The 100 Word Stories Podcast

The 100 Word Stories Podcast


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Weekly Challenge #926: Crack
January 21, 2024

Lizzie RichardSerendipidyTom Norval Joe Planet ZThe next topic is PICK TWO Bookcase, Verdict, Sprint, Crisp, Vulgar, PregnantRICHARDThin Ice They told me I was skating on thin ice: that, one day, it would crack

The C stood for Cheap
January 20, 2024

I worked for a company that built its own vacation calendar and ticket system.They said it was cheaper to build their own compared to contracting with an off-the-shelf system.And they were right. It was cheap to build.To maintain it, though, was a nigh

Unfree Willy
January 19, 2024

The irony of the movie Free Willy is that the whale who played Willy, Keiko, wasn't free at all.Born and bred in captivity.Sick a lot of the time, but still forced to perform tricks and act in television and movies.People were outraged, and a campaign

Teddy can’t be found
January 18, 2024

You won't find Teddy in Housewares.He's usually sneaking a spray paint can or two back by the dumpster.And when he comes back, yeah, he's got that smile on his face, total blissing out.It's been happening for weeks, and when customers finally complaine

Testing access
January 17, 2024

Long ago, I worked in the call center for a hosting company.They offered dialup access, webhosting, a server farm, and domain registration.Every call needed to be verified.If the caller didn't know the password, we'd send them to Customer Service to ve

Pigpen
January 16, 2024

In the comics, nobody knows Pigpen's name.My theory is that his last name is Thigpen, but people keep mishearing him because of a speech impediment.You don't hear it in the television specials because they didn't do that kind of thing back in the Sixtie

Book deal
January 15, 2024

Martin got himself another book deal.It's his fifth, and like the previous four, he's dedicating it to vodka.You see, Martin can only write when he's drunk.It's doing a number on his liver, but there's the numbers his publisher tells his agent, and the

Weekly Challenge #925 – Pester
January 14, 2024

Lizzie RichardSerendipidyTomLisa and her new Substack! Norval Joe Planet ZThe next topic is CrackTOMDrive to distractionMy wife is a Family Nurse Practitioner. Damn good one imho. Early in all FNP careers is

Old Hollywood
January 13, 2024

Harry was the last of Old Hollywood.Back before television. When everyone had been in the war.Big mansions, servants.Parties every weekend.The studio provided the publicists and the cars and everything else.Harry provided the face and the box office.

Row row row – Take 2
January 12, 2024

Billy got into a boat, pushed off from the dock, and tried to row it gently down the stream.But the stream wasn't deep enough, and the boat kept hitting the bottom, so Billy had to keep pushing off, and occasionally getting out and dragging the boat by a