Category: 100 Word Stories

100 Word Story: No Good Answer

Posted on January 24, 2023 by

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It was cold but sunny. The sidewalk was clear but for little slicks, black ice. The dog took his time, grateful for the day’s second walk. She didn’t mind him sniffing every tree, it felt like patience and nature and time well spent. The… Continue Reading “100 Word Story: No Good Answer”

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100 Word Story: Country Roads

Posted on January 15, 2023 by

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“Dad, you took the neighbor’s cat and left it in the country somewhere?” “I warned him. His cat was going after the birds at the feeder.” “You can’t shoot people’s cats, Dad. It’s against the law.” He banged his pipe in the big amber… Continue Reading “100 Word Story: Country Roads”

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100 Word Story: Hard Time

Posted on December 28, 2022 by

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She pulls the edges of the quilt together and pulls hard. Her husband holds the other end. Together they carry their dying dog out the front door. They get to the porch stairs. The dog is very heavy. “I can’t do this. He’s too… Continue Reading “100 Word Story: Hard Time”

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100 Word Story: Adoption

Posted on December 17, 2022 by

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In Nicaragua we stayed in a house with bars on the windows. A dog tied to a long rope paced under the window. In the morning, we heard the clopping of horse feet on the pavement and wagon wheels rolling as if in a… Continue Reading “100 Word Story: Adoption”

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100 Word Story: Monument

Posted on November 27, 2022 by

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The sand was soft, not packed hard like she’d imagined. It made running down the giant dune wild and hard. She liked this, the risk and the sun going down. It had been a dream. The ranger waved his arms, shouted words that floated… Continue Reading “100 Word Story: Monument”

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100 Word Story: Writers Showcase

Posted on November 9, 2022 by

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I made banana muffins from a Jiffy mix because I only had one egg and I was in a hurry and couldn’t very well show up empty-handed, not after people invited me expecting I would bring something grand and impressive, something decorated with pink… Continue Reading “100 Word Story: Writers Showcase”

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100 Word Story: Fifty Years

Posted on November 2, 2022 by

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Inside the front and back covers of her ancient copy of The Prophet were sayings and quotations written in a tiny upright hand by a girl with long straight hair who lived in the room next to hers in the dorm on the corner… Continue Reading “100 Word Story: Fifty Years”

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100 Word Story: Blink

Posted on October 27, 2022 by

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“We could run into a bear,you know.”  My husband says this while we are walking our two sled dogs in the forest.  What are bears like in late fall? Are they ravenous, wanting to store up calories? Or are they tired of the world,… Continue Reading “100 Word Story: Blink”

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100 Word Story: Catch

Posted on October 19, 2022 by

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“Is that your cat?” “Yes, he is. Can you catch him?” “I don’t catch cats.” The man wiped his bumpy nose with the back of his hand. “Maybe you could do it this one time, just as a favor to a stranger.” The man… Continue Reading “100 Word Story: Catch”

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100 Word Story: Bedtime

Posted on September 29, 2022 by

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I worry the ceiling fan will become dislodged, fly through the air and wound me in some near fatal but exceptionally maiming way. I didn’t tell this to the therapist. It wasn’t germane. He would dismiss my fear as irrational and tell me how… Continue Reading “100 Word Story: Bedtime”

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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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