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.

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Mon Sep 17

Finding Home

Were she back in London, Natalie would never have had the guts to go through with this. Were she there — home — instead of here in Burkina Faso, the new wife of a tyrannical prince, she would not have had to.

In London, little girls left uncircumcised weren’t anathema.

‘This will only tickle,’ said the Elder woman, in a language that was more flowery than clicking and whistling.

The Elder pushed Natalie’s knees apart. She felt the cool, smooth surface of a knitting needle slide deep inside her, and cried for the child she would never know, and for home.