Category: 200 word story
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Doug and Charlie: The Satellite Swap | Two-Hundred-Word Story
The stakes of the take and trade game grew much higher when Charlie snatched Doug’s satellite phone from his deckside hammock. This was the zoologist’s critical link to the outside world. He’d only stepped away for a moment, but came back to see Charlie scampering up a liana holding the Garmin Mini by its lanyard.…
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The Book Lady | Two-Hundred-Word Story
When my teenage son needed a copy of Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea, someone suggested I check with a shop that was stuffed from floor to ceiling with used books. Arriving at the location, I was surprised to find a small wood-framed house. The front door creaked open, jingling a bell, and a…
