nanofiction
When Eli learned
When Eli learned of the #vss hashtag, he was very excited. It left more room than the earlier #thistweetcontainsaaveryshortstory hashtag.
There was a title, I think
Dex learned an awful side effect of his memory erasing power: each use also cost him a memory. He was scared, but he couldn’t remember why.
Three Wishes
Mr. White’s first wish was for money. His next wish was for his son to still be alive. His third wish was to have a giant orange for a head.
Becoming a widow, widower, and widowest
Ruth was CEO and her husband, Paul, was her CFO. When Ruth died, Paul was distraught. Ruthless, Paul closed the company and fired everybody.
Some constraints make works much worse
Georges Perec loved constrained writing, but his last novel was never published. He wrote it using nothing but swear words and racial slurs.
He was not a real father
Huck’s father had built him as a robot who thought he was a real boy. So while Huck had faked his death, it was father who’d faked his life.
Fourth Wish
Monkeys have four fingers, so Mr. White thought it was odd the paw only granted three wishes. The last one was to flip the bird, he supposed
Once is tragedy, but six times??
The only time his friends got together and didn’t have to bury a hooker was April 1 when Wil chose to crossdress & play an unfortunate prank
Dex was his own worst enemy.
Dex was his own worst enemy. Which was horrible, because he knew all of his secrets!
Maybe if we increased the incline
He ran to escape his past. But he was running on a treadmill and his past was never far behind.
Ironically, he didn't see it coming.