

Posted on April 17, 2024 by

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Brenda’s cough woke her up. She heaved and hacked, phlegm tangled in the back of her throat. “Want some relief, honey?” Brenda looked around for the voice. Tinkerbell floated in the air, waving her sparkly wand. “If I kill a baby somewhere in the… Continue Reading “100 Word Story: Night Visitor”

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100 Word Story: Checks in the Drawer

Posted on February 21, 2024 by

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The checks were in the drawer. Already signed. She just filled in the recipients’names. Her uncle trusted her that much. She paid the health aide with a check and the cleaning lady. Once a year,she paid his taxes. She could sell the house if… Continue Reading “100 Word Story: Checks in the Drawer”

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100 Word Story: Starting Over

Posted on February 10, 2024 by

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Gerry drove a Corvette. When he and Pearl decided to leave Michigan for Los Angeles, he sold their house and everything in it and packed their clothes in two suitcases. They wore sunglasses the whole way. In L.A., Gerry sold cash registers to corner… Continue Reading “100 Word Story: Starting Over”

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100 Word Story: Pencil Stubs

Posted on January 29, 2024 by

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Pencil stubs are hard to sharpen unless you have a knife. Then you have to hold the pencil with the point away from you and make quick slicing strokes, all while your fingers cringe on the yellow, and you wonder why you must be… Continue Reading “100 Word Story: Pencil Stubs”

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100 Word Story: The Snow Shoveler

Posted on January 15, 2024 by

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Bruce used tape to fix the handle on his snow shovel. It seemed to hold but it could blow any minute. Bad equipment, it was all a set-up from those guys outside Walgreen’s. A measly twenty bucks for a driveway and they hand you… Continue Reading “100 Word Story: The Snow Shoveler”

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100 Word Story: Dates

Posted on December 4, 2023 by

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She ordered a 2024 datebook the first week in December to keep track of things happening in January so nothing got away from her. When she opened to the first week, there was an entry for Monday, “Breakfast with Roland,” written in cursive like… Continue Reading “100 Word Story: Dates”

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100 Word Story: Falling

Posted on October 23, 2023 by

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 “They say her house fell into the lake.” Angela liked telling this story, everybody stopping their walk through the woods to hear more. “It was on a bluff and then the bluff eroded and the house was lost.” Was it a landslide or an… Continue Reading “100 Word Story: Falling”

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What happens here on Red's Wrap is all over the map. There is no single theme, no overarching gripe, no malady of my own or others that dominates. I write about what seems important or interesting at the moment and what aims me toward hope. I write stories, essays, poems - whatever fits the day and the mood. Nothing stays the same, here or anywhere. That's a good thing. Happiness. It's relative.

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