The 100 Word Stories Podcast
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The 100 Word Stories Podcast
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143 episodis
Doublebooked
The meeting went long, so when the meeting was over, I hopped in my time machine to go back and catch the beginning of the other meeting that had alre...
Last man standing
When the smoke cleared, Billy was the last man standing.
Clint was sitting in the middle of the street.
Bart was laying on h...
Weekly Challenge #1030 – Paranoia
The next topic is PICK TWO
Hush
Beauty
Chisel
One-eyed owl
Interceptor
LEWIE
A bitter pill to swallow
So, I found an accounting error.
Reported it to the CEO.
Who did nothing about it.
Then, I reported it to the S...
Bob Thomas Morton
Mom and Dad took me to the cemetery every weekend.
We visited Grandma and Grampa and me there.
Me, Bob Thomas Morton.
...
I can’t breathe
So, a cop took a fentanyl addict with hypertension and a heart condition to the ground and knee-pressed the guy’s neck.
City coroner said...
The crying of Lot Devil
So, my parents finally sold their house.
But they didn’t sell the wooded empty lot next door.
They had bought that lot to pr...
Violin
I used to play the violin. But I didn’t play it well.
“Maybe I need a better violin?”
So, I’d buy violin after violin, until...
Mickey
Mickey Mantle jumped the line, got a new liver, but it didn’t do him much good.
He got sicker and sicker, and former teammates came to Da...
Weekly Challenge #1029 – Broken light bulb
The next topic is Paranoid
LEWIE
George had an idea.
It wasn’t a bright idea.
It wasn’t even a good idea.
In fact, it wa...
Sinclair Lewis
Sinclair Lewis once said that every man is a king so long as he has someone to look down on.
In spite of his Socialist tendencies, Sincla...
Traitor Cat
When my sister in law comes to visit, I set up a bed in the spare room.
And the cats check it out.
At bedtime, Tinny the cat...
Trejo
Some kids want to be policemen, others want to be astronauts.
Joey wanted to be boxing champion of the local prison.
He trai...
Crazy Pills Cashback
The Apple card is three percent at Apple, Exxon, and Walgreens.
I don’t need a new iPhone, I’m not going to use it on an insecure gas pum...
Sysco
The sysco truck has the motto follow me to your next grade meal on its back. I’ve got time to kill. So I did, thinking that it was gonna stop at one o...
Lines and seats
Teddy had a good gig, standing in line for other people.
The more important the thing people were waiting for in line, the more he’d make...
Weekly Challenge #1028 – Sharp Scissors
The next topic is Broken light bulb
LEWIE
The hobo clown, Doc, swiped the oversized, sharp scissors from a white-faced clown, Tippy.
Living wages
A group of coffee warehouse workers looked around the warehouse and grumbled.
The tasters kept approving cheaper and cheaper crap.
...
Isn’t always right
We walk past their framed photos on the way into the office.
Three years ago, killed by an angry customer with a bag full of guns.
...
Find me under the sea
We didn’t know a U boat was on our tail until the torpedoes hit our ship.
Some of us made it to the lifeboard.
The captain h...
Bad medicine
When it comes to your health, it is important to keep a sense of perspective.
A case is more interesting than a bout.
A mala...
Endless death
Artificial Intelligence. Machine Learning.
Rational decisions imposed on irrational and emotional conscious individuals.
Mor...
Bedford Falls
Old Man Potter wheeled his chair down the street to the bridge, muttering how that damned George Bailey had gotten the best of him.
His l...
Weekly Challenge #1027 – PICK TWO Siren, Locked Vending, Machine, Journey’s end, Bullet train
The next topic is Sharp scissors
LIZZIE
Lock the fancy suitcase with that fancy padlock you bought for a fortune.
The siren o...
Mammy
Medusa turned to stone anyone who gazed upon her face.
Helen of Troy had a face that launched a thousand ships.
But Mammy ha...
Looters
The rioters and looters swept across the mall, looting everything they could.
Televisions, computers… all kinds of electronic equipment.<...
I wish you unwell
To the people who misconfigure and screw up the laundry center’s payment controls, broken tap panels and slots and readers, I wish you unwell.
<...
The twin
The company I work for used to be a startup cowboy coder place.
But over time, it has descended into a progressive woke leftist place.
Solve the problem
Angelo, he was a good soldier.
He worked for the captain, he did what he was asked to do.
Kill, steal, whatever.
Covid 20
I don’t think the Chinese went far enough when they engineered and released COVID-19.
I’m hoping that they find a way to perfect it, and...
Weekly Challenge #1026 – Candle
The next topic is PICK TWO
Siren
Locked
Vending Machine
Journey’s end
Bullet train
Survived by
i used to wonder about obituaries that appear days or months after the person had died.
When my sick evil father died, I wondered what pa...
Loving family
Word got out that Cindy died.
The notice said that she was surrounded by family.
Some people envision a hospital bed, where...
Verlander the slut
Morganna Roberts was known as The Kissing Bandit.
The huge-breasted ex-stripper would run on to the field to kiss the players.
Support role
When I was an IT Manager, I didn’t do much managing.
I was the only IT person for most of that job, and had half a headcount to cover for...
Not a miracle
It was the first night of Hanukkah, and Ted only had a few candles.
He cut them into smaller pieces, and he did his best to make them las...
Weekly Challenge #1025 – Correlation
The next topic is Candle
LISA
Homework
Mum and Dad were arguing so Michael went upstairs to learn this week’s spellings. He h...
Auction block
The Pirates of the Caribbean ride has been updated and upgraded over the years.
The figures and songs adjusted to modern sensibilities.
Shoot to kill
Agencies want to know three things:
Are you willing to kill?
Are you able to kill?
And can you do it without le...
The ship we are
I cannot describe the ship.
Its surface absorbs all light.
Its shape, indeterminate.
One moment, I was standing...