“I’m an apha male.”
He’s serious, she realises.
Keeping a straight face she asks what that means.
“You know,” he says. “A hunter gatherer type.”
She imagines him stumbling through a forest following animal tracks and laughter escapes her.
“You can’t even find what you’re looking for in the fridge!”
The key to my father’s shed feels much smaller than I remember.
The lock – rust-red but well-oiled – clicks.
The door swings open.
Tools neatly ranged, boxes of nails and screws clearly labeled.
A note, scrawled in his familiar hand.
“All yours now, son. Please, don’t make a mess.”
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The branch droops under the weight of snow, much as it had in summer, laden with juicy fruit.
It will surely break this time, she thinks. Like me, it can only take so much.
But, as the gentle winter sun melts its burden away, the branch remains bowed yet intact.
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“Low. Sperm. Count. Loser.”
My father’s mocking voice echoes from beyond the grave.
Of all eight children he’d always reserved special contempt for me, the eldest.
Ironically, I may have inherited fertility problems from him.
DNA tests prove my siblings weren’t his.
Mother needed love too.
She sought it elsewhere.
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First published on my Hive blog: https://peakd.com/hive-161155/@felt.buzz/sperm–a-50-word-story-written-using-the-freewrite-prompt
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She suffered with chronic pain.
None of the countless doctors she’d consulted could help.
She suspected her friends thought it was all in her head: she was either a hypochondriac or mentally ill.
The looks, exchanged when they thought she wasn’t looking, hurt more than any physical agony ever could.
A 50 word story written using @mariannewest’s Freewrite prompt “clench my hands”
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I clench my hands and grit my teeth.
It takes strength not to pound my fists on the desk and scream into his face.
But he doesn’t know my problems are worse than his.
My face twists into a smile.
“Is anything else I can help you with today, sir?”
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https://peakd.com/hive-161155/@felt.buzz/clench-my-hands–a-50-word-story
Every Sunday morning Cool Runnings Jogging Club meet at the park on the other side of town.
It’s a ragtag collection of odd shapes, sizes and ages.
John – his injured knee happily excluding him from joining in – often watches them from the safety of a table at the Park Cafe.
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This is the two-hundred-and-fifty-fourth story in the series of Humpbuckle Tales. Each story is precisely 50 words long. They are meant to be independent stories, but if you read them all you will find each one adds another piece to the puzzle – there is a bigger story that is being told.
This story was first published on my Hive blog (@felt.buzz) and you can find all the stories on the @humbuckletales Hive account.
Hive is a blogging platform that rewards posts in a cryptocurrency (Hive).
You will find over 70 more Humpbuckle Tales on the @humbuckletales Hive blog (so this blog is about 6 weeks behind)
On Hive I publish 12 stories per week (Monday to Saturday one story per day and then six 50-word stories in one post on a Sunday).
On HumpbuckleTales.com I also publish 12 tales a week but at a different schedule (and about 6 weeks behind): 2 Tales every day, Monday-Friday and 1 Tale on Saturday and 1 Tale on Sunday.
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She enjoys making bread.
The smell of the yeast invokes summers spent with her grandmother.
Nanna loved to share her passion for baking with her granddaughter.
There was laughter and singing as they kneaded together before drinking homemade lemonade on the step, the dough growing behind them, a living being.
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This is the two-hundred-and-fifty-third story in the series of Humpbuckle Tales. Each story is precisely 50 words long. They are meant to be independent stories, but if you read them all you will find each one adds another piece to the puzzle – there is a bigger story that is being told.
This story was first published on my Hive blog (@felt.buzz) and you can find all the stories on the @humbuckletales Hive account.
Hive is a blogging platform that rewards posts in a cryptocurrency (Hive).
You will find over 70 more Humpbuckle Tales on the @humbuckletales Hive blog (so this blog is about 6 weeks behind)
On Hive I publish 12 stories per week (Monday to Saturday one story per day and then six 50-word stories in one post on a Sunday).
On HumpbuckleTales.com I also publish 12 tales a week but at a different schedule (and about 6 weeks behind): 2 Tales every day, Monday-Friday and 1 Tale on Saturday and 1 Tale on Sunday.
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The week following the opening of Powerful Cymbols music shop, was better than Jay hoped.
“Who knew there were so many wannabe musicians in Humpbuckle-on-sea!”
Amanda has popped in to see her friend.
“I never doubted that,” Jay says. “But it’s difficult to compete with the online stores.”
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This is the two-hundred-and-fifty-second story in the series of Humpbuckle Tales. Each story is precisely 50 words long. They are meant to be independent stories, but if you read them all you will find each one adds another piece to the puzzle – there is a bigger story that is being told.
This story was first published on my Hive blog (@felt.buzz) and you can find all the stories on the @humbuckletales Hive account.
Hive is a blogging platform that rewards posts in a cryptocurrency (Hive).
You will find over 70 more Humpbuckle Tales on the @humbuckletales Hive blog (so this blog is about 6 weeks behind)
On Hive I publish 12 stories per week (Monday to Saturday one story per day and then six 50-word stories in one post on a Sunday).
On HumpbuckleTales.com I also publish 12 tales a week but at a different schedule (and about 6 weeks behind): 2 Tales every day, Monday-Friday and 1 Tale on Saturday and 1 Tale on Sunday.
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“I want to go in style!” he says.
Despite his illness, and the subject matter, he smiles.
“I want a luxury coffin.”
“Okay.”
“It needs to be comfortable.”
She nods.
“I need a television. And WiFi.”
“WiFi?”
“How else can I keep in contact with you when I’m dead, Mummy?”
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This is the two-hundred-and-fifty-first story in the series of Humpbuckle Tales. Each story is precisely 50 words long. They are meant to be independent stories, but if you read them all you will find each one adds another piece to the puzzle – there is a bigger story that is being told.
This story was first published on my Hive blog (@felt.buzz) and you can find all the stories on the @humbuckletales Hive account.
Hive is a blogging platform that rewards posts in a cryptocurrency (Hive).
You will find over 70 more Humpbuckle Tales on the @humbuckletales Hive blog (so this blog is about 6 weeks behind)
On Hive I publish 12 stories per week (Monday to Saturday one story per day and then six 50-word stories in one post on a Sunday).
On HumpbuckleTales.com I also publish 12 tales a week but at a different schedule (and about 6 weeks behind): 2 Tales every day, Monday-Friday and 1 Tale on Saturday and 1 Tale on Sunday.
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Humpbuckle Tales 