This 100 words story is inspired by Madison Woods’ Blog, http://madisonwoods.wordpress.com which hosts the Flash Fiction, The Friday Fictioneers. The Friday Fictioneers use 100-word stories as an exercise in choosing concise phrases and strong verbs. It’s an excellent way to show your stuff to the world without exposing too much. It would be nice to visit to or to join in this creative fun. And so, though I am late, better late than never. Here is my short story:
The Broken Earthenware
She stood silently by the trees, gazing at the river. She tried to shake off the memories, of that terrible night when her world had shattered into pieces, like her grandmother’s broken earthenware. It had not been her fault that day long ago, but she could still feel the disappointment in her grandmother’s words; “this is a family piece, precious, Nina. What would I tell my ancestors?”
What would she tell her ancestors now? That her only daughter had drowned in this river, fleeing from her attacker, a husband and father? She felt bereft of words for such a story.
Reading Pleasure 
Great story! As readers have requested of me about my story…I request of you…expand…tell us the rest of the story!
Thanks, Brooke, for the compliment and for stopping by. Indeed, I will try and develop the story.
I love the idea of a 100-word story! The title itself, The Broken Earthenware Pot, is very engaging…drew me right in. I love the imagery of your story and the potential to see where it leads. Well done~
Beth 🙂
Oh Beth, Thanks so much for your words. I do appreciate your vote of confidence in me. I promise to develop this story line soon and thanks for stopping by.
This story is cute and engaging…the analogies are well connected but the title took me off a bit…is earthenware not same as pot? or is it for the benefit of foreign readers? Well, outta that, Lovely work. Well done!!!!
Thanks, Charles. You could be right on the earthenware. The synonyms are pottery, clay pots, ceramic, stoneware and terracota. So, the title could be the broken pot, or the broken clay pot or the the broken earthenware. I’ve been told to expand this so I would revise the title in the expansion. Many thanks.
This is a good exercise, I think. I like your lines, kind of poetic.
Thank you so much, Geosi.
Interesting that your character struggled to find words for a story, since this one was so short. It is difficult to fit an entire story into 100 words, isn’t it?
Great job. Thanks for sharing : )
Thank you for your kind words, Robert, and for stoppping by. I agree that 100 words is pretty confining, but the good thing is that we can expand on the initial 100 later.
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You really need to develop these into full fledged stories and get a book out of your shorts… They are excellent. 😉
Thank you so much for the encouraging words. I am really glad to see you here in full swing!