100-word short story competition - Page 3

Margaret Pilkington · 08-04-2013, 10:15

Yes, Bob, I have done it, but it wasn't easy.

Eric · 08-04-2013, 14:14

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Yes, Bob, I have done it, but it wasn't easy.

Once you reach a number somewhere between 95 to 110 it gets simpler ... it's becomes a question or trimming or adding, and still maintaining coherence ... Have to admit it was an interesting experiment for me.

Margaret Pilkington · 08-04-2013, 14:52

And me...I'm not known for my brevity.

Eric · 08-04-2013, 15:30

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

And me...I'm not known for my brevity.

Ah ... the soul of wit

And are you about to send your story on its way? What was it Chaucer said? "Go littel booke! go my littel tragedie"

cashman · 08-04-2013, 15:33

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

And me...I'm not known for my brevity.

Though yeh didn't drink?

Margaret Pilkington · 08-04-2013, 15:57

Only through a straw Cashy.

Eric......I don't know. I haven't quite decided yet.

susie123 · 08-04-2013, 16:42

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Only through a straw Cashy.

Eric......I don't know. I haven't quite decided yet.

Just do it, Margaret. What have you got to lose?

Restless · 08-04-2013, 16:45

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Originally Posted by susie123

Just do it, Margaret. What have you got to lose?

Yeah Margaret... get that drink down ya! and then submit your writing

Margaret Pilkington · 08-04-2013, 16:48

Nothing at all to lose......and it is worth £2 to get my brain activated.
So for now I won't post it here.

MargaretR · 08-04-2013, 19:58

I have done one but won't be submitting it. Setting up the printer for this (newish) PC is just too much hassle. If on-line entries were allowed, I likely would have sent it in.

The Trip

I am ready to go. This trip has been a long time in the planning and will be the journey of a lifetime.

I have read all the available research to be knowledgeable about what I can expect when I get
there.

I will be traveling alone because I prefer to. I am proud of my self sufficiency.

I haven't packed because I will be traveling light. All needs will be met on arrival.

My family think I've booked a return ticket but I haven't. I don't like this place much.

Reminder to self - leave the will on the sideboard.

Bob Dobson · 08-04-2013, 20:54

Very Good M. At Accrington Grammar School, we spelled your 46th and 66th word with a double 'l' and am surprised that this may not have been the case at Accrington Girls High School.

MargaretR · 08-04-2013, 21:47

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Originally Posted by Bob Dobson

Very Good M. At Accrington Grammar School, we spelled your 46th and 66th word with a double 'l' and am surprised that this may not have been the case at Accrington Girls High School.

My browser insisted I remove one 'L' - must be yankee spelling

mobertol · 08-04-2013, 22:02

It's a bloomin' pain - all those "z"'s insead of "s"'s too...

susie123 · 08-04-2013, 22:07

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Originally Posted by MargaretR

My browser insisted I remove one 'L' - must be yankee spelling

Yes it is, Margaret.

MargaretR · 08-04-2013, 22:37

This is becoming addictive

Done another one - you may get my biography eventually

The Battered Wife's Tale

He was tall and handsome, but there was something lacking in his eyes.

They had rear shutters as though some terrible secret lurked there.

I never saw his soul. I found out to my cost that he didn't have one.

He leached my emotion and thrived at my expense.

I tried hard but never pleased him.

When I escaped a death by his knife held hand, I broke free from him forever.

I grieved for the loss of love that I had never had.

Many years later he died violently and inexplicably.

What goes around comes around - karma really happens.