Category Archives: 100 Stories

The Invention

A man invented a method of turning the content of web sites into data-filled jelly. The gelly absorbed new content as it was added via wireless feeds. He also invented a capsule that would transport the data into space where it would emit that content into vacuum in a form of an ever-growing and ever-altering […]

The Keys

One day Fred went to his car. The key broke in the lock. It was hot. Early morning. He remembered his father telling him that the same thing had once happened to him. But he also remembered that his father broke off on tangents. “Yeah, did I tell you about when the key broke in […]

The Rat

Six people stood in an open field. They each watched at their feet a dead rat. The first person said that the rat had four feet to walk with, though they perhaps weren’t of much use now. The second person wondered at the whiskers and told a story about his childhood with guitars, kites, and […]

The Room

The man woke up in a room with several doors. The room was circular and rose into darkness undiminished or articulated by light. In the room was a square table, which the man thought odd. On the table was a box and inside the box were numerous colored keys. Each key corresponded to one of […]

The Dream

In a dream, a man lost his son. The son wouldn’t stop committing crimes. He wouldn’t stay in his room, no matter how much the man yelled for this. The son kept steeling the policeman’s handcuff key, pickpocketing wallets. He threatened the world with strange little fists and darted through rooms with a knife. Outside, […]

The Professor

The professor gave the students an assignment. The students watched him hand out leaves of paper with directions. They had their pens ready and their notebooks open. One woman at the back of the room yawned. A young man with a yellow ballcap took something out of his eye and used his jeans to rub […]