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Saturday, April 17, 2010

Very Short Story 25.5

Seeing that her used panties business was booming, she began to expand with the help of a few friends. As expected, customers couldn’t tell the difference between those from Kate and those from Ken.

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Very Short Story 25

She began to see the similarities between her business and wine. The longer she kept them on, the higher they sold for.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Very Short Story 24

He carefully contemplated his future as he watched her sleeping. Then the prince turned back without kissing the beauty, going back for a good night’s rest while leaving her to snore forever after.

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Very Short Story 23

After years of deliberation, the scientists finally came up with the solution for climate change. Now all they needed to do was to come up with a politically correct name for the genocide of a few third world countries.

Friday, April 9, 2010

Very Short Story 22

A million bucks for his worthless soul, at least his wife and kids would do well. But the devil was in the details and little did he know, that the fine print too would bring them to hell.

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Very Short Story 21

A storm began to brew as she told him that she no longer loved him. It was obvious that he had much more to learn before he would be able to control his powers.

Monday, April 5, 2010

Very Short Story 20

60 years after the prince had ridden off into the sunset with his princess, he looked at her wrinkled, prune-like face one day and came to the realization that there was really no such thing as “Happily Ever After”.

Friday, April 2, 2010

Very Short Story 19 - Uni Week Special

As part of their International Business project, the group decided to present on the Japanese concept of Karoshi with a live demonstration in week 13.

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Very Short Story 18

She thought it was the best April Fool's joke anyone had ever played on her. Until she realised that pregnancy test kits didn't have a sense of humour.

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Very Short Story 17 - Uni Week Special

The SIS genius had created the most-used platform for his fellow students. An online database of foreign-grade freeloaders.

Monday, March 29, 2010

Very Short Story 16 - Uni Week Special

After finding out that the world was going to end in 3 days, the SMU student went back to the library. He was going to prepare for his quizzes the following week just in case.

Saturday, March 27, 2010

Very Short Story 15

After 7 years of competitive sprinting, he finally won his first race medal. But he couldn’t have did it on his own; he owed it to the accident that bounded him to his wheelchair.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Very Short Story 14

Her heart skipped a beat when her husband told her that he was British Intelligence, but it stopped beating when he told her that he was actually gay.

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Very Short Story 13

“Thank you for the best sex I’ve ever had”, he whispered as he put his clothes back on. And then he calmly proceeded to put her back into the body bag from whence he had retrieved her from.

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Very Short Story 12

2 hours after the clubbed was razed to the ground, they identified the person who started the fire. Witnesses said that she had burst into flames while dancing atop the bar counter.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Very Short Story 11

The operation had given her a new lease of life. Before, he always felt so misunderstood.

Friday, March 12, 2010

Very Short Story 10

The chemist had made his greatest discovery yet. He had successfully made love.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Very Short Story 9.5

She looked stunning in that red dress. It was love at first sight. And from atop the roof he admired her for a little while longer, before finally steadying his aim to pull the trigger.

Monday, March 8, 2010

Very Short Story 9

Boss: “Congratulations, you’ve just got yourself a job”.

And out the office he walked with a smile on his face. Gun in hand, he looked forward to getting the job done.

Friday, March 5, 2010

Very Short Story 8

Despite the many rejections, he eventually found his way into her stone-cold heart, albeit with a rusty screwdriver.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Very Short Story 7

It was the seventh time he had checked himself into rehabilitation. He never really could resist the neck of a fair maiden.

Very Short Story 6

She never could have expected that call from her ex-husband; not after she had put a bullet in his brain 3 years ago.

Monday, March 1, 2010

Very Short Story 5

They treated him like a god because he could see the future. But there was in reality nothing divine about his common knowledge of history and a broken time machine.

Friday, February 26, 2010

Very Short Story 4

Hand in hand, the inseparable couple walked down the street. They just couldn’t find the keys to the handcuffs from the night before.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Very Short Story 3

After the meal, he routinely threw out the bones to the dogs. They were all that were left of the guest he had had for dinner.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Very Short Story 2

Today he finally mustered the strength to apologize to her after all these years. Such a pity that it had to be with a bouquet of flowers left atop her freshly erected gravestone.

Friday, February 19, 2010

Very Short Story 1

It was such a terrible fall, which strangely did not hurt at all. But it all made sense as he got up to the sight of his own body lying motionless at his feet.

Enter the Very Short Story

Being busy makes it difficult to write. But there shouldn't be a problem without a solution, right?

Enter the Very Short Story, something that I just recently discovered on twitter, and I must say that some of them were pretty inspiring. Follow Veryshortstory on twitter or check him out on Facebook if you want a better idea of what I mean.

The intrigue and twist of some amazing stories compressed into a line or 2. Elegant, slick, pithy. And so, on that note of inspiration, I'm going to attempt to do the same. Low commitment for writers, easy on readers.

I'm hoping that this'll help keep my creative side off the couch until I find the time for my next mini-novel, so do check back every 3 days or so for my Very Short Stories. Afterall, they'd only take you about 30 seconds to read them. And if you were entertained, even if for a while, do leave some comments, just because I love reading comments.