“That’s what happened, the whole story,” Keith says, wiping the tears from his face.
”I-I-I, I never realised that’s why you hated Christmas so much. Oh Keith, I’m so sorry,” Donna says, placing a hand on his.
”Don’t be, it made me who I am today,” He says, smiling wryly.
Not easy to do but nice when it works – as here. Thought you might like my latest 100 word effort. I’m always writing them.
https://davekingsbury.wordpress.com/2017/11/13/sea-change-a-story-in-100-words/
I like the infinite possibilities that come with super short stories, I enjoy taking them somewhere else as well. The chance to twist something twisted to an even more deserving path is always fun. I love your piece, you capture a moment so many of us are familiar with, and add broader moment, a more relatable moment we can all feel, before his words said what the world new it had to hear.
Thanks for reading and responding, Matthew. And super short stories are exhilarating to write because there’s no room for error. They seem to suit our hair-raising times …
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