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Category: 100 Word Stories
100 Word Story: Stroke of Genius
Posted on October 11, 2021 by Jan Wilberg
“How bad is the headache? Is stuff blurry?” “I don’t know. It keeps moving around – first it’s on one side and then the other.” “Are you numb? Is anything numb? “Words feel piled up in my throat.” What does that mean, words piled… Continue Reading “100 Word Story: Stroke of Genius”
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100 Word Story: Underage Drummer
Posted on October 3, 2021 by Jan Wilberg
She was gonna be really mad. Stop talking for a week, that was her deal. The silent treatment. She could go days without talking except she kind of did talk with her eyebrows and how she’d fold and refold the kitchen towel a hundred… Continue Reading “100 Word Story: Underage Drummer”
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100 Word Story: Restaurant Buzz
Posted on September 15, 2021 by Jan Wilberg
The bee creeped down the inside of the glass toward the pool of iced tea and then flew off when she waved the black napkin in the air. We wondered out loud what happens if one kills a bee. Do bees from throughout the… Continue Reading “100 Word Story: Restaurant Buzz”
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100 Word Story: Cemetery Visits
Posted on September 7, 2021 by Jan Wilberg
She hoped the stones she left last year were still there. She felt this year’s stones in her pocket, not as nice, not as carefully chosen, but it didn’t matter. It was the leaving of them that was important. The pack of Camels was… Continue Reading “100 Word Story: Cemetery Visits”
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100 Word Story: Alzheimer’s Mama
Posted on August 31, 2021 by Jan Wilberg
She hid money in there. You have to look through every towel.” There was talk of cash in the linen closet where the good tablecloths were kept. So, Annie pulled out every piece of fabric, shook it out, and laid it over the orange… Continue Reading “100 Word Story: Alzheimer’s Mama”
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100 Word Story: Couples Camping
Posted on August 24, 2021 by Jan Wilberg
Her husband’s best friend swam past her, grazing her legs with his tan fingers, while she stood waist deep in the water, worried that she was too heavy to wear a two-piece suit, and knowing that his touch was no accident. The next morning,… Continue Reading “100 Word Story: Couples Camping”
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100 Word Story: Semi-Private Room
Posted on August 17, 2021 by Jan Wilberg
The woman in the next bed talked with her eyes open but she wasn’t awake. In the afternoons, the nurse helped her sit in a chair, tucking a hand-stitched blanket brought from home around her knees and pulling her hands together in a peaceful… Continue Reading “100 Word Story: Semi-Private Room”
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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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