The Urge to Write
Do you often feel the urge to write but don’t know what to write about?
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I mean to say that I say what I don't mean.
June 17, 2013
50-Word Tales #109
On his way home from work he bought his wife thirty-three white roses. Last night they had a bad fight.
He unlocked the door and entered.
‘Honey, I bought you roses!’
He was startled. Half of the furniture was gone.
On a table he found a message: DIVORCE.
He fainted.
June 14, 2013
50-Word Tales #108
She was driving on a snowy road when a truck crashed into her. She saw the northern lights.
Three days later, she awoke in a gloomy hospital room with a terrible headache.
Her nose tip tingled. She wanted to scratch it, but her arms would not move.
She turned pale.
June 12, 2013
50-Word Tales #107
On a rainy summer evening she was struck by lightning. She dropped the umbrella and fell on the glassy street unconscious.
A week later she awoke in a coffin. She heard the priest and the mourners.
‘Shit!’ she thought, ‘They’re burying me alive.’
‘Wait! Stop!’ she shouted.
They were startled.
June 10, 2013
50-Word Tales #106
One sunny morning in June, he awoke only to find himself tied to his bed.
The lovely girl he had slept with last night stood over him, sharpening a knife. He would have screamed, but he had a gag in his mouth.
He had met her last week through Facebook.
