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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Thu Sep 27

The Hero

Eli squinted against the sun. Thunder roared in the near distance; dust obscured the horizon. Shadowy shapes arose from the centre of the cloud: dark, formless beasts with lightening in their feet.

One of the beasts whinnied. Horses. Eli rested against his shovel and watched the procession: eight horses, white and tan and dapple grey, each carrying a rider. In the centre, on a stallion as black as night, was a Hero.

They paid Eli little attention as they drove their mounts past. Nonplussed, Eli pulled his shovel from the ground and returned to good work, and forgot about them.