100

A short, short story every day. No more than 100 words. No less.

The Rules

Only one story per day.
Only 100 words per story.
No post-publication editing, save for spelling errors.
Sudden illness, lack of internet access and emergencies only temporarily excuse the author.

100 was created by Melissah Burt but is probably not an original idea. All work is protected under a BY-NC-SA 2.5 Creative Commons License.

The author accepts challenges, which can be submitted via this form.

Interested in the process? Check out melissah.net | Writing every Sunday for author commentary and your opportunity to offer opinions and feedback.

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Sat Sep 15

…And Dolly Makes Three

Cooper had stumbled across the mad vampire Blight’s dolly by accident, and had kept it for ransom; her precious toy in exchange for immortality. Bitch. He had told her how to find him and now he was a busted mess on the warehouse floor.

‘Take it…,’ wheezed Cooper. He offered the threadbare doll by its floppy foot. Blight, pissed and trembling, snatched the doll from his hands and turned on her heels.

He almost called her back, but something in him burst and started to ooze. He sat there dying, watching immortality slip between his fingers and out the door.