99-word fiction – Animal instinct
Every evening the rat would come to my cell. Then I had an idea. It had taken time. I shared my food every evening, and watched the rat leave in the morning. One day I’d asked for a pencil, another day an elastic band, then a piece of paper. The guards had been stupid.
The little hole in the wall was the only way out of my cell and into the nearby market, maybe someone would find him; someone had to know where I was. I tied the note to the rat, watched him leave then said a prayer.
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Ingenious! I hope it worked!!!
I got out to write 99-word stories… 😂
Ha! Ha! Very enjoyable stories too!!!
Thank you dear. Really. 🤗
Waiting…
It was a slow rat.
But–but there will be a Chapter 2 won’t there?
Now this is interesting. Six days of 99-word fiction and for two of them I’ve had the question of “What happens next?” I’m not sure whether to pick up the gauntlet myself or throw it down to you… Hmmm…
Ha! I write novels. I wouldn’t know how to tell a story in 99 words!
Here you go, my dear… 🙂
99-word fiction: Animal instinct – part II | My Words, My World
I’m with Jacqui – what happens next? Though it’s always good to leave the reader wanting more.
As an exercise, squeezing an off-the-cuff story into 99 words is, let’s say, a bit of a challenge. To come up with a sequel? It’s definitely interesting. 99 words… To quote Wilson Pickett, ‘ninety-nine and a half just won’t do’.
99 words at a time, we could be here a while… 🙂
https://christopherfarley.net/2025/01/23/99-word-fiction-animal-instinct-part-ii/
You didn’t disappoint!