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Weekly Challenge #969 – Mind
Lisa RichardSerendipidy Norval JoeTom Planet ZThe next topic is PICK TWO Scorpion, Walking on eggshells, Turn, High pitched, News, CraftsmanshipRICHARD-- In the eye of the beholder --"Well, really! Do you mind?"The exc
The other side
They say that the grass is always greener on the other side.The other side of what?The other side of The Force?Well, the good side of the force was in the Jedi Temple at Coruscant.There wasn't much grass on that planet.Nor was there much grass on Mus
The creepy dog
We have an awesome back yard and patio, but the neighbor's dog stares through the chain link fence.When it does this, it looks creepy and judgmental.So, we replaced the chain link fence with a solid wooden fence.The dog still finds a way to get up on t
Radial design
There's a difference between not liking a symbol and not liking the cause it represents.I find the Isle of Man flag to be ugly, with its radial and rotational symmetry of freaky feet.But as for the Isle of Man itself, I really don't know much about it,
Peppermint Flatty
All the way back to the third grade, Miss Othmar's class, you could see how Marcie would look at Peppermint Patty, calling her Sir.Kids would talk, do horrible things.You know how kids can be.Patty may have been a tough tomboy in grade school, but when
The marketed moon
I'm a technical writer.But every now and then, I get asked to write marketing copy.I'm not a marketing writer. I'm a technical writer.My mindset is explaining things and teaching, not selling and promoting things.The marketing people say give it a try
The day after
If The New Yorker weren't horribly biased, I'd imagine a cartoon where a reporter is poking her head into an editor's office and asking if President elect is one word, two words, or hyphenated, and you see through the glass that the editor has hung themse
Weekly Challenge #968 – Blood Test
TangentLisaLizzie RichardSerendipidy Norval JoeTom Planet ZThe next topic is MindRICARD Bloods I swear that when you reach a certain age, it gives doctors a licence to prescribe a whole range of medicines they've
Delivery times
So, the US Postal Service can deliver hundreds of fliers, pamphlets, letters, campaign posters, and other junk mail from every candidate, PAC, voter's organization, and special interest, but they can't deliver my ballot on time? They claim it's because of
The lines at the parks
So, the pandemic closed all the theme parks and the movie theatres.People got laid off across the board.But mostly the hourly workers, the people who do their best to help you forget the world for a while.Waiters and waitresses, hotel staff, entertaine