The 100 Word Stories Podcast

The 100 Word Stories Podcast


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Disconnected number
October 18, 2024

The hospital was stuck with a dead old man in its morgue and a dementia-ridden widow.They left messages at the number on his file, and one day they got a text back with an address to send the body to.It turned out to be the local zoo's service entrance.

Punch a Nazi in the face
October 17, 2024

The problem with "Punch a Nazi in the face" is that I think by now, nearly all of them are dead.And when there were a few alive, the fucking ALCU was defending them in court, lying about them having been Nazis, and so forth."Demjanjuk was a kindly sweet

It’s not racist
October 16, 2024

It's not racist to use math.It's not racist to be on time.It's not racist to follow driving rules.It's not racist to use proper spelling. Or grammar.It's not racist to read and get good grades, and to graduate.It's not racist to eat healthy meals.It

Natural causes
October 15, 2024

The ambulance rolled the stretcher in, but the patient was already gone.An attendant wrapped a barcoded band on the guy's wrist, and a doctor tapped NEW PATIENT on his pad before tapping the red icon.Ten hours later, the pathologist looked over the body

Pride about pride
October 14, 2024

I'm not impressed with a lot of forms of pride.Especially when it's pride in an attribute and not an accomplishment.In the end, most "pride" is about genital attributes.Their color, their size.Where your ancestors' genitals came from.Or if you've had

Weekly Challenge #964 – Banana Split
October 13, 2024

Lizzie RichardSerendipidy Norval JoeTom Planet ZThe next topic is Classical musicRICHARDRockysYears ago, whenever we had something to celebrate at work, whether a birthday, retirement or any other excuse we could conco

Hurricane Samson
October 12, 2024

The cyclone hit around midnight.Winds. Lightning. Tornadoes.Floods and fires.A storm surge rolled across the city, smashing buildings and dragging debris out to sea.Thousands died, thousands more missing and presumed dead.Hospitals filled up, the blo

Edwin at the bar
October 11, 2024

They say that Edwin Block didn't write any of his stories, and that's true, to a degree.Edwin would sit at the bar and ramble for hours about things, and Martin the Barkeep wrote everything down he heard.He couldn't keep up, so he got a tape recorder, h

Storyteller circuit
October 10, 2024

There are ten villages in the Storytellers' Circuit, one Storyteller for each.At the end of the year, they load up their wagons and head to the next village.That way, their stories don't become old, and they learn new tales from each village they visit.

Lonnie the author
October 09, 2024

Lonnie wrote books, and they were a modest success.The movies adapted from them were a bigger success than his books.Box office, awardsThey paid well, but it bothered Lonnie that people preferred to watch others interpretations of his stories than his