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Four Out of Five | One-Hundred-Word Story

The wrench slips on a rusty bolt, busting his knuckles into the engine block. He looks at his bleeding hand, wraps a shop rag around…

A herd of cattle grazes contently just across the fence from a hamburger joint. As greasy smoke rises from the roof, the aroma of cooking…

It’s early June, just after daylight on a smooth as glass lake in upstate New York. Stepping out on the porch of my rental cabin,…

Despite the egg pecking incident, Sam doesn’t realize just how upset the chickens are by the loss of their friends, Heather and Marietta. Still, he…

As Sam slow smokes some chickens he took from his flock, a cackle of the remaining free-range birds struts up. Looking out the window, his…

He sat, absorbing the calm of the pristine lake and the tree-carpeted mountains. The crisp morning air paired well with warm coffee. Yet his mind…