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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Sun Sep 16

Happily Ever After

‘So,’ said Prince Liam.

‘Yes?’ said the Princess.

‘Er.’ He suddenly felt very warm. ‘Your tower is very…clean.’

The Princess lifted her lukewarm tea to her lips, but failed to stifle her disappointed sigh. ‘Oh.’ She spoke into the rim of her china teacup. ‘Thank you.’

Unfortunately, their’s wasn’t really a fairytale relationship. The Prince had been assured finding his true love was as simple as rescuing her.

‘Well. I’d best be off.’

They stood together and he moved to the window. He took a fistful of her tower-long hair.

‘Same time tomorrow, then?’

The Princess’ silence wasn’t particularly encouraging.