Category: 100 Words

• Top Bunk Girl

  She insisted on the top bunk when she was eight. She spent a summer in the tree house in the back yard. The one she built with a platform and ropes as walls. Then back to top bunk in the college dorm. Should anyone be surprised that she would sit in her apartment windowsill, As […]

  CGraith

  February 1, 2023

  100 Words, micro fiction, photo prompt

  apartment life, bunk beds, fire escape, no fear, safety readiness, treehouse

• They All Fall Down

  

  Excerpt from “StormWeaver the Novel” / PHOTO PROMPT © J Hardy Carroll She paid two hundred for a small bottle of phosphoric acid. Rose knew exactly how and where to apply the acid from reading books. Yes, that’s right, she read books, science books. Rose, the wild girl of the woods, whose mother pulled her […]

  CGraith

  January 25, 2023

  100 Words, micro fiction, photo prompt, Storm Weaver Continuing 100 word story

  #fantasy, Excerpt, knowledge is power, magic, physics, power stones, stones

• Hey, It Could Work

  

  PHOTO PROMPT © Na’ama Yehuda First there was coffee dripping down Maria’s silk blouse, then her phone flashed a message, “Sorry vacation request denied. George quit. You’ll need to cover his account.” How could George not warn her? A photo from Mom. “Remember this?” The pink toy washer with a door that opened, and tiny […]

  CGraith

  January 18, 2023

  100 Words, micro fiction, photo prompt

  100 word story, childhood dreams, dollhouse, flash fiction, miniatures, plan B, pretending, toys