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Printed from https://writing.com/main/books/item_id/2275621-Microscopic-Stories/day/2-19-2023
Rated: 18+ · Book · Ghost · #2275621
Entries for the Micro Fiction Challenge 2022 and Drabble Activity 2024.
Short stories of 100 words exactly, written for the Micro Fiction Challenge, 2022, the Drabble Activity 2024, plus a few for my own benefit.
February 19, 2023 at 3:11pm
February 19, 2023 at 3:11pm
#1045098
Oops 3

When Whitfield looked out the window, he knew immediately his time machine had worked. The view was entirely different from the one he’d observed only half an hour before. Instead of city streets, he was looking at a forested scene with thick undergrowth. Two young dinosaurs were playing in a clearing nearby.

All he needed now was a screwdriver to alter the settings and head back to his own time. That was when he remembered that he’d left the screwdriver on the desk in his workshop.

A huge, reptilian eye blocked the light from the window as it studied him.



Word count: 100
For no particular reason
No prompt.

February 19, 2023 at 10:46am
February 19, 2023 at 10:46am
#1045086
Baggage

I saw her in the airport, weeping in a chair near the baggage carousel. In my awkward, masculine way, I tried to comfort her. Her suitcase had been lost on her flight from Antigua. Someone must have taken it, mistaking it for theirs or, perhaps, it had been stolen.

The authorities were very helpful, although the suitcase remained lost. She was offered a room in a hotel for the night while further enquiries were made and this did much to mollify her anguish. We said our goodbyes.

When I opened my case that night, I found nothing but women’s clothes.



Word count: 100
For no particular reason
No prompt.



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