Files

BCC

The train left the station. It was empty. No passengers.

Halfway, the engine exploded. There was only one casualty.

No one knew that the train was packed with cases of secret files, the kind of files that would have been talked about for weeks.

The explosion was not reported in the media.

When John, the farmer, picked up a bunch of bits and pieces of paper off his land, a reporter showed up.

The reporter was told to get the hell off his property.

John packed it all in a box and burnt it.

He knew when to shut up.

100 Word Stories

(Pick Two: - Minefield, Fountain, Angle, Craft, Sodium, Salute, Engine, Candle, Case)

Chaos

Winter Sweet

“A bear. Run.”

A bear? In the house?

He stood up and opened the door. The house was quiet.

At the end of the corridor, he looked down. The stairs were clear.

A step. Then another.

When he turned to enter the living-room...

“A bear. Run,” he yelled.

He'd never run up the stairs so quickly.

He locked the door and hid under the bed, as if that'd help him.

For weeks, social media was flooded with photos of his horrified face when he saw the embalmed bear.

Life became difficult while everyone else was having a laugh.

100 Word Stories

Addictive

Finlandia

She was supposed to read those damn books. She did pick one of them up once. Don't do this, don't do that.

She looked out the window. It looked bleak. Pollution, you see. And they were worried because she smoked. She was one of the last few who did. Smoking had been banned.

The door opened.

“Ready?”

She nodded.

“What did you read?”

“That one.”

“Good. You may go. Tomorrow, more.”

She nodded meekly.

Now I need a cigarette, she thought.

She wasn't sure what she was addicted to, whether the cigarettes or just being subversive.

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Driver Error

Grimm Shores

Three figures stood on the esoteric symbol.

“Quite thrilling.”

“Yes, I wonder how...”

“Stop talking. You sound like amateurs.”

The other two chuckled.

“This is such a treat.”

“Yes, I wonder if...”

“I said shut up or I'll strike you down with my powers.”

The others exchanged a look.

“With what?”

“Yes, with what?”

When the third one was about to talk, the two grabbed the giant symbol from the floor and smashed it on him.

“This is quite thrilling.”

“Yes, I wonder what they'll say.”

They chuckled some more.

100 Word Stories

Win

Forgotten City

At the end of the year, everyone who had turned 18 received an envelope in the mail. It contained a ticket and a note. The note had instructions about what they had to do – go to the Orange Plaza, place yourself within 10 meters of the Beam to travel through time, and wait.

And they waited.

Suddenly, the beam buzzed.

All the kids were turned into mush.

No one had told them that every 18th group had to be sacrificed to feed the Beam.

The tickets were scattered on the floor, a sad reminder of what they could've won.

100 Word Stories