James AtkinsonJan 23
The Haberdashery of Stories: 100 Words: Broken Head: #story #100words #fridayfictioneers #shortstory #fiction
James AtkinsonAug 7, 2025
The Haberdashery of Stories: 100 Words: The Two Kettle Chorus https://haberdasheryofstories.blogspot.com/2025/08/100-words-two-kettle-chorus.html #story #shortstory #microfiction #100words #100wordstory #fridayfictioneers #kettle #tea
100 Words: The Two Kettle Chorus

Together they would bubble and steam, the sounds emitting from the room like a chorus calling us in for elevenses and afternoon tea.  Or so ...

James AtkinsonMay 2, 2025
The Haberdashery of Stories: 100 Words: Welcome to the War https://haberdasheryofstories.blogspot.com/2025/05/100-words-welcome-to-war.html #story #fridayfictioneers #ww2 #secondworldwar #100words #shortstory #quickread
100 Words: Welcome to the War

It gave me the heebie jeebies. From the landing craft we could see smoke blocking the sky.  “Thank God the beaches have been won,” I thought...

James AtkinsonApr 25, 2025
The Haberdashery of Stories: 100 Words: Sea Fog https://haberdasheryofstories.blogspot.com/2025/04/100-words-sea-fog.html #story #shortstory #100wordstory #100words #fridayfictioneers
100 Words: Sea Fog

It was twisting, rolling up the beach like a live beast.  At the castle it blew across the lawns and over hedges like a ghost horse.  We cam...

James AtkinsonApr 11, 2025
The Haberdashery of Stories: 100 Words: Searching for the Exit https://haberdasheryofstories.blogspot.com/2025/04/100-words-searching-fo-exit.html #shortstory #100words #story #fridayfictioneers
100 Words: Searching for the Exit

Everything was glass.  Rooms that went on so far that whatever was outside was just a distant blur.  Its existence was only an idea, though,...

James AtkinsonApr 4, 2025
The Haberdashery of Stories: 100 Words: The Chips Cupboard https://haberdasheryofstories.blogspot.com/2025/04/100-words-chips-cupboard.html #story #shortstory #100words #100wordstory #fridayfictioneers
100 Words: The Chips Cupboard

Our classroom was next to the cafeteria so we were nearly fooled.  For that’s how Miss always passed it off.  “It’s the chips, they’re fryin...

James AtkinsonMar 21, 2025
The Haberdashery of Stories: 100 Words: The Strange Beings https://haberdasheryofstories.blogspot.com/2025/03/100-words-strange-beings.html #story #shortstory #fridayfictioneers #100words #shortread #quickread
100 Words: The Strange Beings

I woke up with strange beings standing over me.  Long bendy arms came from the top of long slender trunks, eyes wide and bright with curiosi...

James AtkinsonFeb 7, 2025
The Haberdashery of Stories: 100 Words: Tsundoku https://haberdasheryofstories.blogspot.com/2025/02/100-words-tsundoku.html?spref=tw #story #shortstory #tsundoku #100words #100wordstory #fridayfictioneers
100 Words: Tsundoku

He had had every intention of reading every single one of the books acquired and placed ready to read on that desk.  He had had every intent...

James AtkinsonFeb 5, 2025
The Haberdashery of Stories: 100 Words: I should remember: http://haberdasheryofstories.blogspot.com/2025/02/100-words-i-should-remember.html #story #shortstory #100words #fridayfictioneers
100 Words: I should remember

I should remember the bar. I should remember the staff. I should remember the drinks on sale. I remember nothing. Yet I woke with a gl...

Roy SchulzeFeb 2, 2025

Long before Trump started this idiotic #tradewar, I've been working on my own coping strategy to get myself through the next four years. It's not even particularly clever, but at least it's only #100words long.

https://drinkthenewwine.blogspot.com/2025/02/sereni-tish.html

Sereni-tish

So, why did it take me so long to figure this out: that there’s really not a goddammed thing I can do about the politics down there? It’...