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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Mon Oct 8

Based On A True Story

I have nothing to write tonight, Melissah typed. She pressed enter and leaned back against her soft pillows while she stared at the blank word document.

In the background, her Adium window flashed. She clicked on it, bringing it to the front.

Write about me! Josh had written.

‘Yeah,’ she said out loud. ‘Because that worked last time.’

She typed: I can’t write about people.

He asked why; she didn’t tell him, opting to save herself some time but just writing a damn 100 word story about him.

But she really couldn’t write about people, and her 100 was lame.