The 100 Word Stories Podcast

The 100 Word Stories Podcast


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Called strikes
April 18, 2024

It was fourth grade recess league softball, and I managed to avoid my name sticking to any roster.The teachers didn't know what to do, so they asked if I'd be an umpire."No," I said.But they made me do it anyway."Strike!" I shouted after every pitch,

Burning things
April 17, 2024

Johnny started a TikTok account and posted all kinds of things, but he wasn't getting any views.So, he started posting videos of fires.Burning cars. Burning buildings. Burning parks.This got him a lot of views.But the other people posting videos of th

If you can’t take away guns…
April 16, 2024

So, you want to stop school shootings?Metal detectors haven't worked.Guards haven't worked.Safe zones haven't worked.Lots of people are talking about taking away guns again.As if you could take away the guns.And even if you stop selling the big guns

Jasmine season
April 15, 2024

It's almost jasmine season again.The jasmine vines took a beating last year because of the freeze.I thought about chopping them down, but let's see how they do this year.If there's no bloom at all on the ground, yeah, I'll cut them off and plant anew.

Weekly Challenge #938: Total Security
April 14, 2024

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The first Easter
April 13, 2024

He stood there, a dark and shabby man, rotten teeth and wild hair.Clothed in dirty rags, surrounded by dozens of shabby commoners.Roman soldiers watched them all."That's Jesus?" I said. "For real?""Kinda puts things in perspective, eh?" said Dr. Marks

Baby, it’s cold outside
April 12, 2024

Baby woke up cold, bound up and tied to a tree.She looked around as best she could.There were trees all around her, and all she heard were crickets.She tried to scream, but there was a gag over her mouth.The last thing she remembered was leaving Archi

Simon doesn’t say
April 11, 2024

Of all the childhood games out there, the one I hate the most is Simon Says.Because I never got to play it as anything but Simon.Sure, telling kids to step forward or raise their hands can be fun.But it was never enough.It led to my being a megalomani

The pizza ranch
April 10, 2024

I like to dip my cheese pizza in ranch dressing.I also like Doritos.So, I bought a bag of pizza-flavored Doritos and a bag of ranch-flavored Doritos and ate them together.It was a dumb idea.Because the flavor dust gets all over everything. And they do

Ding Dong
April 09, 2024

You probably only know of the two Wicked Witches and the one Good Witch from the classic film, and maybe you know Mombee from the later sequel, but the books are full of spellcasters, sorcerers, and other practitioners of magic. Ding Dong was especially p